Volleyball, dead Fabrizio Nassi the captain of Italy silver medal at the 1978 World Cup

Fabrizio Nassi, the captain of the national Volleyball World Cup finalist in 1978, died. Nassi, born in Pontedera in 1951, had for years been fighting against a bad disease. Fabrizio Nassi he was the captain of the National team of Carmelo Pittera, silver medal at the 1978 World Cup. That was one of the first great international results of Italian volleyball.

World vice-champion in 1978

Fabrizzi Nassi was a myth for the boys of his generation, for those who loved volleyball, which had never given great satisfaction to the Italy of sport until 1978. Nassi was the captain of the national one, which paved the way for the so-called 'generation of phenomena', which with Velasco bought up world and European titles.

Italian Champion in Catania

He had played three world championships with Italy Nassi, who played 132 matches with the Azzurri shirt. The volleyball player was for five years the symbol player of Paoletti Catania, who took it from Cus Pisa, he also played for a year in Palermo. With the Catania team won a historic championship in 1978, his best year. It was a hammer, the comrades played for him and he, Nassi, hit and sank his opponents in Italy and outside.

The World '78, the surprising silver of Italy

Volleyball has always been a splendid sport, but the first big boom has lived in Italy in the late 1970s. Italy organized the World Cup which was played in Rome, Bergamo, Ancona, Udine, Venice and Parma. The Azzurri were led by Carmelo Pittera, a young manager, at the time thirty-four, with great ideas, had a strong team, but was not among the most quoted on the eve. Italy instead came up to the final, which lost against the very strong Soviet Union. After a double group stage, the Azzurri eliminated Cuba before surrendering to the Soviet squadron.