Antonio Frigoni (with glasses) is pointing his squad towards the World Championships. —CONTRIBUTED/SAVA
MANILA, Philippines —Alas Pilipinas coach Angiolino Frigoni anticipates a “fairly troublesome” Pool A marketing campaign within the FIVB Males’s Volleyball World Championship 2025, however vows the boys’s nationwide volleyball group will put up a struggle.
The world rank No.64 Philippines was routinely seeded in Pool A because the host nation, battling world No.15 and Asian championship runner-up Iran, World No.20 and African champion Egypt and 11-time African titlist Tunisia, which is World No. 24, within the event set for September 12-28 subsequent yuear.
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Stressing that their group is a “massive duty” and “massive problem” for them, Frigoni harassed the significance of internet hosting and collaborating within the World Championship and urged all of the Filipinos to rally behind Alas Pilipinas.
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“The World Championship for Philippine Volleyball is just not the tip of volleyball, it’s simply the beginning of volleyball. And to construct a group, and to construct a great degree group, you want years, not months,” stated the previous world champion coach after the draw on Saturday at Solaire Grand Ballroom.
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“Begin with this era to construct a group and proceed after the World Championship. My expectation is to do our greatest to compete towards all people, and to struggle towards all people and don’t surrender towards anyone. The outcomes, we’ll see after the World Championship and after each match.”
PNVF and AVC president Tats Suzara believes the Filipinos will proceed to show their hospitality in internet hosting the World Championship subsequent yr.
Members of the Alas Pilipinas males’s volleyball group together with coach Angiolino Frigoni through the FIVB Males’s Volleyball World Championship draw. –PNVF PHOTO
“That is for the Filipino followers. That is for Asia. , the Girls’s World Championship is in Thailand after which Males’s tayo. There’s additionally the World Seashore Championship in Australia, so it’s all Asia in 2025, so it’s an enormous yr for Asia, me additionally as president of AVC,” stated Suzara.
“We wish to work arduous on this that Asia can do it for a world championship subsequent yr. Let’s work arduous and I’m very proud for the Filipinos to host this first-ever world championship for the primary time.”
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Alas, which completed back-to-back bronze medals within the SEA V.League, continues its build-up in Italy for a two-week coaching camp.
“We play some matches there, not with the most effective group, as a result of the most effective group, they’re already within the competitors, however the group for the second degree in Italy, they’re even good for us,” stated Frigoni, whose bringing his squad to his dwelling nation for coaching camp.
“We now have a chance to play some matches there towards them, to make expertise with some gamers, to proceed our observe for different 15 days”
‘Cheer for Filipinos’
“We wish to be higher. Bodily, we’re good. Mentally, we’re good. We’d like just a little bit extra to compete for the group,” he added.
With a historic participation forward, Frigoni urges followers to cheer Alas as he felt that the house crowd confirmed higher help for Yuji Nishida and the Osaka Bluteon of their friendlies final week.
“Nimir Abdel-Aziz, the gamers of the Netherlands say right now, we’re right here within the Philippines taking part in superb, there’s an excellent environment, as a result of Filipinos, they don’t cheer just for the locals, however they cheer for everyone. I would love that the Filipinos begin to be just a little bit totally different. Cheers for Filipinos, please,” he stated.
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“As a result of we play towards Japan, and so they had been extra cheering for Japan than for the Philippines. Please, you might be Filipinos. Cheer for Filipinos.”
