2013 FIVB World Grand Prix

Quote from Matthias

Good 1st set for Germany...and whenever they played a "useless tip", they got the point later in the rally
Unfortunately I can't watch till the end, I hope they keep this performance up.

lets see if it goes on to work

Nagaoka

Matthias did u see a high set and kozuch made the point really easy

Germany played perfect and made it 2-0

Germany lead 2-0

im surprised Germany leads 2-0..where is Ebata? Germany is playing well. whats happening to these teams and their games that are changing that much in a week ?

btw, Brakocevic and Mihajlovic are following each other back to back in getting points lol

Who says brinker cant attack hardly

Serbia is playing quite well. Maja She is the best...

they just must be careful to not reach their top phisical conditions now, or they might arrive to the Ech a bit tired.

The dutch team must take every opportunity to gain experience, so I think Its really good for them to face top teams and also teams with different styles. Lets hope all of the girls are in their best conditions for the Ech as well..

I love both teams, so Its hard to make any other comment than that..

German team is well focused.Japan is making more mistakes than last week.

geerties

Decent match for Serbia, but they still tend to lack focus at times. It will improve in the following weeks, I hope. Blocking could have been somewhat better, it feels like Dijkema's entry threw them off a bit, and Netherlands seemed to play better when she was on court.
Maja went from not using MBs at all last weekend to overusing them a bit today and Terzic scolded her for that Although, both Rasic and Krsmanovic looked very sharp.
Jeez, I really wish Molnar would contribute just a bit more in attack, the team would really rock then

Japan plays horrible on defense so its really hard to beat

japan has the momentum going to fifth set. japanese blockers are able to read the attacks of furst.

quality rallies in the 3rd and 4th set.

It was touched

I really hate the fact that the challaging rule does not include the touch in the block. It is so ridiculous when you see an image like this.

the germans have to ask for a touch in the net...you clearly see the touch in japonese hands and still the point must go to Japan, cause touch in the block is not among the challange options. FIVB..

Now japan has all the advantages but it was a good match for germany,i really liked today the way they played

For me just serbia and maybe russia could beat japan or china when they play their real game,for germany its so much

Congratulations Japan bench players, you have beaten Germany!
It's obvious Guedetti forgot to study them.

Sad for the germans, but they definetely improved a lot since last week! Great defenses...It was a great game to follow.