It was a special final that of the 2025 world volleyball world championships. With a special story … on the one hand Monica De Gennaro, the free of Italy; on the other Daniele Santarelli, the technical commissioner of Türkiye: they are husband and wife. For the champion it was the last game with the blue shirt, after a career of blazing successes. And he closed it great, also winning the title of best free of the event. The story with Daniele Santarelli was born on the playing field. He has long been training him in the Imoco Conegliano dominant, but since 2018 he has been his opponent with the national teams: after being CT of Croatia and Serbia, Santarelli led Turkey, while De Gennaro is the free of the national team.
In 2017 the two are married. This afternoon against each other: “We both deserved to play a world final. Of course, with my husband there is a relationship that goes beyond volleyball and I admit that I am very happy for him, but at the same time I think it is a good thing for all Italian volleyball, because Daniele is doing great things with Turkey and of this it should be acknowledged. As much as he has won and as far as he works, he deserves to be on this stage. Missing to my collection, given that I conquered the Olympic one, the European one and also that of the VNL “.