With the advent of the new cycle, each team has adjusted its lineup, and some veterans have retired or left. Following the announcement by South Korean women's volleyball captain Kim Soft-kyung that he would no longer represent the national team, another veteran also quit the national team. She is Natalia, the brazilian women's volleyball team leader.
According to Brazilian media reports, Natalia has decided to withdraw from the Brazilian women's volleyball national team and has received permission from head coach Guimarães. Natalia, 32, will focus on club matches. Natalia has played for the Scandic women's volleyball team in Italy this season, and next season she will return to the Dynamo Moscow women's volleyball team in the Russian Premier League.
Natalia wrote on her personal social media platform: "I'm just waiting to say something. I'm not coming back, it's my personal problem. I even joked with people that I was old. I decided that my priority now was to focus more on the club. I am tired. People who have been following our careers for a long time know how tough our lives can be. It's a bit hard to continue. ”
Natalia can be said to have become famous at a young age, having won the title of Most Valuable Player at the 2005 U18 World Championships, the 2007 World Championships, and won three awards at the U20 World Championships. In 16 and 17 years, the World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix also won the MVP title twice. She entered the Brazilian women's volleyball national team earlier, and the Beijing Olympic cycle was dressed in the jersey of the Brazilian team, and she also participated in the World Cup in 2007.
However, because the Brazilian women's volleyball team at that time had Jacqueline, Paola and other famous players, it was not until the London cycle that she gradually emerged. Natalia has played 3 Olympic Games, is the captain of the Brazilian women's volleyball team in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, the main attacker, has won the London Olympic Gold Medal, the Tokyo Olympic Games Silver Medal, the 10-year World Championship Silver Medal, the 14-year World Championship Bronze Medal and the 2007 World Cup Silver Medal. After Jacqueline and others retired, Natalia took over the mantle and became the starting main attack of the team, competing with Gabi in international competitions.
At the peak of Natalia's state, she was the core of the Brazilian women's volleyball team and the first-class main attack of the international volleyball world. Like other Brazilian women's volleyball main attackers, her slam dunk techniques are more varied, and the slam bat is full of heads, and she also has the ability to pass in 6 rounds. Unfortunately, plagued by injuries, Natalia's form fluctuated in the second half of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, coupled with the recall of the 38-year-old Figare, which caused her to lose her main position and become a substitute for the team.
In fact, in terms of Natalia's age, 32 years old is not a big target for the Brazilian women's volleyball team, and she has every opportunity to participate in an Olympic Games on behalf of the national team. Natalia's exit also greatly reduced the team's strength, and Guimarães had one less side attacker available. The 38-year-old Figarre said he would not enter the national team after playing the Olympic Games, and now the Brazilian women's volleyball team is only left with Gabi, Tandara, Rosamaria and Cristina. For more exciting content, come and follow Volleyball GoldenEye