Volleyball, Poland national team. Jan Such criticizes three Grbic players

Two days after losing the Olympic final to the French, Polish volleyball players returned home to… Our fans welcomed them warmly. After a touching welcome at the airport. Frederic Chopin in Warsaw, the Games’ silver medalists held a series of meetings, including with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, where other Games medalists were also present.

The White and Red also conducted interviews. They fulfilled their commitments to their sponsors, which is why, even though only a few days have passed since the match with the “Tricolors”, they are still being talked about. There are also many comments about their performance in France, and Onet decided to give a completely honest opinion in an interview with Przegląd Sportowy Former actor and long-time trainer Jan Such.

The 102-time Poland representative took a close look at, among other things, the decisions made by Nikola Grbic. As he noted, during the matches leading up to the Olympics, the coach made changes quite often, while in Paris he “slept in a little”. He cited the Olympic final as an example, when Grzegorz Tomacz was sent on the court only in the third set.

This did not hide his opinion. The Whites and Reds were not in good shape for the Olympics. The exception in this case were the midfielders who shone, as confirmed by this. Jakub Kochanowski in Olympic ‘Dream Team’Moreover, according to the former representative, the Serb did not take the best players to Paris at that moment, and in this context He mentioned three names.

“We have already seen in the league matches the skills of individual players. Kazmarek, Semenyuk, Sliuka “These are the players that coach Grbic remembers from the time of Szaksa. But are these athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in their current form?” he asked rhetorically. After a while he added:

The former national team player and coach also stressed that this would be a better solution. Narrowing down the list of players competing for selection Already at the beginning of the representative season. Let us remind you that Grbic bet on up to 30 volleyball players, of whom he chose 13 to participate in the Olympic tournament.

“Weren’t there too many players from whom the coach chose the final squad for the Olympics? Wouldn’t an early selection calm the players down and allow them to prepare better for Paris? It would give them more self-confidence. There was a fight for a place in the squad until the end, which created additional pressure. We saw it in the Nations League, when volleyball players were afraid to make mistakes.“He said this.