Volleyball in The Olympics 2012

good job Argentina ?

Where did Tunisia won a set? Cause they have a 1:12 but I don't think they won a set.. or I'm wrong..

against Serbia?

I think the 1/4 finals will be.

Poland - Germany
Bulgaria - Russia
Italy - Brazil
USA - Argentina

Yeah, I'm fan of Bulgaria too, but master is right.. Argentina were just better and probably they will beat us again if we play again..
Well..we already did more that we expected to do, so we cannot be dissapointed by our boys.. ?

We can hardly win against them because they're style is very uncomfortable for us.

Poland lost against Australia ? We would play against Russia or Brazil probably. I don't know what we were doing today...

Australia-Poland 3-1
This young team confirm their very good form and all the talent they have.They can become one of the best in the future if they keep improving so quickly ;-)
Now Argentina need to win their last match if they want to qualify for the quarter-finals.
And the winner of Italy-Bulgaria will be first in this group witch makes this game even more interesting =)

So in semis will be Russia, Italy, Brazil and USA...

If Bulgaria beat Italy and play against Germany in 1/4 don't be so sure they cannot pass.. anyway I personaly don't believe we can beat Italy, but we need only 2 sets to be first in the group..

I hope we will play against Brazil in quarterfinal, cause they haven't got as strong service as Russia. We confirmed that we aren't in the best form. Unfortunately our boys didn't keep their form from WL.
But don't give up, just keep fight- maybe we would "find" this form again?

hm, my bad, sorry! We need only win.. Well, it will be interesting match.. Now - Serbia : Russia ?)

Australia - Poland 3-1
I cant believe it !!
?((((((
Co sie dzieje z naszym zespołem???Dlaczego chłopcy skazali się na gre z Brazylią lub Rosją??Nasz udział na igrzyskach skończy się na ćwierćfinale

Russia - Serbia 3:0 (25:15, 25:20, 25:17)

@Somoeone maybe other teams now are in their best shape?

Ok, but we've lost with Australia. Even when Italy or Bulgaria or other teams are in their best shape then we are not for sure. We'll see what would happen.

Pool leader Bulgaria logically wins vs a quite "weak" italian team 3-0
This succes gives the second place to Poland and the third to Argentina if they win their last match tonight.

http://blokaut.net/aktualnosci/pokaz/1781/A+mia%C5%82o+by%C4%87+tak+pi%C4%99knie...
Krótki komentarz na temat dzisiejszego meczu Polaków z Australią

Semi finals we are comiiiiiing!

Quarterfinal 1st match: Bulgaria - Germany ? and probably 2nd match USA - Italy

who agrees with me that Bulgaria is the biggest surprise in that olympic tournament? ?

Bulgaria is the big surprise really. Some of the favourites will go home after the 1/4 finals.

I think it will be.

Russia - Poland
Brazil - Argentina
USA - Italy

Bulgaria in semis, I am sure in that. great, great:?

I hope that Bulgaria will take a medal because they deserve it after all what happens this summer in their NT.

I am afraid that i will have to agree with MasterOPuppets. We always blow up our important matches in the important phases of all tournaments, i really do hope we break that satus quo this time though.

Serbia is out! Aus. beats Poland!! WOW Somebody please upload match!

For me Australia is the biggest surprise at this point even if they didn't qualify, they showed very good volleyball ;-)
Italy is the biggest disapointment but I expected much more also from the serbs...

Russia vs Poland in the quarter final? I feel sorry for the team that loses, both should've won a medal. Congrats to Bulgaria.

To all the italians- Do you think Bari is weak libero and he is your Achilles' heel?

I think with the level showed by these two teams USA can also be sure to beat Italy.The other two quarters will be real battles but if Bulgaria plays at their maximum level they should take it.Poland-Russia is undpredictable in my eyes.

I'm sure Bratoev and Skrimov will find good teams after the Olympics.

I hope Tedi Salparov will find a good team too.He's doing great so far(I don't include the match against Argentina)

I'd like to see Skrimov in Serie A :>>
And.. ha, we can beat Germany as they can beat us.. It will be interesting match.

