Slovenia is very lucky to be coached by Italian volleyball legend Andrea Giani who has won a lot of major tournaments with the Italian National Team in the 90s.
After yesterday’s historic win against World Champions Poland, the 45 year old coach already feels the victory gave him the BEST RESULT ever in his coaching career.
“The guys were fantastic today.
From the beginning of the match you could see in their eyes the desire to win – to defeat Poland and to qualify for the semi-finals. I am very happy with their performance. We lost the third and the fourth sets, but still we played well during the whole match.
For sure this is my biggest result as a coach – the semi-final of a European Championship!”
Middle blocker Alen Pajenk also shared a few words of extreme happiness.
“Now I am feeling amazing! We won!
We knew that it would be a tough match but we fought from the beginning through the end. We played some really good volleyball today. We played well yesterday and today and we just want to continue this performance. I want to play against Bulgaria in the finals and to see this gym full.
It will be amazing.”
In case you didn’t know, this is Sloveni’s FIRST appearance in the Final 4 of the European Championship. Earlier this year, Coach Giani’s team won the 2015 European League for the very first time as well.
Slovenia’s EuroVolley Final Results 2001 – 2015:
2015:
2013: 13th
2011: 9th
2009: 15th
2007: 16th
2005: DID NOT PLAY
2003: DID NOT PLAY
2001: 9th
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