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2.51pm Egonu top-scorer of the match with 16 points and 20.45% efficiency in attack, excellent team performance: 12 points for Sylla, 11 for Lubian, 7 for Danesi, 5 for Bosetti and 4 for Antropova.
2.49pm Today was probably the most convincing performance since Velasco took over as Italy’s coach. With this result the Italians move up to third place in the standings with 6 wins, 2 defeats and 18 points. With this victory, Olympic qualification is definitely a done deal, today many points will be entered and the Netherlands, the first team currently excluded, is really too far away.
25-16 Italy closes the match with a first half by Danesi!
24-16 Yuan cancels the first.
24-15 SYLLA’S MURONEEEE ON GONG! There are 9 match-points for Italy!
23-15 Egonu returns to the field and misses the counterattack.
23-14 Danesi’s first half.
22-14 The Lubian service is online.
22-13 Diagonal shoulder from Sylla.
21-13 Li doesn’t want to give up.
21-12 Sylla’s parallel broadside, now we’re playing great.
20-12 Bosetti’s Aceeeee!
19-12 Antropova exploits a ball towards the net.
18-12 Ace by Yuan.
18-11 Yuan responds in the center. Cambi and Antropova on the pitch.
18-10 Yet another first half for Lubian.
17-10 First half by Zheng.
17-9 Error in attack by Wu, our wall-defense system works great now. Zhang also on the pitch.
16-9 Bosetti brushes the hands of the opponent’s block, surgical play.
15-9 Zheng and Ding Xia on the pitch.
14-9 Seven uncatchable by Danesi.
13-9 Yuan tries to maintain contact.
12-8 Egonu lob from place two.
11-8 Deep parallel by Gong.
11-7 SYLLA’S MURONEEE ON WU!
10-7 Diagonal in Egonu’s three meters, when Paola plays like this there is little the opponents can do.
9-7 Orro plays under-and-under for Sylla.
8-7 Yet another narrow diagonal from Li.
8-6 Pipe uncatchable by Egonu.
7-6 Li punishes us with a lob after several wasted opportunities.
7-5 Hand-out by Egonu from the second line.
6-5 Li finds the hands of the Lubian wall.
6-4 First half behind Lubian.
5-4 Fast uncatchable by Yuan.
5-3 Gong’s serve fails.
4-3 Li’s winning pipe.
4-2 Error in attack by Wu.
3-2 Egonu has risen exponentially in level.
2-2 Orro’s serve comes out.
2-1 MOM MIAAAAA! Sylla closes an exchange in which we also collected dust in defense!
1-1 Egonu immediately scored from the second line.
0-1 We start again with a first half from Wang.
2.23pm Second set of extreme consistency and quality for Italy, which has risen to the next level in all fundamentals. Lubian was the second top scorer of the match with 9 points, Egonu rose to 10 with 28% in attack in the second set and two aces.
25-19 AGAIN! Egonu closes the set with a winning serve.
24-19 Li closes the shot too much and attacks the net, there are 5 set-points for Italy.
23-19 ACEEEEE OF EGONUUU!
22-19 Antropova on the pitch to raise the wall.
22-19 Degradi’s hands-out from place four, excellent entry.
21-19 Danesi’s service hits the net after the Chinese time-out.
21-18 DANESI ACEEEE! Very heavy break.
20-18 Danesi’s winning seven, it was important to change the ball.
19-18 Wu brings the Chinese back to -1, but the Asians defended the impossible in this exchange thanks to some lucky rebounds.
19-17 Degradations on the pitch for Bosetti.
19-17 Yuan’s splendour, be careful not to let them return.
19-16 Wang takes advantage of the ball speed of his setter and finishes in attack.
19-15 Wang’s service is long.
18-15 Gong passes through the wall.
18-14 Masterful lift by De Gennaro, then Egonu takes care of it from the second line.
17-14 Lubian’s serve was long.
17-13 Wang’s invasion of the net, but half a point goes to Lubian for the service.
16-13 Fast in the four meters of Lubian, what a performance!
15-13 Wang responds in the center.
15-12 Lubian’s monstrous first half!
14-12 Yuan’s fast fails.
14-11 Diao’s dribbling foul, time-out for China.
13-11 First half replay by Lubian, great game by Marina in attack.
12-11 Diagonal on Wu’s line.
12-10 Orro’s feint, Bosetti’s reception falls directly into the Chinese half of the field.
11-10 Wu’s block on Egonu at the end of an endless exchange, Paola is struggling more as a first row than as a second row.
11-9 Wang returns the favor.
10-9 Orro’s service is long.
10-8 Egonu’s attack from the second line.
9-8 Sylla wastes an important counterattack.
9-7 Fast winner by Lubian.
8-7 Diagonal in Li’s three meters.
8-6 Bosetti throws a stone from four meters away.
7-6 Fast by Yuan, we must try to detach the opponent’s reception.
7-5 Deep diagonal from Egonu.
6-5 Yet another fast from Yuan.
6-4 MURONEEEE BY EGONU ON LI!
5-4 Aceeeee by Danesi!
4-4 Orro speeds up the game for Bosetti, Caterina makes no mistakes.
3-4 Ace by Gong.
3-3 Gong millimeter lob.
3-2 Impregnable diagonal from Egonu, finally an attack worthy of its name.
2-2 Egonu’s net invasion.
2-1 Li returns the favor.
1-1 Lubian’s service is online.
1-0 We start again with a deep shot from Sylla.
2.00pm Italy did well to hang on to the set despite a long gap in the middle of the set. Lubian and Sylla are the best on the field with 5 points each, for China Gong and Li with the same amount.
25-23 LET’S GOOOOOOOOO! Lubian closes the set with a first half behind!
