Mario Mencarelli, Italian head coach
“We fought as long as we could, but we went out of all our greatest strength. In our team there are players who were training only few days but it is not an excuse, it’s just something to keep in mind. During the tournament for various reasons I rotated players often, so it was more difficult to find a continuity of the game. However, they are extremely confident and many things we are working on the trainings were seen in the field“, he emphasized.
Brazil was too strong for Italy in the last round of the tournament beating the “Blue“ in straight sets to win the trophy in Alassio.
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