South Korean women's volleyball head coach César Nandes González (45 years old) said that he will use organizational ability to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of former world number one attacker Kim Soft-kyung from the national team, and actively listen to Kim Soft-kyung's opinions in the selection and employment of the national team.
After the loss of the women's volleyball bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics, Jin Softjing hugged his teammates in tears...
Coach Gonzalez participated in the signing ceremony of the national volleyball team sponsorship agreement and the press conference of the men's and women's national volleyball national teams held online on April 28 local time in Seoul Yongsan-gu, Seoul, saying that "it is difficult to find players who can replace Jin Softjing" and said that "all members of the national team work together to make up for the current shortcomings of the team". Gonzalez also described the current situation for the national team, saying: "A big rock is difficult to push at first, but once it moves, it will be easy to roll. ”
Jin Softjing performed well at the Tokyo Olympics, where she competed with Zhu Ting of the Chinese women's volleyball team for the title of the world's number one attacker.
The Korean women's volleyball team, which reached the top four at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and created a myth, had to start the journey of preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in a chaotic situation due to the departure of some of the main forces and the change of the rules of the Olympic Games. On April 7, the official website of the FIVB announced the plan for qualifying for the Volleyball Competition at the Paris Olympic Games - in addition to the host French men's and women's volleyball team, 6 of the remaining 11 seats were selected through the Olympic qualification tournament, and the remaining 5 seats were directly determined according to the world ranking after the 2024 National Volleyball League sub-station competition (June 24 for the men's volleyball team and June 17 for the women's volleyball team). This is a big difference compared to the Tokyo Olympics.
Kim SoftView tears after the Tokyo Olympics..." But still promoted women's volleyball, so the mood is very good"
After the Tokyo Olympics, the core of the team, Kim Soft King, two deputy attackers Liang Hyo-jin (Modern Construction) and Kim So-chi (IBK Industrial Bank) successively announced their retirement from the national team, which also means that the reconstruction of the South Korean women's volleyball team is inevitable. From the current strength situation, the South Korean women's volleyball team should win as many ranking points as possible in the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball National League (VNL) and the World Women's Volleyball Championships participated by 16 teams, while aiming at the Olympic qualification tournament and paying attention to next year's world rankings, so as to ensure their right to participate in the Paris Olympic Games.
Liang Xiaozhen, former deputy of the Korean women's volleyball team, was awarded the MVP of the Korean Women's Volleyball League
The World No. 14 South Korean women's volleyball team will compete for one week from May 31 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. Gonzalez said: "Before, the challenge of qualifying for the Olympics was similar to the 100-meter run, but now we have to run a marathon. "The biggest advantage of the Korean women's volleyball team is that many players can play different positions," he said.
Jin Xiuzhi, who plays as a deputy attacker, has won the second place in the Ningbo Station of the World Women's Volleyball League and the third place honor of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.
Gonzalez said he was also listening to Kim, who retired from the national team. Gonzalez said: "I often contact Kim Soft-kyung to talk to her about Korean volleyball. At the same time, it is understood that the Korean Volleyball Association has determined the list of national teams participating in the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball National League (VNL) in May, and Hwang Min-kyung, Jeong Ji-yun, Kang Su-fai and others are on the list. The South Korean women's volleyball team is scheduled to start training in The Jincheon Athletes' Village on May 2.
Gonzalez (left), from Spain, was a teaching assistant at Turkish Super League giants Wakif Bank.
Gonzalez was named the new head coach of the women's national volleyball team after negotiations with the Korean Volleyball Association and former coach, Italian Ravalini, broke down last October. Playing in the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball National League (VNL), it is also the first time that the Korean women's volleyball team has participated in an international competition under Gonzalez.