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I don't think it's worth asking a Brazilian about this. This Brazil had no weaknesses. Poland has three problems: the setter, the libero (who is decent, but far from Zatorski's level), and Leon's receiving.

I don't think bronze doesn't matter, but volleyball is still a mental sport. When a team really wants gold, it can be hard to accept a loss. Especially for a generation like Italy, prepared to win everything. Even our legendary team from the 2000s struggled to win bronze. Regarding the women's team, we were also without two starters (Ana Cristina and Nyeme). I hope that a Brazil vs. Italy match at full strength can happen.

Poland is the best team in the world, but they're not invincible, not when their setter is Komenda and they don't have Sliwka. In the women's competition, Italy's superiority was even greater, and we proved we could compete with them (and we could have won if Bergmann hadn't had her worst match of the year). I don't see why you can't challenge Poland here, too. Regarding the bronze medal, well... Italy hasn't really handled bronze medal matches very well in recent years. But I think the Czech Republic has very few resources to compete, even for a mentally weakened Italy.

Then Bulgaria wins and they give the MVP to Atanasov.

Christenson Congrats

Of course, it wasn't a complete disaster; most fans were completely disillusioned with this team before the season starts. Our young team is still more talented than most other teams, except for Poland, Italy, France, and Bulgaria. Next season, for example, Arthur Bento, Bergmann, and Darlan will play in the Italian Super League, so they'll have time to develop. What bothers me are the veterans. Especially Lucarelli. After the elimination, he made a statement, laughing, saying he thought they'd played well despite the loss... After the Czech Republic beat China, he didn't even have the decency to speak out. Our national federation hasn't announced the elimination to this day. I don't agree with acting as if this tournament never happened.

A team that loses 3-0 to the worst Serbia in history doesn't belong in the semifinals. Okay, there are circumstances: Bernardo's mother passed away just hours before the match, the team captain is an idiot, and there are a lot of newcomers on the team, but it's still unacceptable.

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Why do I have the feeling that this World Champ will end the same way as always, that is, on the podium with Poland, the USA and Italy?

Thank you Iran for doing what we didn't have the decency to do. In any case, I hope Iran wins a medal. They're very successful at the U19 and U21 levels, but they haven't yet managed to extend that success to the senior level. Who knows, maybe now's the time.

I still can't accept that we missed the eightfinals while these teams from Serbia and the Czech Republic advanced to the round of 16. It's a pure incompetence. This is all because Bernardo decided to forget the two OHs who carried us throughout the VNL. I hope Ricardo Lucarelli is not the captain of this team next year.

It's a policy our sports have; most of them don't like foreigners, even as coaches. Well, our national soccer team had a policy of never hiring a foreign coach, and here we are. But theoretically, in Lucas's case, I imagine they don't see it as a rule violation. For all intents and purposes, he's been Brazilian since birth by law. So would it be like working with the fine print?

His example was bad, but I understand what he meant. Perhaps Turkey and Bahrain stand out for their purchasing, but is what other countries do fair? I remember our strong water polo team from Rio 2016. How many countries have naturalized Chinese athletes in badminton? In table tennis? Americans being exported in baseball, among many other cases. I mean, perhaps these two countries do the most extreme, but we forget that other countries do the same thing. But only they are criticized.

I don't know what to say about this. I understand the athlete's personal side, but this usually only benefits the richest countries and creates inequalities within the sport. The little talent a small country can produce is lost to a superpower. Brazil doesn't have a culture of naturalization. Cases like Yoandy Leal's in volleyball are exceptions. Even our theoretical naturalizations in winter sports are conditional on these athletes having some connection to the country, such as being born here or having a Brazilian parent, which, according to our constitution, makes them Brazilian.

And of course, I was just waiting for this event so I could complain again. One gold and two silver medals should be enough to cover up this pathetic performance by Brazilian athletics. Literally only three top-8 and maybe one more in the men's 4x400m in the entire competition.

Bonfim has been one of the best in every competition, literally every competition, but he could never win gold. Finally, this medal came.

Honestly this sport is ridiculous, but who cares if we're the ones winning.

Why? They don't like surprises?

Calm down. I'm well controlled. The US is always favored in competitions; it wouldn't be a surprise if they withdraw from this decision.

WTF. So second world title for Alison.

Dos Santos once again proved why he's one of the best. I saw a lot of people saying he performed poorly in the qualifiers and semifinals and doubting him in this final (just like they did at the Olympics).

Warholm

I think this is normal. The same thing happens in Brazil; our women's team is second in the world and on the podium in every competition. Naturally, their popularity has grown tremendously. In the VNL, for example, all of our team's tickets were sold out weeks in advance. In the men's competition, however, we struggled to sell tickets, and I think they only sold out for two of the four matches. This world championship itself had much less coverage than the women's.