Kovar was already out anyway for his own choice.
[Anyway, it's not clear how this doping thing will go, but it was cannabis, so he did something illegal, but probably not with the intention of alterate his sport results]
Men's World Championship 2018
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Vettori. Seriously?
I like Parodi more than Vettori but I guess both would have been just a tad bit better than Nelli. I also questioned the absence of Antonov and was told he was not chosen based on some technical issues! I think Blengini is quite predictable and made the team look predictable too. I would have thought Gianni or Bernardi would be better choices even beating Brazil in the gold medal match in Rio. I just don't have a good feeling about the match with Poland!
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Parodi and Vettori play in different role, though...
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First match is going down the wire. The last rally is insane. RUS badly needs this one. Hope this remains as good if not better than their last match.
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Renan has been suspended for the match of tomorrow against USA. I dont know if you remember that during a point in the tie-break a ball rolled into the court. I thought it was a mistake by a ballkid. However, Renan was the one who, on purpose, threw the ball in in order to stop the rally...
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Haven't seen Maxim tip a lot, he seems unsure of himself at times
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So Sokolov is an OH now
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No way to turn Berezkho into a libero now that Kliuka is down! Bad timing for RUS.
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USA is looking really good. Russia can't defend those bics in particular and USA takes the 1st set!
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No way to turn Berezkho into a libero now that Kliuka is down! Bad timing for RUS.
Kliuka seems okay now. Worse case I think Mikhaylov can play as non-receiving OH
UPDATE: Actually it was Volkov that Mikhaylov replaced
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McDonnell is slowly becoming a dependable MB. Or OH for that matter lol. No seriously his agility has improved and could compare head-to-head with Smith.
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OMG Leonardo, that's orrible!
Anyway, until 20 USA-Rus was a wonderful set. I really enjoyed it. After the 20 Russia lost it a bit, but mostly because of USA merits.
Kiluka seems to be all right, I wonder if Berezkho has phisical problems or if the actually wanted Sokolov as subs for the second line.
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Russia's biggest problem is their reception, neither OH is reliable. Due to poor reception, their MBs barely have chance to spike.
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Mikhaylov passing as OH and Poletaev in as OP.
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Parodi and Vettori play in different role, though...
Ah, my bad.. thanks..
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inc0gnito finally your dream is coming true.
I live for Matt and Maxim
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Poletaev looks like a child next to Muserskiy
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I thought switching libero to regular shirt and vice versa is not permitted in World Championship?
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Did Sperraw just said that Max(im) can’t pass a ball?
