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Abdalla the First Egyptian
Volleyball player to achieve European Championship
 Cairo,
Egypt, March -: The Italian based Egyptian setter Abdalla Abdel
Salam became the first ever Egyptian player to achieve European
title when he won with Treviso Volleyball team of Italy the
Italian cup this season following their valuable victory over AS
Roma 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-13) in the final.
The promising setter who won before the prize of the best Server
in the 2005 FIVB Grand Champions Cup in Japan was one of the
final march stars and won the prize of the Most Valuable Player
MVP at the end of the thriller match.
The only European based Egyptian National team player now had a
professional contract with Treviso in summer 2006 after he led
Al Ahly his previous club in Egypt to the triple of Egyptian
league, Egyptian Cup and the African Clubs Champions
Championship. He stated his professional; life as a substitute
to the Italian national team setter Valerio Vermiglio until he
took the role in the final where he had a skillful setting to
his colleagues specially the Italian superstars Samuele Papi,
Alessandro Fei and Alberto Cisola.
"We had a great victory today after a high performance from all
my players" Said Treviso Head coach Daniele Bagnoli cheerfully
after the match. "The surprise today was our Egyptian setter
Abdalla who did well all through the match and he is considered
the MVP of this competition as a whole." He added.
Arabic
Photo captions:
Abdalla carried by his colleagues after the match.
The Egyptian star won the MVP Prize.
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