"FOR ME, IT'S A BIG, BIG MISTAKE"
Nimir, one of the best opposites in the world, on the VNL schedule:
"Yesterday, we played at 4:30PM, now we play at 11AM. [...] For our health I don't think it's good, for anybody. [...] For me, it's a big, big mistake. We travel all over the
Kento Miyaura absolutely wrecks Chaumont's reception scoring EIGHT ACES☄️
Full stats
▫️🔝 Scorer
▫️31 points (1 block, 8 aces!!)
▫️55% success on attack
▫️43% efficiency on attack
However, it wasn't enough for Paris to win the game
#宮浦健人
#KentoMiyaura
📸: @/Fabi78230 (IG)
Italian journalist Davide Romani reaffirms Ishikawa and Loser will be playing together in Perugia next season 👀
Source: La Gazzetta Dello Sport
📸: Maurizio Lollini/ 3mmedia. it
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
➡️ PRESIDENT OF PERUGIA CONFIRMS LOSER+ISHIKAWA
Gino Sirci, president of Sir Safety Perugia confirms Yuki Ishikawa and Agustin Loser will play for the team next season.
The president had previously claimed Ishikawa was too expensive for the Italian market but apparently
Ran Takahashi got injured during the 3rd set of the game against Verona today.
He twisted his ankle as he landed from a jump and his teammates carried him off court to be checked up by the team's medical staff.
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
YUKI ISHIKAWA x Piacenza
▫️ 19 points (2 aces, 2B)
▫️ 44% success on attack
▫️ 38% eff. on attack
▫️ 32% success on reception
▫️ 6 digs
Milano beats Piacenza in a nerve-wrecking tie-break, advancing to the semi-finals of Coppa Italia.
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
📸:Elena Zanutto
SCHEDULE OF PREPARATION MATCHES FOR THE OLYMPICS
WEDNESDAY
🇫🇷 France x Canada 🇨🇦
🕗 18:30 GMT (20:30 🇫🇷, 14:30 🇨🇦)
📺 Sport En France ()
THURSDAY
🇮🇹 Italy x Argentina 🇦🇷
🕗 19:00 GMT (21:00 🇮🇹, 16:00 🇦🇷)
📺 Rai Sport
FRIDAY
🇧🇷 Brazil x Germany 🇩🇪
🕗
"Ishikawa is in top form, the genius is signing off with some incredible volleyball tonight, and he IS a genius, make no mistake."
- Simon Golding, vbtv commentator
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
"THEY ARE HERE, THEY ARE THERE, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE"
Slovenia so far is struggling to score against Japan's crazy defensive skills, the Japanese are two sets ahead.
#RyujinNippon
#龍神NIPPON
Monza beats Catania 3x0 and Ran Takahashi is fully back! He didn't play the full match but he did it all: attack, reception, block, serve!
Ran's stats:
▫️5 points (1 block)
▫️67% success on attack
▫️50% efficiency on atk
▫️11% success on reception
▫️5 digs
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
🎙Ishikawa's message to Otsuka: "He told me that I would find an excellent club, an excellent team and above all that I could learn a lot here."
Powervolley Milano confirmed the young outside hitter will play for the team next season!
#tatsunoriotsuka
#大塚達宣
❌️ President of Perugia says he believes Yuki Ishikawa will return to Japan, claiming the cost of his contract is too high for the Italian market.
About a possible transfer of Loser to Perugia, he says "There is nothing concrete, Loser is one of the many players we monitor".
Both Yuki Ishikawa and Ran Takahashi advancing their teams to the Superlega semi-finals almost at the same time, what a great day for the Japanese OH duo!
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
📸: Volleyball World
After struggling for a couple of games, Ran Takahashi had an outstanding performance today in the Challenge Cup helping Monza advance to the next phase!
Ran's numbers:
▫️🔝 Scorer
▫️18 points (3A, 2B)
▫️72% success on attack (61% eff)
▫️83% pos. reception
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
KENTO MIYAURA RETURNS TO JAPAN
RMC Sport reports that the Japanese opposite will be playing for JTEKT Stings next season!
📷: @/fabi78230 on IG
#KentoMiyaura
#宮浦健人
Eccheli (Monza head coach) says Ran's recovery is ahead of schedule and he might be back on the court as soon as 2 weeks from now. He may be able to play the Challenge Cup final and the last 2 games of the regular season of Superlega.
