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Match: Italy - Serie A Stars 3:2 :)

FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup Highlights(1st round)

Tournament Leading Scorers
1 Michal Lasko (ITA) 63 points
2 Fernando Hernandez Ramos (CUB) 60 points
3 Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) 54 points
4 Facundo Conte (ARG) 52 points
5 Zbigniew Bartman (POL) 50 points
Kunihiro Shimizu (JPN) 50 points

Top Scorers by Day
November 20: 26 – Michal Lasko (Italy) v Russia
November 21: 21 – Zbigniew Bartman (Poland) v Serbia and Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Japan) v Argentina
November 22: 27 – Michal Lasko (Italy) v Brazil

Top Blocking Performances
7 – Alexander Volkov (RUS) v Italy on Nov. 20
7 – Michal Lasko (ITA) v Brazil on Nov. 22
6 – Piotr Nowakowski (POL) v Serbia on Nov. 21
6 – Alexander Butko (RUS) v USA on Nov. 22
5 – Pablo Crer (ARG) v Serbia on Nov. 20
5 – Lucas Saatkamp (BRA) v USA on Nov. 21
5 – Marcin Mozdzonek (POL) v Serbia on Nov. 21
5 – Sebastian Solé (ARG) v Japan on Nov. 21
5 – Nikolay Apalikov (RUS) v USA on Nov. 22

Top Service Ace Performances
4 – Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) v China on Nov. 21
4 – Ivan Zaytsev (ITA) v Brazil on Nov. 22
3 – Matthew Anderson (USA) v China on Nov. 20
3 – Lucas Saatkamp (BRA) v Egypt on Nov. 20
3 – Marcin Mozdzonek (POL) v Serbia on Nov. 21
3 – Clayton Stanley (USA) v Brazil on Nov. 21
3 – Ahmed Abdelhay (EGY) v China on Nov. 22

Highest Set Score
30-28 – Poland v Serbia (Set 4) on Nov. 21


Highest Scoring Match
217 – Italy beat Brazil 3-2 (25-16, 20-25, 18-25, 25-21, 22-20) on Nov. 22

@qwertyuiop12345 "I know its hard to accept that Poland without key players make better results than Bulgaria, buc cman." Where did that came from? A compliment from a Bulgarian user to a Polish player? You,come on...

I agree that he's more valuable to Macerata than Savani :)

Looking for it :)

Dante's my favorite Brazilian,too !!!But in Giba vs. Murilo,Giba wins ?

There were too many people around? hahaha Well,Rado was the only choice,'cause he's the only foreign coach in A1.About the list - at a press conference in the beginning of November,Rado was asked why he didn't invite Vlado in the star team,(since he was the best scorer in the championship at the time) and he said that,he was invited to coach the team(from Monza's president,like you said),but had no influence on who will play in it.

@rayligh - It's not that I underestimate him,I really don't.But I feel like lately,people have very low standards and call anyone a star after 1 good game or 2 consecutive aces...Ceco will be THE BOMB in 3 years,but for now he doesn't have a full season abroad as a main opposite in a team,so it's seems a little patronizing to call him a star just yet :) @Kjeldhor - the players list was handed to Rado,he didn't invite the players he "coached" for the game.You think he wanted "his best friend" Zanini for assistant? :D

Yes,I know :) Don't get me wrong,I love the guy,but I was surprised he was the ONLY opposite in the All-Star game list.

@raylight,I consider him a future star :) Did you give me a minus for that? :D You can't deny that the All-Star team wasn't an All-Star team ;)

Giba!

Wow,great 3rd set for Russia,congratulations ? Stanley's aces,Maxim's great attacks,Russia's block,some great digs - what more could you ask for? ? Alekno and Apalikov know Priddy VERY well ?

haha Great highlight,btw!!!I'm sorry I forgot to comment on the video :)

Kaziyski was substituted in the 3rd set,too.I guess,then it became Italy - Grbic & No Stars :D

Brazil's in a really bad shape,1st set they looked stoned...Rachel said they needed luck in this tournament,but I honestly didn't think Italy will beat them.Congrats,Italy!Congrats,Poland - undefeated !
I second zver's opinion about Serbia's dependency on Ivan's good shape.

Why isn't Zagumny captain?!?!

Atanasijevic did very well at the beginning,though.I doubt a lot of teams know that much about his game,so he started very well,but later...Anyway,it really was a great match,enjoy :)

I added Poland - Serbia :)

I'm about halfway through uploading Poland - Serbia :) I hope a lot of you have insomnia :D