Well master, he had great games in French league.. he's one of the best players there, but I do think it's time for him to play in better league.. He's not tall, but still universal player with great performances last games.. ?)

Coach Alekno said to polish journalist that maybe Poland lost with Autralia on purpose to not win our group ? He has a good sense of humour!
But I really hope that Poland will beat Russia! It's a pity that these two teams are playing against each other in quarterfinals cause I wished Russia gain medal this year... Now I hope they're not gonna pass quarterfinals ?

To all the italians- Do you think Bari is weak libero and he is your Achilles' heel?

Berruto is our Achilles'heel.

In my opinoin nobody can say that he will win the game. This is OG, everything is possible. I think that even Argentina could win, in games like this...

Brazil - USA will be amazing 1/2 final if it happen

That's the best lot for Bulgaria. Our way to the final are only european teams and usually we play good against them. I was afraid of the american teams (Arg,Bra,USA) their style is very different and unpleasant for our team. We can hardly win against some of them. Great chances in the 1/4 against Germany. I hope we don't ruin our opportunities again like the 1st qualification in Sofia.

VAIII BRASIL! !!!

Why isn't Giba playing?

Big Brasil!
Hope Grozer will not have good game tonight ?

Polska vs. Russia will be a good match to watch!

Argentina - Brazil 0:3 (19:25, 17:25, 20:25)

Andreson SUCKED ?
congrats Italy, great game!Savani is amazing!

Mannn, this olympics are so unpredictable. It's amazing how the big teams lose and that there aren't favourites for the medals. BTW, what happened with Anderson, he had an amazingly weak game.

Anderson played poorly, not all his fault though, Suxho's sets were bad in location and didn't fool the Italians at all.

you're sich man.. fuck off

Why do you all react to that shite talking? That's what he wants ?

We really play shit in this tournament...
CyberPunk polish and bulgarian fans make you angry? This shows the complex ? We lose but one good thing: maybe you will find some peace?

Well, now I hope Russia will win the gold, Russia or Brazil. I feel sorry for my team but for me they are still the best. @CyberPunk maybe you are a shit. I don't know where are u from, Spain or other shity country, but Poland have been playing reaaly good from few years, thay have big hearts and great fans. You might be jealous that this team has such a great fans,I can see you are not one of them. Remember one thing we are always with our team, Im sure that in the next season in the first match, hall will be full of spectators. For us its over. We have this saying in polish " Dumni po zwycięstwie, wierni po porażce" which means " Proud after victory, loyal after failure"

As always: bad preparation for the tournament. Congratulations to Russia, I guess they will win Gold, but who knows, Brazil is as always dangerous and Italy is in shape.

Cyber, cyber.. I'm sorry for ppl like you!

As I was afraid of... we didn't keep our form for the most important matches. Therefore Russia was in great form- they're going for the gold I think. Congratulations. I'll always cheering Poland, even after that lose- keep on guys.

The 4 games ending 3-0...who could have predicted that? The powerhouses showed their value, it's great =)

Brutal Sokolov crushed the germans ...

Cyber is obviously Revan using proxies to hide his IP. Ban the idiot and be done with it. We dont need that kind of hatred being spread around here. True sports is about making friends not foes.

Bulgari Unatsi! Heroes.. Just heroes..

Well, I was wrong about Russia, I guess. Setter change made a huge difference in their game. More kills from the middle. And Volkov and Musergsky are just unstoppable. To all polish friends here: it was a great season.

Poland fans I feel sorry for you but Kurek and Bartman are young maybe too young, next time they will be better. I hope Bulgaria, Italy or Russia win it. I like Brazil but its nice to see a different team win it.

Sokolov 22 points in 3 sets ....

Congratulations for Bulgaria. I count on You (but I'm afraid that Russia is out of range- their getting in shape).

