“Russian national team volleyball player Akimova is capable of becoming the best diagonal in the world” – Fedorovtseva

Russian national team volleyball player and Italian “Novara” Vita Akimova has the potential to become the best diagonal player in the world, national team fullback Arina Fedorovtseva has told .

In the 2021/22 season, Akimova played for Dynamo-Metar Chelyabinsk in the Russian Super League, after which she joined Volero Le Cannet, with whom she won the French Championship and was recognized as the most valuable player. of the tournament. This summer, the 21-year-old Russian moved to the Italian Novara. On Wednesday, Akimova started the Russian national team in a friendly match against Belarus (3-0).

– In 2022, Akimova played in Chelyabinsk, then in Volero. Now she is the basis of the national team and has joined the best European club. How would you rate his rapid progress?

Vita is a very good player with great potential. She is capable of becoming the best diagonal in the world, that’s one hundred percent. I really love watching her grow and the effort she puts into it. I wish her only success in the new team and hope that she will prove herself there one hundred percent,” Fedorovtseva told .