Women's Softball WBSC European Championship 2025

[phelps 8,724]

3 minutes ago, copravolley said:

Unfortunately, Luchetta and this second man are weak and are clowning too much in vision... Secondly, that success was unexpected and with the girls all of experts, journalists etc. has saying for several months that they had a sure gold medal.

that's not the reason, it's more because on a sunday night the people have more chances to choose different kind of entertainment than in the afternoon

 

I mean, the basketball game between Italy and Slovenia (despite being broadcasted also on sky) had better audience than rai2 and rai3 even if it was on raisport+ and at 5.30 p.m.

 

another example, yesterday's match between Italy and Israel (football) made 2 millions more than Friday's game vs Estonia, despite that was Gattuso's debut on the bench and all the boycott called against ISR in the last few days/weeks/months

 

the day and the game time are always decisive for the ratings, more than the importance of the event itself (always remember that's a rigged system, nothing is true)

[copravolley 642]

7 minutes ago, phelps said:

that's not the reason, it's more because on a sunday night the people have more chances to choose different kind of entertainment than in the afternoon

 

I mean, the basketball game between Italy and Slovenia (despite being broadcasted also on sky) had better audience than rai2 and rai3 even if it was on raisport+ and at 5.30 p.m.

 

another example, yesterday's match between Italy and Israel (football) made 2 millions more than Friday's game vs Estonia, despite that was Gattuso's debut on the bench and all the boycott called against ISR in the last few days/weeks/months

 

the day and the game time are always decisive for the ratings, more than the importance of the event itself (always remember that's a rigged system, nothing is true)

You have a information about OG 2024 final: Italy- USA? How people watched that games? It was also early in day- sunday: 14/15 CET?

Edited September 9, 2025 by copravolley

[phelps 8,724]

2 minutes ago, copravolley said:

You have a information about OG 2024 final: Italy- USA? How people watched that games? It was also early in day- sunday: 14/15 CET?

it was at 1.pm. on rai2 and I read that it was 5.5 million (I remembered less than that, but I was wrong) with the 40% share

 

still, it was in the middle of august

[copravolley 642]

Just now, phelps said:

it was at 1.pm. on rai2 and I read that it was 5.5 million (I remembered less than that, but I was wrong) with the 40% share

 

still, it was in the middle of august

I remember. Many people were watching that match on the beach on their smartphones and laptops

[phelps 8,724]

and a grand slam seals the deal for in the top of the 6th: 6-0 and  

[copravolley 642]

1 minute ago, phelps said:

and a grand slam seals the deal for in the top of the 6th: 6-0 and  

But is our form good enough for the Netherlands and the UK? A bronze medal is the absolute minimum here and all the fun will be with Ned and the UK.

[Gianlu33 6,028]

Cecchetti  Outside with full bases!

[phelps 8,724]

1 minute ago, copravolley said:

But is our form good enough for the Netherlands and the UK? A bronze medal is the absolute minimum here and all the fun will be with Ned and the UK.

in baseball and softball shape doesn't exist, it's just a question of how you perform on a given day, it's a game of numbers where being productive once every 4 at bats makes you a good player

 

and it all depends on how the pitchers perform on that given day

 

it's the most unpredictable game of them all

 

for sure, we have the players to win it all, but we need that everything goes according to plan, as always in this sport

[copravolley 642]

10-1 against Austria, but unfortunately Spain also won and go through. So, we take one loss into the final stage. We'll need a win against NED/UK to keep our chances of reaching the grand final. I still don't understand how we could have lost to Spain...

Edited September 10, 2025 by copravolley

[phelps 8,724]

all the late afternoon and evening games (included a pair of matches that will have their impact on the main round) have been postponed because of inclement weather, which means that the next days' schedule is now a complete mess

 

let's hope the bad weather doesn't kill the championship forcing too many games to be postponed and / or cancelled