They better not be saving Nurper for the final.
Posts by Volleygirl17
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this man waited until the 3rd place game to start Carlini lmao i hate him
I saw it and I literally choked. Unless his primary goal was to win the bronze all along, his choices make less sense than FIVB decisions when it comes to tournament formats.
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Italy 7 blocks in total. Carol alone has 10. And Brazil as a team like 20
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I'M SO FREAKING HAPPY!!!!! GO GRAB THAT GOLD BRAZIL!!!!!
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Was that 3 blocks in a row by Carol???
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OK Brazil finish this in 4 plz. I don't think my heart can take a tiebreaker
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OMG I nearly died at the end of the set
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Egonu keeps trying to take out the Brazilian bench with her serves
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Not Carol yelling at the ref on her way to block
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Can someone explain me what's Sylla's role? She's not attacking nor receiving, she just brings chaos.
Her role is to help Brazil win
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Now that the Poland matches are over, so I hope are Rob (Canadian guy) and Ci's commentary presence in this tournament (and any future ones if possible). Clayton is all we want from now on.
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I think it is okay to have bad moments when you meet the best server of the world (Boskovic). And Serbia is overall a great team from service line.
But I get your point.
That's a weird way to spell Annie Drews
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Congrats Serbia! I've been supporting the USA ever since I started following the sport, though Karch made it reaaaally difficult for me during this entire summer. Still, of course, I was cheering for them today. And I'm sad that they missed the opportunity to take it to five, especially for Kelsey (who, I was soooo sure, would serve into the net/out during those last points, and she impressed me lots when she didn't) who came alive during the 3rd set and showed more fight and passion than I've seen from her this entire tournament. But Serbia was hands down the better team and they definitely deserved their place in the final.
Considering injuries,the lack of terminal hitters, etc, it would take a miracle for this US team, lacking the experience and the ball control that the veterans brought to the game, to achieve 1/2nd place (or perhaps even reach the semis, had they played any other team yesterday). I was even sure that they were gonna get swept, and I'm really happy that they didn't and they fought in the last two sets. But why, oh why, didn't Karch learn anything from the VNL QF match, or even the Thailand match? No one knows for sure if Carlini, SWP, Plummer or even Larson and MBH would have changed the result today, but the point is, we will never know, because he never tried them.
Did Ze know for sure that him subbing in Roberta/Lorenne/Rosamaria yesterday would pay off?Definitely not, but at least he tried something different, he didn't just stick to his originals and say Yep, those are my starters, if they can't do it, no one can. What's the point of bringing 14 players if you're gonna use only a very ill-timed double sub and a serving sub that never actually ended up being successfull?Or,even worse, wait until a struggling player is injured to replace them?
Did this starting lineup of the USA deserve to go to the final? No, I can't say that they did. But could a potentially different lineup (within the same 14 player roster) have made it? Karch never gave them a chance.
Anyways, I hope that they manage to regroup and bring their best game (with whatever lineup) to the bronze medal match. And I also really hope that Brazil wins tomorrow against Italy, cause a)It'd be boring to see a repeat of the 2018 final, b)I want Gabi, Carol and co to grab that gold and c)I need my two favorite teams on different finals on Saturday lol
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Me after the Serbia-Poland and Brazil-Japan game
Jesus, they are great games
I legitimately checked my pulse after the BRA-JPN game and although it was probably one of the fastest I have ever had, i couldn't feel it cause me hands were literally shaking. I still feel the excitement tbh and it's not really good because it's keeping me awake and it's 3am here, so tomorrow at rounds I'll probably be dead
Since my reverse-jinx from the other day seems to have worked (well, except for the China match), my predictions for the semifinals are
Brazil 0x3 Italy
USA 0x3 Serbia
Universe, you known what you have to do
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Damn, why do all the great matches need to end in such anticlimatic ways...
Well 3/4 "underdog" teams almost made a comeback/made it to the semifinals today, but at the end couldn't...
Congrats Italy, USA, Brazil and Serbia!
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WHAT A MATCH!!! I was out of breath for almost the entire game, I'm not sure how the players are still alive tbh
Congrats to both of these teams, they were supreme! And now they're through to the semifinals I hope Brazil wins it. I mean anyone who can come back from two sets down against a team playing that amazingly good and win the match, deserves to win the whole thing. Sorry Bosko, Egonu and co.
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Unless Brazil stop committing that much errors it's gonna be over for them soon
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Not happening for either Rosamaria or Pri right now. The block is nowhere to be found
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Pri demonstrating why she's a top 10 receiver
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Tainara with 3 (?) errors early on
