France-Brazil. The manifesto often shines in the eyes of each and every volleyball fan, who is aware of the tradition of this sport along with Belo Horizonte, Florianopolis or Rio, and the brilliant document of the Seleçao, triple Olympic winner (1992, 2004, 2016), as several instances globe winner (2002, 2006, 2010) and 10-time Globe / Nations League winner (previous in 2021).
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Only this Saturday the blue jersey will draw in extra to the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, the place the French men’s crew will triumph their female counterpart. For the reason that it is practically nothing considerably less than the Olympic champions that we will see evolve, for the 3rd time only in France from their title, gained just over a 12 months ago.
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Of the fourteen picked for the Globe Cup, which the Blues will start out next Friday in Ljubljana (Slovenia), versus Germany, eleven have reached the podium in Tokyo. Not only the central Daryl Bultor will journey, wounded in his right shoulder (the Olympic staff has only twelve gamers). The prolonged summer time expended in the countrywide crew, right after 8 months of club year, did not sluggish them down. And even when they skipped element of the League of Nations (VNL), to rest (Toniutti, Le Goff, Clévenot, Brizard), welcome a new baby (Grebennikov) or address an damage (Tillie), the mentor could not be completed without having of them. “It is critical to have the very best players, and also the ideal guys”sums up Andrea Giani, their coach.
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The Olympic champion card, and every little thing that needs experience, logically functions as a skip the line. Specifically when you preserve your stage, as in the circumstance of Kevin Tillie, who took around from Pierre Derouillon in the course of the VNL. “Kevin is nonetheless a step above, and his history in the group will make him function well”confirms Loïc Geiler, one of Giani’s assistants.
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“We observe the prepare that he (Benardinho) experienced established, we simply cannot prepare a pleasant at the final second”
Andrea Giani, the Blues mentor about his predecessor
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The calendar does not even really encourage you to upset a variety. “Every thing transpired very rapidly, says Geiler. Andrea and Roberto (Ciamarra, an additional assistant of Giani, in Modena as in France) arrived in mid-May, when there have been several gamers readily available. We saw a maximum in a few months later. “ Since winning the League of Nations on 24 July, the French workforce has invested ten times coaching in Bordeaux, then 5 in Montpellier. “Also quick to transform things”, continues Loïc Geiler. Much too right, also, to system far more than just one official planning match (the French and Brazilians also performed a instruction match on Thursday night, at the rear of shut doors, which ended at 2-2). Specifically when it is vital to improve coaches, after the departure of the Brazilian Bernardinho at the end of March. “We are subsequent the approach he had set up, we cannot agenda a welcoming match at the last instant”confirms Andrea Giani.
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I’m not guaranteed the new coach would have done otherwise, as rewriting tired bodies is a precedence. “There have been a lot of games ahead of (14 in less than two months in the League of Nations) that we need to have to refocus physique and schooling “judges the receiver ahead Kevin Tillie.
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Weaned from matches, will the Blues be hungrier at the begin of the Globe Cup? “It’s clear, we can’t wait for the level of competition to get started, smiled Tilli. The planning periods are quite complicated and tiring. Even though the matches are much more rigorous, it is quieter, bodybuilding and training periods will be shorter. “ Initially launch of gluttons this Saturday night.
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