Brazil of the champion Gabi beaten in the semifinal at the tie-break. Tomorrow we play the World Cup against Turkey. For the blue it is the thirty -five consecutive victory
Another masterpiece by Julio Velasco. The thirty -fifth consecutive victory of the girls of volleyball bears the signature of the Argentine coach very good at managing the forces over a marathon at the end of which We beat Brazil 3-2 and we conquer The World Cup final. Tomorrow in Bangkok we will face Turkey that has passed Japan in the semifinals. It was not a technically perfect patrite by the blue, there have been many mistakes but also a lot of head and heart. In the decisive moments, the lucidity of the bench made the difference and not surprisingly the last ball of the match, the decisive one, was put on the ground by Paola Egonu on whose crushed the Brazilian wall he managed only to deviate but not to reject.
Initial suffering
The day had not started well for the blue, a first set full of difficulties and then the Orro injury for an ankle sprain. And on the other side The champion Gabi led his companions to victory in the first set. It was a dirty match in which Italy took tenacity and concentration, not that game that she had accustomed us to. “He mainly counted his head,” said Julio Velasco at the end. It is with lucidity in the key points that the blue have put the game back twice. Winning the second set with favorite anthropova to Egonu and Giovannini positive after entering the field instead of the young nervs. The balance dominates the third set in which the blue suffers from the plants Diana and Julia, do not use two sets balls and then get over from Brazil. It is the most difficult moment, the game risks running away, instead the blue remain hooked and With the return of Egonu they draw the accounts by conquering the tie-break. Gabi seems unstoppable, Brazil goes on 9-7, but The reaction of Italy is fierce: wall and defense make the difference until the final victory.
