Kate is not the type to tell the public about what she went through and it's painfully obvious she was not happy with playing as OH either.
But despite that she not once complained about this transition or the fact that everyone was against her like that useless OH from turkey who compared her to karakter and Santarelli saying karakter is blueprint.
Did you ever hear Kate say anything against other players the way that useless turkish dua lipa impersonator did? never.
He is definitely italian, he barely speak english. But he is more like novara fan than italy fan
Novara? nah he hated Ishikawa so much and the only player he ever vouched for is Herbots
According to Yaremenko (president of the Russian federation), it is certain that Russia will play in the World Championship in the USA.
Shevchenko is still president not her. Wrong info all the time
im surprised with the lack of overreaction and saying turkey's downfall blah blah isnt whats going on here after germany took a set. that was so the energy everyone was giving in the italy sweden match you'd think italy got eliminated....
"Nearly a quarter of players at this World Cup (2026) are representing a country other than where they were born. "
Do you not realize how medieval you sound? are you stuck in 1995?
Do you not realize that there are currently, as of 2026, 379 licensed professional football players born in Spain representing a different country.
Why should it be any different for A NICHE SPORT like volleyball? and why are you treating it as if it's a crime? Italy and Turkey are not responsible for other federations lack of funds/government support/sponsors yet you're solely targeting these 2 big teams for something that's already mainstream in other big sports.
why wouldn’t they? They’ve got no more matches left in Göteborg
Why are you even asking?
Some of the girls like Antropova and Adigwe wanted to stick around and do touristy stuff. 1 day of staying there to rest and take everything in isn't going to hurt....
According to Marco Fantasia, Italy has already left for Brno
She wasn't ready to play then
So was Egonu but she played anyway and Antropova wasn't ready for that backlash and shit she got from switching to OH but did it anyway. Orthmann hasn't been ready since 2018
She's not "popping up now", she's been doing rehab all summer to be able to play. But yes, she's not any help these days.
They could have added her in the roster much sooner during the final week of VNL leading to the playoffs like other teams called their veterans and other key players. Showing up during the actual tournament like she did the same thing during world championship is a bad strategy but bregoli repeated it.
I checked the statistics, and aside from having too low attack quote (34 % compared to 40% of Slovenia) the Germans produced a stream of errors (more than twice as Slovenia) not only in service - the way to fail.
Unless Germany can produce an OH (or opp but I doubt that) in the same level as Sillah I doubt they'll truly be able to get past this awkward and inconsistent stage. Plus what's with Orthmann only popping up now of course she's not going to be ready.
that sounds like a lot of damage to her leg. hopefully they don't rush her recovery
Orro should skip the friendly match with Poland just to be safe but also because I want to see Allaoui at least once with the main team
I did not see her during friendlies with Poland. Maybe she has some kind of injury? She was playing earlier with Brazil, I think.
I follow her mom but I don’t know if it’s directly related to her absence, her dad suffered a car accident a few days before the friendly with Poland
Too bad Italians don't want to play volleyball and have to bring in minorities to do the job
Egonu was born in Veneto. Linda and Sylvia Nwakalor were both born in Lecco. Omoruyi was born in Lombardy. Denise Meli was born in Tuscany. ALL IN ITALY. fact check it you dumbass.
Meanwhile the 2 Caucasian "minorities" you're talking about Fahr and Antropova CHOSE to play for Italy.
Yeah right if he's there they would've announced it already.
It doesn't make sense for Tolok to play opp in the NT where it's more important and totally flop as an OH for an already doomed club like Novara. It won't also be good for her physically because she's already suffered so many injuries and switching positions will only make that worse. She said she wanted to play OH since 2023 but she's already become one of the toptier opps of the league.
I agree and if Barbolini does actually return he's going to have to reconsider making her play as opp when this team tanks because no one can score
Claudio Durigon is the new president
Who does the Italian general public even know they don't even know Giannelli when they were invited during the Milano Winter Olympics the only one broadcaster even knew was Paola Egonu....
For VNL, it's yes. This has been confirmed by an article published by VolleyballWorld. For VNL2024, viewership split was 53.6% for women and 46.4% for men.
For league matches, the total attendance, attendance per match, and ticket revenue are much higher on the men's side. The viewership of matches broadcast by RAI is also higher for the men's matches.
I'm not sure whether LVF viewership really surpasses that of the men's league matches on VBTV.
LVF already released like 10 articles surpassing the men's viewership in Italy alone and you're quoting 2024
For VNL, it's yes. This has been confirmed by an article published by VolleyballWorld. For VNL2024, viewership split was 53.6% for women and 46.4% for men.
For league matches, the total attendance, attendance per match, and ticket revenue are much higher on the men's side. The viewership of matches broadcast by RAI is also higher for the men's matches.
I'm not sure whether LVF viewership really surpasses that of the men's league matches on VBTV.
No wonder the men's tournaments don't attract crowds, while the women's tournaments are always sold out
