Display MoreI read comments of people which were in the hall, they said that Italians had great party and were "not serious", especially strange was celebrating with Polish fans during the match.
Also sub with Chrichella-Danesi was very strange as Chris was playing very good that evening.
This is my personal opinion but I think as well that Italians gave up this 5th set. Sorokaite's 3 errors in reception and 3 really ridiculous errors in the row in service, 7 error in total in 5th while in the rest of the sets Italians made max 6 error during full time sets. Also those smiles of Sorokaite and Mazzanti. But this is only my opinion so you can ignore it
Also after winning two sets there was not difference for Italians how this match will end.
This is all true but this is because both teams advanced earlier so you expected emotions like in the final or what? All in all they all made it to 1/8..