pool c is a joke.
Argentina without conte and de cecco is not a top team + China.
I wish Turkey ended up here instead of Canada.
And who told you they won't play?
Posts by LDvolley
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What are they contesting the ARG-COL match?
Allegedly rotation errors by Colombia.
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Not like I give a crap about our women's team but Bulaich...
a) gets constantly abused by colombian attackers when she blocks.
b) can't receive any ball well.
c) has been blocked/defended like 15 consecutive times already.
Yet the coach doesn't sub her off? lol
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well, that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Still predicting all losses though.
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Was that the mariachi song that guy played before? lol
What is this one the spectators are singing?
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Brazil won.
To be honest, i think Argentina is just an a average team. I dont see them winning any championship in the near future, specially without De Cecco and Conte.
Don't see Brazil winning much either (except SA championship). They also look 1 or 2 retirements away from going down a tier.
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Congrats Brazil, too bad we couldn't watch a good chunk of the game.
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Vicentin is so fucking bad. Can't score, misses 70% of his serves. I have no idea how he keeps seeing playing time.
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Some info that absolutely shocks me:
Flavio is only 2m tall (I've read 199cm somewhere too) - always thought he would be like 206-208
I don't know if it's the case of Flavio but stats of some players are sometimes not updated.
For example, Agustin Loser is listed as 193cm tall in FIVB website which is... inaccurate.
He's had the same stats in fivb competitions since he was like 16 lol
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With few errors (only 16 today) it is possible for Argentina to play.
Lima and De Cecco drastically improved their level compared to previous matches. Loser was a machine in attack. Palacios was really missing, his serve is visibly dimished by injury but in every other aspect he's better than the other young OHs of the roster and "completes" the team.
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Not seeing any upsets from lower seeds tbh.
Normally I'd give Iran or Argentina a fair chance against those opponents but not in their current form.
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Netherlands will go very far, you heard it here first 😅
If Italy doesn't throw their game the NED path will be UKR/TUR in round of 16 and SLO/GER in QF which is... doable.
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Scenarios for Italy...
Win 3-0 with +10 point margin: R16 vs Cuba, QF vs (possibly) France, SF vs Slovenia/Netherlands.
Win 3-1 or 3-0 with less than 10 point margin: R16 vs Argentina, QF vs (possibly) Brazil, SF vs (possibly) Poland
Win 3-2: Could finish anywhere from top to bottom of FRA, BRA, NED depending on margin of points.
Lose: R16 vs Turkey or Ukraine, QF vs (possibly) Slovenia, SF vs (possibly) Serbia or France.
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ok, POL v TUN & SLO v GER confirmed.
(Unless PUR beats UKR 3-0 and a large margin, which I don't think will happen)
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Germany is qualified.
In order to make it Canada needs for Serbia to beat Tunisia 3-0 with a point difference of +24.
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Argentina, Cuba, Tunisia and Canada all qualified
Tunisia and Canada (and Turkey and Ukraine) are not qualified yet, they have to win at least one set or Germany can climb above them.
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Is Argentina already out with this 3:2 result?
No, qualified as best 3rd.
As for the match... no words. The team clearly has lost all self-confidence, such result is not normal.
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Just wondering if the Cubans players that got into trouble few years ago were they allowed to play for the NT again?
I don't think so.
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Japan is almost certainly qualified after winning the first set. Mexico/Bulgaria cannot surpass them anymore and I doubt Tunisia will win two sets vs Serbia.
And even if the second condition is not fulfilled with Tunisia they can still hope for one of Germany, Canada or Turkey to lose their last game 3-0.
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Argentina is both old (De Cecco, Conte) and inexperienced (Vicentin, Zerba), this injury of Palacios has made a big mess there since they were great against Serbia in the first game of Wagner Memorial two weeks ago.
Lima has played on 60% spike percentage so far, so I don't think he's the one that should be criticized the most.
Yes, never thought Palacios could be missed like this. Vicentin hasn't been up to standard.
I know Lima doesn't have too bad % but it's just that he's never reliable in key moments and his serve (which should be the main serve of the team) is not working AT ALL. Today he served more safely after his disaster vs Iran but scored only one ace (which bounced on the net) and didn't put much pressure on the reception.