Defeat from France is painful, but not fatal, therefore - useful. After all, all, what does not kill, makes us stronger. France needed more, Ngapeth and Co. on the brink of the abyss played a game of crazy quality. Ours managed in the second set to pass the opponent over with power on the grid, and after two consecutive blocks at the beginning of the third batch from Wolwicz and Read more »
Remarkably, that the victory over Brazil is no longer from the realm of a miraculous miracle, but quite a working option. And you can't say, that the opponent resisted for the sake of, like the League of Nations, where everything was decided. The Brazilians needed victory like air, they tried it, and so, and replacements twisted, and the scenario of the previous match with Argentina in my head Read more »
Standing position We almost guaranteed ourselves a place in the playoffs. In two days we will understand, as far as we can claim the championship in the group, giving the right to play with the fourth team in a parallel six. But such a tournament mix is planned there., that guessing and gaining is pointless: the same Italy can land on the fourth line and very few people want it to be rivals Read more »
The start of ours at the Olympics was expectedly nervous and expectedly successful: no one will know for certain, what percentage of marriage can be attributed to inevitable excitement. Important, that they managed to put their nerves in order in the second set and then the car started working, more powerful physically, than the opponent. A hard start at such a crucial tournament is the norm: let's remember 0:2 Italians in Read more »
Another medal - this time the "bronze" of the World Championship among girls U20 - arrived in Surgut together with Victoria Kobzar, connecting the Russian team. In the match for the third place, our girls beat the hosts of the U20 World Cup in a dramatic match, Dutch women, yielding as the game progresses 0:2, 16:20 in the fourth set and 12:14 fifth. Victoria 2004 Read more »
Thomas Sammelvuo decided on the Olympic squad on the application flag. The difficulty was, that volleyball has been played for a long time with an application from 14 human, but the IOC is doing its best to reduce the number of participants in the Games, cutting out wherever possible. You can play volleyball - and the same people go to Tokyo 12 human, as for the Games, when Read more »
The League of Nations, held in a bubble without spectators, is a training tournament before the Olympics, where the result is not that important? Or the League of Nations is a respected, powerful competition with a solid prize pool, which teams are fighting for, not sparing my belly? True, normally, somewhere in the middle: training tournament for weighty interest. Therefore, you should not sprinkle ashes on your head Read more »
We look at the application of the Russian national team for the League of Nations and see, how the application for the Olympics shines through it. Now on the shortlist 15 surnames plus injured Ivan Yakovlev, will go to Tokyo 12 people - the IOC in every possible way limits the number of Olympians, they do not fit into the framework of the most prestigious competition on the planet. So compromises are inevitable. Thank God, we Read more »
