Italy’s world dream fades, mea culpa of Italians: “Almost nothing worked”

I’Italy he only lost two games this Volleyball World Cup 2022. Both defeats were against Brazil: the first in the group and the second in the semifinals, which hurts the most. O Blue they really wanted to get to the bottom of the world championship, but in front of them they found a team focused and always on the piece, from the first ball to the last.

Marina Lubian spoke after the defeat with the green-gold team to the microphones of the Rai and admitted that many things did not turn out as they had hoped: “Obviously we expected a different result, they were very good and there is nothing to say. Almost nothing has worked for us. But now there is another game to play. We know our value but ours. The value must be demonstrated and still have a medal to win”.

The Imoco factory, which won the starting place in the ongoing World Cup, expressed itself very clearly and frankly; without looking for alibis or taking the merits of opponents: “We could have done a little better, but a lot of credit should be given to them. There is now another game to play and it must be won. Our World Cup did not end here. Nobody’s going to give us anything.”

Tonight, unlike the previous match, Brazil was impeccable on all fundamentals unlike Azzurre and thus came a truly painful defeat.

Congratulations to the girls of Davide Mazzanti’s selection of the Federal President, Giuseppe Manfredi, who highlighted the importance of winning the final for third place and even reminded VNL: “It was a fantastic summer for Italian volleyball, the girls still won the VNL and the World Cup is not over yet. However, they finished in the top four. There is still a medal to be won on Saturday. However, I am happy with what has been done.”