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copravolley

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  1. I'm curious about the Spanish phenomenon in this sport. 15-20 years ago, this country was practically nonexistent in the world's top teams – they had only one star: Bianca Gill in the center. Since then, they have become the best team alongside the USA for over 10 years. The Netherlands, despite having limited number od players and a weak league, has remained at the top for years thanks to their physicality. And let's remember, there's no Russia... In all of this, there's no Italy, which has no plan. Perhaps it's worth investing in foreign coaching ideas? Constantly hanging around Italians doesn't work... Maybe we have to bring in someone from Spain, Greece, etc., give him 4-5 years, give him influencethe to youth sector as well and only then expect success.
  2. Greece has had better junior teams than Italy for many years and even with a significant rejuvenation of the squad, it hasn't lost as much quality as Italy. Other countries, like Hungary and the Netherlands, play with stable squads and are therefore still strong. Italy has no idea how to approach this sport – for years, there's been a constant crisis, a miss of success in the junior cempetition and then constant rejuvenation of the squad, which no have any results. A single bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships won't change that. Zero stability and a miss of young, talented players, like in the USA and Greece, to afford constant roster changes. The result is that we could have even lost to China. In my opinion, this is the wrong path.
  3. La Spagna ha avuto per anni due squadre di pallanuoto molto forti. Dobbiamo chiederci perché non possiamo seguire la stessa strada? Una sola squadra di pallavolo non basta all'Italia negli sport di squadra. La Spagna ha calcio, basket, pallanuoto e pallamano, tutti per donne e uomini. Noi abbiamo la pallavolo femminile e a qualche volta anche quella maschile. La pallanuoto è in declino da diversi anni (le ultime medaglie olimpiche risalgono al 2016). Ora, dopo una pausa di 30 anni, il basket femminile ha vissuto una temporanea ripresa, ma e ancora tropo poco. Mi aspetterei medaglie con regolarità almento nella pallavolo e nella pallanuoto + qualche sprazzo di sole ogni tanto nel basket, nel calcio, ecc.
  4. Sarà un Mondiale disastroso: possibile zero medaglie d'oro, un disastro nella pallanuoto, ecc. Per quanto riguarda la pallanuoto, la Federnuoto ha ottenuto scarsi risultati per anni e questo e fatto.
  5. However, it's clear how determined the Germans are to get their hands on the gold, as they even took Gose of the pool. I hope Welbroeck not wins anything in the pool again, because I don't like such dominators.
  6. 6 silver medal. I fear we may have the first World Championships in the 21st century without a single gold medal. It will be very difficult to win gold in the pool. It's supposedly a post-Olympic year, but it's going to hurt.
  7. Per me il bronzo ai Mondiali del 2023 non è stato un caso: abbiamo battuto gli Stati Uniti nei quarti di finale e l'Australia nella finale per il terzo posto. Il problema è che nel 2024 abbiamo avuto il nostro peggior risultato dell'intero ciclo: settimo posto ai Mondiali e sesto alle Olimpiadi (ma dopo un'imbarazzante sconfitta nel girone contro la Francia). Io penso che quella squadra dovesse essere al 100% della forma e combattere al 100% per battere qualcuno più forte. Non avevano alcuna possibilità con una forma leggermente inferiore, anche perché sono troppo deboli fisicamente.
  8. Come valuti la squadra argento del 2016?
  9. https://www.oasport.it/2025/07/basket-italia-i-18-convocati-verso-gli-europei-divincenzo-in-mannion-out/ They are not among the six reserves, so they probably won't be called up. Darius Thompson is still waiting for his passport and, as I understand it, he might also be called up (I don't know what the status is with Donte naturalization or whether he's using quota or not).
  10. For many years. Since Marconato and Chiacig left
  11. Lately, he seems to be sticking closer to Meloni. Berlusconi and Orban are completely different generations, though and I think it was more of a mentoring relationship.
  12. The premise may have been right, but the execution was terrible, although of course it wasn't all his fault.
  13. I recently watched games of those European Championships. Surprisingly, there was no Olympic medal in 2000, but only unexpectedly in 2004 without Myers and Fucki – two stars from 1999. In my opinion the 2004 squad was weaker than both the 1999/2000 and 2015/2016 squads, but it was the 2004 squad that won the Olympic medal (It was almost as if there were no Italians in Athens at all - Eurobasket 2003 started badly for us- then only the 3 best teams qualified for the Olympics).
  14. The lineup is so-so, but certainly not as potent as in 2015. Italy last played in the Eurobasket semifinals in 2003.
  15. He was not called up last year.
  16. I feel sorry for Sweden. They had a great group stage and were in complete control of the match until the 80th minute and then conceded two quick goals. The penalty shootout was also terrible.
  17. I remember he played in the 2022 World Champ. and everything was fine. Maybe he has a conflict with coach Lozano?
  18. We have a lot of good players in his position: Michieletto, Lavia, Porro, Bottolo, Rinaldi. Ukraine is already 90% in the F8, becouse they now have two weaker opponents: Serbia and Canada.
  19. Plus the notorious escapes of their best players from the country - for example, Leon played against them today but previously also Juantorena, Leal, etc.
  20. Cuba was one of our great rivals in the 1990s, along with the Netherlands. The last time they were strong was in 2010 at the World Champ.
  21. Ieri c'è stata una grande festa dopo il gol del 2-1 contro la Norvegia. È anche chiaro che la Rai sta promuovendo il calcio femminile più del basket o della pallanuoto. A mio parere, dovremmo essere forti in questi quattro sport principali: calcio, basket, pallavolo e pallanuoto. Anche Francia e Spagna hanno la pallamano, ma sono più deboli nella pallanuoto (Francia) e volley (Spagna). Mi piacerebbe vedere medaglie vinte regolarmente in almeno due di queste discipline: pallavolo e pallanuoto.
  22. Quest'anno ci sono stati buoni risultati nel basket e nel calcio femminile, ma finora non sono stati all'altezza delle medaglie ottenute nei principali eventi mondiali. La pallanuoto ha ottenuto risultati simili di recente, quindi è un peccato che i risultati siano così negativi quest'anno.
  23. Quest'anno ci sono stati buoni risultati nel basket e nel calcio femminile, ma finora non sono stati all'altezza delle medaglie ottenute nei principali eventi mondiali. La pallanuoto ha ottenuto risultati simili di recente, quindi è un peccato che i risultati siano così negativi quest'anno.
  24. Quali sono i problemi della pallanuoto femminile in Italia? Troppo poche atlete? È chiaro che più ragazze con una migliore condizione fisica sarebbero utili...
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