Kosheleva is still a big question mark for me. Sure, she has some great moments at club world champs, but it was also shown there that she had troubles with big teams. This coming VNL will be a good opportunity to see if she still has it. Otherwise, Lazareva should be in the 12 players squad.
Posts by bibetron
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Personally, i'd like to see Goncharova as OPP with Lazareva and Parubets as OHs. Maybe Lazareva could pull off what Goncha did in London 2012. Russia needs firepower among the OHs to support Goncha. I thought Voronkova would be that OH but from what I've seen from last tear, she was quite unreliable in attack.
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Congrats Scandicci!
I thought Kaliningrad would win it. For the most part up until the early part of the fifth set, they were doing well. Steady reception, Zivkovic distributing balls to all attackers, and noteworthy counter-attacks. But alas, it takes but a little for fortune to swing in the opponent's favor. Kurilo deserves praise. I think this is the best I've seen her play. -
oh my. Loko's substantial lead... gone
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Did Kaliningrad composed songs for each of their players? So far, I've heard "Margarita" and "Irina" a number of times after Kurilo and Voronkova would score points
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They're having a Depeche Mode playlist in the arena in Kaliningrad.
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Has Kosheleva entered the match?
I've only watched the second half of the second set. Looks like she hasn't. Besides, Voronkova and Kurilo seems to be enough.
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Pietrini. Before, no knee pads. Now, different shoes for each foot?
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Of course I'm hoping for an upset but realistically speaking, the best Russia can achieve is a 4th place at pool B. Then they'll meet Serbia at Quarter-finals and that'll be the end of the road for them. So the curse of not getting past QF post-Athens Olympics continues.
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China is 100% favorite. They are just on another level. Zhu Ting is more mature now. I think this China is much better than the one from 2016. Italy is the biggest threat to them, plus the Italians are not intimidated by the Chinese team. Serbia, on the other hand, is quite hard to predict how they'll fare against China. If I remember correctly, it was the gold medal match in Rio where they last met in an important match.
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It'll be a tough battle between Turkey and Russia to even make it as 4th ranked team in Pool B. It could go either way but Turkey has an advantage with Guidetti.
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Teams of the Netherlands always play in orange, but that has also nothing to do with the flag😅
Same goes with italy. There's definitely not a speck of blue in their flag.
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i adore the russian women's team but i have to admit that i can't say the same with the russian government's stance on homosexuality. Maybe Ksenia and other russians does not really have an issue with LGBT people but the russian government's actions does not exactly show that.
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congrats conegliano! Well deserved win!
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love those powerful hits from folie and de kruijf
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Congrats Imoco! Miraculous comeback like that 24-19 Rus vs Bra 2004 OG. Very timely for Egonu to activate beast mode!
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what a comeback!
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I wonder who would win if they would face each other. This current China or the one from 2004?
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Koroleva is far away the best MB in this tournament. Ever since Fetisova was out of commission, she has become a great blocker overnight it seems.. Goncharova now sitting at #4 Best Attacker after the match against Kenya today go get that Best Opp award Gonchy
PS. After all the Efimova hate, she is third best blocker if we look at the stats
true. She has silenced her haters lol. I'm not a big fan of her but i think she did pretty well. Still, Fetisova is miles better.
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my picks:
OH: Zhu, Robinson
OPP: Goncharova
MB: Koroleva, Yuan
S: Ding Xia
L: can't pick one. Maybe the Japanese libero? Maybe a bit biased, but i've been quite impressed with Pilipenko.