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Italvolley, tris without Paola Egonu

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Italy-Bulgaria 3-0

Closing in style for the Monza leg of the Women’s Volleyball European Championships 2023: after four days of competitions, Pool B greets the Arena with another “sold out” (3977 tickets sold out) and another victory for Italy, which remains alone at the top of the standings thanks to a 3-0 win against Bulgaria and moves one step closer to the round of 16. In the first match of the day, Switzerland had reopened the game for qualification to the round of 16 by beating Romania 3-2. Now the 6 participating teams will move to Turin, where group matches will resume from August 21; Italy’s European Championship journey will then continue in Florence with round of 16 and quarterfinals.

The Azzure take the court with Parrocchiale in the libero role in place of Fersino, while Egonu is kept at precautionary rest due to a slight muscle strain. Immediately high rhythms on court, with Bulgaria recovering from 3-0 to 3-3; Antropova’s wall, however, provides a new break for Italy (9-6), which then takes off up to 13-7 thanks precisely to the opposite player’s service. Bulgaria pushes and recovers some points (15-12), but suffers Pietrini’s serve for 19-13. More aces by Antropova and an easy close by Sylla for 25-16. Italy immediately ahead 4-1 also in the second set; the Bulgarians shorten the distance (5-4), but Squarcini’s serve (entered for Danesi) digs the break again for 7-4. Pietrini signs 11-6, Squarcini to put down 14-9 at the wall and 16-10 on offense. Sylla’s 21-13 ace pushes the Azzuras to 2-0, sealed by Squarcini (25-17).

Bulgaria’s reaction at the beginning of the third set with Paskova and Marinova (0-2), but Antropova turned the result around as early as 4-3. New Bulgarian advantage with Yordanova (4-6), Sylla and Omoruyi are the protagonists of the lethal Italian counterbreak (11-6). On Antropova’s serve (two aces) Italy flies up to 18-8, despite the changes made by Micelli, and the final is served: Omoruyi, Nwakalor and Lubian sign the 22-9, Omoruyi closes again (25-13).

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Ferrari, Frederic Vasseur goes on the attack

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The words of Frederic Vasseur

After the difficulties encountered in free practice, Ferrari è managed to redeem itself greatly in qualifying for the Las Vegas GP, finishing second with Carlos Sainz and fourth with Charles Leclerc. At the microphones of “Sky Sport F1”, the team principal of the Maranello-based stable Frederic Vasseur wanted to praise the performance of its two drivers, but at the same time charge them ahead of the race, where the Spaniard and the Monegasque will have a chance to make up ground in the constructors’ championship on McLaren, which struggled and not a little in qualifying.

“I don’t sign to have today’s result in the race, forò we have to push for more. A one-two è a bit optimistic, but we are in a good position. We know that this season we go a little bit stronger in the race than in qualifying. We struggled all weekend to find a good lap and at the end of Q3, at least with Carlos, we succeeded. Now, forò we have to complete the task tomorrow. Our race pace simulation è was positive, so we are confident” began Ferrari team principal at the microphones of “Sky Sport F1”.

“As in the last races, we will have to be careful here to manage the tires well. On this track if you have speed; è it is possible to overtake and we have good top speed, so we are ready to attack in the race. I’m not surprised that Carlos finished ahead of Charles on a street circuit, because Sainz è Sainz è was better at getting the tires up to temperature on the preparation lap. Both, however, did a great job and Leclerc, despite the difficulties he had today, will still have a chance to come back in the race” added Frederic Vasseur.

With three races to go McLaren leads the constructors’ championship with 593 points with a 36-point lead over Ferrari.

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Raffaele Palladino cuddles Moise Kean

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Raffaele Palladino has now got into gear with his Fiorentina after a difficult start: “Despite the defeat against Atalanta I realized that I had a strong team in my hands that was growing. From there on, I think it was a path all on the rise and probably Bergamo è was the turning point”.

“Kean? I touched the keys of’love and gave confidence to a boy who needed a lot of confidence and needed to find self-esteem. È he was very good because he é made himself available to the group with great humility; he did a great job on himself and in my opinion has great margins for improvement. Not even Moise knows how much room for improvement he has”.

The purple coach to Sportmediaset also talked about the calendar: “Surely the commitments are many, in fact there are many injuries, we also have to be good coaches to try to give even a few days off to the boys because they also need a few days off”.

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George Weah cheers for Juventus against AC Milan

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George Weah è ready for an AC Milan-Juventus to live as a Juventus fan: “As a child I was a die-hard Juventus fan, I was crazy about Platini: I never stopped supporting Juventus. You can say that my son has fulfilled my dream sì. And to think that I had talked about him for Milan, with Maldini. But Juve è the right team for him, beyondà my tifo”.

“When I was at Monaco I could have ended up at Juve but in the end I stayed in Ligue 1, moving to PSG, becauseé Wenger advised meé to mature further before going to a top league like Serie A”.

“I dreamed of Juve but how could anyone say no to the Rossoneri? Mica me è went wrong: five fantastic seasons, I still feel with Sebastiano Rossi, Boban, Marco Simone…”.

“Trent’years ago I was playing against the team of my heart but I never backed down and in fact I often scored goals for them. Of course I was happy to score but also a little bit sad: they are still my two favorite teams. Tonight if Juve wins I am happy, if Milan wins I would not be 100 percent happy but a little bit; because Milan has done so much for me”.

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