Daniele Santarelli: 'I Want to Bring Another Trophy to Our Museum'

Daniele Santarelli believes Turkey produced exactly the performance it wanted in its 3-0 semifinal win over Serbia at the European Championship. The Italian coach praised the team’s technical execution, saying it built a strong blocking and defensive system and served very well.

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I think we put everything we wanted on the court, especially technically.

He also highlighted the atmosphere at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall. Santarelli said the supporters, his team and the federation all deserved the victory, and that he had been eagerly awaiting the match. He expects another strong atmosphere in the final.

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We built a very good blocking and defensive system, served very well and, as a result, put on a very good performance.

Santarelli said he had no preferred opponent, but believed Italy had a better chance against Poland because Italy has far more experience in the later stages of the tournament. He said he would enjoy watching the other semifinal at the hotel.

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I would definitely like to win another final and bring another trophy to our museum.

Turkey will give everything in the final, Santarelli said. The team should enjoy its victories because it cannot win every time, but he wants to win another final and bring another trophy to the museum. Whatever happens, he added, the team has already had a very good summer after winning the Nations League.

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Whether we win or lose, this will have been a very good summer for us.