The Italians won their ticket to the last four on Tuesday in pain by overcoming the Dutch 3 sets to 1 (19-25, 25-17, 25-16, 23-25, 15-12).

France dominated Romania 3 sets to 0 in the quarter-finals on Monday, in Bulgaria, in Varna.

This will be the first Euro semi-final for Italy since 2019.

She has been coached since 2002 by Andrea Giani, an Italian volleyball legend who notably won three consecutive world titles in the 1990s.