2014 FIVB World Championship - Poland - 8/30

Poland red and white

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Edit: It's working again now

Poland lost 6 points in a row fortunately they got little advantage back.

Mika He comes out of nowhere and now rescuing Poland !
Brazilian libero is definitely weakest link of the team.

Has Bernardinho ever explained somewhere in Brazilian media why he keeps insisting with substituting Bruno-Wallace for Raphael-Vissotto in the middle of the set? It was the reason for the failure in the second. Vissotto is clearly underperforming, besides this rotation deprives Wallace of a serve chance. Had Bruno and Wallace stayed, it would've most probably been 2-0! After Vissotto's struggles they were 6 points behind at 11-17 and Bruno and Wallace both contributed for the tie at 17. Still, it must be a pleasure to have such players who can change the course of a game, and a WCH final, to be more precise. Perhaps the same calibre of players that make a World champion, but we'll see about that. Poland is alive and kicking!

What a great second set by Mika! He is doing good in reception and in attack he's really on fire! He managed to hide Wlazly's difficult game for now...
Lucas so good on blocking in first set, in the second it was Wallace show!

Quote from YavorD

Has Bernardinho ever explained somewhere in Brazilian media why he keeps insisting with substituting Bruno-Wallace for Raphael-Vissotto in the middle of the set? It was the reason for the failure in the second. Vissotto is clearly underperforming, besides this rotation deprives Wallace of a serve chance. Had Bruno and Wallace stayed, it would've most probably been 2-0! After Vissotto's struggles they were 6 points behind at 11-17 and Bruno and Wallace both contributed for the tie at 17. Still, it must be a pleasure to have such players who can change the course of a game, and a WCH final, to be more precise. Perhaps the same calibre of players that make a World champion, but we'll see about that. Poland is alive and kicking!

He seems to think Visotto is a good blocker- which is never backed up by stats when he is on court! Visotto is so inconsistent you never know what he's going to do - his demeanor as well is like he is going on a stroll in the park lol

its weird... Mario was virtually perfect in passing during WL....

Mika is great today

I believe Mika has this trait: he needs at least one set to "wake up" and play some serious volleyball.

Perfect reception and great setting from Poland
I can't believe how Mika is playing right now, like a superstar

online Stream ??

Quote from saishuu

Brazil's been having a lot of trouble in reception these last two matches. It's weird, even Mário Jr. was doing better a while ago. Hopefully it doesn't compromise the game anymore from now on.

YavorD: the rotation has actually been praised by Brazilian media, it was working quite well and helped the team yesterday against France. But it won't do much today, Vissotto is back to being messy.

Quote from Agguerro

He seems to think Visotto is a good blocker- which is never backed up by stats when he is on court! Visotto is so inconsistent you never know what he's going to do - his demeanor as well is like he is going on a stroll in the park lol

Thanks to both of you! It's a deja-vu in the third set. Vissotto is in and got blocked immediately. What's the point of the sub then if it's not working today?

ahahahahaha
Polish fans Crazy atmosphere

Poland what ending

I think it will be 3:2 for Brazil. I don't know why but Poland as the world champ is some surrealistic thing for me.