Rita Odafe
The Italian international was then drafted by Igor Gorgonzola Novara to be their new teammate.
‘They were [Igor Gorgonzola Novara] very, very happy with how things were going. They were confident in what they had. They had put together a good team,’ Julia’s father, Leonardo Ituma, said after her draft by Igor Gorgonzola Novara.
The Italian international was one of the most promising young players in volleyball, and her team Igor Gorgonzola Novara were confident she would be a future star.
She was, but the tragedy has more likely happened because she was not preparing for her second leg match and fell out of the window while falling asleep. Italian volleyball stars such as Ituma have been killed after falling out of windows every year, most recently in 2019 when they fell asleep at the same time as other players on the same team.
