Argentina NT 2017

  • List for the 2017 season came out finally:


    Setters: De Cecco, D. Gonzalez, Cavanna, Riganti, Bittar, Sanchez


    Opposites: J. L. Gonzalez, Lima, Johansen


    Middle Blockers: Sole, Ramos, Crer, Flores, Imhoff, Gallego, Loser


    OH: Poglajen, Bruno, Toro, Zanotti, Quiroga (Gonzalo), Melgarejo, Lazo, Martinez, Mendez, Vinti


    Liberos: A. Gonzalez, Fernandez, Closter, Danani



    No Facundo Conte, he was given rest AGAIN for all the season (maybe he's just not interested anymore in playing something other than big championships). De Cecco was offered the same by the coach but he declined it cuz he wants to play :super:

  • Has Nicolas Uriarte as a setter born in 1990 retired from NT?
    Ivan Castellani?

    My favourite roster of Chinese (in 2022)
    male NT:
    S - Yu Yao-chen, Chen Lei-yang
    OP - Jiang Chuan, Dai Qing-yao
    OH - Zhang Jing-yin, Yu Yuan-tai, Liu Li-bin, Fu Hou-wen
    MB - Zhang Zhe-jia, Peng Shi-kun, Li Yong-zhen, Jiang Zhen-yang
    L - Yang Yi-ming, Yang Tian-yuan


    female NT:
    S - Yao Di, Diao Lin-yu
    OP - Gong Xiang-yu, Sun Xiao-xuan
    OH - Li Ying-ying, Wang Yi-fan, Wu Meng-jie, Zhuang Yu-shan
    MB - Yuan Xin-yue, Wang Yuan-yuan, Zheng Yi-xin, Liu Yu
    L - Ni Fei-fan, Xu Jia-nan

  • Uriarte: no idea what's up with him. He voluntarily asked to be out for the olympics and now he doesn't appear in the list. Maybe he just doesn't want to play for the NT anymore...


    Castellani: is playing in Argentine league but he has never regained the level he used to have before the injuries, a real pity because he plays a position in which we always lack depth.


    Palacios: the biggest surprise for me, made the olympics list but now he's out. No idea either, did he got an injury in Poland? or maybe Velasco was just unsatisfied with his performance.

  • well, Palacios almost doesn't play in Poland, he's always on bench and that's it ;)

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  • That's a pity. He played very well last year at WL and OG. He deserves to be given more chance at NT level.

    IMHO Gardini made good decision having Śliwka and Włodarczyk on court instead of Palacios :wavy:

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  • Velasco came out to clarify some things about absent players.


    About Uriarte he says that he quit the NT last year for personal reasons but was invited again to be part this year. However, Nicolas said the same reasons are still an impediment for him, so he's not taking part this year either.


    About Palacios, he said that they established a rule that only players that start for their clubs can be part of the NT. He also says that it seems Palacios was promised playing time when signing for the polish club, but in practice he hasn't been considered since day 1.



    http://voleyplus.com/2017/04/0…lasco-ahora-son-solo-232/

  • Palacios was on the bench all season long, playing only small episodes throughout season, however he performed surprisingly well in last game (around 20 points in 4-set game with high spiking %)

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    Bronze medal - World League 2012 Prediction Game