ПОЖЕЛАВАМ ВИ ОТ ВСЕ СЪРЦЕ УСПЕХ ЗА НАПРЕД , ЗАЩОТО ЗНАМ ЧЕ ТОЗИ ОТБОР ЩЕ ИМА ГОЛЯМО БЪДЕЩЕ !!! Вие сте още млади и преспективни и искате да се докажете и в момента го правите по особено добър начин изобщо пред света . ВИЕ СТЕ СТРАХОТНИ И ГО МОЖЕТЕ (ГОВОРЯ ЗА ЦЕЛИЯ ВИ ОТБОР) !!! ГОРДЕЕМ СЕ С ВАС !!!

Не мислите ли че е така ?

This national team of Bulgaria is better than with Andrew and Matthew. They now have a team!

Now mind to tell us?

Poor team are we now ?

Георги Братоев 10 мин след победата във фейсбук:

Byrite karat Duba da pyska oshte po dulboki korena.Iskate ili ne Bulgariq shte igrae polyfinal
P.s. tova e i za Matey, i Andrey vie ste chast ot nas

Ти продължавай да си пишеш..

Еми знам, аз на това съм писал същото .

Щом смяташ, че Жоро и останалите момчета са заблудени, а ти си правия..
Нали ти казвам.. продължавай да си пишеш..

Не си ли доволна от играта на отбора ?

Не трябва сега да мислят за това след като има много по - важни неща пред тях .

Защо да не съм? Това е игра, която е градена 4 години! Това е целия труд на Пранди и Стойчев и Плачи.
Мога само да съжалявам хора като теб, които делят отбора и се осмеляват да обиждат играчите му. Може би не знаеш, но Матей ще се върне и се чудя ще продължиш ли да го обиждаш и тогава..тази волейболна икона.
Ако си на акъла "предатели" значи не си дорасъл за постъпката на Радо и Матей, която аз иначе смятам за прибързана, но те бяха подлъгани.. борбата с федерацията обаче е мъжка! И така както много ланкаш, ако не са Радо и Матей да свалят Данчо след някоя друга година и Жоро ще си взеше шапката, и Цецо, и още кой знае кой.. и айде аливедерчи.. Ще ги видиш, ама през крив макарон и се чудя пак ли ще са предатели, сегашните герои..

На това изречение държа да ми отговориш:
"Щом смяташ, че Жоро и останалите момчета са заблудени, а ти си правия.. "

CyberPunk just don't make me insult you ok? cuz i'm 100 % sure you're one of those ''keyboard ninjas'' that are infront of the screen 24/7 and in real live are just fat stinky assh*oles, so please don't ruin everyone's good mood ok?

Well, what can I say, the only macth I made a bet has failed (USA 0x3 ITA).

I won't make any bets again, but I'm pretty confident that will be Brazil against Russia on Gold Medal Match

One year ago i predicted Russia NT goes to reach the Gold in London, two steps to gold...
GO RUSSIA

Az ne gi obijdam :X .... Vinagi sum vqrval v tqh i gi podkrepqm .

VK-Grad чета ти и аз писанията, айде като казваш нещо се опитвай да се аргументираш и ако не можеш замълчи..Нито опровергаваш Славея, нито подкрепяш собствената си теза, само плюеш по двама играчи, които само тебеподобните не оценяват..

Our guys did great work... I'm so happy about them! And I hope now they will find better clubs to play in! It's important because in Bulgaria.... better not!
And to be honest I expected more from Poland..I don't know what happened but their real place with their real game is in top 4..

http://volleyball.sportal.bg/news.php?news=374555

Are you really giving me article written by Tsveta Markova? Are you? Muhahahaa.. Man! Don't be funny!

http://volleyball.sportal.bg/news.php?news=371961

http://volleyball.sportal.bg/news.php?news=370489

Somebody can help me to find the download of the match between italy and usa of yesterday?

@Vardarska I expected much more from my team, Maybe not a medal but from their game, which was really terrible, not an Olympic shape. I think they were overtrained and tired, Anastasi made some bad choices in playing all the time with one six and spend with them too much time on the gym.

