#FRA vs BEL

[randompidgey]

You tell me I watched that boring game and now I don't even get a penalty at the end?

[judectrl]

LITERALLY THE SAME FUCKING MISTAKE CASTAGNE AND DEBAST GET UR SHIT TOGETHER

[elsboom]

This game is shortening my life expectancy. Komaan!🇧🇪

[inacommitedrelationshipwithfood]

I have never in my life seen two supposedly "good" teams be so dogshit

[daminouspurity]

France vs. Belgium | Euro 2024 European Championship Round of 16 | Predictions EA Sports FC24

[autisticbokutoenthusiast]

Reacting to VNL 2025 Anouncement

(yes im a few days late i was processing irl for a bit)

im gonna go week by week and look at the pools and what im excited for! (lowkey confused by the pools cause on the one hand some teams are in the same pool several times which is normal but also poland/italy and japan/turkiye dont match once??? neither do s. korea/thailand and thats a rematch im looking forward to? but wtv we have world champs coming up in the fall so well hopefully see those matchups then)

Week 1

GABI!!!!

POOL A:

japan, netherlands, serbia, canada, dominican republic and bulgaria

Im most looking forward to:

JPN v DOM because they are such different teams its always interesting to see how they match against eachother

CAN v NED because they were pretty evenly matched this year so i think that game will be interesting and hard fought

DOM v CAN because i also feel they are evenly matched but different teams and i think they could challenge eachother in a way that brings out the best play in eachother

JPN v CAN this was a 5 setter last vnl with canada winning so lets see what goes down next year

POOL B

italy, brazil, usa, germany, czech republic, south korea

im most looking forward to:

ITA v BRA cause we all know that will be an intense match (brazil will be coming in without some of their veterans but most of their core team is the same as far as im understanding) i mean brazil won their match this last vnl but italy is the team to beat rn and brazil will be hungry to get back on top- not to mention a lot of their big players (im thinking gabi and carol rn) are playing in the italian league

USA v BRA both of these teams are strong and will play a hell of a match i can feel it, usa will want that remtch cause they went down in 4 last time, i know this has 5-set potential (same goes for USA v ITA)

im also curious about CZE v KOR because czech team got in from the challenger cup and south korea is (i say this with love and respect) the bottom of the vnl teams (to be the worst of the top 18 teams is still an accomplishment but they just havent been winning these past years) so i think they may be evenly matched and play an interesting game

POOL C

turkiye, poland, china, thailand, belgium, france

what im most looking forward to:

TUR v POL these are just two vicious teams and its always fun seeing them rile eachother up then get riled up against the refs then the crowd then the coach then the net then the ball etc both teams will also be without their captains (wołosz and erdem retired from nat team afaik) so i wonder who will be holding them down (my bets are korneluk and örgey)

TUR v CHN something about china always gets under turkeys skin and i want to see them come up with an answer or it also li ying ying v vargas should be interesting

POL v CHN two blocking powerhouses i cant wait

THAI v CHN thailand beat china once im waiting to see them do it again

THAI v FRA/BEL i think these may be evenly matched teams and yall know i love level skill matches

THAI v TUR fun fact but i was a passive vball watcher until the 5 setter between these two teams in world champs 22. it was just such a fun match i immidiately started following all the players and really getting invested in volleyball. thailand actually won if im not mistaken (this was pre vargas) so i know that a shake up can happen

WEEK 2

YUAN XIN YUE

POOL A

brazil, turkiye, canada, dominican republic, belgium, south korea

what im most looking forward to

BRA v TUR yall..... yall know when these two teams match EVERYONE ACTS UP like the fans, the teams, the commentators it gets CRAZY but in a more serious sense their matches are very fun and brazils experience vs turkiyes youngblood is always interesting

CAN v DOM i love when these two teams meet cause you never know who will win till they do ya know just fun games to watch, last time can won 3-0 but i know las reinas have it in them

CAN v TUR hear me out yall!!! i think van ryck and gray are gonna be trouble for turkiye this year idk why but i can feel it

POOL B

italy, china, japan, thailand, czech republic, bulgaria

what im most looking forward to

ITA v CHN highly competent teams with italy being on top i want to see how china approaches them especiall looking at the li ying ying/egonu and yuan xin yue/denesi matchup. china didnt take a single set off them last vnl but i know they could

JPN v CHN china is usually seen as the top asian team but japan beat them in 4 and got silver at last vnl so i think itll be interesting to see what happens

ITA v JPN listen this was the gold medal match last year but japan is now without their ace koga but still!! i think it could be interesting

THAI v everyone yall should know by now they are lowkey my ult team but listen against italy itll be a challenge but theres something about watching thailand fight till the last point thats always interesting- then we have them against japan which both teams have similar play styles (tho i would say thailand is a bit more scrappy <3) so its fun seeing them battle it out too- then for the other teams its just not something we see a lot so ill look forward to how they play out, thailand came away with a win last time they faced bulgaria but can they do it again

POOL C

poland, usa, netherlands, serbia, germany, france

what im most looking forward to

POL v USA the block battle about to go down oooo also 6'8 stysiak v 6'8 and 6'6 retke and plummer.... coaches play them against eachother im tryna see something...

