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Estonia were at European league Final Four last year and have just one goal this season - to win it and get into World League next year. The coach has gathered all the best player expect for receiver Jukhami, who is struggling with an injury. He's not a key player anyway. The coach has Kreek (Paris), receivers Pupart and Taht (Cuprum Lubin), opposite Venno (Ziraat) and Teppan (Hypo Tirol), setter Tooba at his disposal. All of them were there when the team reached EC Round of 16 last year and squandered a 2-0 lead against Serbia. Things are different at Belarus. Their top players failed to join the team for EC last season and the coach was without ten players who earned a spot in EC and Europaen league. Belarus did horribly, not getting a single set in three matches at that championship. Estonia have very good serve and I expect Belarus to struggle with reception, and in turn, with attacking. European league this season requires every team to play 6 matches instead of 10 this summer. That means there is no room for error. Since Estonia want to make it to Final Four badly, they cannot open this with a slip. Belarus are far from an ideal team, while Estonia have a lot of motivation. Estonia had 10-0 last season, Belarus 3-7 with a much better team. The odds at this handicap should be much lower.