Rome, September 24, Italy 2014- Italy win the second match of the competition with another 3-0 against Croatia.
Italy Coach Marco Bonitta: There is one important thing that Croatia taught to us tonight: you must believe in yourself. It doesn’t matter the world ranking or what else. It’s the court saying the truth. We must be ready for this, even when there are teams that put us into difficult situations. Today we did it, 20-16 under in the score (in the first set). We react and we claimed the set, very important for the match.
Italy Captain Francesca Piccinini: We played well, I am very happy of our reaction in the first set. After yesterday’s match it was important to have a high level match. We showed to be a team in which every athlete can play in the starting six. The girls came in today had the right spirit”.
Croatia Coach Angelo Vercesi: Italy played so well. Bonitta has time to work so this team can grow during the competition. They used the bench, and so did I, but we miss this kind of match rhythm.
Croatia Captain Maja Poljak: It was a match too hard for us. The level was high in the court and on the tribunes. This audience is amazing in supporting its team in this way.