Not bad "replacement" at all..
But it might cause them trouble in terms of having enough local players on court. They'll always have an Italian setter and one Italian MB, but with Castillo as L they'll need either one of Pietrini/Angeloni or Alberti on court as well.
I'm glad Veltman continues as MB, blocking is her best skill! When she didn't sign anywhere for such a long time I was already afraid she'd retire.
I think Dreblow as libero will be the smallest problem for Dresden. They won't have any reliable scorer on pos.4 with Geerties-Bock-Stöckmann. Maybe Julia Wesser will already play much more than expected...
oh no! It is very bad or to be careful?
Newspaper article says that she suffered an ankle injury, but from the first impression of the doctor probably nothing is torn.
That lefty OPP of Asterix seems pretty good. I was wondering why she wasn't in NT, especially considering the disaster Belgium had at OPP position this summer, and then I found out she's Dutch 
Olympiakos vs Asterix
I wasn't aware that the competition already starts now 
- Interesting thing they mentioned. In her contract with a team in Germany there was a specific clause that if her grandma would pass away, she would be allowed to go home. Imo it's sad that these kind of thinks have to be part of a contract... She said it's always difficult when personal things like weddings and such happens and she can't be there
I think this story goes far back to Elles Leferink. She went to Italy at young age when she was a big talent, and during the season her grandmother died. However the club (Matera) didn't allow her to travel home for the funeral and she was very upset. After that season she left Italy and spent the rest of her career in Germany. Here it would be completely unthinkable that a club would not allow a player to travel home for such a situation And yes, it's really sad that it has to be in a contract...
Giannelli MVP
I think it's a very good choice. He was very important for this young team, and even though he himself is still very young, he played like a true leader IMO!
That was a very worthy final! 
Really fun to watch 
Congrats to Italy 
So after Serbia's double victory (men and women) in 2019, this year Italy gets the double.
He went to the bar with “some teammates”, and only he was sent home?
He is going to create more rumors instead of making it clear with this post.
Maybe he means teammates from club team playing for other countries, but yes, it's definitely creating more questions rather than answers.
Is there a video of what Kubiak did?
I'm also patiently waiting to see the drama
After scoring a point, he did an evil stare through the net at Slovenian team. Urnaut went to the referee to complain and then Kubiak totally lost his shit, screaming at Urnaut and having a go at him, his teammates and the 2nd referee had to hold him back from attacking Urnaut 
Karma did a great job tonight 
The worst thing is that it totally pumped up his performance 
It's pathetic when you first need to bully the opponent before you can play well 
Kubiak is the most disgusting human being in volleyball I want Poland to lose just for him (well, and a bit for Heynen 
)
I don't even see a stream. It says I have to pay to view the website
That's what I mean. The stream is part of a newspaper article (more or less), and that is behind the paywall
Is anyone able to watch? For me the stream is behind a paywall 
Today, 18:30 19:00, the official farewell match of Denise Hanke will take place in Schwerin. Schwerin's current team will play vs Hanke's Allstar team. There'll be a live stream by a newspaper in Schwerin, but not sure if it will be only for subscribers or openly available.
Hanke's team:
S: Hanke
OPP: Patricia Thormann
OH: Anne Buijs (
), Jennifer Janiska, Maren Fromm, Anne Matthes, Lousi Souza Ziegler, Julia Retzlaff
MB: Christiane Fürst, Corina Ssuschke-Voigt, Berit Kauffeldt
L: Anna Pogany, Janine Carli (Völker)
I guess some OHs will also play as OPP, Thormann with 42 years probably can't play a full match on such level anymore. I really hope the stream will be public, I'd love to see what the retired players can still show
According to a press release from Wiesbaden, Joyce Abgolossou will miss the season It turned out that she tore her ACL (
on another site the same article says "meniscus" though...) almost two years ago but wasn't properly treated, so she'll use this season for recovery.
Also Erica Handley will be out for a few weeks due to a hand injury.
On the upside, JWO finally joined the team this week. Wiesbaden will play some friendly matches this weekend which will be streamed on their FB page.