VK_Grad I had the honour to talk with Plamen.. Don't quot me him, please..
Talk by yourself not by articles and interviews given before months!

oioi, I think Anastasi is your coach /I mean he fits perfect to Polish team/ and he leads them good. I don't know why this happened.. Maybe you're right they might be tired.. also the big expectations from them made preassure for sure..
What about playing with Zygadlo, not Zagumny.. I don't have opinion on this question but I see different opinions by polish fans..

I am really impressed by Nayden Naydenov, not with his coаching but with his self awareness. As the official head coach he could have just disregarded Camilo Plachi, rather he accepts the fact that the italian is more competent and lets him lead the team. I think Naydenov doesn't desirve the current negative attitude towards him. He isn't such a bad coach and I'm sure he helps the team quite a lot, though he can't be comperad with the class of Plachi. Nevertheless we should give him credit for his work and efforts.

For me Nayden isn't somenthing special as a coach.And personally I don't like him, but I have to admit that the team is doing great and that they have spirit.

VK_Grad,ти какво разбираш под български волейбол-мъжкия национален отбор ли?Нека печелим с националния отбор,пък с тия по клубовете да си се гаврят както искат,на Данчо курвата да определя кое как да се случва,контузии да не се лекуват,играчи да получават минимална заплата,деца и родители да ги правят на луди някви изкуфели алчни дъртаци и всичко е ОК,нали? Ignorance is bliss... Докато България ражда талантливи хора,от които лайна като Данчо да се възползват и докато "фенове" като теб позволяват успехите,жертвите и труда им да служат за маска на престъпници от най-висок клас,до никъде няма да я докараме като държава и гражданско общество.На теб не знам дали ти е кеф да те тъпчат,ама на някои хора не им харесва.Имам приятел,чиито син през ден му реве,за да го запише да тренира и той му отказва всеки път,с не мога да ти опиша колко болка,защото не иска да се подиграват с детето му,така както се подиграха с него навремето.Мислиш ли,че Казийси е първия напуснал заради тия нещастници?Не,просто е първия,който има топките да каже,че всеки има някаква граница на търпение,когато става въпрос за тия гнусари.С напускането на Радо нищо нямаше да се промени.Идва поредния треньор и готово-Всички проверки се задействаха имено,заради това,че Матей излезе и каза,че с тези хора не може да се работи.Да се надяваме,че този процес е необратим и наистина нещо ще се промени.Никой не може да ти даде гаранция,но сега,благодарение на тях,поне има няква надежда.Не искаш ли силно вътрешно първенство?Ето,че имаме талантливи момчета,а специалисти?Кой отговаря за обучаването на кадри?Погледни го старши треньора на настоящия ни шампион как се е изпъчил в Лондон,все едно цял свят не вижда и не знае,че Камило е гения,който движи нещата в момента и резултатите ни сега са плод на четири годишни усилия и още 2-ма треньори.Ама,както и да е,важно е да се диша...Ние правим революция в световния волейбол-100 години отказвахме да наемем психолог,но сега сме първия отбор,който пътува със собствен йога-инструктор...
И защо да не мога да подкрепям момчетата,да подскачам с тях след всяка точка и едновремено да подкрепям Стойчев и Казийски?От утре да не забранят да се яде баничка с боза?
Безумно много се гордея с представянето ни на Олимпиадата,НО това по никакъв начин не поправя нещата във федерацията-корупцията,зверската престъпност и чувството за безнаказаност,наглостта,некомпетентността,връзкарството и ПРОСТОТИЯТА!Докога тия момчета ще са малкото островче оазис в океана от лайна?Е,от това ме боли и затова победите ми идват малко bittersweet...

Important that to win next mach.

