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Moki, Egonu, Antropova, Danesi, Fahr, Sylla, Orro, Armini, Piva, Panetoni, Bracchi, Chidera... there are 2 more girls I can't see clearly in the pics
There are Gardini and Emma too if not mistaken.
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But now it's time to celebrate a legend of the Italian national team and world volleyball...
Francesca Piccinini definitively enters the legend.
On October 18th in Holyoke, Massachusetts, she will be officially admitted to the International Volleyball Hall of Fame with the Class of 2025.
A true symbol of Italian and world volleyball and with an exceptional career that includes a World Championship, a European Championship, a World Cup, a Grand Champions Cup, seven Champions Leagues, five national championships, dozens of MVPs won and participation in four Olympics plus many other medal placings, "la Picci" puts the icing on the cake, entering forever in the history of world volleyball.
This is her face when it was announced that she had achieved this extraordinary goal:
seven Champions Leagues is just crazy
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We're SO BACK 😍
Seems to me that Sylla is ina good shape. remember several years ago she was constantly injuried and couldn't play starter in NT.
Now she is to 30 y/o and her jumping speed/height and explosive power are still there
Lots of male OHs reach their maturity after 30 y/o.I have a feeling that Sylly and Danesi will quit NT after LA Olympic so let's enjoy their moment now.
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Finally,
Orro and Sylla (NT's version, not club's version ) is backkkk !
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Moroni and Colombino are OPP. Surprised that Giay is being considered when she didn't even play A2 but Serie B.
Also Erika's performance was not decent, it was very good, the more so if we consider she's only 18.
Alloui has not been included at many training camps (or has been excluded from the final team) and has not taken part of the last Euro. At this point I'm not sure it is a health related issue or behavioral.
Also, I believe Merit will be included as well, yes she is on the VNL wide list but not sure she will have any space.
I have so much hope for Alloui and sadly her development in the NT is not as expected.
I wish Erisk made a breakthrough soon. We nned more OH newbies in the NT.
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Italy's lastest roster for U21 , I am not familiar with some girls so must be some kind of mistake about the position.
No Allauoi ( start to think she has the talent but lack fo healthy body to reach top level )
No Erika Esposito, totally weird considering her decent perfomance in A2 this season.
No Adige cuz she will train with the senior NT.
MB: Princess Omonigho Atamah, Dalila Marchesini , Betsy Amarachukwu Nwokoye, Linda Manfredini
OH:Maria Teresa Bosso, Lisa Esposito, Nicole Piombini ,
Opp:
Setter : Gaia Moroni, Helena Sassolini, Carola Colombino, Marianna Giay
Libero: Anna Bardaro, Stefania Recchia
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The fact that boldini is taller than all of our OHs makes me want to cry and laugh at the same time
I am manifesting that Tosini joins the NT soon and also Seyna Gaye learns to pass properly
Any background information about Gaye would be much appreciated cuz I basically search the whole internet and there is not so much. She is signed by Gold Sport at this young age so it means something.
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Italy can afford to lose Pietrini. They won VNL and Olympic without her.
I would rather see coach give more opportunity to Degradi and Piva instead who are more committed and hard-working than Pietrini.
As someone who follows her career since her performance in U18 WCH in 2017, it's pity to see such a talent turn out this way. But It's time to move on.
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what doesn't add up for me is Shanghai's reaction to it. They thanked her and "respects" her decision.
Really? Any club without fault will react strongly if the expensive player that carried their team suddenly bails. It was widely reported in the press that Arina is expected to return to Fener and considering their similar arrangement with Vargas for how many seasons, i don't know why they're acting confused about this.
They are confused because a player who they hired and paid big money left the team without any formal discussion in the middle of the season. It's about professionalism and respect. They could had sit down and resolve the problem in a better way.
As for club's statement, yeah, lots of Chinese fans are criticizing it too for being too soft and spineless. What can i say, that's the asian/chinese organization 's mindset working - try to keep decency and save face to deal with scandal. Afterall, she was one of their team member and helped the team a lot. Dishing on her and publicly shading her wouldn't do the club any good and certainly would bring her back. Just because the club keep it decent doesn't imply they are with fault. The rest will be resolved by their agency/lawyers/FIVB.
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I also think she has a good case if they changed the duration of the league after she signed the contract. And since she has an early termination clause, that can go in her favor too.
why she left without officially letting them know though.
Not sure the exact date she signed the contract but the decision to extend the league period was made and announced publicly in August. She flew to Shanghai and joined the team in October. I am pretty sure as a grown up she and her agency must have been fully aware of this requirement.
Also she said publicly that she want to help Shanghai team win championship title after she joined the team. If she already planed to leave early, they should have/ would have discussed with Shanghai at that time before all this chaos. ....... thing doesn't add up.
Maybe you can provide the source of her "having an early termination clause" in her contract, if the clause does exit and applicable, why wouldn't she and her agent just negotiate with Shanghai to terminate the contract early like a professional. The reality is she just bailed and took the flight, landed in Istanbul and registered as another club member within couple days without negotiating with and informing Shanghai like as any professional player would do when they have dispute with their club .
