Cazucafs Room

 

Welcome to Cazucafs Room.

I call myself as the only dedicated Argentine men's national volleyball team fan in Japan.

 Let me allow introducing myself briefly.  I became a volleyball fanatic
when I saw the tournament on TV called "Japan Cup" that was held right after the Seoul Olympic Games.
 At this point, USA was the top team in the world.  Bronze medallist of the Seoul Olympic Games
was ARGENTINE.  I remembered most of players pretty well even though I watched them on TV. 
However, I never expected to meet Cuminetti (he was a sub-member in 1988)
at the World Championship 1998 in Japan.

 As American team losing their dominating power, I lost interest in the USA team.
 Then Italian became the top of the world and the Italian team got me into them. 
All of them were talented and very attractive.  I couldn't choose the best one. 
One day I realized that my eyes were following a particular player.
 That was Luca Cantagalli.  I can say that Luca Cantagalli is my eternal idle as a volleyball player. 

When Italy was in their peak, I was away from Japan.  But my friends kept sending me
videotapes of Italian matches so that I could enjoy watching their spectacular play. 
When I came back to Japan, Italy was facing the phase of changing players for the next generation.
 In 1995 the World Cup was held in Japan and I went to the games in order to see Cantagalli's play.
 However, he didn't come to Japan due to the operation of right elbow.  How pity!

Since I liked watching volleyball, I saw the opening game of 1995 World Cup in Tokyo.
 That was China vs. Argentine game.  Both teams made too may service errors.
 It was a little bit dull game.  Suddenly I noticed one of Argentine players showing some good play.
 When he made 2 or 3 mistakes, the head coach changed him immediately. 
Yet, he was leading other players in the court and seemed like a mood maker. 
The best of all he was exactly my type!  Guess who he was? Guillermo Quaini.
 Because of this I started to follow Argentine national team.

 

I know there are many foreign team fans in Japan, however, I've never seen
any Argentine fan at games in Japan.  Some instant fans call their names,
but they are interested in Argentine only that time. 
Sometimes I feel lonely to be the only fan at the games, but on the other hand
I have got some good opportunities to get to know Argentine players in person.

 

I hope you will find Argentine players are attractive like other foreign players with checking this site. 
ENJOY!