Volleyball, women’s Italy wins gold at the Mediterranean Games

The girls of Italvolley queens of the Mediterranean Games. Yesterday in Oran (Alg), the blues led by coach Luca Pieragnoli beat Turkey 3-1 (26-24, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22). A fiery final that ignited the audience of the Palais Sports Hamou Boutlélis, who mostly came to cheer on Italy. The real protagonist of this success was captain Elena Perinelli (16 points): “We redeemed ourselves from the defeat suffered in the first match of the group by the Turks – he said -, for this reason it was even more beautiful. Our secret? We never gave up. , not even when we had an important defection, that of Terry: this victory is also his and we dedicate it to him “. The reference is to the blue spiker Enweonwu, injured during the match against Algeria in the groups and therefore returned early in Italy. Just yesterday morning she was operated on for the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament and for the regularization of the injuries associated with it. The blue companions dedicated gold to her by climbing the podium with a special tricolor: in the center the words “Terry” and a heart.

THE PROJECT

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After the double historic success of Italy, both women and men, at the European Championships 2021, this gold in the 3-circle review confirms the growth of the blue volleyball movement: “This is a group that has come together step by step along the way – has commented coach Luca Pieragnoli -. For some time we have been carrying out the women’s volleyball project together with coach Davide Mazzanti and the senior girls, and it helped. There is a lot of sharing and empowerment, for me it is essential to listen to their suggestions too. because they are the protagonists on the pitch. And what about this final … the girls took their hearts in their hands and ‘crouched’ the balls! “.

MEN

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Bronze, on the other hand, for the azzurrini led by Vincenzo Fanizza who manage to win over France 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-15, 31-19) at the end of an infinite fourth set. The star of the match was the Italian hitter Fabrizio Gironi, who scored 23 points.