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Post by Phaedrus on Jul 30, 2012 5:39:12 GMT -5
Anyone catch that match? Germany took Russia to the brink in Game 1 and mightily ticked off them off. The rest of the match was pretty much all Russia. That first game was epic though. I was sure someone was going to pop the ball. Does anyone know the rankings of Germany and Russia?
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Post by Gorflorg Orshforg on Jul 30, 2012 10:50:27 GMT -5
Russia is #2 and Germany is #13. Russia was supposed to have a bunch of guys injured but either those reports were unfounded or they recovered quickly. They were the heavy gold medal favorites before they essentially took World League off and Poland became the world' hottest team.
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Post by Phaedrus on Jul 30, 2012 12:11:36 GMT -5
Either they have the miracle drug or they were indulging in some Soviet era propaganda, because they looked pretty healthy. It was like men versus boys out there.
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Post by Gorflorg Orshforg on Jul 30, 2012 12:29:48 GMT -5
Either they have the miracle drug or they were indulging in some Soviet era propaganda, because they looked pretty healthy. It was like men versus boys out there. Yeah, they were a big time favorite before World League, I wouldn't have given anyone else even a puncher's chance, no matter how well Poland did, but there were reports that both Volkov and Muserkiy, the two middles, were both less than 100%, and that Biryukov would miss The Games. I guess it was all smoke and mirrors or just bad information. |
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