Кой пита, Човече не се занимавай с глупости да му обясняваш на това момченце неща които са му непонятни и очеизвадно няма да влязат в главата му.
Той си мисли, че Найден и Плачи са изградили нов отбор за 2 седмици и този отбор мачка наред..
Това е отбор граден 4 години, огромна заслуга имат Пранди и Радо, а Плачи.. той е феноменален след като премина през всичката българска помия, но все още е тук и е с нас.
Тия дълги съобщения са за големи хора, не такива дето не могат да се аргументират и в подкрепа на твърденията си пускат статии на п*тката Маркова дето може и да спи с Лазаров и като кретена Зарков/Методиев (всеки път се подписва с различно име) дето взимат пари да пишат статии против Радо и Матей..
Като има кой да им се връзва па що да не пишат.. Данчо и той що да не плаща на медиите..
Такава е шитня българското общество, толкова ниско е паднало морално, че нямам думи.

Не знам как има хора, които не осъзнават, че днес така както бием, утре ще си заминат други и може и да нямаме отбор.. ама нали има такива "фенчета" дето искат да си пият биричката и да гледат как отбора бие, па че няма бъдеще тоя спорт в България, дяволи ги яли младите...


Д**би и мухльовците.. /не е насочено към тебе VK_Grad/ а към тебеподобните, които виждат само до носа си.

И двете стани не са прави! В отделни части от спора имат право, в други - не.Но определено федерацията направи грешка , а хора като Лазаров вредат на българският волейбол . Бих искал да имаме силно първенство , имаме много талантливи момчета , които отиват в чужбина , защото тук няма преспектива .Трябват ни хора , които да развият условията в България .

Да допълня само като последен коментар - Колко медала спечелиха българи за отбора на Азербайджан /риторика ест./
Колко се върнаха и казаха, че отказват да играят повече за България - милата ни родина, която ни ограбва и ни принуждава да ходим в чужбина за да живеем като хора, а не като кучета.

Какво се случва с националния ни отбор по плажен волейбол... момичетата получили ЦЕЛИ 100ЛВ!!!! И екипи ВТОРА УПОТРЕБА, драги ми VK_Grad...

Тия хора и те ли са предатели според теб? И те ли са ненужни...
Спирам щото знам, че няма смисъл, а тук българоговорящите не са много..
Who_is_asking а.к.а Кой Пита ? - Благодаря ти за изчерпателния коментар.. надеждата е в хора като теб, ама уви.. един на 1000..


Polish and other friends, sorry about that long discussion in Bulgarian language..
It's about Matey and Zhekov, about Bulgarian sport at all and how non of the federations in Bulgaria is working..
Sorry once again, good day to all of you..

Радвам се, че нашите постигат такива резултати и се надявам да вземат златото, но от друга страна и съжалявам, че точно сега постигат този успех. Сега ще бъдат експлоатирани от всички - от федерация до политици. Съжалявам, защото щяха да си проличат ясно нередностите не само във волейбола, но и в спорта ни като цяло. Краде се повсеместно, работи се некадърно. Единствените позитивни проблясъци се дължат на таланта и труда на всеотдайни спортисти и треньори и именно зад тях се крият всички паразитиращи елементи.

Aydenov created this team?Wow...what is this strange feeling I'm experiencing right now?Is that what enlightenment feels like?VK,puh-leeease...hahaha I guess I've imagined Prandi,Stoychev and Joro Petrov,ha?But Vardarska is right,go on thinking and believing in whatever you want-is your constitutional right after all...plus it's so damn funny haha
Vardarska,от предпоследния ти абзац направо да му се дореве на човек...Страшно е,че така расъждават около 90% от т.нар. "волейболни фенове" у нас....Абе,аз съм оптимист за септември,пък ще видим ?

С 2 думи - егаси парадокса стана.. в момента всичко работи против Радо и Матей, но искрено се надявам, че момчетата ще ги подкрепят след олимпиадата, както и Найденов и Плачи /да отбележа, че Найденов беше от щаба на Радо и по никакъв начин не е заставал срещу него, нито се е натискал да бъде старши треньор, просто го сложиха за да е пешка в ръцете им /федерацията имам предвид//

вие видяхте ли колко спортисти плакаха в ефира на бнт и казваха, че има грешки във федерациите.Те постепенно ще се отказват от бг и ще отиват в други държави, където развиват спорта, а не просто да чакат резултатите да дойдат сами.

