VC Dynamo coach on Fetisova’s departure: ‘We have four very interesting central blockers’

Women’s volleyball head coachDynamo Konstantin Ushakov said that after leaving the club Irina Fetisova the team has four players in her position who can replace her.

During the offseason, central blocker Irina Fetisova left Dynamo for Turkish Fenerbahce. Since 2015, the volleyball player has been playing at Dynamo, where she became a five-time Russian champion and two-time winner of the country’s Cup and Super Cup. In 2015, she became European champion in the Russian team. The club acquired three players for his position: Anastasia Zhabrova, Victoria Pushina, Ekaterina Evdokimova. Ekaterina Polyakova has also been playing for the team since 2021.

– It’s still hard to say how Fetisova’s departure affected the team. The player made a decision and she wanted to change something in her life. Life goes on with us, we have four very interesting central blockers who I think have joined our team. We’ll see how that process plays out over the course of the season.

– Why did she choose the Turkish championship?

Every gamer wants to see something new. In addition, her father played abroad, and she wanted to feel what it was, ”reports the correspondent, reporting Ushakov’s words.

Dynamo Moscow volleyball players will start the season on September 1 with a match against Dynamo Krasnodar in the preliminary round of the Russian Volleyball Centenary Cup.