USA - Russia (part 1)

Battle between to superpowers. In the openning ceremony of The Olympics George W. Bush was discussing with Vladimir Putin and now their teams confronted each other. Olympics are special for the presidents: it shows position of their countries in the world. Volleyball is one of the most famous discipline in the summer Olympics. Stanley served 7 aces! He proved that he is one of the greates servers in the world. That match showed that Maxim Mikhaylov will be top player in the world. He scored 31 points and he had 44.23% efficiency in attack! "We knew it would be a tough match. I'm proud of the way our guys were able to deal with the pressure of the consistency Russia showed in the second half. I think this team represents what's good about team sports. The sum of their hearts is greater than the individual aspects of the team. If these guys wanted to do individual sports, they'd play tennis. But they want to be part of something bigger than themselves and Volleyball is the mechanism they chose." said Hugh McCutcheon, USA coach.

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