Абсолютно,ivolley44!Така е навсякъде,но отнякъде трябва да се почне.Както казах,да се надяваме,че процеса с проверки,разпити и т.н. в БВФ е необратим и ще доведе до някакъв резултат.
Славея,така излиза наистина.Ужасно е,че не можем да се зарадваме чистосърдечно на наистина колосален успех за нас-полуфинал,заради шайка мазни мутри,които ще се измъкнат като да не казвам какво,заради успеха на момчетата...

От всичко най ме е яд, че дебелия сутеньор отиде в Лондон да си начеше крастата и си преписва всички заслуги за "сплотяването на отбора".Голям играч, малък човек!

We will talk whatever we want, master Kaz, аlso it is connected with OG, try some translator or shut up.

I think that Trentino are bouncing their heads in the wall because Sokolov will play for Cuneo this season ?

I think that the winner from Brazil-Italy will win the silver, beceause in my eyes there's nothing to do against Russia ?

@Samueleke I also bet on Russia, they're looking better and better. And I really wish them that gold cause I like that team.
But stranger and more unexpected things happened in volleyball and sport generally, so everything's possible ?

CyberPunk didn't I tell u to shut up? You're strating to annoy me!

@Aelinn and all other's that bet on Russia I've got just one question for u guys!!!!!!!! Last year at the European Championship who eliminated Russia at the semi-final ?????????????????

Serbia.

If Russia's middle-blockers keep on atacking. serving, blocking as in matches with Poland and US, they will fight on sunday for gold medal. But personally, I'll keep my fingers crossed for Bulgarians. They are the biggest surprise for me. I don't like the way they behave on court, but after all this problems with federation, absence of Kazynski and Zhekov - they gained my respect.
In second semi I'd simply like to see a good match - 5 sets, good level of attack, block, dig. Whoever wins it won't be surprise.

When is match Brazil - Italy (London time)?

15.30

How did Allison and Emanuedl lose?!!!! NOOO! All my favorite teams are out! ( Serbia, Poland, and Beach volleyball Emanuel and Allison)

Russian middle blocker are unstoppable.

I agree for the russian's middle blockers. They are like a towers. And they have a machine for points like - Max ... It will be very hard for any team to stop them.

@EPINEPHRINEable I also wrote that sport, in that volleyball, is unpredictable and everything can happen ? So I give Russia bigger chances, but it doesn't mean that they will definitely win. Right now Bulgaria won 3rd set (bravo!) and everything can happen in the 4th ?
Read posts til the end ?

Great game, but so many wrong serves and I'm very disappointed by that.

Congrats to Russia, and I'll keep my fingers crossed for them in the final!
Good play by our lions, they achieved a lot in this tournament.. Good luck for the bronze, my golden boys!

Yeah, I hope we get the bronze. We deserve it !

Russia was vey variable.If their serve is good, nobody can stop them.But we saw how from 11:2 the score went to 14:10.We had our chances to win but to be fair the referee wasn't good at all.I mean,he made the wrong decision in very important moments in the match and the effect on our players was bigger because they are young and not as much expirienced as the russians.But that's sport ?

Bulgarians looks like they scare to win, but never mind they should concentrate for bronze medal match. anyway this is already great achievement for Bulgaria.

CyberPunk
Don't call Bulgarians losers, cause they fought really well. Yes: You are doing a comedy- your comments are ridiculous.

Any1 got link to watch Brasil Italy-any language?

http://londyn2012.tvp.pl/7810428/polfinal-m-brazylia-wlochy
No language at all ;) without commentators.

ty

not working ?

Hmm, maybe it can be watched only in POL? Cause I'm watching it on that stream right now ?
Then try checking sportlemon.tv or drhtv.com.pl. Otherwise I don't know ?

ty second one is working. drhtv.com.pl EVERYONE!!

