2023-08-24 16:38:43
Earvin Ngapeth will be there. The MVP of the Tokyo Olympic tournament, won by the Blues, had already skipped the League of Nations at the start of the summer, embarrassed in one knee and spared one year from the Paris Olympics-2024 His persistent knee injury and his absence from a match since the start of the international season cast uncertainty over his participation in the Euros (August 28 – September 16) in Israel, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Italy.
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— FFvolley (@FFvolley) August 24, 2023
Without the new player from Ankara, now 32, the French volleyball players fell in the quarter-finals of the League of Nations against the United States (3-2). Since then, Andrea Giani’s men have lost in their first two preparation matches against Italy (3-0) then Poland (3-1) before a revamped blue team raised their heads against Slovenia (3-1), double vice-champion of Europe in title.
The coach of the Blues, decided to take off this Friday, among the fourteen players selected, only one libero (exit Benjamin Diez), and five receivers-attackers (Earvin Ngapeth, Kevin Tillie, Trévor Clevenot, Yacine Louati, Timothée Carle). The France team will start the Euro this Wednesday, August 30 in Tel Aviv, against Turkey.
The list of 14 selected players. Libero: Jenia Grebennikov (V, Rus). Setters: Benjamin Toniutti (Wegiel, Pol), Antoine Brizard (Piacenza, Ita). Sharp: Jean Patry (Milan, Ita), Stephen Boyer (Wegiel, Pol). Receiver-attackers: Kévin Tillie (Warsaw, Pol), Trévor Clévenot (Wegiel, Pol), Yacine Louati (Fenerbahçe, Tur), Timothée Carle (Berlin, Germany), Earvin Ngapeth (Ankara, Tur). Centrals: Quentin Jouffroy (Narbonne), Daryl Bultor (Tourcoing), Barthélémy Chinenyeze (Civitanova, Ita), Nicolas Le Goff (Montpellier).
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