Posts by Emil

Fahr stopping Ogbogu

Larson for Plummer, sure. But I don't know if Thompson really can score and help the team. To me she's very mediocre, I hope she proves that I'm wrong. today.

Drew's continuous serve errors make her less perfect

Plummer and Drews who played awful are out, lets see how this develops

Oh I see Francy Piccinini

Antropova serving and Egonu attacking/blocking on court, it's too much for the opponent

I'm calmly waiting for Kiraly's time "take a deep breath, good things will happen"

USA: Poulter-Drews-Skinner-Plummer-Ogbogu-Washington-Orantes

Italy: Orro-Egonu-Bosetti-Sylla-Danesi-Fahr-De Gennaro

starting as usual.

Andiamo ragazze

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Age is just a number. Thaisa x Larson

De Gennaro says hi.

Sahin blocked Gabriela, I’d say now is the last shot for Turkey.

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So Derya is subbed by Hande again and probably won’t be able to back in this match, after helping Turkey to win the only set after QF. What the heck

Agreed. She and Erdem were the only reliable scorers in the 3rd set.

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That was probably the worst block touch challenge ever

Even Erdem, the hitter didn’t seem to like that idea

My only hope is not having a 3-0 match, I really don’r care who wins 😆

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I mean to her defense Vargas is getting blocked or dug a ton, and Meliha is on the left

Still extremely bad decision.

I really don’t get Sahin’s decision, the ball should have gone to Vargas.

Brazil with only one set for the Bronze!

Don't forget the classy distribution of Bosetti and Sylla, I cant believe I am saying this, because I sorta underestimated them as a duo.

Cate did all the invisible work in the back-row (digging, setting and passing) and even scoring.

On Turkish side, #11 was such a dark horse, she has a beautiful arm swing.

The better team won, literally. Fahr was superb, what a play!!

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Stop blamming Guidetti. The team did not had rhythm. Simple. They did not wanted to play VNL and they pay the price. It is not possible for Boskovic to score 40 points per match to save their ass. They needed time together. They made bad choices and this the results.

Now about Italy. They play a solid but at the same time soft match. Really I want someone to explain me ( I really want it!!!) something. Do you think that the Italian block and defense are so stronge in a way to slow down all the teams which they face or they are just lucky and all play bad against them?

I rally think that If they had to face Brazil today they would have a bad defeat.

I think the blame came from having Milenkovic consistently for such crucial moments, even tho we all know that she couldn’t deliver anything but errors. A good coach learns fast and reacts fast. If not, it’s called ‘stubbornness’.

I suppose only Wolosz and Medrzyk will leave the NT.

As much as I like Alagierska and Jurcyzk, It will be fair to give chances to other players, as we saw their limitation on a high level.

For OH, Rozanski can replace Medrzyk as starter and the rest will equally remain I believe.

OPP - Stysiak, Smarzek and Galkowska

L - same as now, plus Lysiak

S - Wenerska as starter and some youngster as backup.

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Similar rosters in comparison to Tokyo - the same stage of the tournament - and reversed result: amazing what coaching can do in volleyball in 3 years, lol.

Velasco is this guy - and Guidetti is washed, unfortunately for Serbia. I only see Brazil as capable to stop Italy, their defense-block-Egonu combination is on optimal level all summer, and IMHO (only) Brazil has enough depth on the wings/defense/block to beat them.

True. Orro back then was like a rollercoaster, too many ups and downs, but as she did today, she can be calm and do her work in order.

Talent is important but having a good coach means a lot, let alone choosing a reasonable roster.