For the captain of the national team, a few days of rest after the continental efforts and waiting to return to the national team for the Olympic qualifiers: “I am happy to have played here in Italy, I thank all the cities that hosted us and all the fans who supported us supported. I’m sorry to have lost the final, but we entered this European Championship as reigning champions and we emerge as vice champions, demonstrating that we have been able to keep our level high. This time Poland was better than us and deserved the victory.” Meanwhile, work resumed this morning at PalaBarton for Angelo Lorenzetti’s Block Devils, on Wednesday the first joint training session of the season in Pian di Massiano against Santa Croce
The European men’s volleyball championships ended on Saturday evening in a sold out venue at the PalaEur in Rome. They ended with the victory of Nikola Grbic’s Poland who defeated Fefè De Giorgi’s Italy in the final and with Slovenia overcame France in a tie break. They ended with the great public and volleyball spectacle seen in all the arenas visited by the competition, from Bologna to Perugia, from Ancona to Bari up to Rome. They closed, thinking about the roster of Sir Susa Vim Perugia, with five medals won by their players: the gold ones of Leon and Semeniuk, the silver ones of Giannelli and Russo and the bronze one of Ropret.
As great fans of the Italian national team, the small regret for the defeat in the final does not tarnish the satisfaction of having once again seen the blue team as an absolute protagonist on an international level, capable of making the many fans who packed the sports halls fall in love thanks to to the freshness and young age of the squad and thanks to the way of being on the pitch and wearing such an important shirt with pride.
Leading the group as captain is Simone Giannelli who talks about these weeks around the country.
“It was a wonderful European Championship, I’m happy to have played it here in Italy, I thank all the cities that hosted us and all the fans who supported us. I’m also happy with the path we’ve taken. Obviously, I’m sorry to have lost the final, but we entered this European Championship as reigning champions and we emerge from it as vice champions, demonstrating the fact that we have been able to maintain our level high in the last two years with two consecutive finals where we were there as protagonists.
