Italian stallions roar in to Rio semis

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 15, 2016 – Italy’s Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai reached the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games men’s semifinals with a 2-1 (21-18, 20-22, 15-11) win over Russia’s Nikita Liamin and Dmitri Barsuk at Copacabana Beach Arena on Monday.

Here’s what they said after the match….

Paolo Nicolai, Italy

“For us every game was a final and now it is the same, a real final in fact. We will continue to go game by game. We definitely have two more matches and will be here till the end of the competition. Now is our moment, we are here, we have to play and we have to do our best.

“We were down in the (second) set, but we were so close to them. They played …

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