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World League 2013 Decoration

VolleyVids 2013-07-22 • 2675 views • 7
 
Decoration of the best teams in the World League 2013. Russia beat Brazil in three sets in the final match. This is their third World League title and second in three years. In the last match Dmitriy Muserskiy and Nikolay Pavlov were unstoppable. The result was a repeat of the Olympic Games final when Russia beat Brazil, that time in five sets, and they have now beaten Brazil three times in a row. Italy earlier beat Bulgaria in the tie-break in the bronze medal match. Italy returns the World League podium after 9 years! Bulgaria finished fourth, their best World League result, for the fifth time in a row. Canada took 5th place and the hosts: Argentina took 6th place.

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raylightBG 3006 15
10 years ago
+1
Brazil missed Murilo and I think that helped Russia a lot.
KazVA 33 2
10 years ago
+1
Bira is OK but he is no Mastro or Fei, I' m not even going to mention the older generation... Beretta only has height, Cester and Buti are better but still nothing special. Brasil, Russia, Serbia, Poland, USA or even Bulgaria have much better blockers
HCLTBR 331 6
10 years ago
+4
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Beretta is a gun but can only shoot blanks, and Piano should change his name to Pinocchio. The situation with the MBs in Italian team is sad.

Sad? They have Bira, in case you forgot him. Beretta is a promising young player. As for Piano, he’s a sub. Coach Berruto is preparing other musical middle blockers: Cello, Flute, Maracas, Guitar and Harmonica.
KazVA 33 2
10 years ago
+1
LOL Beretta is a gun but can only shoot blanks, and Piano should change his name to Pinocchio. The situation with the MBs in Italian team is sad :(
HCLTBR 331 6
10 years ago
+7
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I suppose you're referring to the video I sent you. You should quote your sources ;P

Sorry, next time I’ll say “Berruto said on a video sent by Pearl”. Please, don’t punch me. I heard evil Kate and Zyta are around. Scary!
Quote (Pearl)
Partially true: It's still pretty evident that this guy (Beretta) lacks international experience and still has to work a lot.

Of course he lacks experience, it was his first major tournament. What did you expect? That he played like Gardini? Fei? Mastrangelo? Give him a chance, impatient Pearl.
pearlIT 1003 11
10 years ago
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If Brazil has to run a bit to reach the Russians, the Italians have to do the same to reach us. Berruto said in a press conference that his players are improving and soon they’ll be ready to challenge Russia and Brazil

I suppose you're referring to the video I sent you. You should quote your sources ;P
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That Beretta guy is a gun, keeping the Italian tradition of great middle blockers

Partially true: It's still pretty evident that this guy lacks international experience and still has to work a lot.

As for the rest of your comment: excellent remarks!
HCLTBR 331 6
10 years ago
+8
Russia has the best team in the world. Period. Brazil has to work a lot to keep up with them. The opposite position is our main weakness. Vissotto? Dunno if he can improve more than he did. Wallace? Bernardinho defended him after the match, but it’s part of his job as a coach. Wallace scored one point in the first set and three in the second. Please… We’re in trouble. No, it wasn’t the result that made me think this way, Brazil played poorly and I know they can do better. Problem is that Russia is digging, and when I say digging it’s for real, they have a very efficient defensive system. Red alert. Some people cried before about Maxim’s absence – he was there, but nobody noticed. I was telling Kate here on Saturday, “People forget Pavlov has more skills than Maxim. Many teams have neutralized Maxim Mikhaylov. It’ll take a while till the main opponents learn how to stop Pavlov”. The 31-year-old Russian opposite was unstoppable last night, like he was many times before. Grankin showed some class. His backsets are a piece of art, I could watch them all night long. Grankin is fantastic. I almost forgot Butkochka, and those Russians also have Makarov (hey Makarov, ay!). Spirik is a fantastic left side, though he was just okay in the final, while Sivozhelez helped Pavlov to carry the load. Should I call Barack Obama and tell him the Russian vball team has been hiding Edward Snowden? Just kidding. On the Brazilian side, I was happy with Mario, our libero. After a bad start, and being out of the list in the matches against Bulgaria in Brasilia, he made a great return. He was flawless against Team USA and was definitely the best libero of the finals – passing and digging in high level. Bruno is the best setter in the world, though he didn’t play in the final – maybe he was chatting with Maxim. Ricardo Lucarelli is a fantastic player. Some fans criticized him and Isac (who replaced an injured Eder), but Bernardinho defended both, saying their mistakes were his responsibility and that they’re too young. Voronkov added that the Brazilian team needs more experience and that they haven’t reached their full potential. If Brazil has to run a bit to reach the Russians, the Italians have to do the same to reach us. Berruto said in a press conference that his players are improving and soon they’ll be ready to challenge Russia and Brazil. Zaytsev and Birarelli played in high level throughout the tournament, being deservedly awarded. That Beretta guy is a gun, keeping the Italian tradition of great middle blockers. Team Italy still struggles with their liberos, and that setter Travica bugs me a lot. He made some really stupid choices in the bronze medal match and complicated the match against Bulgaria. Talking about Bulgaria, pay attention to them. No, nothing special, no new tactical scheme, just more efficiency. Thanks to Mr. Camillo Placi, a quiet guy who knows how to take the best from his players. Last year Camillo Placi (forget Naydenov, please) took his boys to the Olympic semis, now he put them in the top 4 again. Too bad Bulgaria finished 4th for the fifth time in the WL history. They deserved a medal, but Italy is still a little better. A lot has been said about Sokolov (definitely more mature after the season in Cuneo) and Skrimov (some bad matches, but still with some credit), but two players deserve some attention: Todor Aleksiev and Valentin Bratoev. Interestingly, they play better under Placi’s command. Todor (American commentator Paul Sunderland pronounces “toll-door”) had been a reason for several jokes, but if there were an award for best improvement of the season that prize should be given to him. Seriously. I love when the underdog proves we’re wrong. I had seen this guy live in 2008 and 2010. He's way better now. From fit but quite ordinary to fat but effective, Aleksiev proved to be important for his squad. He should improve his passing, as the opponents keep taking advantage of his lack of technique. Anyway, Aleksiev is no longer a reason for laughter. What about that Bratoev twin who's a wing spiker? He’s no Lucarelli or Spiridonov, but if Bulgaria sometimes changed game pace, a big part of that should be credited to Valentin. I admit when I saw him being subbed in during pool play I thought he'd screw things up, but he was quite solid. Many times his presence allowed Placi to keep things organized. Russia, Brazil, Italy and Bulgaria proved once they repeated the London Olympics standings that they’re the elite group. What about the others? Canada was a nice surprise and they’ll get even better. Iran is improving fast under the command of legendary Julio Velasco. France, Germany, Serbia and USA have potential to cause some damages to the main teams. John Speraw (USA) and Laurent Tillie (France) have some treasures on their hands. To wrap up this long comment, dunno if people here saw during the bronze medal match, on the same play: First Zaytsev did a “Todor”, and then Beretta did a “Plinski”. Nobody did a “Giba”, but it’s okay.

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