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Japan’s legions of feminine volleyball followers have been left in tears after Japan misplaced to Italy within the males’s volleyball quarterfinals on the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Fans who didn’t make it to Paris have been glued to their tv at round 8 p.m. in Japan. Some opted for a communal viewing expertise, just like the 260 individuals who gathered for a watch party at metropolis corridor in Inabe, Mie Prefecture, the hometown of reverse hitter Yuji Nishida.
In an intense five-set battle that lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes, Italy fought again from two units down to tug off an unbelievable comeback and crush Japan’s aspirations for its first Olympic medal in males’s volleyball since 1972. Players and followers have been left in disbelief because the decisive ball hit the courtroom, sealing Japan’s elimination.
