phelps 6,951 Posted August 15, 2023 #11 Share Posted August 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, Adriano said: Italy love naturalize volleyball players 😉 if they come here to learn to play better and make a lot of money they wouldn't get anywhere else, why not asking them to play also for our NT? however, almost every naturalized player that played for our NT (in every sport) came here to live all of their life also after they stop playing professional sport (and in fact we also have a lot of sons/daughters of former players that played for different NTs like Zaytsev or Travica, for instance, whose fathers played for URS and YUG respectively) it's not that we're just buying their sport performance as many other Nations do p.s. Antropova's story is way different and I explained it in the previous post Matteo92 and Josh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,287 Posted August 17, 2023 #12 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Every rare win in a non-ice hockey team sport major tournament deserve a mention First win and first 3 points to the tally after today´s - 3-0 win Eventually One more win and we may advance from the group, which was the "secretly-hoped" goal maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,162 Posted August 17, 2023 #13 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, hckošice said: Every rare win in a non-ice hockey team sport major tournament deserve a mention First win and first 3 points to the tally after today´s - 3-0 win Eventually One more win and we may advance from the group, which was the "secretly-hoped" goal Actually, Slovakia has a very good chance to get 3rd place in group, after and I'm very confident you will beat Estonia, while the match with Spain will be more equal. But you beat Spain already in qualification, so it could go either way. I'm setting my sight on a good - 1/8. Edited August 17, 2023 by Federer91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,287 Posted August 17, 2023 #14 Share Posted August 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, Federer91 said: Actually, Slovakia has a very good chance to get 3rd place in group, after and I'm very confident you will beat Estonia, while the match with Spain will be more equal. But you beat Spain already in qualification, so it could go either way. I'm setting my sight on a good - 1/8. well, only what I can add to this is ...from your mouth to god´s ears my dear friend. that would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,162 Posted August 17, 2023 #15 Share Posted August 17, 2023 We are making awful, awful mistakes today, just like we did against Croatia yesterday. Our play is very up and down.. They make 5 straight great points and then 3-4 junior level errors. Bosnia isn't a caliber opponent where this makes a difference, unlike the Nations League earlier in summer, where this costed us 2-3 wins. Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCB 462 Posted August 17, 2023 #16 Share Posted August 17, 2023 58 minutes ago, Federer91 said: Actually, Slovakia has a very good chance to get 3rd place in group, after and I'm very confident you will beat Estonia, while the match with Spain will be more equal. But you beat Spain already in qualification, so it could go either way. I'm setting my sight on a good - 1/8. Normally should win this group, but they are playing awful volleyball against Spain. A narrow escape in the first (25-23) and far behind in the second. So many mistakes. Very poor level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCB 462 Posted August 17, 2023 #17 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Well, in the end a 3-0 victory for against . But with this terrible level we can say goodbye to a place in the final four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,617 Posted August 18, 2023 #18 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Bad result for us today, 0-3 against the hosts Germany. We had some set points in the third set but could not do it. I thought we had a good chance to win going into the match. Also, I'm not sure why Vasilantonaki isn't on the team this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,199 Posted August 18, 2023 #19 Share Posted August 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, Makedonas said: Bad result for us today, 0-3 against the hosts Germany. We had some set points in the third set but could not do it. I thought we had a good chance to win going into the match. Based on what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,617 Posted August 18, 2023 #20 Share Posted August 18, 2023 6 minutes ago, LDOG said: Based on what? Decent results in recent friendlies, for example we played 4 sets vs Bulgaria just a couple weeks ago and won all four of them (whereas they beat us 3-0 at the European Championships in both 2019 and 2021). In general our team seems to have improved over the past few years, mainly due to our teenage star Martha Anthouli (2.02 cm) leading the way now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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