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Great tournament for Brazil after the disappointment that was Paris 2024 with only 1 medal.

Ahhh, the atmosphere at my company will be buzzing tomorrow. Too bad I'm afraid people will make the same mistake in 2026 with Nikolas.

Finally something good in this country.

D'Almeida third consecutive world championship medal. It's a shame he hasn't yet been able to showcase his full potential at the Olympics.

Why is a game at this altitude allowed by FIFA and CONMEBOL?

Should the 2025 Surfing World Games really be considered the sport's world championship this year? It doesn't seem like the main countries care much about this tournament. Perhaps the World League results would be better.

Yes, Cuba's current coach, Luizomar de Moura, said that Turkey recently even picked up a 16-year-old girl and took her and her family to Turkey for the purpose of naturalizing her in the future. I know other countries have already naturalized volleyball players, including Brazil, but at least in this case, we didn't offer any money to Leal, much less our federation is looking for talent to naturalize. It's becoming a club.

Arthur Bento is certainly perhaps our most talented OH, but he hasn't been participating in the NT in previous years due to injuries. I believe he should be a starter alongside Lukas Bergmann. They'll both be playing in Italy next season. I also like Matheus Pinta, our MB, who also had the same injury problems. I didn't believe he could perform internationally, but in the VNL, I thought he performed very well. And libero Maique, who was a reserve but has now become a starter this season and has already won the VNL best libero award.

The team can definitely reach the final. We're definitely favorites against Iran, Slovenia, and the USA B team. As for winning the final... Well, I'm not confident about our chances against Poland or France. It will depend a lot on the performance of our OHs, which has been very inconsistent so far.

MVP: Alessia Orro S: Alessia Orro OPP: Melissa Vargas OH: Gabi Guimarães OH: Mayu Ishikawa MB: Eda Erdem MB: Anna Danesi L: Monica De Gennaro Orro MVP? No award for Sylla? Danesi best MB? What the hell are these choices? And what a ridiculous ceremony.

Sylla MVP Italy 3-2 Now United

Why isn't Orro setting the ball to Egonu?

Maybe it's due to yesterday's injury and fatigue, but what a horrible match from Orro.

2-1 Just one more, Italy. Please.

Go

Brazil took bronze. These girls deserve it so much, for everything they delivered yesterday. I'm surprised we were able to recover from yesterday's match. I hope they organize this schedule better in 2027.

Brazil has the best blocking in the tournament. It's normal for Sylla and Nervini to struggle more against us. And Gabi and Bergmann are much more consistent receiving than Karakurt and Baladin. Unless Turkey presents something very different tomorrow, I'm unlikely to see anything less than a 3-0 win for Italy.

Overall, it was a normal result, but one that leaves me very excited. I think we can expect good things from this team until Los Angeles. Our weak spot, opposites Rosamaria and Kisy, had a very solid tournament. Now, less than 24 hours after a 3-2 loss, we have to play a bronze medal match.

Don't exaggerate, Brazil is not a weak opponent. Trust me, if you play at least like you did today, you'll destroy Turkey.

Carol wants to enjoy some time with her wife. However, there are rumors that it was out of anger at the coach who, at the beginning of the season, said players couldn't choose between joining the national team or not, and that there might not be a place for them in the future. But I don't think she was necessary; Kudiess and Diana performed very well this year, and we still have two excellent middle blockers on the bench. About Julia Bergmann... I hope she stays away from social media, and I hope the coaching staff knows how to help her. Brazilians are furious, and some may be overreacting.

I hope this championship is the last for these setters. We'll never win anything with them there, even with Ana Cristina.

I don't know, it's not like the teams are playing the best volleyball ever. But I'd be happy with the bronze medal.

Let's Go USA

I think you should win. I'm not saying we can't offer any resistance, even Rosamaria and Bergmann seem to be better than they were in the VNL final, but Italy is playing too organized for any team to handle at this point. Anyway, everyone said we were guaranteed gold in 2014 and the USA surprised us, so why can't we do the same? If we lose, we can still fight for bronze.

is a very talented team, but they will urgently need a better setter if they want to climb another step.