Winners of EuroVolley 2013
Russian volleyball turned another page in its history. Following the recent victories at the Olympic Games, World Cup and World League Championship gold came and Europe.
This season, the winning team from the London Games left five people, and of them, not all were in the squad for the first cast. Voronkov’s team had to rebuild again – on your personal taste and based on their own understanding of the game. In head creeps seditious thought: maybe it’s better that this season will not have to force the recovery of Taras Khtey and Alexander Volkov and allow Alexander Butko to recieve medical treatment, using Maxim Mikhailov in light duty. After all, to motivate these players to fight for the awards of the European Championship after all that they went through in 2012, would be, perhaps, a special psychological problem. A hunger for the national team, to international performances after the season outside of the team to come to these players, there is no doubt.
On the other hand, Voronkov untied his hands. If he had, God forbid, stumbled with the winners of the Olympic Games, which would rise storm, present difficult. While new actors – Alexey Spiridonov, which Vladimir Alekno expelled from the team with blacklisted, Eugene Sivozhelez is probably the most criticized Russian outside hitter in recent years, and, of course, Nikolay Pavlov, which hit the national team at first was regarded as perhaps the filling of vacancies of naturalized player – were eager to prove that they are not worse than last year’s stars. But demand from them at first was small. Even before World League, there was talk that supposedly hit the “Final Six” can be regarded as a success. What we have on the output.
First, the gold of the European Championship. Gold produced by excessive labor during training, and during the tournament. In fact, after defeated by the Germans in the final success doubted not only hardened skeptics. But the team has shown that they has a rich inner reserve and ability to work on the errors. And most importantly – have a character, a willingness to fight to the end, not only with his rival, but also from external circumstances. Not affected by the cold football stadium – Parken Arena or suddenly extinguished of the light during the final (up to the end of it and have not recovered at the site were a lot of shadows). So players with one voice repeated that they were willing to fight, even if the arena would rise blizzard or playground flooded with water.
Secondly, an unprecedented sense of depth the possible changes in the composition. Refresh command at 60-70 percent and win a tournament of the highest level is expensive. Now the Russian team has about two dozen players, run-and raked in matches at the highest level. Although the two teams at the tournament declare it. Will play in the finals with each other.
Third, further confirmation of the correctness of the course chosen IEF.Think of how much noise on the destination of the head coach in the past winter. Marichev, said the women did not work nearly as well as the appointment of Voronkov explained success in the home “Final Four” of the Champions League. Deserved, of course, but still local, and mined in a very comfortable environment – not the most formidable foreign teams are not in the best shape of “Zenith”, the Russian fans in the stands. What does – both coaches led the team entrusted to them to victory in the European Championship. Which once again confirms the coaching federation council – not an empty phrase, but a real working solutions and weighing their team. And, of course, the policy of confidence for Russian experts adopted, it seems irrevocably after the failed experiment of Daniele Bagnoli brings tangible benefits that year.
And after all the talk going on about the limit on foreign players who play in Russian volleyball leagues. The arguments are clear – the rapid growth of salaries of Russian players, some difficulties for clubs in European competition. Yes, and joint training process with international stars for the young players is useful. But, gentlemen criticism? What did you want? Constitution or the sturgeon with horseradish? Success Club or team success? If the latter, the argument clearly does not add up in your favor. As long as you argue about how it would be great if our players have grown surrounded by foreigners, those same players continue to hit most of these foreigners on all fronts.
Fourth, Dmitry Muserskiy beneficial earned the right to play. This, when you’re not in the interests of the team close the position of someone else, and when you’re in the right place better than all its competitors, and the majority of other role players statistically in beauty. Perhaps with the growth of 218 cm to be the best even a little bit more complicated than with the players with ‘normal’ volleyball data. After all, your achievements at least partly be explained simply by physical superiority. But Muserskiy in Poland and Denmark was not just above all, he was still moving, and pondered the best, was faster and more coordinated.
After the success, the team is taking a break. Before the World Grand Championship Cup, at least. And in the winter will now have to break your head over the composition. Not because few healthy candidates, as before, but because it’s too much. Such severe conditions in Russia today.
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