Paris 2024 - men’s tournament

  • i would hate to watch yet another JPN V USA this quickly

  • Brazil played poorly against Italy and lost some sets on details imo. But Italy is the clear favorite against Brazil

  • It's shaping to be a Kurek redemption arc! Poland is playing with some inspiration. That 3rd set win has given them hope.

  • Romano has been playing above expectations imo

  • Ppl setting a lot of balls to Kurek lol


    Poland didn’t find themselves today

  • Well, at least Poland fought hard to stay in the game on 3rd. Nice to see Kurek still had some fight on him. He was quite steady in serve in the 3rd and 4th sets and even scored a couple of important aces. Poland needs him playing well to win a medal.

  • Romano has been playing above expectations imo

    Above expectations? He was their best player against Brazil and today match against Poland.

  • Congratulations ITA! They neutralize POL's serve and it really hampered their confidence in all departments. Great all around volleyball from them especially to Michieletto (Defense) and Galassi(Block). POL is a mess but at least Kurek finally showed up.

    My Predictions:

    [1]Italy x Japan

    [2]USA x Brazil

    [3]Slovenia x Poland

    [4]France x Germany

    [1] I think of the quarters I am somewhat confident that JPN will lose against ITA. Somehow, I believe JPN will just flunk it again.

    [2] If BRA does not play Adriano or just even Fernando, it will be easily an USA game

    [3] I just believe POL is a floppy team so I picked SLO lol.

    [4] Homecrowd will be using all its might for this one tbh.

  • I'm also giving an advantage to Slovenia as well. Poland has a history of flopping at the olympics despite being world champions plus Slovenia looks dangerous after the France game. Still rooting for Poland to break the curse this time.

  • I'm also giving an advantage to Slovenia as well. Poland has a history of flopping at the olympics despite being world champions plus Slovenia looks dangerous after the France game. Still rooting for Poland to break the curse this time.

    TBH, it will be about their serves. If they can't break SLO at that, they will be playing like this game. They just are not a team that can win long rallies.

  • TBH, it will be about their serves. If they can't break SLO at that, they will be playing like this game. They just are not a team that can win long rallies.

    and involvement of the middles in attack.