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=)=)=)=) France:Italy 0:3!

Good match for Italy, they play very well and togheter, quite good defence (while usually France has a better defence), excellent blocks (more at the beginning), expecially triple block that let us score good points, overall well done serves.
Unfortunally in first and third set France didn't play well...

I didn't like Pujol exept few very good sets; Rouzier started very bad, after he played better (second set), but at the end again not really impressive. Tuia, Lyselle, Sol (good attacks), may be exiga did something good. Few good serves of vadeleux.

In Italy of course happen the opposite of what I guessXD Zaytsev and not Savani OH1, great great match for Lasko; also Savani and Zaytsev played well, but they can do also something more in my opinion, expecially in serve (actually in the end both serve as they know).
Travica, excellent serves, with aces and half-aces, the best server today. Not always perfect sets in general, but very good set for MBs;
both Buti and Birarelli played very well in attack and block, but all Italy was often very good in blocking. Bari, well done.
Good job of Berruto, that let everyone exept Baranowicz play few points, and gives excellent instruction to the players.
I'm really glad for Italy performance!! But I hope France will play better, we need to fight a bit more if we want to be competitive with Cuba.

http://www.fivb.org/visweb6/vlivescoreWL2011.aspx?TournCode=WL2011&NoMatch=4

Vibo confirmed Coscione (www.legavolley.it)

I edited the post below while you were writingXD so, he have to be italian. De Togni could be in effect, but Fortunato is probably better, may be De Togni as third...?

seems that Buti will stay in Monza, but I don't know. I thought that Sala was a good choice for Cuneo, but they always have Fortunato, he was titoular when they won the italian championship and CEVcup...Btw, the other MB has to be an italian because N'gapeth is not, so in the starting six without Parodi there is an italian less (now the italians are Wijsman and Mastro, the foreign Grbic, Henno, N'gapeth, Vissotto)

In the link you wrote below is also written that Sokolov won't go in loan and Verhnammen yes. so, Trentino will keep Bratoev as 4th OHs? I don't know nothing about Leonardi, the young italian MB.

Gasparini was in JW, right? so verona and JW just exchanged opposite!

Rusia -Japan 3-0?! I can't belive itXD


"@kk15 told you it will be Zaytsev! ? "

of course=)!! Without Parodi I havn't had any doubt!!?
But I don't know who will be OH1 (the one that plays near the setter), because both Savani and Zaytsev are OH1 in their own team. May be Berruto will try both in these two matches, also in Macerata he used both Conte and Savani in this position, so I wouldn't be surprises. For this match he might prefer Savani as OH1. But I cant wait for Parodi to come back, so we will use ParodiOH2, ZaytsevOH1 and Savani as "false" opposite! No offense for Lasko, but i think it will be great=)

thiago Alves almost signed with Vibo, that also confirmed Baroni, Fanuli, Nikolov.
http://dal15al25.gazzetta.it/post/24632779/thiago-alves-un-brasiliano-a-vibo
Zygaldo confirmed in Trento for 2 year. (who is coming in Rome??) http://www.volleyball.it/redazione/index.php?action=viewArticle&articleId=63728 http://www.legavolley.it/NewsLeggi.asp?tipo=3&ID=35031
Brunner to Ravenna
http://www.legavolley.it/NewsLeggi.asp?tipo=3&ID=35034
Bulgarian Yordanov in Genova (A2)
http://www.volleyball.it/redazione/index.php?action=viewArticle&articleId=63729 http://www.legavolley.it/NewsLeggi.asp?tipo=3&ID=35037
@chrison Pajenk is from Verona, not from Bled (even if he played there before?) Or was he on loan to Verona?
and Stefano Patriarca (Macerata, but he played with Castellana Grotte last season) to Verona http://www.bluvolleyverona.it/ita/news-01.asp

http://dal15al25.gazzetta.it/post/24629031/de-giorgi-puglia-nazionale-e-san-giustino
interwiev to de giorgi, new coach of San Giustino (=RPA Perugia).
he said "Yes, we have Starovic and Conte but I can also say that we have an accord with Uriarte, we will start from 2, better, 3 international talents" (may be Uriarte in loan?)

italian starting six: OHs Savani (C), Zaytsev; MBs Buti, Birarelli; S Travica; O lasko; L Bari. (plus Kovar and Della Lunga, Barone and De togni; baranowicz; sabbi; De pandis)

france starting six: S Pujol; O Rouzier; OHs Samica (C) and Lynell; MBs Sol and Vadeleux; L Exiga

nightfox, compliments! I enjoyed it^^ Rapahel really deserves a movie, I love him, he is always positive, nice, happy, smiling, always a good word for everyone, ready to admit his/Trento mistake and to admit the strenght of other team/players. And he his a great setter of course!! For both this aspect, he his probably the brazilian player I like the most! I also like his website, a blog where his wife wrote daily/weekly, so cute=)

I agree with raylight. Mastro was definitly better than him in blocking, I think...

Stefano Patriarca in Verona and as Zyta has already written Macerata "won" against Modena for getting Pajenk
http://www.volleyball.it/redazione/index.php?action=viewArticle&articleId=63707
Modena is looking for second setter, MBs, an OH. Is interested in Hortsink, who will probably join the team and in Kovar - but probably he will go to macerata because of the huge offert, but they've never talk with Winiarski (Bruno Da re said about that "I wish it was true! He is a very good receiver! But I think he doesn't want to leave Skra... Doesn't he build his own home in Belchatow?". About Fei they confirmes they are interested, but they added "but we have contract with Dennis for one year more" (Do they wanna exchange Fei for Dennis?!O.o) http://www.volleyball.it/redazione/index.php?action=viewArticle&articleId=63710
With Marcelinho form in Italy are going to Minas also Temponi (segrate, OH) and Miraglia (Mantova, he is MB but here played as opposite) http://www.volleyball.it/redazione/index.php?action=viewArticle&articleId=63701

so he is tall=) thanks, I didn't remember his high (and I didn't remember he is so tall!)

yes, semifinals of 2011 play off

Oli4, thanks for writing it, You're right! and also around a minute before there is a good rally^^

I think that both in China and Japan the female squad are faaaar better than the maleXD btw, I hope south korea isn't good, Italy already have to worry about France and Cuba:D

sorry raylight=( I don't understand well... do you mean that Zygadlo is tall? O.o

"Roninho Gruszka, Cernic Riad, Malron, Tichacek, Vadeleux, Travica are already on the list... "

actually, also Tetyukhin and Vermiglio, that means every one is already on the list, Roninho...

Kooistra in Skra, interesting! nothing yet in italy about this transfer, you surprised me=)


"Three italian are on court"--> actually the rule is "no more than 4 foreigns"; it's different because in the court there are six players, so 2 italians at the same time on the court are enough, but if you count the libero, 3/7 have to be italian. (ex Trento: Juantorena, kaiyziski, Stokr, Raphael and two of Birarelli/Sala/Bari/Colaci on the court)

"Sisley won't fight for the titles but it can be good for the italian volleyball as young players will get a chance to play with the best. It's bad for the national team that only two Italians can play in the team which I guess is the reason your NT hasn't won any trophys lately" --> I see what you mean and I agrre, but...in serie A2 there was Club Italy for juniores, and they arrived in the last position in regoular season and didn't even manage to qualificate for the juniour world championship in brazil... btw, lots of the best italian guys are already titoular (for example in the world championship each young player were titoular,but in the new NT someone is not. ex baranowicz, della lunga, but they are in a club) so it will be hard to find at least 10 guys good enough togheter to face other A1 teams... I'm afraid they will become the team that everyone could beat.. =(