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Italy ramping up for European championship, new generation of players coming on.

John Suen
2 years ago

The new head coach of Italian men Volleyball “Azzurri” Ferdinando De Giorgi has called back 16 men to training in Mantua to prepare for the upcoming Friendly matches against Belgium in 25th and 26th of August and European Championship in early September. 

Only 6 of the 12 members of Tokyo Olympic team made a return to the continental championships. with Juantorena ending his national team career, and Zaytsev recovering from an injury, De Giorgi decided to bring in a younger generation, in preparation for a generation change for the “Azzurri”.

Roster:

Opposite: 

Giulio Pinali

Yuri Romano


Setter: 

Riccardo Sbertoli

Simone Giannelli


Middle Blocker:

Gianluca Galassi

Simone Anzani

Lorenzo Cortesia

Fabio Ricci

Daniele Mazzone
 

Outside spiker: 

Mattia Bottolo

Oreste Cavuto

Daniele Lavia

Alessandro Michieletto

Francesco Recine


Libero: 

Fabio Balaso

Filippo Federici

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