Italvolley, Alessia Orro aims to make an encore against China

The words of Alessia Orro

The Italian women’s national team reached Apeldoorn, the venue for the quarterfinal match that will pit the Azzurri against China, on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

On the eve, these are the words of Italian director Alessia Orro: “The court is very nice. We are really happy to have come this far. The feelings for tomorrow are positive, for sure it will be a great match and we should once again prove our full value. It will be a totally different match than the one we played on Saturday. Honestly, it is a bit strange to play again against the same team we faced a few days before, but we all know that this is the formula of the tournament, so we are well aware that we have to face all the other formations to try to go all the way. In the last matches we have seen an Italy on the rise, we have had some very good matches with better and better performances. We are finding our rhythm more and more and we hope tomorrow to take another step forward. On a personal level I am experiencing this World Cup very well, it is a very long tournament, but we are coming towards the end. Sharing it with my teammates gives you that extra value.”