Julio Velasco spurs his girls to do even better

Velasco spurs his girls

Women’s Italvolley gets a pass to the final in the Paris 2024 tournament, securing the first Olympic medal in its history. After a dry 3-0 win over Italian coach Santarelli’s Turkey, the date for the gold è against the United States, Sunday, August 11 at 1 p.m.

The coach of’Italvolley, Julio Velasco at the microphones of Discovery+, which like Rai will broadcast live coverage of the match, spurred his girls to do even better: "We need to be able to find even more peace of mind in the final. Today the girls were a bit’ tense, we did not play our best volleyball, which we will need for the final".

"We made mistakes a bit’ trivial, the result of tension. However, forò we won again 3-0" added the seasoned coach, obviously satisfied with the second round victory won against the red-and-white girls coached by Santarelli.

"The final will be very hard, against a great team, and we will prepare it like all the other games, without loading ourselves too much with responsibility. This team è came here for a medal, they already have the silver one, now the gold è a dream. We will give everything we have" concluded Velasco.