They dreamed of a second European coronation, they will have to be satisfied with the bronze medal at best: for the French volleyball players, finishing on the podium on Saturday this Euro-2023 prepared in special circumstances would still seem like a small victory. They will have to beat Slovenia on Saturday to approach the Olympics with a little more confidence, after a year of mixed results (9th in the Euro, 5th in the World Cup. “This match for third place for me is very important. “There will of course be the huge disappointment of Italy’s defeat in our minds, but we have to use what happened in this match to beat Slovenia,” insisted Andrea Giani, the Italian coach of the Blues, three days after the semi-final lost against Italy.
>> Meet at 5:30 p.m. in Bari