“L‘blue athlete is a pride of Italian sport, he will have future opportunities to win other trophies wearing the national team jersey ».
Solidarity with the Volleyball champion Paola Egonu it is total. Including that of former Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who called her after the outburst of the blue to show his total support.
Paola Egonu, the insults and the anger of Azzurra
After the insults arrived via social media following the defeat in the semifinal against Brazil that blocked the way to access the final of the World Cup in Holland and Poland to the Italians, in fact, Egonu could no longer hold back his anger.
“Every time I get targeted, I’m tired. It hurts to be attacked because I always put my heart into it and I never lack respect “were the words of the 23-year-old who added:”I am tired, I would like to take a break. I don’t know if I will continue with the national teambut there is time to think about it ».
Farewell to the national team?
After the insults arrived via social media after the defeat in the semifinal against Brazil, Egonu could no longer hold back his anger.
Words that have alarmed the president of Federvolley Manfredi who immediately wanted to clarify that racist insults “They arrived on social media from some idiot” and that Egonu “hadn’t told us any of this, otherwise we would have intervened.”
But Manfredi was especially keen to point out that “I would say there aren’t any problems in the team from a technical point of view” and that the girls “left crying”. Clearly, he then specifies “in 6 months of cohabitation and retreat, in any group and in all sports there can be problems. It’s normal. If there are, we will have a way to face them and solve them, “she added.
To then get to the sore point: “Paola in the national team? The door is always open and God forbid, we are talking about an athlete who has a blue shirt tattooed on her skin. The next call is in April 2023 and I have no reason to think she won’t be there“.
The mistake on the pitch not forgiven to Paola Egonu
The straw that would have broken the camel’s back for the champion Azzurra, considered one of the strongest players in the world, it would be his attack that, on 24-23 of the third set in favor of Italy, went out of scope during the match with Brazil.
From this wrong attack, which overturned the match, with the opponents who imposed themselves on Italvolley by beating them 3 to 1, insults began to rain against Egonufound guilty not only of having made the wrong technical contribution, but also of having removed the correct charge to drag Italy to the victory of the set and, finally, of the entire match.
An unjustifiable lynching
Solidarity, however, as well as from Mario Draghi really came from many. From president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò, who called Egonu to testify to her the support of Italian sport and to invite her “not to make hasty decisions”.
As far as Matteo Salvini which he sent via Twitter «a stronger hug to Paola #egonuchampion on and off the field to whom we still wish many victories with the tricolor on her chest ».
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