Five athletes on the field with the national teams

Italy-Belgium tonight at 21 pm opens the 2023 European Men's Volleyball Championship and Lube will be a doubly interested spectator having 5 of its athletes in the various national teams. Libero Balaso and spiker Bottolo will defend the title won in 2021 by the Azzurri (in the final against Slovenia of coach Giuliani from Settempeda, now at the helm of Turkey). The middle blocker Anzani will be missing as he will undergo ablation surgery in a few days to resolve arrhythmias, while his counterpart in red and white Chinenyeze will jump to the block for his France. "Babar" will be the protagonist on Wednesday at 16 pm in group D of the red and white derby with Lagumdzija, Turkey's bomber. Finally, spiker Nikolov, the baby phenomenon born in 2003, will attack for Bulgaria starting tomorrow. There will be 24 selections competing for the cup of the old continent that will be awarded on Saturday 16 September in Rome. There will be extensive TV coverage, with Rai (Rai 2 and Rai Sport) and Sky broadcasting all of the Azzurri's matches.

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