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We made the semi-finals :clap:

 

Alright, it was NED - NED, but still :lol:

 

Always a bit disappointing when two teams/players from the same nation play each other in any sport.. 

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  On 8/16/2016 at 8:12 PM, heywoodu said:

Could someone replace those booing people in the stadium with actual beach volleyball fans? 

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Are we gonna complain about boos in team sports now?

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  On 8/16/2016 at 8:16 PM, vinipereira said:

 

Are we gonna complain about boos in team sports now?

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This is worthy of complaining, I've never heard it being so bad in beach volleyball in any other country, normally it's one big party. And yes, that includes NED - BRA in the world champs final in the Netherlands last year, where (I looked it back before posting) there was no booing, only cheering for one team and a bit quiet for the other team. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against these players and I would be more than happy with both as finalists (Alison is by far my favourite player in the world), but this is just...no. No words. 

 

(Apart from the fact that I don't even really see this as a 'real' team sport with a full team instead of a duo)

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  On 8/16/2016 at 8:19 PM, heywoodu said:

 

This is worthy of complaining, I've never heard it being so bad in beach volleyball in any other country, normally it's one big party. And yes, that includes NED - BRA in the world champs final in the Netherlands last year, where (I looked it back before posting) there was no booing, only cheering for one team and a bit quiet for the other team. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against these players and I would be more than happy with both as finalists (Alison is by far my favourite player in the world), but this is just...no. No words. 

 

(Apart from the fact that I don't even really see this as a 'real' team sport with a full team instead of a duo)

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I don't support the boos in general, but I don't really see the problem in team sports. Brazil suffers the same playing in other countries (ok, maybe not so much in Beach Volleyball), so I don't really get some of the complaints.

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  On 8/16/2016 at 8:25 PM, vinipereira said:

 

I don't support the boos in general, but I don't really see the problem in team sports. Brazil suffers the same playing in other countries (ok, maybe not so much in Beach Volleyball), so I don't really get some of the complaints.

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That's just as bad if you ask me :p 

 

I'm just sad because I was looking forward to watching a great match, like beach volleyball always is a big party, but the presence of a Brazilian team in the match makes it unbearable...just unacceptable. And as a fan that makes me sad, no matter who wins. 

 

Like in the gymnastics, I was really happy for Hypolito winning a medal since that was just awesome, but those crowds gave me mixed feelings...and the same story again for Thiago Braz. 

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  On 8/16/2016 at 8:27 PM, heywoodu said:

...and the same story again for Thiago Braz. 

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They were like Germans in 1936 according to Lavillenie, lol.

#banbestmen

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  On 8/16/2016 at 8:50 PM, dcro said:

 

They were like Germans in 1936 according to Lavillenie, lol.

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Though Jesse Owens beat them and he didn't :sure:

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