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
📸: Elena Zanutto
🎤 "I'M PROUD OF THIS TEAM, I LOVE THIS TEAM" 🎤
"Yeah, I think this is an amazing result for us for sure, because who didn't guess this result, who didn't expect it? For sure there's a little bit of regret but this is amazing, I'm proud of us, I'm proud of this team, I love
In the absence of Captain Yuki Ishikawa, middle blocker Akihiro Yamauchi was acting captain for last night's match between Japan and the Netherlands.
It's likely Yamauchi will also be captain during the first week of VNL. Best of luck to him and the team!
#山内晶大
📸:VbWorld
🎤 Post-game interview with Yuki Ishikawa and Matteo Piano with English subtitles
(Note: I am not a native Italian speaker so this is subject to errors, if you see anything wrong please let me know 😊)
Transcript on the following tweets ⤵️
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
MILANO BEATS TRENTINO 3-1 AND WINS THIRD PLACE IN THE SUPERLEGA
This victory also qualifies them for Champions' League for the FIRST time in the club's history!
YUKI ISHIKAWA x Perugia
▫️Top scorer for Milano
▫️ 17 points (1 ace)
▫️ 47% success on attack
▫️ 32% efficiency on attack
▫️ 20% efficiency on reception (best passer out of both teams)
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
📸: Milano Powervolley
Morgan Besa (journalist for RMC Sport) reports that Ran Takahashi will not be able to play for roughly one month (if all goes well), but the staff of the Japanese national team are not too worried about the progress of the injury.
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
#RyujinNippon
#龍神NIPPON
#volley
@RMCsport
ENTORSE de la CHEVILLE pour Ran Takahashi
@Ran_volley0902
Il ne jouera pas ce week-end et devrait être absent pour un gros mois, si tout se passe bien. Le staff de la sélection nippone ne se fait pas trop de soucis sur l'évolution de la blessure.
@VivaVolley_
Kento Miyaura absolutely wrecks Chaumont's reception scoring EIGHT ACES☄️
Full stats
▫️🔝 Scorer
▫️31 points (1 block, 8 aces!!)
▫️55% success on attack
▫️43% efficiency on attack
However, it wasn't enough for Paris to win the game
#宮浦健人
#KentoMiyaura
📸: @/Fabi78230 (IG)
Despite a rough start, Milano beats Catania 3x0 and stay firmly positioned in 5th place in SuperLega.
▫️Set 1: 26x24
▫️Set 2: 25x19
▫️Set 3: 25x17
Their next match is against Padova, on the 11th.
📸: Matteo Morotti
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
YUYURAN IS BACK!
Ishikawa, Takahashi and Nishida all tied as top scorers of Japan with 1️⃣4️⃣ points each!
📊 Attack efficiency:
Ishikawa - 50%
Takahashi - 68%
Nishida - 38%
#龍神NIPPON
#ryujinnippon
JAPAN BEATS CANADA 3️⃣x0️⃣!
Yuki Ishikawa was the top scorer of the match with 2️⃣6️⃣ points, including 3️⃣ blocks and 3️⃣ aces! 🤯
He had 62% success on attack (53% efficiency)! 🔥🔥🔥
#RyujinNippon
#龍神NIPPON
Yuki Ishikawa's post game interview (1/2)
"We are very happy now. We were not doing so well but today we played a great game, so we are very happy.
[...]
Yes, we had a few problems with some players, but we all played well today..."
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
RAN TAKAHASHI x Lube Civitanova:
▫️15 points (3 aces)
▫️57% success on attack
▫️52% efficiency on attack
▫️40% success on reception
▫️2 digs
Monza beat Lube 3x1 and advanced to the semi-finals of Coppa Italia
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
Shout out to Ran Takahashi for getting 3 aces, including 2 in one of the most crucial moments of the match where he helps establish Japan's lead on the 3rd set 👏👏👏
#龍神NIPPON
#OQT
#RanTakahashi
Looks like luck isn't on France's side today 👀
This play plus the following ace (also from Miyaura) went to put Japan 2 points ahead in the 4th set and they are now pushing for the 5th set.
#宮浦健人
#KentoMiyaura
Monza beat Civitanova 3x1 and Ran Takahashi was chosen as MVP.
