CEV Champions League 2018

Sucks for Moscow that they are in Pool C. I could see them being at the top of B pretty easily

Haven't watch it but yes, the stats say so! Receiving opposite, with Hoag out of the reception. Great reception % and quite good attack % (50% on 14 balls with 2 errors).

A surprise for me as well!

First match on court for Hoag vs his father.

It has been a while since Giannelli scored 10 points in a match: 3 aces, 3 blocks.

Sam Deroo(Zaksa) will probably out with an injury for the champions league reencounter with Trento this week.

The Lube vs. Knack Roeselare match is getting so heated. And they are serving every single ball to Juantorena it's hilarious

Sokolov has to stop for 20 days...

Knack Roeselare served Juantorena 37 times compared to 18 for the rest of the team combined (and only 4 to Grebbenikov). He only passed 14% on those and made 5 errors. Teams in Italy should be taking note

Lube, as a team, is badly underperforming. I'm not surprised Jenia is having a bad season. Who isn't in Civitanova? Just Cester.

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Congrats Bahkawdi you discovered America again

Haha just saying teams don't do it enough in the SuperLega.

Also, Chaumont should be winning this match but Boyer is completely shitting the bed and they can't hit a serve.

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Sokolov has to stop for 20 days...

It appears Cormio didn't say 'we will have him back in 20 days maximum", but "we will have him at maximum in 20 days".
So they say he isn't at the top but he that he can play.

Other rumors said he needs an important knee surgery, but of course this isn't the right moment...

Anyway, I absolutely picture Sokolov as a player that would play on one leg to help the team, so I don't imagine a situation were he doesn't want to play and Lube forces him.

As whole season Trentino is mega poor... Tragic

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As whole season Trentino is mega poor... Tragic

Quoting myself directly as this is the worst Trentino I've seen in years

Vettori totally useless, pathetic, Lanza error prone, simply tragic...

There are people willing to trade Russell for Lanza.

Why Hoag is not playing

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Still not worse than the one that had Suxho-A. Ferreira-Sokolov a few seasons ago.

Ferreira is volley doctor for Lanza, and Tsetso is a God fot Vettori. Lanza is a total disaster, Mosna should get rid of him ASAP as he is cancer of this team. I'll start to hate Trentino coz of him. ZAKSA would rape them with Deroo today

Holy crap I can't believe we lost this match like this
What a terrible decision to put Teppan in for Kovacevic to serve at 11-14, I felt immediately that it would have been a bad choice, but it was even more terrible than I expected!

Anyway, despite the killing final I did enjoy this match, it was pretty fought and there were several intense action. Zaksa defense was amazing!

Edit: Hoag had a shoulder problem

Edit 2: I wanted to look at the stat first, but they kinda confirm my impression: Vettori didn't have a bad match; I think he practically wasn't used in the first set but the only set I do remember was a point; he was great in the second in attack and serve (or it was the 4th when he served well? It was that side of the court, anyway); I think he put down practically every ball except for two spike in the same action, both without block (at least Trento did scored that point); it was shaky in the third and ok in the tie break (the last error was on Giannelli set, for me).
56% in attack with 3 errors and 2 blocked.

Looking at the stats, it's also terrible to realize that in the tie break Zaksa was never ahed except in the 2 match points. Damn.

I also liked Eder and Kozamernick, and this time both liberos as well.

Giannelli 5 serve errors