Date: 2008-07-24 Source: Hua'ao Xingkong
A few days ago, the head coach Balbolini formally announced to the outside world the Italian women's volleyball team to go to the Beijing Olympic Games the final 12-player list. Among them, the much-questioned De Corri did not appear in this list, while the veteran Santoni successfully took the last train to the Beijing Olympics at the last minute by overpowering the newcomer Fiorin.
Since the issue of De Corri, the core of the attacking and passing transition, was not officially confirmed by the Italian Volleyball Association in the end, head coach Barborini assembled 15 players of the training team after the World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix Finals for the recovery training before the Beijing Olympics, and then finalized the Olympic roster through the preparation situation. It is worth noting that, compared to the 12-player roster of the World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix Finals, the emergency recruitments of No. 4 Santoni, No. 6 Fiorin and No. 17 Gioli have somehow left room for changes in the positions of the setter, the main attacker and the secondary attacker.
After the Italian women's volleyball team's tactical system of overall consideration, as well as according to the individual player's technical ability of the trade-offs, head coach Barborini finally established the Olympic lineup of "double libero" to make up for the absence of DeCorri's offense and defense imbalance. In this way, the free agent No. 3 Cross finally lucky to be selected, while the two young attackers No. 6 Fiorin and No. 16 Bossetti, due to the back row technology is difficult to support the Italian women's volleyball team's security system and was eliminated.
Meanwhile, the Italian women's volleyball team in the deputy attack line selection, the 2007 Women's Volleyball World Cup MVP No. 17 Gioli with excellent offensive and defensive capabilities, as well as a wealth of experience in the game, managed to overwhelm the No. 1 Anzanello breakthrough success. In addition, No. 4 Santoni relies on the second and first position of the powerful attack to stand out, and then with No. 16 Aguero **** with the Italian women's volleyball team to build the core of the attack.
The Italian women's volleyball team has had a strong record in recent years, finishing fourth in the 2006 Women's Volleyball World Championship, then winning gold medals at the 2007 Women's Volleyball European Championships and Women's Volleyball World Cup, as well as a bronze medal in the 2008 Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix Finals. In particular, the Italian women's volleyball team fought hard in five sets in the finals, and then narrowly beat the Chinese women's volleyball team 3-2 in the key battle, highlighting its strong net blocking and defense offense, which is worth the Chinese women's volleyball team in the preparation for the Olympic Games to carry out targeted intensive training.
The Italian women's volleyball team, now ranked second in the world, will join hands with the Brazilian women's volleyball team, the Russian women's volleyball team, the Serbian women's volleyball team, the Kazakhstan women's volleyball team and the Algerian women's volleyball team to fight against each other in Group B at the Beijing Olympics. Among them, except for Kazakhstan and Algeria, which are weak, all other teams have the strength to fight for the Olympic Games title, so the media called it the "Group of Death". Later, the Italian women's volleyball team will face strong challenges from China, Cuba and the United States in the knockout rounds of the eight-team tournament, so the road to the semifinals will be extremely rough.
Here are the details of the final 12-player roster of the Italian women's volleyball team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics:
Head Coach: Barborini Massimo
The details of the roster can be found here: