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World League 2005 News
Argentina “proud” to play in World League
again – Ferraro
 Buenos
Aires, Argentina, May 19, 2005 – Argentina
captain Hernan Ferraro said it was a very proud
moment for him and his team to play in this
year’s World League competition after a two-year
absence at the Argentine launch of the 2005
World League in Buenos Aires on Thursday, which
took place in the presence of Government
authorities headed by Chief Governor Anibal
Ibarra, the President of the FeVA Mr. Alejandro
Bolgeri and numerous media.
“After the Olympic Games and the World
Championship, the World League is the most
important men’s event so we are very proud of
being able to play in it,” Ferraro said. “It
means facing the big international teams, as
visitors and hosts, and it will be an incredible
experience looking forward to the 2006 World
Championships.
Pic: (Courtesy of Feva) Argentina captain
Hernan Ferraro (middle) hands a national playing
shirt to Chief Governor Anibal Ibarra with
Argentina coach Fabian Armoa looking on
“We are at the beginning of our preparation
and the matches versus Cuba allowed us to try
different combinations but we need to train very
hard and we have suffered important loses with
the injuries of Alejandro Spajic and now
Darraidou. For us to have Spajic in the field
was very important, he is nearly irreplaceable
so it will be hard on us ".
Argentina, who have competed in the World League
seven times from 1996-2002 with a best finish of
sixth in 1999, recently completed a four-match
friendly series which they lost 3-1 but took
plenty from it in terms of on court development
and teamwork.
“I would have prefered to have at least one more
month training, to work and get to know each
other better,” coach Fabian Armoa said. “We
depend deeply on individual performances but the
idea is that the team takes the initiative. The
matches we are heading towards are going to be
very hard and the development of this team is
going to be a good step forward.
"The World League is a completely different
story to the Olympic Games or the World
Championship, where the big reward is to gain a
medal. The World League, on the contrary, is a
very difficult professional championship where
the glamour and the money are the major goals.
My expectation is that we will perform according
to the level of this show. I hope that people
will be with us and fill the stadium, as we did
a short time ago (when over 10.000 people
attended four friendly matches against Cuba.
“Argentina’s performance improved a lot from the
first to the last match vs. Cuba and we
recognize this improvement because we had little
time to prepare and correct the mistakes and the
growing was clearly there." |
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