Women’s volleyball, San Marino defeated with honor by Malta
Small Countries Tournament Association: the titans fight but yield to the hosts in three sets
Sport
San Marino Republic
| 09:01 – May 30, 2022
European San Marino with a defeat the Small Countries Association tournament which was played in Malta from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 May. After the tie-break victory against Northern Ireland came a hard-fought defeat against the most experienced hosts.
Coach Lucchi is very satisfied: “Against Malta we played better than against Northern Ireland – he explains – but the commitment in front of a more experienced team than ours. My players, all very young and at their first international experience, it is clear that they pay duty in certain situations of play in front of players with experience in this type of tournament. Despite that, it was a real game and we always played it. In such a young team, mistakes were the weak point, as is normal. The Maltese have “waited for us at the gate” and have taken advantage of it but the path we have taken is the right one and we leave the tournament with a very high head. We move from these games to improve. I also told the girls that this defeat, in the end, will be positive “.
Speaking of the players and future plans, Lucchi said that: “The whole team did well and even the so-called“ second lines ”had a constant performance. Even from those that were least expected, we had a higher than expected contribution. Now we have to continue working on the players. For this reason, with the Federation, it was decided to organize a sort of national summer internship during which to work on the fundamentals. In order to make them grow technically and reduce the number of errors. Since there was no championship, we would be able to work deeper ”.
San Marino: Lazzari 1, Valentini, Menicucci, Esposito 4, Bernardi 2, Pasolini (L1), Renzi 1, Tani 8, Stefanelli, Ricciotti 10, Tura 13. NE: Grossi (L2).
Results
Friday 27 May at 7 pm Northern Ireland – San Marino 2 to 3
Saturday 28 May at 19 Malta – Northern Ireland 3 to 0
Sunday 29 May at 4 pm San Marino – Malta 0 to 3
Classification
Malta PG 2 PV 2 PP 0 SV 6 SP 0 Points 6.
San Marino PG 2 PV 1 PP 1 SV 3 SP 5 Points 2.
Northern Ireland PG 2 PV 0 PP 2 SV 2 SP 6 Points 1.