Russia played smarter than us since the first set and won. Our team has a lot of potential, all young boys who need to grow in games to have more success. I don't like the way we lost, it was too easy because of our mistakes and lacking defense. Great job by Alekno. He saw the the traditional Russian game will bring them loss and he changed the tactics. Great game by the whole Russian team. Our team didn't resist unfortunately
Now I am looking the stats. One Kaziyski is not enough. Sokolov, Bratoev and Ananiev need to play, play, play! Mikhaylov is main players since 18-19? Sokolov MUST PLAY MORE in order to show his best in matches like this
Congratulations to the Russian team, they played well and won.
Our team fought bravely and when we took the first set I was sooo happy. I think later in the other sets we lost concentration and our serve and defense were not sufficient enough... And those MBs of Russia.....
But I have faith in our team and I know they are all great players who can show their real potential in time!
Bulgaria had much better reception than Russia and much weaker attack. Some of our player can't play against well organized block and we don't defend like Russia
P.S. Zhekov this time didn't play at the top of his abilities, although we wasn't that bad
So..the more logical thing happened...Zhekov has to take responsibility this time,though.What's the point of having Kaziyski on your team,if you're gonna pass the ball to him 4 times for a WHOLE set!I know he was looking for surprises,but the MBs today were just lacking power.I'm still waiting for the statistics,but I think the block was really off tonight.Nevertheless,I'm very proud of everyone and I'm thankful for everything they did for us!
Oh,congratulations to the Russian users here!I'm rooting for your team now,if we're going home,at least we were eliminated by the champions ?
Look at the stats, proud. How much more attacks has Matey to take before injury? Every time against very high block because of lacking MB attack? He had the most passes today
Yes, proud, you are right! We should be proud of what our boys did tonight in spite of the loss! I dread to read the comments in forums about our performance, because I know people are going to write horrible things against OUR OWN team. ?
Those people who write such nonsense about our team will NEVER be brave enough to go and say it to their faces. And the team deserves much more than respect for all the hard work they've done.
But how many passes did he get in the second set(which was pivotal,in my opinion) ?
Very bad decisions overall,I'm not jumping on him like a lot of Bulgarians do and will,but he was not good tonight,not as good as he should have been for such an important match.
I gave up on reading those comments some time ago...after a win - 150 comment TOPS,and after a loss,I've barely sat on the computer and what do you know -over 800...that's just malicious.I sure hope none of the guys read that,I'd go insane.
look at the statistics! how many points scored volkov and musersky and how many todorov and josifov... enormous difference... congratulation russia and congratulations bulgaria for fair play and fight!
Absolutely,kristoff,huge difference!I don't know why,Zhekov was starting to use them more lately,they were getting more and more confident and today...and not just their attack,but the block,too.8 blocks in 4 sets(half made by Kaziyski and Nikolov) - we haven't had such bad statistic on block in a long time.
Vlado Nikolov is 34 but he still is very powerfull and dynamic!
shame for Sokolov that he's playing in one team with Stokr... he should go to another to making more experience
@qwertyuiop12345, I didn't pay too much attention, I had few friends at home to watch Italy-Finland and after the match we were chatting, I just had the tv mute open on the match Serbia-France (Raisport didn't trasmitt Russia-Bulgaria)... But it ended like 30-28 or smth like these! there were few serve errors, but also nice actions, and it was quite intense to see...
Now it's 2-1 for Serbia, btw
And now in the match Sokolov was in too much pressure to show what he's capable of. I'm sure if he becomes more confident, he wouldn't care against whom he will play. But I think tonight he cared...
O, and by the way, I don't know if you guys have noticed (at least those who watched BUL-RUS) but the referees were just ABYSMAL! You just can't give the point to the other team when there was a clear block out on the fingers under the referees' nose!!! I refer to the first set where many other stupid referees' mistakes were made.
Russia made only 4 errors per set after the first one, playing on high risk with no errors, that's the way they beat us, like Slovakia, and of course for Russia was easier with player like Muserskiy who can wait in the middle and jump to the left or right end of the net with one movement
I read that Italy-Poland will be at 15.00, while Russia-Bulgaria at 18.00
Is it right? (btw, they changed AGAIN =.= At this point I won't be surprised if they will exchange the finals too xD)
You have a good opposite - Wlazly,what could be so wrong with him that they couldn't fix him for the World League AND the ECH ?Seriously,though,'cause sometimes you answer "headaches" or "head injury" ?