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/

This Brazil is unstoppable...If they keep playing like this, Russia won't have any chance to take a set...
And Murilo is just amazing ?

@Joachim7
I won't say so. Russia looks strong. It seems to be very equal match. Italy played poorly today, so I won't be so influenced by the result.

Russia looks strong indeed...but nowhere near the brazilian side I saw today...I believe the final won't be one sided because of the pressure and such other things but I repeat if Brazil plays like this they can't lose.
Don't forget Russia only lose to Brazil in this tournament and it was by 3-0...not a surprise in my eyes considering the gap between these two teams at the moment.

And once again the final is Russia-Brazil. With this play Brazil deserve to be the champions but nothing is sure.If Russia have their serve anything can happen.

I think the opposite...Brazil and Bulgaria

Fortunatelly, to us (BRA), Italy put all their hopes on the serves, and they were extremely effective: 03 aces in the beggining of the 1st Set, and that 122 km/h serve from Savanni, BUT we have the best reception line in the competition (just look at the statistics). Without the serve, Italy couldn't hold their "spirit" and get lost within other basic things, like defense or attacks.


For Sunday, BRA x RUS, once again I will not bet anything, really don't know how will be Russia's behavior, but something I can say for sure: WILL BE A GREAT GAME !!!!!

Can you give me the individual table stats of all components after the 1/2 finals ?

Brazil passed very well today, even on broken plays there passing was so good it allowed Sidao and Lucas kept slowing the Italian middles. If they keep it up they may win the gold on sunday. I'll cheer for Russia

I hope that Brazil will win.

@ movie makers
come on ! make movies from olympics . this is your time now now ! you cant see me ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

You are a troll, qwerty

true but out of topic ?

I wish Dante gold medal, so in the final I will support Brazil. But I don’t know it’s good for Brazilians, because today I rooted for Americans?

A Gold Medal for Brazil today, hope to get another one tomorrow!

Alekno, u are the best!

Muserskiy ended a match twice ? I watched only a tie-break- could you tell me why Muserskiy played as an opposite?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES, YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! Bravo RUSSIA!

ONE NAME: MUSERSKIY!

Brilliant game!! Congratulations Russia, Alekno is a genius!!!! Poker play, highly risky but Alekno did it ? Two best trainers met in the final and Alekno played with an Ace, Mikhaylov as a receiver and Muserski as an outside hitter, unbelievable it worked so well ?

Musersky MVP!

Muserskiy 31 points (28 spikes, 2 blocks, 1 serve) and 10 successful digs. Unbelievable...

Congratulations to Russia

After that turn-over on the 3rd Set, the Gold Medal was trully deserved.

Alekno is a Magician!

"Russia and Brazil for the gold!

If we arrive in the semi-finals, Italy will win the bronze! "

This was my prediction the 15/07/2012 hours 18.20 .
Will luck ,but i guessed!

Russia was amazing. Who do you think would be the best players (spikers, receivers, MVP...) ?

Congrats Russia ! Amazing game. Big Musersky !

RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BEST SCORER: MIKHAYLOV Maxim
BEST SPIKER: MIKHAYLOV Maxim
BEST BLOCKER: GUNTHOR Max
BEST SERVER: SAVANI Cristian
BEST DIGGER: SALPAROV Teodor
BEST SETTER: BRATOEV Georgi
BEST RECEIVER: IGNACZAK Krzysztof
BEST LIBERO: STEUERWALD Markus
MVP: ???

source: FIVB site

So Muserskiy MVP for sure ? I am so sure about that as I was in ECH 2009 about Piotr Gruszka.

@MasterOPuppets: Yeah. Muserskiy could be one of the best opposite in the world. He's phisical performance is unbeliveable and he is so reliable.

@someone @MasterOPuppets He's also very good in defense for his 218 cm ?

This victory brings me enough emotions to smile at the sometimes frustrating problems of everyday life... and to fight to get rid of those problems. I would be a much less happier person without volleyball, for sure. Thank you everybody who congratulated to our team... this is also almost as pleasant as the victory itself. Have a nice day.