Sander once did a similar thing to a Polish club before switching to beach volley and his reputation ain't pretty.
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I'm not sure about this.. I heard Chinese netizens' opinion have tilted in her favour. and tbh she did give it her all for the team when she was playing and seems to get along with her teammates and the fans.
not really. Most of Chinese fans consider her to be unprofessional and disrespectful. You should check out the comment under SB community's ins account. Also, fans are making negative comments under player's ins post but she deleted lots of them.
And, just as avid predicted, Fedorovtseva is now called "Fugitiva" amongst Chinese fans.
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that guy is really giving small dxxk energy LOL , being opinionated sarcastic about other's accomplishment through hard working just because his own team fails. rather pathetic really.
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Unfortunately since orro (u18 2015) Italy could not produce a good setter in under age category
Morello,passaro,monza,giiducci,batte and other have been average at best
Only safa seems to be a genious but IDK why she isn't there
Morello was actually good in U18 and won the best setter but she stoped development after that. Apart from technique, she gained too much weight and became very slow and heavy which is terrible for a pro athlete. Fortunately she lose weight and becomes fit now, at least it's a good sign.
Guiducci was excellent in U20 and won the MVP, also led Roma to A1 that season. But no club in seria A1 wanted to give a local setter a chance. They rather hired a nobody from USA, even fresh out of NCAA, ie. Trentino and Perugia. Luckily Trentino will make Guiducci the starting setter next season. Good opportunity for her.
No word for Passaro and Monza. Both are A2 level. BTW, Passaro is cut by Mencarelli for U21, so we will see a new setter for U21.
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yeah batte sometimes give awful sets to her pins and even linda that idk how they make to attack and some times the passing is not the problem
Seeing what Passaro did in 2021 WCH U18 and Monza did in 2019 WCH U18 , i am OK with Batte playing like this in this level to be honest. Things could get much worse if playing with Coba. Especially with that terrible reception from L. Esposito.
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Dudova is turning into Bulgarian Plummer, in a good way ofc. The girls is 198cm and capable of passing
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Batte a d L.Esposito are the most experienced ones having played for Club Italia. Indeed, she isn't having a great tournament and E. Esposito isnt either, whereas Amoruso is always playing well when entering the court. Let's see which ones will be starters for the match against Croatia and possibly the USA (sorry Brazil).
L. Esposito is mediocre before with 04/05 generation and now with younger group, not a NT material so I don't expect much from her. But E. Esposito was the best OH in european U16 and U17 and she played well in the national tournament last month. I expected more from her but she is not having good connection with Batte. Batte's ball is too high and low.
fun fact tho, Batte is the daughter of former Cuban international player Alexis Batte who unfortunately passed away several months ago. Hope the volleyball gene work its magic. She is not Safa's level but she also has good backset, which suits Adigwe and Linda well. She is not the problem of this team, the terrible reception and unforced errors are.
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But today Italia is playing as worse as brazil,really bad game imo,batte is really limited as setters,esposito sisters also they are like defensive oh,they score but not really strong
Lisa Esposito and Erika Esposito are not sisters, not even related. Lisa E. is the weakest link in this group with her terrible reception. She doesn't know how to receive at all and she is already one year older and experienced than others.
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I remember orzol that was good at under age categorie
she was the same category as julia bergmann,did she end her career?
she is starting OH in Wisconsin and even won the national champion playing starter. But she seems very weak at attacking at this age. Probably won't consider her to be NT material. Polish already has more younger OHs that are above her level.
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More and more polish players decide to go to NCAA. Almost the whole POL U21 team will play for NCAA next season.
(That's why U21 team will be so bad this year, because many players won't be available for U21 WCH)
I am not criticizing their choices, NCAA is still a good environment which produces good / great players every year. But this path is not suitable and mostly profitable for everyone. OH MB and setters could learn a lot from NCAA. But for someone like her that has huge potential to develop and make it to NT at young age (lots of good european players are invited a senior NT after U18 because of their huge potential), NCAA might jeopardize her opportunity. Unless the girl really wants to accomplish some academic degree like Bergamann did, i don't think it's wise for her to go.
Remember Ze was so furious about Berganmann go to NCAA.
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I don't think she will. She is going to NCAA. If I am not mistaken, she has two years of high school + 4 years of university. She might be available in 2029
OMG, this is unexpected. From what i saw, she has what it takes to make it to senior NT after Paris. Really impressive and shows great potential. She is the best Opp prospect after Stysiak (2000) i think. Spending 4 years in NCAA probably won't help her develop into a powerful Opp that European team needs. I don't know which uni she will go but highly possible that the coach will sub her out when she is in backrow. So she is only on court for 3 rotation in the front row, not an ideal place to develop. By the time she graduated, she will need further time to adjust to pro league and earn attention from NT, which is relatively late for European players
I hope someone from volleyball community talk her out of this idea.