ROMA– Today’s Stating Six takes us back to Lodz where De Giorgi’s Italy, despite being packed with young players, was able to hold its own against France, who won in the sprint only at the tie break. Between the disappointment for the result and the satisfaction for the growth of the boys chosen for the Finals, it is the coach himself, interviewed by his colleagues from Fipav, who takes stock of our national team in view of Paris 2024
Match&Play takes us to the Olympic Beach Volleyball tournament that will see two Italian couples as protagonists on the sand of Paris. Paolo Nicolai and Samuele Cottafava have been included in Pool A together with the number 1 pair in the Olympic ranking, the Swedes Ahman/Hellvig, the strong Qatari Bronze medalists in Tokyo, Cherif/Ahmed, and the Australians Nicolaidis/Carracher. In Pool B the other Italian men’s team, composed of Alex Ranghieri and Adrian Carambula, will face the reigning Olympic champions and number 2 seeds, the Norwegians, Mol/Sørum, the Dutch van de Velde/Immers and the Chileans Grimalt M./Grimalt E. The CEV has simultaneously announced the Pools of the European Championships that will be held in Holland from 13 to 18 August, immediately after the conclusion of the Games. In the men’s draw, Paolo Nicolai and Samuele Cottafava will face the French Youssef Krou and Arnau Gauthier-Rat, the Austrians Julian Horl and Alexander Horst and the Dutch Dirk Boehlè and Mees Sengers in Pool G. In addition to the Italians Gianluca Dal Corso and Marco Viscovich, Pool D will also feature the Dutch Matthew Immers and Steven Van de Velde, the Polish Piotr Kantor and Jakub Zdybek and the Germans Paul Henning and Max Just. The Italians Alex Ranghieri and Adrian Carambula will face the Polish Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak, the Dutch Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen, and the Swiss Yves Haussener and Quentin Metral in Pool F.
Talent Scout offers us a well-deserved in-depth look at the Aequilibrium Cup-Trofeo delle Regioni 2024 in Corigliano-Rossano in Calabria, in which Lombardy, beating Emilia Romagna 2-0 in the final, won the title. For the Lombards, this is the sixth title after the successes obtained in the 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018 editions.