24-23 Wu gets everything wrong in attack, set-point for the Italians!
23-23 Egonu breaks through the hands of the wall despite an imperfect lift from Orro.
22-23 Yet another first half from Yuan.
22-22 Sylla’s millimetric lob.
21-22 Zhu Tingb on the field for the serve.
21-22 Wang’s monstrous first half.
21-21 Hands-out by Sylla, with a positive reception our level rises vertically. Orro and Egonu return.
20-21 Gong diagonal from seat two.
20-20 MURONEEEE OF ANTROPOVA ON LI!
19-20 Antropova’s attack fails.
18-20 Li unplayable, very heavy break.
18-19 Bosetti’s service comes out.
18-18 Antropova breaks the deadlock with a parallel from place two!
17-18 We finally manage to change the ball with Lubian’s seven.
16-18 Gong’s lob, Antropova’s entry did not bring the desired results: 0 out of 5 from place four.
16-17 Li takes China ahead, Velasco calls time-out.
16-16 Great work by China in defence, then Gong closes the point, our intensity in changing the ball has dropped dramatically.
16-15 Li plants a nail in place 5, China again at -1.
16-14 Fast winner by Yuan.
16-13 Aceee with the help of the Cambi tape!
15-13 Seven from Lubian, the double change arrives for Italy.
14-13 Li pushes against Egonu’s hands, China has made up for it.
14-12 Fast uncatchable by Yuan.
14-11 Long Gong’s service.
13-11 Winning parallel by Wu.
13-10 Sylla’s monstrous diagonal, in the two metres! Well done Orro to clear his attacker.
12-10 Wu’s wall on Egonu, Paola and Orro are struggling to find the right understanding.
12-9 Egonu’s counterattack escapes, bad mistake.
12-8 Second-intention lob by Orro, impeccable play.
11-8 Lubian’s serve was long.
11-7 Sylla passes over the wall from seat four.
10-7 Gong hands-out, first break for China.
10-6 Li plays a 5, Egonu can’t do anything in defense.
10-5 Lubian’s winning seven.
9-5 Egonu’s service is long.
9-4 Bosetti’s defense and counterattack, Caterina demonstrated in a single action why she is one of the most complete players in the world.
8-4 Egonu breaks through the hands of the wall on a difficult ball.
7-4 This time Wu finds the winning diagonal.
7-3 Error in attack for Wu.
6-3 Gong finds the internal parallel.
6-2 The three meter line beats them.
5-2 Deep lob by Egonu from place two.
4-2 First half on Wang’s line.
4-1 Li’s serve was long.
3-1 The series serving Lubian ends here.
3-0 Lubian’s defense and Sylla’s winning counterattack, perfect start!
2-0 Aceeee of Lubian, Marina immediately starts doing what she does best!
1-0 We start with an attacking error by Gong.
1.30pm China responds with: Yuan, Diao, Gong, Wang, Li, Wu and Wang.
13:28 This is Italy’s sextet: Orro, Egonu, Bosetti, Sylla, Danesi, Lubian and De Gennaro.
1.26pm It’s time for the national anthems!
1.24pm The teams have concluded the official warm-up phase, everything is ready for the presentations!
1.21pm China will once again find the phenomenon Zhu Ting on the field who, due to a series of hand problems, was forced to remain out of the national team for a long time.
13:18 Italy and China have faced each other countless times in recent years, in recent seasons Italy has reversed the trend and in fact has always prevailed against the Asians in the most important competitions.
1.15pm Today’s match could potentially be decisive for Olympic qualification, the Italians currently occupy fifth position in the ranking with 349.21 points and are the first on the waiting list for qualification, while China is sixth with 332 .85, a victory against the Asians would allow Italy to obtain important points which would effectively put an end to the qualification discussion.
1.12pm Italy currently occupies fifth position in the standings with 16 points, 5 wins and 2 defeats, while China is sixth with one point less.
1.09pm The Italians, after 5 consecutive victories, had to surrender to Brazil yesterday, at the end of a marathon that ended in a tie-break.
1.06pm Good afternoon and welcome to the LIVE LIVE of Italy-China, a match valid for the eighth day of the 2024 women’s volleyball Nations League.
Friends of OA Sport, good morning and welcome to the LIVE LIVE of Italy-Chinamatch valid for the eighth day of the 2024 women’s volleyball Nations League. The last international tournament before the Olympics is now in full swing and Italy is in full fight for both Olympic qualification and qualification for the Final Eight.
Julio Velasco’s girls, who have been in a standard formation since this week, have performed well so far, in fact in 7 matches they have achieved 5 victories and 2 defeats, the latter against Poland in the opening match and against Brazil yesterday. Italy currently occupies fourth position in the standings with 16 points and is in the fight to qualify for the Final Eight. As regards Olympic qualification, despite yesterday’s crushing defeat against Brazil, the Italians remain largely the first on the waiting list thanks to the fifth position in the ranking (349.21 points) and the Netherlands, the first qualifier currently excluded , is still very distant (286.86). The one against China will in fact be a direct clash, the Asians are in fact fifth in the standings with 5 wins, 2 defeats and 15 points and are sixth in the ranking (332.85). Winning today would allow the Velasco girls to put a definitive mortgage on the pass and bring the final act of the VNL closer. China, after difficult years, is trying to return to the glories of the recent past, thanks also to the return of the phenomenon Zhu Ting, Danes For their part, their teammates will have to demonstrate that they have metabolized yesterday’s defeat and are ready to beat high-profile teams.
OA Sport offers you LIVE LIVE of Italy-China, a match valid for the eighth day of the 2024 women’s volleyball Nations League, real-time news, minute after minute, point after point, emotion after emotion, so you really don’t miss anything, the match will kick off at 1.30pm!
