The Italian volleyball team is running fast in Paris. The main pitfall was the start time of the match, 9 in the morning: however, it took only an hour for the men’s volleyball team to take care of Egypt’s business under the watchful eye of Marco Mengoni, who greeted and took pictures with the entire group of volleyball players. As predicted, three sets to zero (25-15, 25-16, 25-20) was the final result that portrayed the Italian dominance in a match that never had any history. Two victories out of two matches is the initial balance of the sextet coached by Fefé Giorgi, who is looking for the first Olympic gold in the history of Italian volleyball.
“The match – underlined the middle blocker Roberto Russo – was complicated because of the time and therefore because of the approach, but we played well and we were good at staying focused from the beginning to the end”. So the three sets slipped away without any shock, with Italy capable of never letting the African team get close. «We imposed – added the Calabrian spiker Daniele Lavia – our rhythm right from the startbut I think we have shown once again that we are there; we want to have our say in this tournament and we don’t want to leave anything to chance”.
After the double success to start the adventure in five circles – in the debut the 3-1 victory against Brazil – the attention of the Azzurri is all projected on the big match scheduled for Saturday 3 August, at 5 pm, against the always fearsome Poland: a decisive match for the assignment of the first place in group B and therefore a better place in the scoreboard of the quarterfinals, decisive in the path towards the medals. “Now – said the Italian setter and captain, Simone Giannelli – we are certainly in a good position in the ranking, but nothing has been done. Our thoughts must go immediately to the last match with the Poles: a match that can give us good indications on our level”