POL v GER and POL v SER just becuse the polish fans wont be at home but they're gonna turn up and boo like no tomorrow.....

USA v SER if usa really is trying to swipe guidetti then should be interesting👀

WEEK 3

SKINNER

POOL A

italy, turkiye, netherlands, serbia, belgium, czech republic

what im most looking forward to

ITA v TUR italy took it 4 sets last time, can they do it again? i think this match should be really fun

SER v TUR because if we still have santerelli and guidetti then its the teams playing their coaches from 2022 so these are coaches that know the other team well and should be interesting

POOL B

usa, china, canada, dominican republic, germany, thailand

what im most looking forward to

USA v CHN china came out the winner of the 4 set battle in 24 but it was usa's non regulars. will they be able to do the same against usa at home 👀 (also need 6'8 middles yuan and retke to meet in the middle also li ying ying nd plummer)

USA v CAN these teams have very similar play styles (to my untrained eyes) and van ryck was causing lots of trouble last vnl so this match should be interest

CHN v CAN yall remember when canada won this in vnl 2024 cause i do and i cant wait for the rematch

DOM v THAI listen yall this one of my fav matches im still not over the post game interactions between martinez and achjarpon and piyannut in 2024 i need to see it again IN PERSON like im booking a flight THIS WEEK IDGAF

POOL C

japan, poland, brazil, france, bulgaria, south korea

what im most looking forward to

JPN v POL very different but both skilled teams i want to see how they match up given polands offensive power and japans strong floor defense

POL v BRA last vnl it was only a 4 setter but i think these teams are pretty evenly matched. theres a fieriness to poland thats different from brazils athleticism. i just love watching these two meet

JPN v BRA NOW YALL KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE THE REMATCH OF ALL TIMEEEEEEE like kogas gone (miss you queen) but wada and airi came outta nowhere that match and stunned so i will be tuned the fuck in

general points

italy team to beat after winning last vnl AND olympics i wonder how the other teams will handle them and if they can be beaten, especially if they play egonu/sylla/fahr from the beginning

Im really curious about this USA team, they lost their head coach and still havent anounced whose replcing kiraly, its the first time the us has its own pro league meaning we're gonna see these players play club with their nat teammates and while i doubt itll happen in only one season i wonder if well see the us develop its own playstyle

also for usa i want to see their deep bench again. while i think it may have hurt them a bit going into finals week/olympics that they didnt have an established starting squad that worked well off of eachother i loved seeing the variety of players they brought out in weeks 1 and 2 last year

the expanded format is interesting i mean i was surprised seeing france belgium and czech republic on here since they havent been part of like the core vnl teams the past few years (excl frances inclusion cause of olympics)

arlington being home of usa vball continuing to piss me off wdym the men get to play in chicago thats one of my bucket list cities ive spent ENOUGH time in dallas ENOUGH. but i will try to be there to see wipawee play in my home country <3

i noticed a lot of players growing their hair on the chinese and japanese teams last year i wonder what if shoulder length ponytails will still be the stile or we'll go back to bobs and short cuts

its gonna be sad seeing these times without a lot of the legends that played (and some cases came back) for the 24 season but theres so much young talent i dont think well have time to miss them too badly

anyway what are yalls thoughts??!?!?!?

(i know theres like 2 ppl on this webbed site that watch vball and you probably didnt scroll all the way down but if you did what are you looking forward to seeing)

[daikenkki]

US Open 2024 - Women's Singles Draw:

Iga Swiatek (1) (POL) vs Kamilla Rakhimova (LL)

Daria Saville (AUS) vs Ena Shibahara (Q) (JPN)

Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) vs Kateryna Baindl (PR) (UKR)

Taylah Preston (WC) (AUS) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25)

Mirra Andreeva (21) vs Camila Osorio (COL)

Shuai Zhang (PR) (CHN) vs Ashlyn Krueger (USA)

Eva Lys (Q) (GER) vs Marie Bouzkova (CZE)

Qiang Wang (PR) (CHN) vs Liudmila Samsonova (16)

Danielle Collins (11) (USA) vs Caroline Dolehide (USA)

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) vs Sara Errani (ITA)

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) vs Clara Tauson (DEN)

Nadia Podoroska (ARG) vs Diana Shnaider (18)

Katie Boulter (31) (GBR) vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q)

