No need to ask Julio Velascocoach of the women’s national volleyball team who will be the starter in Paola Egonu and Ekaterina Antropova, first of all at the next Volley Nations League. “I won’t let you ask me this question, I’ll ask MourinhoI will argue with all the journalists who ask me this question” he warned during the presentation of the 2024 season of the Italian national volleyball teamsin the presidency of the federal president Giuseppe Manfredi and the city of men, Ferdinando De Giorgi. “We are a team, period. Don’t talk to me about this topic because I will never answer”, Velasco added. “All the players have to overcome their limits and for each of them I chose something that bothers them: we need a change of mentality and being tough in difficult moments. If you hear complaints, it means we’re doing well, if there aren’t any, we’re missing the will to overcome them” he concluded.
Manfredi: “Italy cannot miss the Olympics”
“We must be aware of being Italy, we cannot miss the Paris Games”. To say it is Giuseppe Manfredi, federal president of volleyball, during the presentation of the new shirt and the season of the Italian national volleyball teams. Manfredi, referring to the Nations League and the achievement of the points necessary to qualify for Paris 2024. Manfredi raises the bar of ambitions in front of the technical commissioners of the two national teams, Julio Velasco and Ferdinando De Giorgi, in the morning at Palazzo Lombardia. “We have an obligation to win the Olympics and everything there is to win.”, Manfredi winks at the coaches. “Our coaches are the best – he adds -, this year we have witnessed two championships of the highest level and I thank the clubs because they are making very important investments. As a board, we are quite confident in everything that will happen. After the victory at the European Championships we improved the numbers with over 60 thousand more members: the driving force of our national teams is decisive for the movement. After football, we are among team sports: in terms of results and numbers.”
