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Post by Sbilo on Aug 6, 2016 21:47:27 GMT -5
Orro (Italy) needs to go out. Oh, there's Lobianco
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Post by trojansc on Aug 6, 2016 21:48:25 GMT -5
Was waiting for him to put Lo Bianco in for Orro
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Post by cardinalvolleyball on Aug 6, 2016 21:58:31 GMT -5
If they are pulling Orro they need to pull Sylla too. Huge first matcb jitters
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Post by Gilmoy on Aug 6, 2016 22:00:06 GMT -5
SRB +27+20 ITA, G3:
20-19 Ts?
20-19 SRB dump or 1, coverage eventually shanked left past the chairs
21-19 SRB two soft-blocks, Mihajlovic D tool right
22-19 Ti
22-19 serve long
22-20 #12 right line bounce
23-20 Sylla soft-blocked, Mihajlovic left cross wide
23-21 Mihajlovic tight left line blocked into her
23-22 Mihajlovic left cross tool high right
24-22 SRB jf long!
24-23 Egonu jf, SRB left tool left
25-23
SRB +27+20+23 ITA. Close, but SRB too unflappable. Wisdom stomps youth.
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Post by Sbilo on Aug 6, 2016 22:03:42 GMT -5
Mihajlovic sweeps Italy
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 6, 2016 22:06:04 GMT -5
Serbia's mental game has always been their weakness. Their ability to come back despite not playing well is a good sign. They're my dark horse pick. Way too good to be a dark horse. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 6, 2016 22:06:45 GMT -5
I'm surprised that Serbia won the first 2 sets with Mihajlovic and Nicolic at the OHs. I was expecting at least the Italian servers can challenge those two. Despite her height, NIkolic is a very good receiver. |
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Post by volleyguy on Aug 6, 2016 22:07:36 GMT -5
Serbia's mental game has always been their weakness. Their ability to come back despite not playing well is a good sign. They're my dark horse pick. Way too good to be a dark horse. I agree. White horse pick? |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 6, 2016 22:18:30 GMT -5
Way too good to be a dark horse. I agree. White horse pick? Contender/favorite? I mean, especially with China tanking today. |
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 6, 2016 22:22:05 GMT -5
Serbia was pretty inconsistent in parts of that match, but they have the potential to be the dark horse, I absolutely agree.
Unlike China (which also suffers from mental weaknesses), Serbia can recover from mental lapses quickly, whereas China will just be stuck in a rut and collaspe.
Serbia is the bigger threat to US than China or Russia...at least being a a potential "upset" danger.
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 6, 2016 22:27:17 GMT -5
I agree. White horse pick? Contender/favorite? I mean, especially with China tanking today. We can safely discount China. They are mentally too weak and inconsistent. I saw their game against Netherlands, and they were just like daydreaming on court. The two teams that pose the biggest challenge to US (apart from Brazil) is Serbia and Russia. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 6, 2016 22:28:37 GMT -5
Contender/favorite? I mean, especially with China tanking today. We can safely discount China. They are mentally too weak and inconsistent. I saw their game against Netherlands, and they were just like daydreaming on court. The two teams that pose the biggest challenge to US (discounting Brazil) is Serbia and Russia. I'm not discounting China. If they just decide to ride Zhu (say, in a do-or-die knockout match when they don't need to worry about saving her for a long tournament), I think they win today. But the setting and Opp play definitely raised concerns for me today. |
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Post by trojansc on Aug 6, 2016 22:39:47 GMT -5
We can safely discount China. They are mentally too weak and inconsistent. I saw their game against Netherlands, and they were just like daydreaming on court. The two teams that pose the biggest challenge to US (discounting Brazil) is Serbia and Russia. I'm not discounting China. If they just decide to ride Zhu (say, in a do-or-die knockout match when they don't need to worry about saving her for a long tournament), I think they win today. But the setting and Opp play definitely raised concerns for me today. I'm still not understanding why Zeng Chunlei is not there? |
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 6, 2016 22:45:10 GMT -5
We can safely discount China. They are mentally too weak and inconsistent. I saw their game against Netherlands, and they were just like daydreaming on court. The two teams that pose the biggest challenge to US (discounting Brazil) is Serbia and Russia. I'm not discounting China. If they just decide to ride Zhu (say, in a do-or-die knockout match when they don't need to worry about saving her for a long tournament), I think they win today. But the setting and Opp play definitely raised concerns for me today. Yeah, I suppose you are right, its prudent to not underestimate China. Although I think Team USA is aware of that and will be fully alert against China. They know Zhu Ting on a good day can help Chna beat any team. Still, given their mental issues on display against Netherlands, let's just say I am putting my money on the US to prevail. China got this "deer-in-headlights" look against Netherlands. If they fall to pressure against a so-so team like Netherlands, they got no chance against a stronger team like US. And given they lost the first match, they will be under added stress to win the later matches, but given China's poor ability to handle pressure, they may well keep underperforming (and even be eliminated before reaching the knock-out stage). So yes, US should not get complacent, but I think we should have more confidence in them to prevail, at least against China. |
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 6, 2016 22:46:35 GMT -5
I'm not discounting China. If they just decide to ride Zhu (say, in a do-or-die knockout match when they don't need to worry about saving her for a long tournament), I think they win today. But the setting and Opp play definitely raised concerns for me today. I'm still not understanding why Zeng Chunlei is not there? Zeng had injuries and was not in form, so Lang Ping choose Gong to replace her. |
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