People who tell that Wlazly has a 'head injury' are usually anti-fans of Skra Belchatow. He was the most exploited player both in NT and club, he is frail and has a problem with his knee. Mariusz beats all the other clubs in league and usually recovers in the national season that's why he 'refuses' to play in NT and some 'fans' are yapping.
Let me tell you some other considerations about the game with Germany besides the honour, that most probably took part in this decision:
1) First of all, this match was necessary for the team to stay in rhythm in order to pass the playoffs
2) Second, with that victory the playoff was much easier than if we were in third place and we saved some strength /and we went to quarter final which was not granted against Czech Republic/
3) Our team is very young and needs more experience, more victories to grow.
4) Last but not least, this way we qualified for the next ECH by finishing 6th and taking Poland as host out of the account - 5 teams are qualified automatically
Why can't I overcome that bitter feeling I have since we lost yesterday?... But as raylight already pointed out Kaziyski and Sokolov are not enough against so many strong Russian players.
@stalowiec: I absolutly didn't know that! thanks for explaining! BTW, Danmark... Uhm, I know that it's a good thing to spread volleyball all around Europe, but... I hope Danmark will build a team strong enough not to be ridicoulous... Austria out of the ECh with not even a set was enough -.-' Not to speak about the empty halls in Austria... yesterday at the quarter at 16.00 there was almost nobody=.=
And for that I have to say that I blame Italians a bit, because Innsbruk, expecially on Saturday and Sunday, it's like 1 hour far from Italy, and like 2 hours from Trento. And I expected Trentini to go there and support the NT, they don't even need to rent a room for the night, because with a match at 18.00 you can perfectly be at home before midnight... bah. I almost want to check the flight for Vienna for tomorrow morning xD
Sokolov couldn't enter in the rhythm of the match unlike the game vs Poland, if he did the game would be harder for Russia to win. My main concern is why we let Russia to score so many points after weak reception - where was our block? For me it is a shame to have significantly better reception than the opponent and to lose, even if it's Russia And why Todorov didn't spike in the second meter like Volkov, he has more height in attack.
Well, you see, raylight, I suspect we didn't do all that because we couldn't get over the pressure of playing against Russia. After the first set the boys seemed to think they just weren't able to win. Not that they don't have skills, they just made it far too easy for Russia. I just knew it that Sokolov would be brilliant vs Poland, but vs Russia he wasn't that confident. Todorov too, I'm afraid has a lot to learn, but he is a great MB, no doubt.
Kaziyski, Bratoev, Todorov, Sokolov could handle it potentially (or be a treat at least). I fear that Valio will not have many time on court and Sokolov too, but they can play the 12 games in the Intercontinental Round next year
Hi boys for me the final will be Italy - Russia, the Poland opposite Gruszka is scandalous i don't belive that in all Poland there isn't better opposite of Gruszka !!!
Savani - Zaytsev - Lasko vs Kurek - Ruciak - Gruska / Jaros no chance!!!!
danteamaral, I agree with zver, don't be arrogant undervaluing our opponents, because our guys aren't.
They know that Poland is a strong team that fight well (even if in WL Poland played bad vs Italy). And both Ruciak and Kubiack had very good moments in the last matches; also bad moments, but Anastasi alternated them in a succesfull way.
And remember that Jarosz played well in the most important match of Poland in WL2011, when they won the bronze beating Argentina (that imo was stronger than Poland).
Never take smth for garanted, at this level everithing it's possible.
That doesn't mean that I don't trust in our guys, of course.
No chance Lasko vs Kurek? Have you seen any match,man? I personally think Italy is the weaker semifinalist, but that does not mean we are going to lose.A proverb from my region says " The ball is round " as everything could happen and there is no certainty about who could win...
