1. Day
ITALY-LATVIA 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-15)
ITALIA: Nervini 12, Eckl 9, Eze 4, Gardini 10, Costantini 7, Adelusi 8, Ribechi (L). Adriano 4, Giuliani 1, Bartolucci 1, NeValoppi, Marconato, Acciarri, Bellia. Coach Mencarelli.
LATVIA: Sosinovica 2, Struka K. 5, Vagele, Pridatko 7, Cepurite 1, Struka K. 4, Grundmane (L). Celnova 2, Stolca, Valere, Maruze-Mago, Rita 6. Neleskinovica. All. Cariotti
Set duration: 21, 20, 23
Referees: Apanowicz (GER), Gjoka (ALB).
Italia: 10 a, 8 b, 9 mv, 13 et.
Latvia: 6 a, 9 bs, mv, 19 et.
LECCE – Winning and convincing debut for the National Under 22 Women’s Teamwho beat at the “San Giuseppe da Copertino” Sports Hall 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-15) the Latviataking their first victory in Pool I of the European Championships in their category – watch it again here. The girls of Marco Mencarelli They showed good volleyball right from the start, highlighting already in the first set the technical and organizational difference between them and their peers from Latvia.
Ribechi and her teammates immediately appeared focused and, after an initial phase of study, they began to grind out points. Latvia is certainly not one of the most insidious opponents, but it was important to start the tournament in the best possible way and with a full victory.
SESTETTI – For this match, the Italian coach Marco Mencarelli he relied on the sextet composed of the diagonal Eze-Adelusi, the middle blockers Costantini-Eckl, the spikers Gardini-Nervini, and the libero Ribechi. The Italian coach Daniel Capriotti Latvia, on the other hand, chose the sextet composed of Struka, Cepurite, Struka, Sosinovica, Vagele, Pridatko and the libero Grundmane.
THE MATCH: The first set immediately took the way of Italy, while Capriotti’s Latvian team lost ground (8-3). The Azzurrine continued to hold the ball of the day and the Latvians, despite an attempt to recover in the central phase of the set, were unable to keep up the high pace put on the field by Ribechi and her teammates (16-11). In the end, Italy was good at closing the set in 21 minutes thanks to a winning attack by Beatrice Gardini (25-14).
In the second set the script did not change, Mencarelli’s girls immediately pushed on the accelerator (6-2) and Latvia remained behind. The Italians, vice world champions U21, managed the considerable advantage in the best way.
Mister Capriotti tried to give his team a jolt with a flurry of substitutions. Italy, however, continued to be orderly and flawless, closing with a score of (25-14) thanks to Eze’s winning point.
In the third set Bartolucci and Adriano also entered, and the Italians continued to give the impression of commanding the game and managing the advantage (16-11). However, as the action went by, Latvia gained courage and showed some good things. Point after point, however, Italy resumed its march and closed the set and match without too many problems (25-15)
Tomorrow, July 2, the Under 22 National team will be back on the field at 9:00 p.m. to face Ukraine in the second match of this continental tournament, which was defeated 3-0 by Turkey in the first match today played at the Lecce sports hall. The Italian team’s match will be broadcast live on the FIPAV YouTube channel and re-proposed on Volleyball.it
The schedule and results of the event
Pool I (Lecce)
01/07
Ukraine – Türkiye 0-3 (21-25, 13-25, 18-25)
Italy – Latvia 3-0 (25-14, 25-12-25-15)
02/07
18:00 Türkiye – Latvia
9:00 pm Ukraine – Italy
03/07
18:00 Latvia – Ukraine
9:00 pm Türkiye – Italy
Pool II (Copertino)
01/07
Serbia – Polonia 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 29-27)
Portugal – Czech Republic 1-3 (23-25, 25-20, 19-25, 14-25)
02/07
18:00 Poland – Czech Republic
9:00 pm Serbia – Portugal
03/07
18:00 Czech Republic – Serbia
9.00pm Poland – Portugal
Semi-finals 1st-4th place (Lecce)
5/7 ore 18, 1st Pool I – 2st Pool II
5/7 ore 21, 1st Pool II – 2st Pool I
Finals (Lecce)
6/7 5.30pm, 3rd-4th place
6/7 9pm, 1st-2nd place
