And Schwerin takes 1st set. Pogany wants to keep her place as main libero and plays very solid, Barfield very effective in the middle, Szakmary and Adams good from 4 and Bongaerts with good distribution. Stuttgart isn't even bad, Schwerin simply better so far.
Germany - VBL 1. Bundesliga 2019/20
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First set goes to Schwerin! Barfield is doing a nice job. She is a real threat at the net, so Bongaerts has a chance to put the hitters against one blocker. Lazovic is the weak link for Stuttgart, she isn't good enough in both attack and defense.
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I'm surprised by van Gestel! She is doing a really nice job in every aspect of the game. Right now she is the best player for Stuttgart. They should try Thompson instead of Lazic.
Bongaerts indeed is doing really good
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2 bad calls by the referee right now!
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And now the referee becomes protagonist
IMO it's ok to call Bongaerts' ball as carry, but Van Gestel's ball was 10 times worse 
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How tall is Martina Samadan? She looks super tall compared to her team mates. She's listed as 1.93 on CEV but I'm not sure if it's real.
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What a thrilling 2nd set
The level of the match is much better than I expected 
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Really tight match and a good level! Good move bringing in Thompson.
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How tall is Martina Samadan? She looks super tall compared to her team mates. She's listed as 1.93 on CEV but I'm not sure if it's real.
Should be correct, she might look taller because she stands beside van Gestel (1.83) and Rivers (1.80)
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I've never seen this referee before and I hope she's not going to be main referee in important matches more often
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Cansu isn't setting the middles much and when she does, the sets aren't good. I'm curious what Kästner can do against with the team.
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Bongaerts is giving a lesson to Cansu today. That connection with Adams
And I want to mention again that Pogany is playing really well in all elements! Not sure what Wong-Orantes is supposed to be able to add to the team if Pogany can keep this up...
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Pogany gets everything of the ground right now!!!
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Congrats Schwerin, a deserved win! Everyone played good today, even Dumancic did a good job. A point of improvement is to keep the receiving on a good level for the whole match. Outside hitters for Stuttgart are to unstable. My MVP for today is Bongaerts!
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And I was right to have a bet on Schweriner to win.
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Probably Pia is more injury that they think and maybe even end of season.
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Probably Pia is more injury that they think and maybe even end of season.
Actually the article says that probably she'll be out until the end of the year ("out" meaning she can do only limited training and can't play) and it's uncertain how quick she'll recover. Stuttgart invited Italian setter Sofia Turlà to tryout training as possible replacement until January.
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Dresden in Trouble. Mareen von Römer are out for 4 Werks 🤔