Of course Italy will be favorite, not Poland. We dont have opposite, Gruszka is not in form, Jarosz recently have started play better, but is not enough. We play without Wlazly, Zagumny, Winiarski, Plinski, Swiderski, Bartman, and we are still in semifinals, which is just great. I belive in my team, and I know that they will leave heart in field, like they always do. So good luck for both teams (maybe for Poland a little bit more luck)
Well, if you think that more than half of our first squad was seat on the bench or even in the tribun (Giovi didn't even have a number until AugoustxD) during the WCh... And that with that team we classificated 10th at the last ECh... ?
ps thanks for the "good luck", I wish enough good luck to Poland because I want to watch a thrilling match ;(, but not too much luck because obviously I want Italy to claim the final ?
I cheer for Poland, because of some Polish fans who I like and because there is a chance their wild card to pass to us if they go to the final together with Russia
There is no statistics, confirming that. The crucial victories for Poland are 2006 WCH and 2009 ECH semifinals. Bulgaria won 2010 WCH crucial match and 2011 ECH. The only reason the second to not be decisive is because Anastazi cheated. Don't forget how you ended on semifinal
Hanes233, you are not right. Bratoev can play on high level, he has shown it in NT, he was key player for ECH2009 medal without international experience, this year he made insane game vs Japan, but got unjured after that and he wasn't in shape for the ECH.
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Good match...
Our team fought bravely and when we took the first set I was sooo happy. I think later in the other sets we lost concentration and our serve and defense were not sufficient enough... And those MBs of Russia.....
But I have faith in our team and I know they are all great players who can show their real potential in time!
P.S. Zhekov this time didn't play at the top of his abilities, although we wasn't that bad
Oh,congratulations to the Russian users here!I'm rooting for your team now,if we're going home,at least we were eliminated by the champions ?
http://www.cev.lu/mmp-cgi/show.pl?cmd=tmpl&id=26147&id2=182&id3=517&id4=6&id5=8&state=p_prj_game_summary&key=0
I just pray no one of the team will ever see that reactions!
Very bad decisions overall,I'm not jumping on him like a lot of Bulgarians do and will,but he was not good tonight,not as good as he should have been for such an important match.
shame for Sokolov that he's playing in one team with Stokr... he should go to another to making more experience
Now it's 2-1 for Serbia, btw
Is it right? (btw, they changed AGAIN =.= At this point I won't be surprised if they will exchange the finals too xD)
1) First of all, this match was necessary for the team to stay in rhythm in order to pass the playoffs
2) Second, with that victory the playoff was much easier than if we were in third place and we saved some strength /and we went to quarter final which was not granted against Czech Republic/
3) Our team is very young and needs more experience, more victories to grow.
4) Last but not least, this way we qualified for the next ECH by finishing 6th and taking Poland as host out of the account - 5 teams are qualified automatically
And really, Poland will host both the WCh in 2014 and the ECh of 2013?? O.o
BTW, how about matches for the place from 5th to 8th?! There's nothing on the schedule...
i feel really sorry for Kaziyski - he's a fighter, he deserves more.
@kate, I didn't watch the match (but I will!), btw I read that Russia was terrificant (in a good way, of course!! ?), so I'll add my compliments ?
And for that I have to say that I blame Italians a bit, because Innsbruk, expecially on Saturday and Sunday, it's like 1 hour far from Italy, and like 2 hours from Trento. And I expected Trentini to go there and support the NT, they don't even need to rent a room for the night, because with a match at 18.00 you can perfectly be at home before midnight... bah. I almost want to check the flight for Vienna for tomorrow morning xD
Savani - Zaytsev - Lasko vs Kurek - Ruciak - Gruska / Jaros no chance!!!!
P.S Jarosz* -.- and Kubiak is at the moment our 2nd spiker, not Ruciak ?
They know that Poland is a strong team that fight well (even if in WL Poland played bad vs Italy). And both Ruciak and Kubiack had very good moments in the last matches; also bad moments, but Anastasi alternated them in a succesfull way.
And remember that Jarosz played well in the most important match of Poland in WL2011, when they won the bronze beating Argentina (that imo was stronger than Poland).
Never take smth for garanted, at this level everithing it's possible.
That doesn't mean that I don't trust in our guys, of course.
ps thanks for the "good luck", I wish enough good luck to Poland because I want to watch a thrilling match ;(, but not too much luck because obviously I want Italy to claim the final ?
(I'm not trying to start a fight ? )
Such is the justice?
so we can say in important matches its a draw ?
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