Watching this match, I think the gold will be the winner of the CHN v. ITA.
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there is always so much drama in the Dutch matches. lol
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why subbed out Sloedjes?
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It's about to start, rooting for the Dutch.
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If China wins gold, Zhu Ting will be the only player to win MVP for all 3 (4 if you include world champion cup) majors. And Lang Ping will be the only one to win all 3 majors as a player and as a couch.
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Since both China and Netherlands are qualified, I wonder how they will play tomorrow.
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Oh! we are going to have 3 European teams in the final four this year. Have that ever happened before?
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Ding could really help her team out if she set a higher ball especially when the pass if off - she is always trying to push that ball as fast as she can to tall outside players, this makes China struggle more than necessary in siding out most of the times. Every one keeps signalling a higher ball but obviously its not the way she likes to play... she has a bit of the manic setting of Bruno from the Brazilian men.. It seem China don't really have a steadier alternative setter though...
USA played solidly when they were in control of the first ball, but once the ball is out of system they had their normal struggles. They were helped by China's slow back court defence at times, but once China started making fewer errors and more touches it became a battle.... Hopefully the Dutch can bring a confident game to make things even more interesting!
In Rio, China had Wei, a steadier setter. But she retired...
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Thank God Li Yingying didn't let the team down, she killed some crucial balls, and her services really helped China. And kudos to Zhu Ting, when Li was subbed in, she had to take on the reception more and she didn't crack. Yuan was the biggest disappointment in this match, completely useless. I really don't understand why Lang Ping insisted on her.
Lang Ping put too much trust on Yuan, it's not a good thing. She played badly against Italy as well, and she didn't get subbed out. Other Chinese MB at least can score, but she can't.
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Ding Xia doesn't set the ball high enough to Zhu very often.
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Zhu has touched her right shoulder for a couple of times, hope she didn't get injured.
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10 points for Zhu Ting in the first set
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the dark circles under the eyes of the Chinese team....
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everybody knows the gold will be one of those three: China, Serbia and Italy. 100%.
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after the "draw" groups will be
ITA-CHI-SER ; NED-BRA/JAP-USA/RUS
serbia may regret losing their last two matches.
CHN and Serbia dont meet in F6 if they are both 2nd place.
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if Brazil wins 3-0 today, F6 without Japan's fixed draw, there will be a lot of possibilities.
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I dont know...but if they were scared of China then they should play them in the final 6 in order to avoid them in the semis....and eventually only face them in the final.
It's more about meeting Netherlands in the semi.
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instead of 1st place, Serbia choose 2nd, it seems like they rather play against Italy than China in the F6. So they will fight to meet netherlands in the semi.
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USA without Alisha Glass is like China without Zhu Ting, or Serbia without Boskovic. Maybe worse.
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China will be NO.4 no matter what, unless they can beat USA, which they failed to do so, ok?
Serbia v. Netherlands played first, their 5 sets match completely eliminated the " unless they can beat USA". Meaning even if China beat USA, China will be No.4 no matter what. you have to understand before and after. even though China lost to USA afterward, but that doesn't erase the fact that it was fake 5 sets shady game play.
plus, you could see that Serbia rest their main players during the match.