I have already been to this country, but I have never really seen anything. It was once due to a busy schedule. I remembered only the surprisingly warm, kind atmosphere. And the people there, a little strange. They fascinatedly looked at our group from the bottom up and tweeted something in their bird tongue ...
For the past year, the national team has been led by Italian coach Giovanni Caprara. Managed to get used to it?
We more or less understand it, although not without the help of a translator. Finally, they began to catch his thoughts, they understood what he wants from us at the site.
Does the language barrier get in the way?
Now less, we began to understand almost all Italian terms related to volleyball. Sometimes Irina (wife and assistant of Kaprara Irina Kirillova. - “Izvestia”) does not even translate. And Giovanni himself is already beginning to speak Russian, albeit for now with simple sentences.
In training, is it easier than his predecessor - the famous and formidable Nikolai Karpol?
These are two completely different people, I can’t even compare them. Classes with the Italian are not much simpler, only the emphasis is differently placed. Yes, and to stamp, shout, Giovanni can also sometimes. True, he swears in Italian, and we do not understand all the details - Irina tries not to translate them.
Do you miss Karpol by the hour?
I miss the unity that was in the team at that time. For the girls with whom she began to play, now everyone has dispersed to different clubs. So I want to collect them all again ...
What sentiments ... But I heard that volleyball is a very cruel sport: they say, rivals are specially beaten on the fingers so that it is more painful.
This happens. Especially if someone on the other side of the site has a manicure. Sometimes, after a strong hit with the ball, the nail can be knocked out to the very bottom. It is very painful and unpleasant (frowns). In addition to manicure, do not brag to rivals and rings. The finger may swell from the impact, and then the ringlet will have to be cut. True, all these are extremes ...
A couple of years ago you dreamed of a journalist career.
The dream came true: this year I entered the journalism department of the Russian State Social University. However, due to my busyness I have not had time to taste all the delights of my studies. I also have not thought about the specific application of the acquired knowledge. Although my future work must necessarily somehow be connected with journalism.
Schedule of matches of the Russian national team
Group B. 31.10. Mexico - Russia. 1.11. Azerbaijan - Russia. 3.11. Russia - Germany. 4.11. China - Russia. 5.11. Russia - Dominican Republic.
Maria Kuznetsova