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You need to try really really to beat someone by 29 points in a match of 122 points. Do Zenit need to do that today? Definitely no. They will win either way and get in the semis. This tournament is going to be exhausting, with 5 games in 6 days. On the other hand, Tala El Gaish are not a naive team. They have 8-9 former and current Egyptian internationals and Hernandez from Cuba. They are not a weak team and they will try today. Also, Zenit have three overs and an under at the 121,5-point margin when it comes to first matches. The under was against a Canadian university team. They went at 117 points with them and that teams cannot be compared to the Egyptians. They played Capitanes and Arecibo from Puerto Rico last year at 130 points and Plataneros de Corozala, also from Puerto Rico, at 153. With one of the weaker former Iranian champions, they went at 141. Let's say that the Iranians are close to the Egypt quality-wise (even though they're not), we still have two overs with Puerto Ricans who are everything but a disciplined team. They had unders with Zamalek from Ehypt but that was the last game for the Egyptian team at the tournaments and they didn't try in it. If Tala El Gaisha will try, they will try today in the first match. They need to get 47 points in three sets for this margin. That is more than 15 points per set, which they have enough quality for. Looking at Zenit in Russia, they are 4-3 at this margin but they didn't try their best with weaker teams. They have an average of 17 errors in 4 championship games and Talaa have the quality that could see them get another 30 points through attack, blocking and serve. Changing time zones and staying at under 122 points against good opponents isn't easy. I would probably steer clear of an under if this was the last group match but taking into consideration Zenit's opening games at WCs, opponent's quality and motivation and the fact they will probably play 5 matches in 6 days, this becomes a great tip.