That's their 2nd victory in the quarter-final series which means they only have to win one more game to advance to the semi-finals!
Their next match is next Sunday.
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
🇯🇵 Japan reverse sweeps France!
After being down 2 sets, Japan began the 3rd set with a 5-0 lead with Yuki Ishikawa scoring 5️⃣ times in a row 🤯
The captain led his team to victory scoring 3️⃣3️⃣ points!
He had 54% success on atk and 43% pos. reception
#龍神NIPPON
#ryujinnippon
Shout out also to Otsuka who came in on the crucial 3rd set with the daunting task of playing in place of captain Yuki Ishikawa and helped balance out the team.
Otsuka delivered 6️⃣ attack points and 5️⃣0️⃣% efficiency on reception.
#大塚達宣
#TatsunoriOtsuka
📸:VolleyballWorld
🇺🇸 USA beats 🇯🇵 Japan 3️⃣x1️⃣!
📊 Top scorers of the match:
🇯🇵 Nishida: 1️⃣8️⃣ points (1 block, 36% efficiency on attack)
🇺🇸 Anderson: 15 pts (1 ace, 5️⃣6️⃣% atk eff)
With this result,
#RyujinNippon
qualifies for the quarterfinals!
#Paris2024
#YujiNishida
RAN TAKAHASHI IS MVP OF THE MATCH
Scoring 1️⃣9️⃣ points, Takahashi leads his team to a 3x1 victory over Catania.
He is also the top scorer of the match having also scored 3️⃣ crucial block points.
#RanTakahashi
#髙橋藍
"Is there any player in the world right now who can control the ball as well as Ishikawa?"
Milano closes the second set with a Yuki Ishikawa on fire (10 points and 67% success rate on attack)
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
Let's talk about the final point of the match:
First, Ishikawa+Vitelli block against the top scorer of the competition, Alessandro Michieletto.
Then, Zonta dives to save that ball, Reggers sets, and Ishikawa jumps on the attack line, not able to do the
Yuki+Bruno stans have contested that they are actually the original and ultimate 🇯🇵🇧🇷 ambassador duo, and you know what? I can't argue with the facts.
📸:
@risa_de_uk
, @/ilikeflowersyk on IG and Fuji TV
Interview:
Translation:
@hainakyuu_
Ishikawa on the pipe giving Mialno their first chance at matchpoint!
Milano beat Trentino 3x2 and now the two teams are tied 1-1 on the series.
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
The data simply does not support the claim that the matches in the Philippines were an "audience flop when Japan wasn't playing" 🧵
On average, the Philippines had the highest number of spectators even when you discount the matches where the home team* played.
*Japan for the 🇵🇭
🇯🇵 Japan beats the Netherlands 3️⃣x0️⃣!
Standout performances:
▫️Yuji Nishida: 🔝 scorer with 16 points, including 3️⃣ aces and 3️⃣ blocks
▫️Kentaro Takahashi: 7️⃣5️⃣% efficiency on attack and 2 blocks
▫️Yuki Ishikawa: 15 points with 6️⃣9️⃣% eff. on attack
#龍神NIPPON
#ryujinnippon
"THEY ARE HERE, THEY ARE THERE, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE"
Slovenia so far is struggling to score against Japan's crazy defensive skills, the Japanese are two sets ahead.
#RyujinNippon
#龍神NIPPON
Double ace from gets Milano to match point and they close the match!
Milano beats Piacenza 3-2 on the first match of their Superlega quarterfinals!
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希
RYUJIN NIPPON VNL SCHEDULE (1/3)
Week 1 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 - May 21-25
vs. ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 Tuesday 17:30* (29:30**)
vs. SERBIA 🇷🇸 Wed 17:30 (29:30)
vs. CUBA 🇨🇺 Fri 14:00 (26:00)
vs. ITALY 🇮🇹 Sat 14:00 (26:00)
*Local Time
**Japan Time
#RyujinNippon
#龍神NIPPON
MILANO STAYS ALIVE IN THE COMPETITION
Milano dominantes the tie-break set and beats Piacenza (3x2), and ties the series (2-2)!
The final decision will be this Wednesday 👀
Despite the struggles, Milano beat Taranto 3-2! (The tie break score was 15-3 😱)
Yuki Ishikawa had 75% success on reception and 3 digs!
#YukiIshikawa
#石川祐希