From must-have victories to sheer stunts: National coach Vanske weighs in on Yellow Tigers opponents in group stage | yellow tigers

With Hungary, yellow tigers might be served as an ideal appetizer.

The number 36 in the world is heading into the European Championships with a completely rejuvenated and rejuvenated squad. And therefore also without explicit ambitions.

“Usually we’re much stronger and certainly more complete than them. We have more spearleaders and we also have more routines to play these major leagues,” national coach Chris Vansnik looks forward to the first showdown.

Although he also warns: “We have to take particular account of their main striker, Annette Nemeth. She takes this whole squad and is also allowed to do so because of her strong performance in the Champions League.”

Although it remains to be seen if she can remove the tension from the inexperienced team’s debut at the highest level.

“Fast and attractive” are the first words that came out of the mouth of national coach Vanznik when we started the Slovenian season.

Although he had to look for shots for the young team. Slovenian women have not played in the Europa League, so they come to Ghent as an undisclosed team.

However, there was something special: “The Italian national coach Bonita incorporated a number of ideas from men’s volleyball into the team.” That could make Slovenia a difficult customer, as they also rely on strong players in the middle.

“Bonetta is a coach who became a world champion with Italy, so he’s really adept at the craft.”

In the third round, the Belgian women will face the number one clapper.

Ukraine just won the European League. In the final, they beat Sweden, who were slightly stronger than the Yellow Tigers.

“It’s a very strong team that actually plays together year-round,” says Vansnick. “The national coach Petkov is also the club’s coach for most women. You can see the result of that.”

“They are physically strong in all positions. So it’s up to them to use the pressure of our service and be very rational in our attack.”

It promises to be the main match for the third place in the group.

After these steps, it’s time for the absolute caps in group A.

“With Joanna Wolosz – one of the best playing breaks in the world – Poland is a very balanced team,” says Vansnick of the world number 7.

After years of renovation, there is now a real team competing for prizes. “And it’s nice to see their volleyball. It will attract many fans to Gent. So I also expect a great game there.”

In this atmosphere, our compatriot hopes to see his tigers attacking for the first time.

“The past shows that we always play good games against Poland and we can also win. In addition, Brett Herbutz plays against her former coach, which will motivate her a bit more.”

Hopefully, she and the Belgian cauldron will scare away Polish women.

A team can’t get much stronger than a world champion.

Therefore Belgium consciously chose to be the host country to award Serbia as last party in Group A.

“We’ve already been caught a few times in the past because of a stunt on the last day of play,” says the national coach. He wants to reverse those roles this year.

With coach Giovanni Guidetti, the team brought in a master tactician. “He immediately called up the old players again, which makes Serbia the most physically strong team.”

“Of course I hope we can do something against them,” Vansnick shares. But the road is still long. Let’s first focus on the match against Hungary.

When to do it: Tonight at 8 p.m. on Ketnet or live.