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@raylight I've no idea why I wrote Ravenna xD Probably while I was writing I was checking Ravenna-Padova result... I really don't know!

BTW, 3 tie breaks, all ended 15-13! I was really surprised about San Giustino winning 2 sets vs Modena, without Conte and with Rawuerdink out of court...

I agree with you, Fragkos played an interesting match.
I laughed a lot for Prandi terrible English, and it was great when he was speaking with Troy: "serve on Kovar" (Troy's expression: O.o) So Prandi added "The outside hitter, not Parodi... Kovar"
I couldn't believe in this conversation xD Half of the time out to say who is Kovar xD

Football is the federetion with the highest number of tesserated (does this word exist xD?) in Italy, followed by volleyball, but 75% of volleyball tesserated in FIPAV are women ?

I watched the last part of it, nice third set exept too much serve errors ?
Macerata won 3-0 vs Latina
Roma won 3-1 vs Ravenna!!!5th victory in a row ?
Cuneo won 3-1 vs Belluno

don't worry I feel perfect where I am!! I'm not interested on the level, I'd like to be in the higher division only winning my championship ?

1.My cousin ?
2. I tried it, and I felt in love! I had a moment I wanted to change sport, because my all my closest team mates wanted to stop (so, my team was going to desappeare) and because I felt like I wasn't improving anymore, but I was able to stay away just for one year ?
3.I had the chance to chose a sport because I finally got the permission (by my parents) to stop swimming (boring-.-) after two years (enough to learn all the styles, and bye bye!), and my cousin told me it was great, and I had a course in my elementary school - really close to my house - and there where few friends playing there... so it was the perfect choice!
4. 9 years old (mini volley, with the light yeellow plastic ball, 3 vs 3 in a 4x4 [or 3x3?]court)

I still play, but I always played only in low (often agonistic, but low) levels! Well actually in u14 we had a pretty strong team, but nothing like the u14 of the club of serieA!!
And I played in my schools team ? A perfect excuse to jump lessons ?

To make u understand, we have serie a1, serie a2, serie b1, serie b2 (nationals), serie c, serie d (regionals), and then the divisions (provincials): first, second, third. And I play in third, even if I have to say that the difference beetween the 3 divisions isn't that evident, I know players worst than me that are accepted in higher divisions, but honestly I don't feel like I can be in higher level, but like... they shouldn't play there xD

Voicec about Conte in Fenerbache. After all Castellani is the coach, so it is possible that they are in contact...

This is a very interesting thread!
I'm a girl and I always wonder how the hell guys can play without knee pads! In fact who follows female volleyball knows that everyone use it. And I perfectly understand them, because I don't think I'll be able to play without it!! At least not wearing shorts :S
Guys, I'm full of blue marks on my knees even with knee pads (and a good type: the same of italian female NT)!!! xD

But I have to say that I play in gym with a very hard floor, whereas the mondoflex is way tender so it's a bit different.

ps: I know that male often do not touch the floor with the knees digging a ball, but "often" isn't "always"!

Gongrats for Russia to won the WC and Brazil to take the third place!! And of course to Poalnd for the great second place and for the third medal in a row this summer*.*

I'm glad that Brazil won 3:0 and not 3:1 or it would have been even tougher for us to swallow (even if we won 3-0 today we wouldn't be on the podium).

I'm really happy about Sava and De Cecco, but I'm absolutly sorry for Lasko ?

Oh damn! Poland did the same that we did yestarday... with the "little" difference that these two sets were enough to qualificate at least as second for them - and still with the chance of winning the WC - while yestarday we put ourself in serious troubles, that after today are even more serious! So, it is like if we italians lived the same nightmare twice in a row ?(((((

BTW, if Brasil will win 3:0, they'll pass no matter what. If they'll win 3:1, Italy will pass with a 3:0
In all the combinations with Italy and Brazil winning and/or losing the same number of sets (from 0 to 3, so also losing both 3:0) Brazil will pass for set ratio, if I'm not wrong.

