Italy
Last time Italy were at the podium 2009. when they took the gold medal in Belgium and Luxembourg and since then they cannot reach the medal. In 2011 they lost in the match for the third place from Turkey 3-2.
Lucia Bosetti said after the match: “It is obviously a big disappointment for us. I do not want to search for excuses, but our stability was somehow gone after Ofelia’s injury. It was a big blow not only for the player herself, who was injured but also for the team as a whole. We have had to rebuild almost everything again from scratch since all of the things we had worked on for the whole summer were somehow gone. I am nevertheless very optimistic about the future of this team.”
Davide Mazzanti, coach of Italy: “We failed, of course, but compared to the World Grand Prix where we finished in second place, there has been a couple of major changes to our team. As a result, we have had to change the way we play – and against a team, as organized as the Netherlands are, you only stand a chance if you show quality and consistency with your middle blockers and outside hitters, which is something we definitely were not able to do today. We will take our lessons and re-start from here since this loss does not erase everything we achieved this season – from the qualification to the World Championship to our silver medal from the World Grand Prix Finals.”
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