The positive thing for Italy is that they won't play any worse moving on (hopefully!)
2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
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Don't underestimate Brazil, I was not so impressed by them tbh, but they won't be like "Please advance instead of me" I think they have chances to beat USA tomorrow
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Don't underestimate Brazil, I was not so impressed by them tbh, but they won't be like "Please advance instead of me" I think they have chances to beat USA tomorrow
With Bia, Paula and Macris playing great, I hope they reach the finals.
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it was WGP and much harder than VNL plus ranking points. Afterwards some teams started to send their B team in WGP but not like this (B + C mixture). Nowadays VNL is much more training camp and more teams are not interested in this competition IMO.
Many teams took WGP very seriously. The only time top teams sent a real 'B' team to the finals was in 2012 when USA won it, with not one single starter.
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VNL is great at exposing who has a B Team and who doesn't, amongst other things. I love this direction
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I mean Serbia didn't give their best WGP in 2016 to make it finals. The same with China too. Their main players also skipped finals if I'm not wrong. But I remember it was not like this in past, in 2006 WGP and WCH finals were the same Russia against Brazil.
I didn't mean in recent years.. before that when WGP was a big thing
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Uhm I hope USA takes the title again
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Yes, you right it's not even a thing today. If there is no ticket for OGs in World CUP, I feel like that tournament will also be equal to this one. I'm not sure about ranking points in World CUP. Hope we will have it otherwise you better to take remote control and change channel.
World cup is 100 points for winner just like OG and WCh
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Today USA with a completely different line-up
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wants to play against TUR or ITA in semi ?
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wants to play against TUR or ITA in semi ?
I think they'll go all in.. they were never into calculations and stuff like that
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I think they'll go all in.. they were never into calculations and stuff like that
Brazil also
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Did I think Brazil prefer Turkey over Italy, so they just put all their bench instead their starter.
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the best form is round-robin, each game makes sense, hahah
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This is why this form sucks.
I'd love to see an Final8, then quarterfinals, semi-finals and final.
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As bad of a season Carlini had, she's doing a great job right now. She fits really well in this fast system
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Turkey girls can beat brazil....they should be careful to make calculation....
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Sure, both teams are playing their bench but I dont think either team cares about "favorable" matchup (whatever that means) so playing to lose as a tactical move is not something I think either team would do. The US at least has been consistently rotating their bench every week so seeing this group against Brazil should not come as a surprised.
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Carlini should try and run Rettke in front. She is very successful on the slide so far, but Brazil consistently has 2 blockers in front of her
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This tournament is a joke
At least they could give some ranking points maybe it would change anything.