And here to athletes need to be forgotten br as soon as possible about bad and to prepare for new tests. In our concrete case much more difficult. Because Dutch Samoylov Alexander Brauver and Robert Meuvzen , world champions of 2013 with which our children should fight for the Olympic bronze, not simply more titled, but also are much more skilled other, including Semenov Konstantin with Krasilnikov Vyacheslav.
By the way, for the first day of the Olympic tournament on beach volleyball in FIVB rating Dutches took the 9th place, advancing even the Brazilian duet of Allison / Shmidt Bruno which in a result and won the Olympic gold. And Brazilians held the following place. And so Brauver with Meuvzen lost here, on sand Copacabana a day before it in a semi-final. And, absolutely slightly - 14:16 in the truncated party.
By the way, our best couple in this classification appeared the 21st, and Italians Nikolai Paolo with Lupo Danielle were a step below.
I Expect objections: well and that this rating that I pound in this arrangement of places on gathered on tournaments of 2015/2016 to points if his leaders holding the first place - Latvians Samoylov Alexander and Smedinsh Yanis , and also the eighth Americans Gibb Dzhakob and Patterson Casey , that is above those who fights today for medals, did not pass in Rio even group tournament gives.
But also the answer on this subject at me was ready. It is simple: it is the Olympic Games, competition on any another not similar during which there are any surprises.
Semenov Konstantin and Krasilnikov Vyacheslav five times met today's Dutches. In the first - long ago it was - in 2013 in a quarterfinal of tournament of "Grand Slam" in Berlin ours won in 50 minutes in three parties - 16:21, 21:19, 15:12. And in four following matches conceded, including in recent June in a tournament semi-final in Hamburg - 18:21, 16:21 in only 34 minutes.
On present tournament Brouwer and Meuvzen "zherebilis" the second, Russians got the 8th number of crops. That is, everything made against our duet. Also there were Dutches in couple earlier - they together with 2011, Semenov Konstantin with Krasilnikov Vyacheslav made a duet after Summer Olympic Games 2012, in the 2013th.
And in an asset of volleyball players of the country of tulips participation in 13 "The finals of four" on tournaments of World round at two victories, five silver awards and three bronze. At Krasilnikov Vyacheslav this indicator such: from 9 hits in the four at competitions of World round at it one victory, the three second a place and the two third. Semenov Konstantin as started acting in World round earlier, appeared in the four of 10 times and won one gold more partner.
Photo: Gettyimages.ru But, I repeat, it is the Olympic tournament, and here all differently, than at usual competitions of World round. Even time of the beginning of decisive matches strange - without minute at midnight, not to mention other ceremonial actions. Anything similar, at any competitions including on a scourge will, before it was not necessary to observe. Before the match went small dozhdichek, beat sand, it became firmer, and it suited our rivals - they and looked such body builders-security officers, and on game were much more powerful than our couple.
I will not begin to describe in detail a meeting is already the colleague from Moscow made: because of a rain on opened all winds to "Colosseum" tribunes on the computer could not work for Copacabana lost sight. In the first party at some instant rivals of Russians felt wrong and took own timeout at 15:15. To admit, at all I will not remember that the team took a break, having lost only a point. Usually it occurs when the rival manages to execute a series and to win in a row some balls.
And those - 17:15 when Russians for the first time moved, happened just after the break taken by Dutches. And when they besides made two mistakes on giving, and the situation became critical - 20:18, after all it was with one blow possible to turn a set outcome, experience of rivals affected. In the beginning Meuvzen simply threw off aside from hands Semenov Konstantin a ball, and then covered attack of our forward by the block. And advantage as did not happen. Afterwards Krasilnikov Vyacheslav and Brauver exchanged mistakes at ball input in game. But Dutches won in the beginning a doigrovka, and afterwards a breykovy ball brought them a victory in party. 23:21 .
Photo: Gettyimages.ru throughout all second set Dutches were ahead. Their advantage from time to time reached four points. However closer to the end Russians strengthened giving and earned on full the semyonovsky block. Here so from the very beginning, you look, and it should not win back very much. And so 20:22 - and the chance to earn a medal was missed. Trainer's installation was not executed by br. About it to me right after a final whistle Vyacheslav Nirka , the head of our men's team sitting near places for the press testified Nirka Vyacheslav in the first set, and execution by Krasilnikov Vyacheslav the same reception which considerably complicated life to rivals, in an ending of the second party, were the confirmation best for those.
And then the president of VFV Shevchenko Stanislas shared br the thoughts with journalists. On the one hand, it remained is not satisfied that our plyazhnik did not win medals. With another, estimated that from them nobody expected such bright performance, and the fact that all our couples reached yes quarterfinal stages, and Semenov Konstantin with Krasilnikov Vyacheslav struggled for awards from which them separated, on an apt expression of the head of domestic volleyball "I will eat one", children can expose the four.
- We played br very dirty in many elements, - Semyonov "Championship"