VolleyRuller96 264 Posted August 29, 2019 #81 Share Posted August 29, 2019 What have they done in set 1, that's crazy Who would suspect we will start the match against by winning a set 25-14 ! ? My favourite Volleyball position: LIBERO. You ask why? Look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIOarNAONk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolleyRuller96 264 Posted August 29, 2019 #82 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 more eightfinal matches confirmed: vs in Ankara vs in Ankara My favourite Volleyball position: LIBERO. You ask why? Look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIOarNAONk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted August 29, 2019 #83 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Italy has no motivation to win this match tbh...and if they lose 3-0 or 3-1 they'll also have an easier draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted August 29, 2019 #84 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Just now, VolleyRuller96 said: What have they done in set 1, that's crazy Who would suspect we will start the match against by winning a set 25-14 ! ? So it looks Italy want travell to Slovakia for the next match then, not really surprising, easiest opponent for them, but the travel in our roads can cost them some forces at the end of the tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolleyRuller96 264 Posted August 29, 2019 #85 Share Posted August 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, Dunadan said: Italy has no motivation to win this match tbh...and if they lose 3-0 or 3-1 they'll also have an easier draw. Why? If they win the group, Italy will play Spain, the 4-th placed team in Pool D. Meanwhile, if we would win this match 3-0 or 3-1 we would also win the group, and Italy would take 2nd place and have to play against Slovakia. Which is at least as good as Spain and will also have the entire stadium supporting them during their eightfinal, so TBH I don`t think there would be many benefits in giving this match up. Not that it would happen, since Italy won the next 2 sets My favourite Volleyball position: LIBERO. You ask why? Look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIOarNAONk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareza 911 Posted August 29, 2019 #86 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Just now, VolleyRuller96 said: Why? If they win the group, Italy will play Spain, the 4-th placed team in Pool D. Meanwhile, if we would win this match 3-0 or 3-1 we would also win the group, and Italy would take 2nd place and have to play against Slovakia. Which is at least as good as Spain and will also have the entire stadium supporting them during their eightfinal, so TBH I don`t think there would be many benefits in giving this match up. Not that it would happen, since Italy won the next 2 sets Maybe because Serbia will be in their part of draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolleyRuller96 264 Posted August 29, 2019 #87 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Just now, dareza said: Maybe because Serbia will be in their part of draw. Oh yeah, that`s right, I was only thinking about the eightfinals. But still, the other half of the draw has Turkey and Netherlands in it, so it`s also very chalenging. My favourite Volleyball position: LIBERO. You ask why? Look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIOarNAONk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted August 29, 2019 #88 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) Just now, VolleyRuller96 said: Why? If they win the group, Italy will play Spain, the 4-th placed team in Pool D. Meanwhile, if we would win this match 3-0 or 3-1 we would also win the group, and Italy would take 2nd place and have to play against Slovakia. Which is at least as good as Spain and will also have the entire stadium supporting them during their eightfinal, so TBH I don`t think there would be many benefits in giving this match up. Not that it would happen, since Italy won the next 2 sets Now it can't happen anymore because Italy has won the group... but Spain or Slovakia will be a sure win (yeah, Slovakia a bit harder at home but no way Italy lose against them) while Germany in quarters and Turkey or NED in semifinal would have been easier than Russia/Poland in quarters and Serbia in semifinal Edited August 29, 2019 by Dunadan VolleyRuller96 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolleyRuller96 264 Posted August 29, 2019 #89 Share Posted August 29, 2019 We surprisingly win 3-2 and take the 2nd place in our group, which drastically shakes things up regarding the next phase. We manage to evade for now, and will play in the eightfinal This is a very bad news for and because they will have to play and respectively, instead of playing against each other as was expected. My favourite Volleyball position: LIBERO. You ask why? Look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIOarNAONk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,163 Posted August 29, 2019 #90 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) well I think Italy did everything to lose, they had 5 serve errors in tie break and Sorokaite herself gave 4 points (3 directly and one more) because of her poor reception and still Mazzanti didn't replace her ! at first it was just weird for me the way Italy played in last 2 sets, then I came and read your posts about "hosts can't play together rule" so we know Italy will play Slovakia. but will they send Slovakia to the top half ? or they will send Italy to the bottom half ? if that's the case then I can say Italy lost the match on purpose . Edited August 29, 2019 by MHSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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