The Panthers lost to Italy and have one foot out of Tokyo 2020: relive the best

The Argentine women’s volleyball team fell by partials of 25-21, 25-16 and 25-15 against the European team, for the third day of Group B.

On a new day of Group B at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, The Panthers could not before a power like Italy and thus they lost their third consecutive match (United States and COR), severely complicating their chances of qualification. The Argentine women’s volleyball team played at a good level but ended up yielding by 25-21, 25-16 and 25-15.

Was a more than promising start from Argentina, that the played as equals the Italian national team (leader of the area) in the first set. It even got to be 14-10 ahead, but as the decisive moment was approaching, his rival increased the performance and gained in effectiveness in attack. Elina Rodríguez, with 5 points, stood out in the Albiceleste team in the opening round.

In the second set, Italy began to accentuate dominance and brought out its quality with Paola Egonu, one of the best attackers in the world, as a bulwark (top scorer of the match with 17 points). Averaging the set, Las Panteras hinted at a recovery, although again the Europeans were forceful on offense and solid in blocking to prevail.

The team led by Hernán Ferraro, who had Paula Nizetich as top scorer with 8, kept trying despite the differences, even though was overtaken by Italy, aspiring to get on the podium.

With this result, Las Panteras were last in Group B and with little chance of reaching the quarterfinals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Now, they will have to face Turkey and then China to close their participation.

This is how the path of Las Panteras continues in Group B of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

• 7/31 02:20 Argentina vs Turkey
• 2/8 04:25 Argentina vs China

Elina Rodríguez and her feelings after the defeat of Las Panteras

After the 3-0 loss to Italy, Elina rodriguez, one of the figures of Las Panteras, spoke with TyC Sports. “The truth is that it costs us a lot at this level. We know that they are one step ahead of us, but we seek our identity, to grow with the competition. Game by game we try to enrich ourselves with this and get the positive and the negative to improve “said the 24-year-old player.

Finally, he referred to the fact that the team must improve to try to match the best teams: “We lack much more aggressiveness, and that way we lose respect for these great powers a bit. When it is difficult we need to get a little rebelliousness.”