Paris 2024 Olympics, Italvolley enchants: knocked out Brazil
A beautiful, promising and historic victory.
Men’s volleyball Italy is celebrating after the Azzurri made their debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Against bogeyman Brazil comes in fact a crucial victory both in view of the landing in the quarterfinals and for the morale of Fefè De Giorgi’s boys. In fact, the Greenoro fell with a score of 3-1, the result of the partials of 25-23, 27-25, 18-25, 25-21.
Brazil had beaten Italvolley ten times out of 11 at the Olympic Games and had not fallen by two sets even since 2003. For the Azzurri, the great success therefore also represents the end of a spell, but above all a great test both by the team and by the individuals.
On the one hand è in fact, it is important to emphasize the 13 walls that Italy è managed to find, compared to a Brazil that è came only to 4. Focusing on the Azzurri’s performance, we must instead mention Yuri Romanò, who put up 20 with an offensive efficiency percentage of 66.67%. Also excellent was the performance of Michieletto (13 points), Lavia (12) and Russo, whose percentage è came instead to 57.14%.
The passage to the round è now within Italy's reach, as the top two from each group plus the two best thirds will go to the quarters. After the rounded 3-1 win over dreaded Brazil, a success over the more affordable Egypt, which Ferdinando De Giorgi’s men will take on next Tuesday, July 30, could then suffice.
