Paola Egonu is ready to take over Italy and has a word for Jannik Sinner
Paris 2024 Olympics, Paola Egonu è ready, and she has a word for Jannik Sinner
In training she looks almost relaxed, her gaze remains impenetrable, except for a few hints of a smile when Monica De Gennaro comes around her with jokes and banter. Paola Egonu è the real blue star of the women’s national volleyball team that will make its debut against the Dominican Republic on Sunday morning.
From Tokyo to Paris, però, so much è changed. And not only becauseè one of the most iconic athletes of the Italian sport è passed through ups and downs, additions to the national team and returns, political and judicial controversy for her 'Italiannessà'. Today the new Egonu is only interested in volleyball, the way she plays, the ct and clearer hierarchies in a roster fresh from winning the Nations League. Here are her words reported by the’Ansa.
"I am happy and excited, we worked very well during the summer, the Volley Nations League made us understand the things we need to improve, we are looking forward to the Olympics. I think I have more seasons on me than three years ago, more awareness, a different head, forò the grit è still the same. I'm an athlete in the prime of her career. I feel super lucky to have the opportunity to play another Olympics, I am happy to be here and to be able to live this moment. "I don't think we are favored, we have given ourselves the goal to think only ball by ball”.
“The victory in the Nations League gave us awareness. Velasco before the debut told us to think about the ball and not think about anything else, be in the present. With his system of play we are getting along well, his idea è to take the best part of each of us and put it in the system of play, we are all available, there's a good atmosphere. With him there'è an open dialogue, as there should be. Our element of strength è how much each one of us wants to do well, how much we care, how much we have worked to get here, all the sacrifices, having in mind what è the goal while leaving secondary things".
“&It is always an honor to be able to find myself in front of the President of the Republic, è exciting. Anyone would like to shake hands with our President, I am very grateful. I was not able to exchange two words forò sì, he è a fan of ours and è a pleasure to know that he enjoys watching us. Sinner’s forfeit? I believe that health is always the most important thing of any human being, right now he has tonsillitis and the doctor advised him not to play, I would have done the same thing becauseé life è one".
