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Post by Edmond on Aug 5, 2012 7:05:24 GMT -5
2-1, China qualified for quarters.
28-26
22-25
25-19
Korea was leading 10 points in the first set, but still lost it.
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Post by MarsH on Aug 5, 2012 7:29:51 GMT -5
2-2
Both teams qualify for the QF
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Post by deacondive on Aug 5, 2012 7:31:34 GMT -5
Interesting substitutions by China in that last set...
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Post by vball20 on Aug 5, 2012 7:32:47 GMT -5
very sloppy plays from both sides
not a high-level volleyball
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Post by Edmond on Aug 5, 2012 7:34:43 GMT -5
So does that mean Brazil's fate is in the hands of the mighty US?
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Post by simonsun on Aug 5, 2012 8:08:39 GMT -5
yes
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Post by vball20 on Aug 5, 2012 9:00:50 GMT -5
China threw away that 4th set to Korea. They are also rooting for USA to lose to Turkey so Brazil will be out of elimination round.
As you know, China never won a match against Brazil in this quad.
Talk about tactics!!
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Post by Shenro on Aug 5, 2012 9:09:00 GMT -5
Ridiculous to come back from behind by 9 points in the first set if they were going to give away 2 sets anyway.
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Post by Edmond on Aug 5, 2012 9:32:21 GMT -5
China threw away that 4th set to Korea. They are also rooting for USA to lose to Turkey so Brazil will be out of elimination round. As you know, China never won a match against Brazil in this quad. Talk about tactics!! If that is the case why didn't they throw away the 1st set and then win the next 2? They were down 9-19 in the first set. |
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Post by Phaedrus on Aug 5, 2012 9:50:57 GMT -5
Thus is where people will start questioning whether Korea and China were in cahoots to push the match to five because of the tournament rules it was to their advantage, and to the detriment of Brasil if the match came out the way it did. The difference here is that they had to go five rather than straight out tank.
Sent from my MB860 using proboards
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Post by OverAndUnder on Aug 5, 2012 12:44:13 GMT -5
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look....
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Post by TheSantaBarbarian on Aug 5, 2012 20:46:19 GMT -5
China and S. Korea already cheated (match fixing) in badminton, is this really a surprise?
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Post by Edmond on Aug 5, 2012 22:10:25 GMT -5
China and S. Korea already cheated (match fixing) in badminton, is this really a surprise? Well, it is very different. In the badminton double events, both sides were trying to lose but serving into the net. Here, Brazil put themselves in this awkward position in the first place. Why did they have to lose to Korea really? Try to avoid Japan in the quarters? China and Korea pushed the match to 5, but both sides were still trying to win because the losing side could still end up in 4th. Anyway, this is not the first time in volleyball either. Japan and Serbia fixed their match to kick Thailand out of the Olympics. In last year's World Cup, Korea lost 0-3 on purpose to China. And we all know what Brazil men's team did in 2010 World Champ and Athens 2004; Cuba in Athens 2004; China in 2002 World Champ. |
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Post by Pallavolo on Aug 7, 2012 8:53:03 GMT -5
China and S. Korea already cheated (match fixing) in badminton, is this really a surprise? Did you watch the China-Korea Group B match in Pool Play at all? |
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