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Because of injury

He may go to Russia with all that power

Silvano Prandi found him and he made stable progress before the injury in his abdomen

Rest in peace

Lube has the biggest budget in Italy, they took Zaytsev ?

I think Zhekov can compete in non-setting parts with Grbic in all three elements, too bad he didn't go to Italian league in early age to grow. Grbic is "cold iron", very precious for this position which makes him so important for the teams in which he plays and puts him above other European setters for me.

I think you have the opposite bias of mine, Michal. Zhekov often mixes extraordinary setting with simple imprecise passes, his back setting often are well above average and also he has very good sets from the public, but doesn't pass with precision to MB's and have problems with front set. And he passes very fast sets lately, especially in ECH 2011, you will see them in the video I will make for him soon. If what you talk was true, Bulgaria wouldn't win a single game, not to mention that I would have to go to an eye surgery

This year was his first season in club volleyball in which he took responsibility to lead the team and did well. The only decisive match in which he didn't show 100% or more was the fifth match with Ural for the 5th place

Pathetic voting for that video

I don't remember what was the type of set for that point but you realize there were instructions from Stoychev Zhekov to play with more fast balls, right? Whole ECH Zhekov played with different tempo. I don't only watch these movies, I cut actions from them, I get to watch several times slow motions for every action also. Mind your ficking tone, Michal

Humanity and civilization are not fairy tales, I assure you. Your Cubans don't play only for themselves, they play for Cuba too and they feel it

Someone, I meant the same thing, he is the most offensive of all defensive players and the most defensive of all offensive / Like Dante on steroids/

Skrimov played very well in attack last few matches according to stats, but Paris lost to Tours twice in the playoff

Pride is nothing, Revan, in NT you play for honour in service of the people who give you their trust - the fans of volleybal -and of service of your country

Today's Kazan is not typical club, it is a mask for the Russian NT and I don't think they are stronger than Trentino and Macerata, they won vs the Italians but didn't convince vs Skra (and Trentino didn't show their maximum on serve and attack). About outside hitters Khtey and Tetyukhin will make them stronger and Muserskiy if he can put his serve to work. Actually I think he makes huge difference for Russia the same way Simon did for Cuba, opeining space for Mikhaylov and the OHs to attack freely and closing the spaces for the opponent wing spikers - he can get very fast near the antenna. I think that Russia > Kazan but if Muserskiy is not on starting six this > is very little for me and Kazan is on level with other top teams, so yes, Russia is > than club teams, the way Brazil were better. I don't think that any other NT in the moment is on that level. If Brazil has Dante in shape and Vissotto play like in Serie A1, Brazil will be there too, but Italy, Cuba, Poland, Bulgaria /lack of leadership and experience/, USA, Serbia and Argentina are not stronger than top club teams in my opinion. Also the differences between A+ and A teams in NT is bigger than in Club teams for me and the format of the competitions turns this into long years of hegemony for one team or another

I think Kubiak will be better for Trentino than Kurek, they need one defensive player /Juantorena was that type actually/

Excluding Brazil NT golden time, club volleyball is of higher level than NTvolleyball, with tougher and more equal opponents generally. For me NT success is more important, but for some club fans probably is the contrary ?

The only problem with the video is that the name doesn't correspond to the content - it is Resovia actions in this match, not match highlights, otherwise is very pleasant for watching :)

Well, looking the matches here and the stats Modena lost most of the matches with good attack and defense, decent block and too many errors on serving. This kind of game can up some levels if the serving can get more reliable