"You can't understand, you can't understand. They asked me why I'm Italian ... This is the last match with the national team."
It is the outburst of Paola Egonu, in tears after the world bronze: the video, with the star of the national volleyball team talking with the prosecutor Marco Reguzzoni, posted on her social networks has been around the web.
The blue, who after the victory point had remained on the field for a long time embraced by other teammates, but immediately afterwards she corrected her shot by explaining that she was "tired" and wanted to take "just a break".
The champion's prosecutor, whom Egonu addresses in the video that made the rounds of the net, then explained the meaning of the blue's words.
"It is an outpouring at the end of the game -Reguzzoni said-after a disappointment. Paola did not express a good game and was attacked hard for not having reached the goal of the final. She told me that she was in difficulty, that He's not fine".
As for the sentence in which the blue lets out "it is the last match with the national team", the prosecutor underlines that "it is something that is part of the outburst and has already resized in interviews. He reiterated that for her it is a It is an honor to wear this shirt and that she was not angry with anyone, she is only very sorry because when she does not play well she is always accused. And this hurts her.
"Every time I am targeted, it hurts to be attacked because I always put my heart into it and I never lack respect."
Paola Egonu thus explains the meaning of the outburst in a video that has made the rounds of the network.
The Italvolley champion on Sky Sport denies the farewell to the blue: "I am a reference point for the national team? I hope so" said Egonu, underlining however that she needs a little rest.
"I would like to have a free summer to detach her - she adds - she. It makes me laugh to think I have read people who have asked me why I am Italian and I wonder why I represent such people".
"I am proud of the team, of the group, of myself because today it was not easy to take the field, explained Egonu -. It is always an honor to wear the blue shirt, I would love to have a free summer to rest as a person and for my head" .
Then she added: "It's bad to say, I wouldn't want to take away merit or respect from my companions, but that is always me. It always goes to see how I was wrong, how I could do better. Mentally I got to the point in which I would like to have a free summer to disconnect and appreciate even more what I do. I do not know when all this started. Obviously it is a beautiful thing because I always take the weight and since I have been in the national team we have the result always done,
I always thank my companions with whom we have done this work but when the negative part happens and it gets lost… it makes me laugh to think that I have read people who have asked me why I am Italian.
I wonder why I have to represent even those who ask me if I am Italian.
I put my soul into it, I put my heart into it, I never lack respect for anyone and it hurts ".
“They also asked me if I was Italian.
This is my last match in the national team, I'm tired "pic.twitter.com/C407dzfnuF #egonu
- andarin (@uandarin) October 15, 2022