I always think Sylla is just a more athletic Gennari. Amazing defender, very average receiver, unreliable attacker, nothing else.
Don't get me wrong, she made improvements from her very first seasons, but sometimes she goes so off the rails she can't even go back to basic stuff.
A better Milano so far, let's hope they keep up until the end of the set.
I'm shivering thinking about Sylla as a starter for the NT summer campaign. I do like Myriam's spirit and determination vey much, but when she's off she can't pass for her life. It's like she has a big red target on her.
Why is pusic in the other libero jersey ? Not very smart….
I don't expect Gaspari to suddenly start coaching smarter...
Milano is paying dearly that horrible start, I hope they'll show the same fighting spirit Scandicci was able to bring during the Scudetto series.
I was trying to find my post about how bad Trento looked and how easily Jastrzębski Węgiel would've clinched the title... That says a lot about my volleyball knowledge! 
Congratulations to Trento, I'm happy they brought the cup back in Italy. It wasn't easy to recover after that bad losses against Monza and Milano, but today they showed great focus on every single aspect of the game: from serving to blocking, from passing to defence, they really wanted to take the trophy badly. I guess not having Sbertoli (and it showed today) was the biggest problem, but Lavia not at 100% was quite important too. I'm a bit disappointed by Jastrzębski Węgiel though, not the game I was expecting from them.
we are cooked😂
Sort of...
Jokes aside, I do hope both Milano and Monza can build around this season.
She is still injured so might need some treatment before going full for the summer.
Fair enough, but if she can play like the way she played it's not something too worrying, which is great news considering her history.
Display MoreMarco Fantasia, Italian A1 series TV commentator, from his twitter/X account talks about a renewal of Castillo in Milano, with an offer to relaunch the one made by Scandicci, which seemed like a done deal... Scandicci seems to be closing now the deal with Nathina...
Below is Fantasia's tweet, but I can't find the source he refers to...
In comments Fantasia also talks about Parrocchiale: the girl is under contract and would like to stay, but Scandicci seems intent on selling her...
I wonder how reliable the Brazilian account he referred to is. I do like Marco Fantasia very much but it's not a guy well known for his transfer news.
Gaia Guiducci will be Sarah van Aalen's backup in Chieri: https://www.chieri76.it/gaia-g…e-mutua-fenera-chieri-76/
Who from Italy?
Perugia, Monza and Milano.
I'm a fan of Sir Safety. I simply don't like him as a player and his attitude on court. He's always annoyed about everything else but spiking and serving.
He's acts like he's too good to receive or waste a dive to try to save a ball.
N'Gapeth is a strong contender for the title...
Anyway, congratulations to Perugia, amassing so much talent year after year finally paid it off.
It makes sense that León, after struggling during the season, got his groove back in the Scudetto series too, helping the team to get the better of an unyielding Monza. He was supposed to be the missing piece to make Perugia unbeatable and bring the Champions League in Umbria and he wasn't, but he's still leaving after a four trophies season.
On that, huge props to Angelo Lorenzetti: it's hard to beat a team with that much depth at every position, but he never let anyone get the upper hand when things got hotter and as in all modesty he stated, he summarized the work of the colleagues who have gone before him.
Hats off to Monza though, they did something immense and should be very proud of their season. It's a pity they didn't manage to rise a trophy, but sometimes that's just how it goes. Such a shame that Eccheli (what a great piece of coaching throughout the playoffs, especially against Trento) can't build on what his team achieved this season too, I would have loved to see some more of Cachopa, Galassi, Takahashi, Gaggini, Loeppky and Maar all together.
I'd like to spend a few words about Milano too: I think Monza outshined Piazza and his guys a little bit, but once again they showed how much of a well-coached and tough team they can be. After getting off a rough start without Porro, little by little they found their way back to a splendid Champions League berth, upsetting a very disappointing Trento. Not a super CEV Cup campaign, but similar to Monza it's almost impossible to have your cake and eat it too when you don't have a large roster.
I just read that Dinamo-Ak Bars won the title: apparently Pietrini played a great game and was awarded as best OH together with Martínez. Well, if that's so that's good news for the summer, because it means the injury wasn't serious and she can perform.
Savino Del Bene is gonna invest more money next season. And Vero Volley may do the same, expecially if they will lift the Champions League trophy.
Imoco biggest advantage is having Santarelli. He's always build a big connection with his players and makes them play their best. Egonu has only occasionally played as good as she did with Imoco, for example. Sylla used to look much better while playing in Conegliano.
As far as I know, Vero Volley will be very italian next season. I heard about Pietrini e Danesi joining. While Scandicci will fix the libero problem with Castillo. And there are rumors about a world star OH joining next season.
I don't see Milano getting any better with Gaspari. The roster wasn't much worse than Scandicci, but they didn't elevate when it mattered. They still have to play the Champions League final though, maybe they can spring up at the last moment and get some confidence back to build around for next season.
Scandicci with Castillo back and Antiga at helm might be even more intriguing than this season, however I don't know which OH superstar can snatch at this point.
Will Lavia be able to return in CL final? (I don’t know the reason of him being absent for the whole bronze medal series)
From what I've read it's a day-to-day thing, so difficult to understand if he'll make it or not and if that so how fit he would be.
I'm curious to see how Santarelli will reshape the team next season. On paper they're looking toward another dominant campaign, but the gap between Conegliano and the others is slowly narrowing and even if until now keeping the same core from year to year was enough to pull away from the rest, there's no guarantee it will be the same next year.
Gabi needs no Introduction, but we have to see how she will adjust to the new league and whether she can immediately live up to the phenomenal season Robinson played, especially with passing and defence. Plus, considering how Zhu Ting faded away little by little during this Scudetto series, choosing her to replace Plummer might be a bigger gamble than it looks.
Last but not least, Robin de Kruijf is retiring: she's one of the key members of this Conegliano run together with De Gennaro and Wołosz (both of them aren't getting any younger by the way, that's another thing to keep in mind) and it won't be easy to replace her, not so much technically but as charismatic and veteran figure in the locker room.
Is Trentino out of the CL next season after losing the bronze medal series? Or are they still qualified as finishing 1st in regular season?
They're out and will play CEV Cup next season. By the way, considering how dreadful Trento is right now I would be surprised to see anything different from an easy 3-0 by Jastrzębski Węgiel.
My heart sinks for Scandicci really, they battled so hard and put everything together at right moment. That bad error from Nwakalor really sealed their fate... Congratulations to Conegliano, when their block and defence is full on they are just scary to play against.
Linda, what have you done...
Conegliano stepped up with block and defence. Scandicci is in desperate need to find a way to break that chain, otherwise I'm afraid that's it.
Well, if even that rally goes to you it's simply your set no matter what.
