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qsek,Mika is VERY young,he's showing a lot of promise already.

Love it when liberoes make points :) Thanks for the match,raylight!

Statistics from Bulgaria - Germany : http://www.cev.lu/mmp-cgi/show.pl?cmd=tmpl&id=10080&id2=163&id3=517&id4=6&id5=4&state=p_prj_game_summary&key=0

I agree with you,oioi,the math really kills the sport.FAIR PLAY ALL THE WAY ?))

Да,наистина,каквото и да правим,май ще сме втори,защото виж какво е казал Анастази след мача - http://volleyball.sportal.bg/news.php?news=324676 .Все тая,от никой не ме е страх,истинските шампиони не се крият като...(попълнете със съществително по избор ;) )

Zyta,why can't I be happy that our team won?Both teams are going further,what's wrong with a little celebration?Your Bulgarian is perfect,though ?

I know,I just get a real kick out of the fact that you really know what you're talking about when it comes to volleyball and you like our team as much as you do ? I'm just saying you're cool,Michal,that's all ?

I've been doing the happy dance for the past two hours ? Call me crazy,but for me it was better that we lost the first set and had even more pressure on us - coming back in such a way really showed that we're a team to be reckoned with.I just love our guys right now ?
Someone,I don't think you're looking for excuses and I actually think you have some very valid concerns.I remember reading something in a Bulgarian site,even before our match with Slovakia,about the thin isolation between the ice and the floor and it also said something about the floor being cold and "sweating" if you will.I don't know...I just really hope nobody gets injured,no matter what team they are on.
Michal,if you're reading,your favorite player did not disappoint today ?

Come on,SkyloIoannes,let's not be so negative ? I believe our guys are well prepared and will show a much better game today ?

Fiore,I was thinking the same thing about our block,while I was watching the match- turns out we were better than them only on block and serve,and we only served well in the 3rd and 4th sets.I really don't have much to say,Michal's post said pretty much all there is to say...Thanks for the moral support,Michal.I've noticed you are a big fan of our team,I deeply appreciate it :)
Here's the statistic from our match : http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/6621.pdf
And congratulations to Berny,representing for Slovakia in the forum :)

Preach it,raylight ?

WHAT WAS THAT SET FOR MATEY FOR MATCHBALL?!?!?!?!?!
That really is the first surprise,there's always one...I just hope Slovakia plays that well with the other teams in our group and steals points from them,too...I knew we were too confident going into it...

Really cool video,przemek16 :)

Now I see what the problem is,casamodena :) The first part of my first long post was not an attack for you.It was triggered by your comment about the budgets,BUT your opinion is actually a very common one(in Bulgarian forums and etc.),and even though I believe you didn't mean to,you got me in kind of a defensive mode(It's been building up for quite some time).My parents have always taught me that money never trumps heart and I was defending what I was brought up to believe. I didn't mean that Modena doesn't have a heart or anything like that.From that point on I only wrote about what I know has happened around the team in their (as we agreed) short history.Much later on the post I mentioned your name and I agreed with you about those "moments" that clubs have.I honestly thought we were just sharing :) As I said before - I meant no disrespect,but I don't have to explain to you what an insult it is to say "go watch football" to a volleyball fan,right ;)

Kk15,we were writing the same things at the same time :)

How did I offend you?I told you "I have tremendous respect for the staff around the teams(my uncle used to be a staff member on a team in Bulgaria),therefore you,too" and you replied "I respect all other people",meaning you don't respect me.Come on,I really think there's been a huge misunderstanding here.I voiced my opinion,you voiced yours,we don't have to agree :)I thought we were just sharing information,that's all.Your last sentence is particularly hurtful,I'm not a bully.

casamodena,the least I wanted to do with my post was to offend you,please don't leave the thread because of me :) I have tremendous respect for the staff around the teams(my uncle used to be a staff member on a team in Bulgaria),therefore you,too and I believe you know what you're talking about.Money play a big role in everything(Sisley was gonna lose their license because of money trouble,right).I know the history of Trento's team or their lack of history,that's why I said they've build quite some for a short period of time and I think is unfair to say it's due to money and deminish their hard work and devotion.Buying their license doesn't make them a "money" club.As a whole I think it's silly to discuss money in clubs,because that's where the players get paid for their work,clubs are not NTs. I have to disagree with the first PS,though,because I know what really went down(I have some connections,too ;) ).Dinamo did not let Matey go.He had another year left on his contract and chose to not go through with it.He had a lot of trouble with the Bulgarian club that held his rights at the time and didn't want him to go to a club where he(meaning they)will get less money.I remember reading an interview with Matey around that time and he said that he'd rather not play for an year(according to FIVB rules)than be exploited like that.The FIVB president Ruben Acosta had to write letters to get him out of Slavia's slavery.I don't know about Dinamo administration's feeling about his decision ,but their coach at the time Baniolli came to Varna(during that year's WL)to talk to Matey about this and make him change his mind,but he said he's going to Trento.

After all of Trento's success people are trying to make it look as though Trento is the biggest team in the world and it's all due to their money.It's not true.2 players get paid considerably more than the others and that's all.Trento doesn't have the biggest budget in the world or in Italy.Can you say it's a team build of stars-are Sala and Birareli the best MBs in the world,is Bari the best libero in the world?See who they're adding this season and tell me they're big names.They've changed the team a lot for the past 4 seasons(won 3 CEVs with 3 different setters),but they keep winning because of their HEART.None of them are there for the money,most of the player have had better offers over the years but stayed.In 2007 when there was some buzz around Matey and he decided to leave Dinamo Moscow,most of the press in Bulgaria said he's crazy to leave the good money in Russia and go in Trento(I think 8th in Italy at the time).He didn't care,said he trusted Stoytchev and the team that he'd assembled and believed they can win the Scudetto(his dream since he was a little boy).No one believed they could do it,but they did.After that there were offers for Vlado and Matey and Vlado accepted his - said he had to think about his family and went to Cuneo.Matey on the other hand rejected 2 and 3 times bigger offers to stay in the team they built.After the World Club Ch. 2010 there was another BIG offer for him to return to Russia(Zenit Kazan),where people go for the money(Stanley,Ball - and there's nothing wrong with that),but he refused again.After his great last season Osmany also got a very big offer from Zenit and said "No,thank you".The team has almost weekly meeting with their fans and the town lives for them - their motto is "Un solo Amore, Trento nel Cuore!!". casamodena's right that every team has their "moment".Most Italian clubs have had a series of good seasons and then flops.But if Trento never wins another trophy,they still made history and can be proud of everything they've done in this club for the rest of their lives.The ultimate underdog story - how David became Goliath! Congratulation if you had the patience to read the whole thing :)

That's very thoughtful of you,_k-is-for-kate_,thank you :)