Velasco presented a roster of 30 players of which some have already started to work at a training center in Buenos Aires.
The major surprise is that there is no name of superstar Facundo Conte on the list! In an agreement with Velasco, Shanghai receiver decided to take one-year break from playing in the national team in order to recover both physically and mentally for the 2018 FIVB World Championship and preparations for 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
As Argentinean VF website informed, under the same logic, Velasco offered to rest the captain Luciano De Cecco, who is another player with large number of caps in last 10 seasons, without interruptions. However, Sir Safety Perugia setter has chosen to be the part of the national team this season.
Wide list of Argentine NT for 2017
Setters: Luciano De Cecco, Maximiliano Cavanna, Demián González, Juan Riganti, Gaspar Bittar, Matías Sánchez.
Opposites: José Luis González, Bruno Lima, Germán Johansen .
Middle blockers: Sebastián Solé, Martín Ramos, Pablo Crer, Fabián Flores, Facundo Imhoff, Joaquín Gallego, Agustín Loser.
Receivers: Cristian Poglajen, Nicolás Bruno, Alejandro Toro, Lisandro Zanotti, Gonzalo Quiroga, Brian Melgarejo, Nicolás Lazo, Jan Martínez, Nicolás Méndez, Bruno Vinti.
Liberos: Alexis González, Ignacio Fernández, Sebastián Closter, Santiago Danani.
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