The Italy Under 18 Men, which includes the spiker of Vero Volley Monza, Lorenzo Magliano, and the new signings of the men’s youth sector of the Monza reality, Diego Frascio and Flavio Morazzini, won the 2022 European Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia , thanks to the 3-0 win in the Final (25-22, 25-19, 25-23) over France. For the azzurrini, unbeaten in the competition thanks to the five victories on as many outings in the Group Stage, the one in the Semifinal against Serbia and the last one today against the French, this is the third medal in their history in the category after those of 1997 and the 2020.
Among the protagonists of the blue success, Lorenzo Magliano, also captain of his team, awarded as the best hitter of the competition, visibly excited and happy at the end of the match: “They are unique sensations, we still do not believe it, none of us have achieved that well that we managed to do. I am also extremely happy because we had a very difficult group, the hardest that could happen to us. It was during the group that we were one step away from defeat on two occasions and we managed to reverse the situation. As a captain I am proud of my teammates, whenever one of us could not express himself at his best he was changed by another teammate who has always made himself decisive, with a joke, with an attack, with a defense and even with just a scream. The secret of victory is just that. Before the semi-final against Serbia we were a bit tense but we managed to express a great volleyball on the pitch. Surely yesterday’s victory gave us a lot of energy. Today we wanted to win and we did. Each of us has never dropped the intensity for a second, we have always pushed and stayed focused on every ball. I’m really happy. We hope to make up for it next year ”.
ITALY 3-0 FRANCE (25-22, 25-19, 25-23)
ITALY: Filippelli 3, Pozzebon 2, Bristot 12, Mati 10, Barotto 17, Magliano 16; Morazzini (L), Carpita, Bonisoli. Ne: Miraglia, Selleri, Frascio, Fedrici, Loreti (L). Herdsman Zanin
FRANCE: Leroyer 3, Henno 10, Seddik, Pujol 12, Deflos-Rossi 10, Laurence 6; Lopez (L), Scherer, Lauriac, Vander Gucht (L). Ne: Brancier, Roure, Duthoit, Cohen. Herds Belmadi
Set duration: 24 ‘, 26’, 30 ‘
Italy: 0 winning lines, 9 wrong lines, 14 blocks, 20 mistakes
France: 4 winning lines, 7 wrong lines, 8 blocks, 15 mistakes
THE RESULTS OF THE FINALS
17/07
Final 3 / 4th place: Bulgaria-Serbia 3-2 (25-21, 18-25, 21-25, 25-11, 15-9)
Final 1 / 2nd place: France-Italy 0-3 (22-25, 19-25, 23-25)
