CEV Men’s European Championship 2019 - hosts France, Slovenia, Belgium and the Netherlands
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any link for France x italy?
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Boyer three aces in row
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any link for France x italy?
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oh well, spoke too soon. UKR self-destructed at the end, from 21-17 to 23-25.
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Atanasijevic served Ukr out off the court. Ukr lost 23-25 after leading 21-17.
Oleh should play better at attacking, he was better in Italian League.
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France outplayed Italy in 1st set. Now Italy is playing with Nelli and Zaytsev as outside
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thanks.
Ukraine made some mistakes in the and. 1x1.
Plotnytskyi needs to play better in attack. He is serving well but not in attack
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Atanasijevic keeping Serbia alive, but will he be enough alone?
I have to say it again: Serbia desperately needs a better libero.
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holy f****, jenia!!!!!!
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Yes go France. Maybe this will cause firing of Blengini. Terrible Italy!
It's Italy. Things don't change until it's about several years too late to fix it.
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Zaytsev can't get a kill, 9% in attack
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So many dumb decisions
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Giannelli gave 2 sets in a row to Zaytsev in such crucial points
Nelli had the chance to close the set Candellaro and his floppy serve -
Blengini in the time out "You have to play with your heart now"
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Did he really say that?
Play with the heart because the brain is obviously not there anymore. I hope someone in our federation is watching this and finally realize how bad things are.
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Ah, Ukraine... How you are going to regret this second serve! This will haunt them probably till the rest of their lives and will remind them what they missed. True, Atanasijevic made 2 aces, but it was 2 consecutive mistakes by the setter Didenko that got the job done for Serbia. And again super performance by Ukraine against another favourite. Quite often they looked more willing and dangerous than Serbia. To be honest, I had to wait for the fifth set in order to watch Serbia gain focus and play some quality volleyball, I didn't like their display at all before that. Uros attacking with two hands above his head may be smart and worked in tougher situations or after bad sets, yet he did it way too often. It didn't look like volleyball at all. Serbia will have more to show than Ukraine against France now, that's for sure, still it leaves a bitter taste how they reached the semis.
By the way, if my info is correct, having spent the last season in Serbia with Vojvodina, Dmytro Viietskyi seems to be without a contract for the new season. This will probably change very soon, though.
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Zaytsev had only 1 kill on 14 attempts
he usually attacks worse in position 4 but right now he's struggling also in his natural position.I hope they will prove me wrong but considering Zaytsev's shape, aging Juantorena and the consistent problem in second outside position, I think Italian players will be tourists in Tokyo next year
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In Italy's defense, several of their players (including Zaytsev) had a stomach flu in the last few days, and it's definitely something that weakens athletes.