2025 Men's Volleyball World Championship

    I've been waiting for Michieletto but it turns out, it's Bottolo! Insane serve!

    Bottolo for MVP

    Italy on top of the world both Men's and Women's World Champions

    Congrats, Italy! They completely decimated Bulgaria in the 4th set. Bottolo with his serve almost single-handedly won it. For Bulgaria, they just need a few more years and they can be the absolute best.

    My dream team:
    Setter: Gianelli
    Opp: Romano
    OHs: A. Nikolov, Bottolo
    MBs: Kochanowski, Russo
    Libero: Balaso
    MVP: Any of Bottolo, Romano, or Gianelli (can't decide)

    So 63 years had to pass in order Men’s and Women‘s WCHs were won by the same country. Last time it was done by the URSS

    Che cavolo devo dire ai ragazzi se non B-R-A-V-I? We're on top of the volleyball world, unbelievable! Hats off to Bulgaria, they're young and has everything to contend for titles in the next future. The way they kept the match open kind of got me worried, because their potential is incredible. Still, the unexpected ones are the sweetest, what a turnaround we had since the knockout phase started. Block-defence correlation was spot on, serving was unbelievable and what a two-day Romanò had. His stats probably won't be great, but he's my personal MVP. His streak in the second set was unreal, but overall I've rarely seen him play so clutch in NT jersey. Nice job by Bottolo too, he basically ended the match and even when he was struggling on offence he never derailed. Last but not least, I should've been a bit kinder to De Giorgi, sometimes we didn't rise up to the occasion, but nonetheless we were among the teams that played for the podiums from 2021 on.

    Quote from volley123

    real mvp might be Lavia's injury which forced Di Giorgi to finally play Bottolo as starter + gave the opportunity for Sani to join the team as service sub

    (i do hope he recovers well because the incident + injury sounded horrible)

    Τhis is bad comment. Bottolo was good today but he attacks only in system and you forgot that Lavia was much better in the last world championship.

    Quote from Leonardo.D

    So 63 years had to pass in order Men’s and Women‘s WCHs were won by the same country. Last time it was done by the URSS

    Italian school of volleyball finally bearing fruit. It's no surprise Italian coaches are wanted by teams everywehere.:super:

    Quote from Steven12453

    Τhis is bad comment. Bottolo was good today but he attacks only in system and you forgot that Lavia was much better in the last world championship.

    Lavia was a ghost of himself during vnl this year. He deservedly so was a starter before, but he was a ghost during VNL and also part of club season. Di Giorgi refusing to take him out with only 1 attack point in 2,5 sets comes to mind...