Second defeat for Italy in women’s volleyball at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The blue, already qualified for the quarter-finals, after the knockout against China also lose to the United States 3-2 and see the possibility of closing in the first fade place the group. Italy alternated good things with blackouts that ended up affecting the progress of a match that started well and then instead saw Sylla and her companions gradually get lost. Many mistakes made by the Azzurri coach Mazzanti who will close the preliminary phase in second or third place (it will depend on the result of Russia-Turkey) and now, in the quarter-finals, they will face the second or third of the other group (at the moment Serbia or South Korea). “An angry Italy arrives in the quarters, because we had a great chance and we weren’t able to exploit it,” says Mazzanti. “In these last games – he admits – we have struggled more than expected in attack and when it happens it weighs more than normal. To make the leap we need to be freer in the attacking game. It is necessary to improve in this aspect and to do so. we have to keep pushing. We are not expressing ourselves as we expected and the girls are affected, from the quarterfinals onwards we will have to take this weight off. find the strength to be more stable. Let’s wait for the draw and see who we will face, even at the moment the main objective is to focus on our game. “” We know that to build something important we have to improve in several aspects, but by now the group is over and from the quarters onwards it will be a completely different story -the words of the Italian captain Sylla-. We must arrive as prepared as possible, avoiding the many mistakes of the last few races. We are trying to find solutions to things that are not right, while also taking risks. The last two defeats do not take away our confidence, because the beauty of this group is that even in complicated moments there is always a partner ready to support you and give you a hand “.