Amazing victory!

AMAZING MUSERSKIY !!!!

That Russian coach is a genius. I thought the games was over until the coach moved Musserskiy to opposite I thought for sure it was over. Then he had 3 straight kills and you could see on the Brazil faces "how do we stop this guy?" best volleyball game I've seen since Netherlands vs italy in 1996. GO RUSSIA !

Incredible game Brazil - Russia, great Alekno!

Am I the only one who notice Muserskiy was most of the time in 1 on 1 or 1vs0 situation? Guys please...brazilian lost by themselmes because they didn't know how to block Dmitriy but he didn't play better than any other player of this level...In 1v1 you are supposed to do the point 100% of the time even on low level...
Also Bernardinho lost the 4th set by playing with Giba and Thiago...
BTW I'm very disappointed to see the best team in the world losing because their best spiker is injured =(
In my mind they stay on top of the world but they deserved to proove it and claim the first place :s

Alekno the genius.But Muserskiy was unbelievable and I mean not only his spiking efficient but and he had some good defence (considering his height)!

MVP of course is Murilo Endres who else? =)

Joachim, Musersky was detrimental to winning the 3rd set, but after that the entire Russian team started playing like they can. Their serve started to go in, they handled their reception really well and got to work on block as well, Mikhaylov got back in the game as well, Granking was distributing well and he did not pass to Musersky that much at all after the 3rd set. You might also want to ask the great Rezende, why did his team insisted on serving in the russian libero when Mikhaylov was right there receiving as well.

I think they did it on purpose because his receiving was not so good and stable and serving on Mikhailov was a way to get him going back into the game so no need to ask Bernardinho.But I don't know why he start the fourth set with Giba instead of Dante...Somebody know if Dante was injured? Because otherwise I don't understand this change...Dante was playing quite well and has a very good block while Giba played very bad and never had a good block so very stupid to stop Muserskiy...

In my opnion, the MVP would be Bruno Resende or Tetyukhin

Musersky- fantastic coordination for his height.

MVP: Murilo Endres

MVP doesn't mean the best player, but the most valuable. The most valuable was Muserskiy I think. Congratulations for Murillo- he played really well on the Olympics, but I think that Muserskiy deserved this title.

MVP isn't just about the final match but about the whole tournament and Murilo was way more effective for his team in the tournament than Muserskiy was.That's why Murilo won it.

All awards to Musersky after this fantastic final with Brazil. I am still under feelings)

in 2010 i said that Russian NT could win Olympic games and world championship !
Nowadays Russia is the best team in the world thanks to great players !
Tetyukhin...what a player incredible server 36yrs old..
Mykhailov ..definitely best opposite in the world
Apalikov,Volkov..awesome middleblockers
Muserskiy 218cm guy and he play like a 190cm guy..3 years ago i said that this guy could become one of the best player of the world some people was laughin but yesterday he showed to the world what he can do really at the highest level !
Grankin and Butko two nice setter . not very impressive but quite well.
Khtey not really in shape on this tournament but really strong player
Obmachaev not really the best libero in the world but he played very good in London.

Why did Muserskiy play the spiker position?

I love Wallace! please make videos of him! ?

I thinks that's why Russia took only one offside(Mykhailov) to the Olympics. Musserskiy was their 2nd offside if they needed him.

That wasn't the first time Muserskyi played as a opposite.. his club team used him a lot as an opposite

John17, if Mikhaylov was the best opposite in the world, Muserskiy wouldn't have to interfere. Mikhaylov is still not Milijkovic, but he plays great as OH. This configuration from the final is more winning than the standard, the other Russian OHs are not enough firepower

P.S. Epinephrineable, Muserskiy often plays MB when on the net and Opp when in back row in Belgorod

Raylight, totaly agree with you about this point but only on this game, cause Mikhailov on the 3 world last competition or Champions league prove that he is the only one at the opposite position !
One of my friend played with Muserkiy since 6 years ago in Ukraine he told me that he can play in every position if he work hard.