Setterosa, Holland remains bewitched
Setterosa defeated
The Netherlands remains bewitched for Setterosa: Azzurri surrendering the semifinal for fifth place in the World Cup again against the defending and European champions. Last year in the rainbow semifinal in Fukuoka, always won by the Orange 9-8. As by measure was also the last defeat a month or so ago at the Europeans in Eindhoven 7-6, again in the semifinals.
Paradoxically, Australia's win against Canada 10-8 still opens the door, the last one for the Olympic pass to be played against Canada, moreover already beaten 12-8 in Group D. Seventh-place final scheduled for Friday, 16 at 10 a.m. local (8 a.m. Italian).
Coach Silipo statements: "The Olympic goal è still standing. We have to make this final effort becauseè we have to go in search of the best performance. Now we have to recover physical energy, but more importantly mental energy. To have a little more confidence in ourselves because maybe that is what we are lacking in this World Cup. Defensively at the beginning we were a little too wide, we were following them too much on the perimeter and it opened up these spaces for the ball to easily get in the middle. On the extra man, they were deadly in the beginning, then we corrected our positions a little bit. It È got a little better in the second half of the game. I è liked in some ways the performance especially in the central part of the defense. We have a little bit of difficulty in dealing with such aggressive defenses especially in elevation. We can't find the hole between the arms: that is looked for with lucidity, with the head and not always just looking for the power shot. Another match for the Olympic Games? We have to deserve it, è what we have been working for for two years now. We hoped to catch this pass sooner, because è this è the fifth time we have gambled this chance to catch it. This time it must not slip away from us, forè we have to really square up, we have to do a very good performance. I am convinced that the team will react ".
