Ferdinando De Giorgi: “We will focus on our game system and our peculiarities”
On the eve of the bronze match between Italy and the United States of America, the coach Ferdinando De Giorgi and the speaker Daniele Lavia stated to Fipav:
“It was a long night and definitely not the best, but I think it’s natural, but now we shouldn’t keep thinking about what happened, but all our energy should be focused on tomorrow; we know it’s not easy, because sometimes too much frustration can play bad tricks, but we need to be good at delivering attention and concentration in a game that can still give us an Olympic medal.
“I have to be honest, and as I admitted yesterday after the game, it’s not what we wanted, but we have to be honest and realistic. We didn’t play our best volleyball against France and they deserve to victory.
“The opponents we face tomorrow are a good team that need no introduction, but as I always say to the boys in these situations it is important to keep the focus and concentration on ourselves and in our half of the pitch; We are clearly studying our opponents and will continue to do so until tomorrow, but I repeat, we will focus on our game system and our peculiarities, analyzing, of course, what didn’t work yesterday.
“I’ve been saying this since the beginning of the competition, all the teams that have access to the quarter-finals of this Olympic draw are all potential medals, so it’s important to concentrate from the beginning to the end of. the game to make sure things get better and according to what we all want.” (Ferdinando De Giorgi)
“It was not our best game against France, we have to be sincere and honest, they played better than us and performed at a good level even in front of many people, while we were not. Sport is that and even defeats must be accepted.
“We came here with the goal of getting the best result, as we always do in every competition we participate in, but we also have to consider that there are opponents on the other side of the net.
“There were many aspects that did not work yesterday, but our effort was maximum, as always; we are really sorry, but now we have to concentrate on tomorrow’s race.
“The United States has played good volleyball so far, they lost in another semi-final to another great team like Poland; needless to say we have to sweat, fight for every ball and try to put them on the receiving end and then improve our game maneuvers smoothly.
“They are a very experienced team who have already played important matches like tomorrow, there are players who do not need an introduction like Anderson or Christenson, but I think it is not generous to only talk about them. at the highest level , we must fight.
“It’s important to enter the field with a different attitude to try to attack them and put them in difficulty immediately; we’ve been able to get out of difficult situations and it’s important to do this season as well, with a bronze medal at stake in the Olympic Games, some results are not always obtained, we must be good at taking advantage of this opportunity.” (Daniel Lavia)
⏰ Friday August 9, 4:00 pm: ITA-USA, Bronze final