"What is this?! Oh God, help us" - that was Stefana's reaction when she first entered the hall in Ankara before the ECh final
She said that she tried to pretend in her mind that all those people for actually cheering for Serbia, and that's how she was able to keep her focus.
Interesting. Novak Djokovic said something very similar about how he copes with crowds supporting his opponents.
If I understood right, he just doesn't find Maja interesting?
I can’t imagine not finding Maja of all people interesting.
Oh well. To each his own I guess. *blacklists sitenoise for life.* 
To me, they should be beating Argentina and a win over Korea or Dominican Republic would be a pretty good achievement. Some of the top teams are not in great form so perhaps they can get a few more points, but really there should be no great expectations and I’m pretty impressed with what I’ve seen so far. It’s not about looking for excuses, just being realistic.
They haven’t looked great this summer, it’s true but in 2019 there’s no doubt in my mind that Voronkova and Parubets are better players than Kosheleva and Shcherban.
A fun tidbit: on Saturday, Bianca Andreescu won the US Open. On Sunday, Bianka Buša won the ECh in volleyball. Sometimes, nomen est omen!
And both Bianc(k)as’ victories were celebrated by me! 
Talking about literally everyone, I agree with your post.
Like I said Hande, Meliha, Ebrar, Cansu and some other players will spend the most of the time on the bench in their clubs and they needs to be in top shape for EQT for Tokyo...
While I agree with your point, one of Meliha and Ebrar will have to play in VB. Cansu I expect will get some game time as well when Gabi, Haak and Rasic are on the court. Hande, yeah she’ll mostly be on the bench which is unfortunate.
Display MoreLet's do it his way then
Serbia x Italy 3-1
Serbia x Turkey 3-2
2-1 = Turkey is 1 better.
Even he can't deny this, this is Crovolley approved science/math!
BUT
Italy 3-0 Poland
Turkey 3-1 Poland.
Crovolley logic will come through 
Crovolley Is in his top shape since Turkey lost the tie break. He will be as annoying as usual. He's already all over the place in his troll mode.
How long before we get told “Italy deserved silver more” 
So Serbia’s 3rd gold but no player has played in all 3 tournaments as the only veterans from 2011 that are here today skipped the 2017 edition (Ognjenovic, S. Popovic).
Ugh MVP to Bošković so boring and uninspired.
Even Brankica had a better tournament
Yeah, this wall just go in Tijana‘s already full MVP cabinet. I would have picked Maja 
Usually the fighting begins here AFTER they announce the dream team.
In other news, pope was right. Busa is a genuine volleyball legend, her serves saved Serbia's asses.
Turkey were phenomenal. They exposed Serbia's weak reception brilliantly and defended with absolutely EVERYTHING, especially to stop Boskovic. From almost having a disaster a week ago v Croatia, they beat NED and POL comfortably and then pushed the World champs to the very limit. They only go home with silver but they deserve gold just as much.
What a freaking match!!!
If Blagojevic is at all able to play, I think it’s an absolute scandal that she’s not been on the court yet.
This kinda reminded me of that match when Fenerbahce kept blocking Boskovic in the golden set 2 years ago.
My heart wasn't prepared for a final set. 
I didn’t expect the Fatma-Seyma OH duo to be so successful.
NT season always brings the friendly community spirit here on IV.
2-player reception can not last forever against good server teams like Turkey
Yeah, that’s where I thought Turkey might cause some problems. They are much better servers than Italy.
Turkey’s serves are shredding the Serbian reception right now.
