Alessandro Bovolenta called up to the national team 11 years after the death of his father Vigor-Corriere.it

From father to son, from the role of central to that of opposite, in the sign of a surname that, in blue volleyball, promises to (re) talk about s. He was just 7 years old Alexander Bovolenta when, on the night of March 24, 2012, he was orphaned by father vigor, victim of an illness on the pitch during the match between his Forl and the second team of Lube Macerata. He had never seen him play, yet he then decided to retrace his footsteps. Now, 11 years later, the news that in a certain sense represents the closing of a circle: despite playing only in A2, the 2004 class of Consar Ravenna was called up to the national team by coach Fef De Giorgi. Be part of the group of 30 who will try to keep the Italian flag high in Nations Leaguea tournament that anticipates the European Championships and the Olympic qualifiers, at the start for our representative team on June 6th in Ottawa (Canada) against Argentina.

Rising star

It would be wrong to regard Alexander’s summons as a mere symbolic act. Protagonist of one peak season in Romagna (19.5 points per game), last year the 19-year-old in fact won the European category with the Under 20 shirt, being also nominated Tournament MVP. It is no coincidence that he would have already attracted the attention of half of the Super League to himself. In the blue hierarchies he will inevitably start behind more experienced (and top-flight) elements such as the world champion Yuri Roman and Fabrizio Gironiboth under Piacenza, but his inclusion in the list is the clearest demonstration of how much De Giorgi is willing to invest in him for the future.

DNA issue

If good blood doesn’t lie, this could be the beginning of a great new success story. Irreplaceable pillar of the generation of phenomena coached by Julio Velasco, between 1995 and 2000 pap Vigor won in fact with the jersey of National team two European Championships, five World Leagues, a World Cup and an Olympic silver medal in Atlanta. 197, in total, his appearances in blue. A good 553 instead those collected in A1 from 1990 to 2011 between the ranks of Ravenna, Ferrara, Rome, Palermo, Modena, Piacenza, Perugia and Forl. Without dad my family was volleyballAlessandro recently told al Couriernot hiding his sporting ambitions: I dream of a long and satisfying career: I understood how nice it is to win and now I really don’t want to stop.

The complete squad list for the Nations League

Setters: Simone Giannelli, Riccardo Sbertoli, Paolo Porro, Marco Falaschi
Spikers: Daniele Lavia, Alessandro Michieletto, Tommaso Rinaldi, Francesco Recine, Mattia Bottolo, Giulio Magalini, Davide Gardini, Oreste Cavuto
Opposites: Yuri Roman, Fabrizio Gironi, Alessandro Bovolenta, Lorenzo Sala, Tommaso Guzzo

Central: Simone Anzani, Roberto Russo, Gianluca Galassi, Leonardo Mosca, Giovanni Sanguinetti, Lorenzo Cortesia, Marco Vitelli, Edoardo Caneschi
free: Fabio Balaso, Leonardo Scanferla, Filippo Federici, Alessandro Piccinelli, Damiano Catania