Vlasov
It is not possible to oversee Ilia not only because of his tall figure – 212 cm, but also because he is incredibly strong at the net and with his spiking reach of 365 cm can attack easily over the block of the opponent. Vlasov collected 47 points during the first part of the tournament, among them 11 killing blocks and made his substantial contribution to Russia’s first place in the pool.
“I think we played at our normal level in Nitra, but we can play better. We made a lot of errors, especially against Italy. That game was something like a warning for us and we must put on a better performance in Brno. I know that we can, because we have a strong team,” said Vlasov.
He is wearing number 13 on his shirt like his older compatriot and international superstar Dmitriy Muserskiy from the senior national team of Russia. “I like Muserskiy of course and I want one day to play like him, but I do not wear number 13 because of him. The manager gave me this number and I play with it. I do not care much about numbers,” added Vlasov, who won a gold medal at the 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship – Boys in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and was honored as the Best Blocker of the tournament.
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