i can't believe that Germany is defeated again and the opponent is Thailand! i can't watch the game live but only stare at the livescore box on fivb, when GER won the first set, i feel fine, but the second,third and forth, they just shocked me. they can keep the score close at every sets' beginning and suddenly broke down in the middle when big differences were made.
Apparently, German guys depend so much on main players, namely Kozuch. however, Kozuch is really not a "Manon Flier"-style player with powerful attack, strong serve and superman body, though she titled best scorer for couple of weeks. in today's game, Kozuch played about two sets and a half, getting only 4 points, that's not who she were! We all know overusing a player will be a dangerous stuff, but provided the attacker situation of GER team, i've got no idea at all.
I haven't made detail stats about which is the most serious problem that german girls faced, but i assert it is the receiving round that opposite is in position 4 while outside attacker is in position 2 that germany lose most of their points, and it become worse when the opponent has a good server in that round. In the game germany vs china yesterday, chinese server for this round is captain wei with her aggressive float ball or wang yimei, the powerful server, and it leads to a big point difference at once. always girls could find no way to get though the rotation when they are in an unfamiliar position. this problem really needs to be solved.
Receiving is every teams' problem. i have to say the team titled 3rd place WGP last year was fantastic in their reception and defence. however the situation changes now. i have confidence in the libero, but the two outside attackers, whoever Beier, Brinker or Matthes, always make faults at key points. After Furst absent the team, blocking meets great trouble. it seems new MBs lacks experiences. Giovanni thinks they had problems in attacking, actually, i think the problem is no middle attacks. the two MBs can't make threatening hits, therefore outside attackers have to fight against two or three pairs of blocking hands.
After all, i will support this young team as always. i hope they can get a good result in WorldChampionship when Furst joins them.
