24-MAIO-2012
NATIONAL TEAM WILL FACE
GERMANY TOMORROW

The National Team trained in Fraport Arena in Frankfurt where they will play tomorrow in the Pool D of the World League 2012. The matches can be followed live on the Sport TV and in the website www.laola1.tv.

In the end, Flavio Gulinelli, national coach, said:
"This hall is beautiful, the floor is very good and the lighting is excellent. The only problem is the heat, because the temperature of 28ºC here in Frankfurt is felt inside. The training was OK, the players are fully committed to training and have assimilated the way the team should play. We are working hard in the height and depth of the attack. We have improved some points, but we still have to further improve other aspects. It is a work that has to be progressive, but the fact that we will face excellent teams with very high blocks already require that our players attack as high as possible."

Press Conference with coaches

The national coach was first to speak:
"We are trying to launch a new generation of players. Our position in the World League 2012 will be the one of learning. Let us learn from these three strong teams that are part of our pool".

Radostin Stoychev, Bulgaria coach:
"Bulgaria will use the World League to prepare for the Olympic qualification. It is an excellent opportunity for us because we play against good teams in this pool. We can not talk about favorites. The new competition format requires a lot from the teams and anything can happen".

The Belgian Vital Heynen, coach of Germany, said:
"Of course we want to win games, but in Bulgaria [European Olympic qualification tournament played two weeks ago], we were not anxious to win and we played at a very high level. Here in Frankfurt, our posture will continue to be this: we want to improve from match to match. That is our goal".

Javier Weber (Argentina):
"We are already qualified for the Olympics and this World League will be very important in the preparation of our presence for London 2012, apart from anything else because we have a very strong group of teams in Pool D. It is a great opportunity for my team to get even better".