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Noise-making Argentineans emotional Friday after A1 Major Klagenfurt win
- Updated: July 29, 2016
Klagenfurt, Austria, July 29, 2016 – No one makes more noise on the court or shows more emotion on a Beach Volleyball court than Argentina’s Georgina Klug and Ana Gallay.
When the Rio 2016 Olympics get underway in a week, they’ll be certain to be heard around the world. It’s just the way they planned it, no matter how many might have doubted them.
They’re not tall enough, critics of the pair of 5-foot-8 scramblers will say. And, of course, they might get on the nerves of some opponents with their on-court antics.
But look, in their situation, they’ll take any advantage they can. And when they are undersized, they’ll search for any way possible to get the ball on the side or keep the ball in play to frustrate opponents. After winning a point, they’ll scream, they’ll gesture, they’ll play to the crowd.
Their talent is one thing. Klug can find angles and pound the ball. Gallay, the blocker, will shock some by combining her jumping ability with an uncanny knack of knowing when to peel off from the net to make a defensive play.
But make no mistake, their biggest weapon is emotion. And they know how and when to deploy it.
“Sometimes it’s too much and you don’t realize it,” said Klug, the 32-year-old from Mar del Plata. “You always lose energy with it, but we don’t care because I think it’s important, but sometimes we activate the other teams. So we have to see how the other team is reacting to our energy because sometimes the other teams are low and you activate them just because we are fighting too much and they react. We lose energy a lot, but that’s how we play.”
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