@pearl, I also hate the fact that we have the third position in our hands and we drop it away, and I totally agree that Poland and Russia deserve more than Italy to be on the podium, but I don't think Brazil does. They lost 2 sets vs China, lost vs Cuba, vs us, vs Serbia (that even with the titoular played very badly the whole WC), and if the'll lose to Poland too (which I hope fu us, for Poland, and because I didn't like them this WC) I think we'll deserve the pass more than them (or they deserve it less than us if you prefer).

and... Did we say that the Italian famale NT deserved the WC less simply because they depended on USA-JPN result? The question is simply, we won a match more than them, and we deserved the Cup the most.

Unless Russia will beat Poland too...

pearl, I think you've been too hard, honestly...
But I didn't grown up with the Generazione di Fenomeni, so may be my prospective is different...

@shinoda: why those annoying sentences?! You should be happy because your team won and now is so damn close to the OG, not be happy because Italy was beaten.

I can't explain how sorry I am thinking to this morning match, sorry beacuse we lost after cleary leading the match, and sorry because I imagine how sorry or better disappointed are my guys now... And of course I want them to by happy!
Now trusting in them is not enough anymore, unfortunally... I hope the Polish player - that today demonstrate their great character - will be able to beat Brazil tomorrow, helping us like Serbia did three days ago. C'mon guys let's go for a all-european podium!!! ?

ok, I needed to wrote the follow part, but you feel free not to read, I won't be offended ?

About the match, I honestly was enough confident we could win it, or better, I knew we potentially have the skill to do it, but otherwise I knew that we needed to be perfect to win. As always when I'm confident we lost, and when I'm afraid we won =.=
We started with maaany mistake (at 15:15 we did 6 serve errors and 4 attack errors!!), but beside that we were playing not badly imo, otherwise we wouldn't be so close to Poland (or even in advantage). In fact as soon we stopped making mistakes, we conducted the game quite easily, not only thanks to us, but also because Poland wasn't play as they know.
The second set went as the second part of the first, and Ruciack had already showned in the end that he could help the team a lot imo.
In the third set I expected Poland to wake up, but not Italy to start sleeping a bit. But I was sure they would wake up, I was like "ok, guys, I'm waiting for u to fill the point gap", and I was also quite calm and still very confident (my bad ç_ç). at 19-19 I was like "See, I told you!" (you is nobody... or may be my computer xD). Then Poland made a break again, but I was still confident, even if less than before. They "listen" to me with the 23-23, but then...
In the fourth set, our problem was the serve. as at the biginning of the first, we were keeping them in the match, like with 5 serve mistake on 7 Poland points! Absurd! Then I understand italians lost a bit the focus, looked more tired, Lasko was touched in block very well etc...
Honestly I had to moments when I thoughto "ok, it's gone": the 12-6 of the tie break, but then they made me hoping again, and the 10-14, and then they made me hoping (a very little bit) again, until.... ?((

stop apologizing!!!!!!! you're doing a great job! ? ?

@champion: I remember Savani saying about Berruto in Macerata last year that his (Berruto) teams usually serve strong ?
And another curiousity about Berruto and Italy-Brazil: he explained after the match that he didn't do any tactic "training" to his player the day before this match (e.g. no video), but only motivational training, because he believe that when you play vs a team like Brazil there are so many tactic ditails that you should know, that these are too many to remember! So is better to highlights only few most important things and to focus not on the opponents strentgh, but in your own (as a single and as a team). And of course he asked to the guys to let the character and the heart playing the game ?

@proud: you deserve a biiiiiiig thanks from us for all your uploads!?DD We have the problem of the timetable AND the problem that the WC is only on pay tv, so we can't even see the replay ?
And I love to archieve matches on my hard disk, so I'd download it even if I had the pay tv ?

proud, I don't think Serbia can be already sure of a victory in the qualification tournament if Russia, Poland and Italy won't be there... but their absence will defintly help ?

no no proud, Trento-Cuneo was even less exiting xD Ok, in volleyball everything is possible, but at 2:0 24:9 it would have been quite tough for Cuneo to win the match xD

I find too much hard answering to this question...
Unfortunally - thinking about live match - the two finals I had the opportunities to watch live are Bra-Cuba of 2010 WCh and the V-day 2011, defintly not exiting matches xD

what a coach <3