How did the Italy vs United States volleyball match go · Women’s VNL 2024
To counter the power of the Olympic champions, Julio Velasco takes the field Alessio Orro diagonally with Paola Egonu. I’m in the band Myriam Sylla together with Alice Degradations which still takes the place of Caterina Bosetti (also today on the bench with the second libero shirt). The captain Anna Danesi side by side Sarah Fahr; the defense line is guarded by Monica De Gennaro.
Egonu warms up his arm with a 105km/h attack. For Ogbogu the start is not the best: misunderstanding with Carlini and blocked by Fahr.
Italy maintained a three-point lead until the North American comeback at 13-12 when coach Velasco called a time out and, very excited, urged the Italians to pay more attention to their opponents’ lobs.
Italy struggled to defend their lead, trying to thwart their attempts Kelsey Robinson Cook And Anne Drews, but it’s a second line foul Jordan Larson it’s a ace by Sylla to bring Italy to 21-16. Larson does not find the hands of the Italian block and is 25-17.
The second set begins with Eng. Degradations that finds one millimetric parallel for 4-2; but the partial takes a different turn compared to the previous one: the United States moves within 4 points (6-10) of the Italian national team.
The North Americans take the measures of Velasco’s girls, managing to contain Egonu’s attacks and evade Fahr’s wall (10-15).
Italy tries to close the gap (18-23) with an ace from Egonu – top scorers of the set with 13 points – but the United States decides it’s time to change sides: 19-25.
The Italians regain their match rhythm and attention in defense. The set remains balanced until 7-7, when the Italian national team tries to break away (13-8) with Sylla blocking Cook.
The maximum advantage Italy’s score in the partial was 16-10, with the first half served by Orro to Danesi. Ekaterina Antropovacalled onto the pitch for the double-substitution phase, clocks in with a block on Skinner (21-14).
The 24-14 point deserves special mention for Cook And Wong-Orantes who carry out a recovery breathtaking from the baseline, but Sylla attacks long in zone 5 and closes the set 25-15.
In the fourth set the United States immediately tried to escape but the Italians, point after point, caught up and overtook them (5-4).
For Italy 9-5, captain Danesi scores an ace on Larson.
Horror show: the setter wants to enter the scorers’ list of the match and first with a secondary attack and then with a winning serve she brings her national team to 14-10.
Quoting the commentators of Volleyball World, Italy’s 19th point is defined as follows: “Degrades, it makes the impossible possible”. The spiker from Pavia finds a diagonal technically impeccable.
At the end of the fourth set the United States implements a last comeback attempt with an ace from Rettke, but the Egonu-Fahr train closes 25-21.