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) vs Petra Martic (CRO)

Emma Raducanu (GBR) vs Sofia Kenin (USA)

Shelby Rogers (PR) (USA) vs Jessica Pegula (6) (USA)

Elena Rybakina (4) (KAZ) vs Destanee Aiava (Q) (AUS)

Jessika Ponchet (Q) (FRA) vs Saisai Zheng (PR) (CHN)

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs Nao Hibino (Q) (JPN)

Renata Zarazua (MEX) vs Caroline Garcia (28) (FRA)

Beatriz Haddad Maia (22) (BRA) vs Elina Avanesyan (ARM)

Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) vs Alexa Noel (WC) (USA)

Anna Bondar (HUN) vs Bernarda Pera (USA)

Lauren Davis (PR) (USA) vs Anna Kalinskaya (15)

Jelena Ostapenko (10) (LAT) vs Naomi Osaka (WC) (JPN)

Karolina Muchova (CZE) vs Katie Volynets (USA)

Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) vs Varvara Lepchenko (Q) (USA)

Anastasia Potapova vs Leylah Fernandez (23) (CAN)

Yulia Putintseva (30) (KAZ) vs Linda Noskova (CZE)

Xinyu Wang (CHN) vs Arina Rodionova (Q) (AUS)

Mayar Sherif (EGY) vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

Bianca Andreescu (WC) (CAN) vs Jasmine Paolini (5) (ITA)

Barbora Krejcikova (8) (CZE) vs Marina Bassols Ribera (Q) (ESP)

Julia Grabher (PR) (AUT) vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) (ROU)

Martina Trevisan (ITA) vs Taylor Townsend (USA)

Viktorija Golubic (SUI) vs Paula Badosa (26) (ESP)

Victoria Azarenka (20) vs Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) (UKR)

Clara Burel (FRA) vs Sloane Stephens (USA)

Diane Parry (FRA) vs Xiyu Wang (CHN)

Yafan Wang (CHN) vs Maria Sakkari (9) (GRE)

Emma Navarro (13) (USA) vs Anna Blinkova

Ana Bogdan (ROU) vs Arantxa Rus (NED)

Chloe Paquet (WC) (FRA) vs Harriet Dart (GBR)

McCartney Kessler (WC) (USA) vs Marta Kostyuk (19) (UKR)

Elina Svitolina (27) (UKR) vs Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG)

Oceane Dodin (FRA) vs Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)

Tatjana Maria (GER) vs Solana Sierra (Q) (ARG)

Varvara Gracheva (FRA) vs Coco Gauff (3) (USA)

Qinwen Zheng (7) (CHN) vs Amanda Anisimova (WC) (USA)

Erika Andreeva vs Yue Yuan (CHN)

Tamara Korpatsch (GER) vs Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)

Jule Niemeier (GER) vs Dayana Yastremska (32) (UKR)

Donna Vekic (24) (CRO) vs Kimberly Birrell (Q) (AUS)

Greet Minnen (BEL) vs Magdalena Frech (POL)

Peyton Stearns (USA) vs Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) vs Daria Kasatkina (12)

Madison Keys (14) (USA) vs Katerina Siniakova (CZE)

Maya Joint (Q) (AUS) vs Laura Siegemund (GER)

Ajla Tomljanovic (PR) (AUS) vs Ann Li (Q) (USA)

Veronika Kudermetova vs Elise Mertens (33) (BEL)

Ekaterina Alexandrova (29) vs Viktoriya Tomova (BUL)

Magda Linette (POL) vs Iva Jovic (WC) (USA)

Lulu Sun (NZL) vs Lucia Bronzetti (ITA)

Priscilla Hon (Q) (AUS) vs Aryna Sabalenka (2)

[anygivengameday]

2023 US Open, 143rd Edition

Men’s Singles 2nd Round

Andy Murray (GBR) vs (19) Grigor Dimitrov (BGR)

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Men’s Doubles 1st Round

Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs (9) Hugo Nys (MCO) / Jan Zielinski (POL)

Court 9

Men’s Singles 2nd Round

Arthur Fils (FRA) vs Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)

Court 10

Women’s Singles 2nd Round

Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) vs (17) Madison Keys (USA)

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Thursday, August 31, 2023

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, Queens, New York City, NY

[he-did-that]

is that referee for real

[matchlessfootball]

clearly a foul!!!

[judectrl]

wallahi we're cursed

[somedaytakethetime]

This is the match... this is the one that breaks me and I finally develop a drinking problem... I can feel it

[mwnchens]

@.lucashernandez21: En finale !!! 💙🤍❤️ #Fiersdetrebleus @equipedefrance

[brauthaalandfc]

Kevin, Benjamin and Vinny having a catch up before the game. I love this City bond.

[bisexualrhee]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[bambi-marquez]

TINY CARRR