We still don't know what metal it will be, but what is certain is that men's beach volleyball will give us another medal. In silver or gold, to add to an increasingly interesting medal collection. The duo formed by Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo beat Russia in the semifinals, after three hard-fought sets, earning the final which will be played on Friday night.
In front of them they will find a very high rock, the one formed by the Brazilians Alison and Bruno Schmidt, reigning world champions and landlords, who will be supported by the very hot support of the Copacabana stadium, one of the few to always be sold out.
But if at the beginning of the tournament he would have "signed for a medal", today Paolo Nicolai cannot be satisfied with silver: "I know that we will face the best couple on the planet, reigning world champions and hosts, but I think as if this is the only final of my life and I don't want to waste it: I want to go for the gold”. After all, he and his partner Daniele Lupo, who had surgery for a tumor last year, have already won more difficult matches.
