If Zehra doesn’t get MVP for this match I will take it as confirmation that FIVB is crazy 
Posts by Mellie
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Why does Guidetti put Gozde in instead of Ebrar? I get he wants her to be oh but what’s the harm of her playing as opp for a double sub at the end of a set. Frustrating!
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Does anyone know where to find a replay of today's match?
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"#19 Target 19 Target" I'm not very familiar with her, Milenkovic, is she usually a target?
she’s definitley not the strongest receiver ever, and she’s for sure a better target than Blagojevic who has played as libero on a few occasions
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Serbia has really woken up in this 3rd set
Bjelica is a lot better than I ever realized, maybe just because Boskovic is usually always there to compare her to. But she has really stepped up for this tournament -
I was just going to write the Mirkovic->Popovic thing was working well. They have great timing, super fast. Then they blundered two in row really badly
I’m glad she is at least trying to run the middles, the connection will improve eventually
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if SRB didn't want to send A team, why didn't they give up their spot and let ITA or TUR be there?
btw, speaking of brother-sister duos, there's a plak in the NED men's NT, is that her brother?
no team is going to willingly just give up their spot and get 0 points. They sent their b team because they still want some points and it helps the team become stronger. Plus this team is still proving to be able to compete at a good level, it’s not like they sent a completely incompetent team that all the other teams can play their bench against
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Okay, so expectations don't lead to a let down (it's not that interesting):
My intro to volleyball was Rio. I watched much of it with a group of Chinese friends. It ended with Zhu Ting basically beating the shit out of Maja. My friends were, well ... you can imagine. When they showed the replay and Zhu did the eyeroll (which may have later been cleaned up) I thought the roof was going to come off my home. The Chinese folks I know would never act the way Maja was acting, especially in a Gold Medal match, 100km volleyball hitting you in the face and a possible broken finger notwithstanding. It was incredulous and we all let her have it. It isn't fair to Maja but think of it as reverse Euro-centrism. You're among like-minded people and you are winning. It can get mean. And shape your impressions.
As an extra data point, Brankica fared even worse. The image of her sitting on the bench at the end of the match looking forlorn and lost is forever etched in my mind.
At that point, I had no idea I was going to become interested in Volleyball. So neither of them meant anything to me.
So ... here's the thing. It's all about redemption. I'm all for redemption (just ask Ebrar, or Kaori Ueno who you probably don't know, or even Terzic who you know I've hated, but that line about his sense of humor and when he smiles monthly went a long way). It's simple and easy, really.
When I started to get into volleyball it took no time at all for Brankica to redeem herself to me. It's about personality not volleyball skills. Brankica is so lovable it isn't funny. Maja has simply never redeemed herself to me, and since she started so low, fairly or not, it's a long way up. She almost got me awhile back when she did that "In your Face, Gui" scream/dance. But I've never seen Maja do anything to amuse or entertain me. To be fair I haven't seen that much of her. Didn't she take a year off between now and then?
Remember, I try hard to find joy in difficult or ugly things. I'm working on it.
I’m confused.. you don’t like her because she was upset after losing a gold medal match at the Olympics? An Olympic gold is basically what these players work for and devote their whole lives too, I think I would find a player a lot more unlikable if they weren’t a wreck after losing such an important match. Or maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean...
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When I think of Maja I don't think "Oh, that cocky arrogant chick". That's not it. I'll tell the story some day
Ooo now you’ve got me curious lol
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USA win 3:1
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tbh taking any sets against the top teams in this tournament should be viewed as a victory for the serb b team. their usual bench players/young players are gonna benefit a lot in the long run by getting to play against these teams top level players.
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Btw many fans in the hall said Terzic was belittling and cursing the Italian judge terribly, the way he spoke was offensive to women according to them. And many fans booed his every move after that, particularly the female ones.
I wish I was in Ankara
I'm not a fan of neither of these wannabe Alpha coaches tbh
in an interview Terzic said he struggled communicating to the team because it was too loud to hear. Which I don’t doubt because the hall seemed ridiculously loud just watching the video. If they couldn’t hear what people standing right next to them were saying, it seems unlikely that fans who are a few meters back could hear what was actually being said
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Everything about this award ceremony was weird and felt anticlimactic. From the lack of podiums no dream team, even how they handed out the medals before the team got on the podium. I’m not a fan of this format
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This match is going to give me a heart attack
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It's usually empty for matches that don't involve the host anyways.
that’s true, but having even less matches with lots of people there would be even worse
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Playing at home. There is the difference. Therefore European OG qual. should be played at neutral ground for all teams.
yea that would be technically more fair, but then the hall would be empty. I’d bet the players would rather play in a full hall rather than a neutral hall
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The only significant fact is that Croatia was stolen yesterday when the match broke. I have mentioned it and will always mention whatever you think heavenly.
The argument that it was a friendly match is not exactly a justification for unsportsmanlike conduct.
when a player is injured everyone’s first concern is that players well-being as soon as they realize it’s happening, the last thing anyone is thinking about is the last point. If the croatian players didn’t feel it was necessary to contest replaying the point, then I don’t see why your throwing such a big fit over it. Sometimes bad calls are made, it happens in nearly every tournament(even more important ones), but it is just one more aspect of the game, it sucks but it happens. Also it’s not really unsportsmanlike conduct considering it’s not the Serbian teams fault that the point was replayed, it was the refs call
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Any links for serbia v Italy?
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I think I like the new system where each continent has their own competitions and send one team, meaning 6 teams. Rest of the spots are decided in world qualifications where European teams probably will most likely get all 6 spots as they deserved it for so long.
The current system makes sense neither economically nor socially as previous post explained it. Worst of all, these low quality matches make the sport less watchable.
Maybe Brazilian users are worried to see Brazil losing to a European team in quarters?
I am sure majority of federations love the current system where they pass 3-4 teams easily and get some nice points which helps them to climb in world ranking. Harder the competition means risking their chance of losing a nice spot not only in OGs but also in world ranking.I honestly doubt that Europe would get all six remaining spots, 3-4 of them probably, but there are a few Asian countries, and even Dominican Republic(They took Brazil to 5 sets) can pose threats to some of the European teams