She is the free blue, he trains the Turkish national team and the Imoco, the club where his wife also plays. Married since 2017, today they will meet one against the other
Husband and wife in everyday life, opponents today in Bangkok for the Volley World Cup final. A story that certainly does not happen every day, that of Daniele Santarelli and Monica (for all Moki) De Gennaro. Maybe one day they will tell their children. He CT of Türkiye, she free from Italy: one of the two will return home with gold around neck, the other will be up to the most difficult task, that is, sharing the partner’s joy and putting their bitterness aside. “He deserves this victory,” Moki had told the Gazzetta a few days ago. But she too deserves it, and like her all the blue girls. Wins the best therefore.
Türkiye
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In 2023 he reached the first European gold in history and now, two years later, digested the disappointment of fourth place at the Olympiad, Turkey tries to stop another taboo: that of the world championship never conquered before. In the meantime, he is satisfied with the certainty of the first world medal exceeding Japan 3-1 (16-25, 25-18, 27-25) in the world championship.
Santarelli
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On the bench of the Turkish selection is Daniele Santarelli, a well -known face of Italian volleyball. The Umbrian coach has been the pilot of the Fuoriserie Conegliano since 2017 while with the national teams, before landing in Turkey, in 2022 he won the world gold at the helm of Serbia. “Merit of an extraordinary group and a staff who worked hard, as well as a federation that believed in me -said the 44 -year -old Turkey technician -. We had a difficult summer but I am happy for the finish line achieved. The Turks are passionate, they live viscerally sport and I am happy for this goal of which they can be proud. We have given an emotion to a whole country”. Dream driven by Vargas points (28 points), Santarelli arrives at the same milestone in 2022. Then with Serbia, Brazil exceeded Serbia, today awaits Sailo’s Italy. “In three years I will live the luck of playing two world finals. I won one giant like Ze Roberto and one I will live against Julio Velasco. I couldn’t have asked for better. It will be one of the most beautiful days of my life”.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
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