2025 Women’s U21 World Championship

    Podlaska Martyna very good sub at Opp position:super: she has got heavy spikes:white:

    Poland -Türkiye 2:2. Maybe this game is not on so high energy and emotion, but interesting to watch

    I missed our match with Brazil because I needed sleep :P But I watched it from the replay on you tube, although it has its minus: after the 1st set you already know who won if you see that the match lasted about 1.5 hours:wall: Bravo to the Italian team – minimum objective achieved – a medal. Now Japan – the toughest opponent here. In a friendly match just before the World Champ., we won 3-1, but I haven't seen the detailed statistics. We need to limit our errors, because today we had over 20 again, just like against China. Japan makes a maximum of 10 errors per match.

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    I missed our match with Brazil because I needed sleep :P But I watched it from the replay on you tube, although it has its minus: after the 1st set you already know who won if you see that the match lasted about 1.5 hours:wall: Bravo to the Italian team – minimum objective achieved – a medal. Now Japan – the toughest opponent here. In a friendly match just before the World Champ., we won 3-1, but I haven't seen the detailed statistics. We need to limit our errors, because today we had over 20 again, just like against China. Japan makes a maximum of 10 errors per match.

    You don't get tl congratulate the girls after you have been trashing them non stop since the preliminary round.

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    You don't get tl congratulate the girls after you have been trashing them non stop since the preliminary round.

    I write what I see. If someone plays bad, I criticize them; if someone plays well, I congratulate them. It's hard to expect anyone to congratulate them for losing a set to Indonesia... An athlete is a public person and can be criticis. It's important not to offend anyone. I don't do that.

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    Well they always take it out on the most experienced players and their expectations are over exaggerated.

    I don't appreciate this extremely bitchy condescending tone that you apparently made up since the one you quoted never said that.


    Chika Yanagi is 185

    Miina Inoue is 182

    Mayu Watanabe 181


    But you've always talked shit on Japanese players for being short so I'm not surprised this came from you but realize that you're fucking wrong

    Lol either you quoted wrong or where is it the condescending bitchy tone?

    Your whole argument falls, because Japanese players are ever rarely on my radar, so it is impossible I can be talking shit about them. But I underdtand that some Japanese fans can be a tad extreme.

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    I still don't understand why Dilay wasn't allowed by Santarelli to play here, when in the gym he took Elif and Cansu to the WC, if something happened to them, Dilay could join Turkish in Thailand like Helena.

    I read somewhere on IG that Santarelli is an Italian agent who was sent to Turkey by de Gennaro to stop their development and make it easier for the Italians to win :P Maybe it's part of the strategy:lol:

    Best OH of 2019 : Ishikawa is the starting OH for Japan senior NT


    Best OHs of 2021: Omoruyi /Knollema Both with the NT A team


    Best OHs of 2023: Zhuang yushan/Nervini Both will be starting in the WCH later this month


    It gives you sth to look forward to about the development of the girls this year.

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    That´s really something if Japan wins the gold medal cuz their big gun of this generation Akimoto is not even here :white::white:


    I like what Inoue is showing, her verstile attacking could be useful in the senior NT.

    Well if we go to that, then Italy isnt with their best setter either. The Euro u17 was played with Allaoui, the World's U19 with Batte and now with Sassolini, each a downgrade of their predecessor.