2023 Women's World Volleyball League, Italian women's volleyball team against Canadian women's volleyball, in the end, the two teams joined forces to contribute a magical game, the Italian team fought hard in five games 3-2 thrilling reversal to win! Canada dragged the game into a tiebreaker after saving the match point in the fourth game, but still failed to win, which was too exciting and too ups and downs.
Before this match, the Italian team was 5-4 and the Canadian team was 5-5, and from the perspective of the comprehensive strength of both sides, the Chinese women's volleyball team is stronger in Italy! However, Canada had a big upset in the last game, beating world No. 2 Brazil 3-2 in five sets, and Gray played well. In addition, the Canadian team also has Van Reich, and for the Italian team, it is necessary to avoid being upset.
In the first set, Italy started 4-0, Gray scored the round, Canada also gradually bit the score, Van Reich hit 7-8. Danesi hit a light dunk and Italy then stabilized 11-8. Canada quickly bit again, Van Reich served to score 11-12, and Canada then went 14-13. Canada stopped Italy 17-15. At the end of the game, Gray opened the net to score a strong score, Canada won the set point 24-21, 25-22 to take the lead.
In the second game, Canada played a strong 8-6 lead, but could not open the gap, Nwacarlo blocked and scored, and Italy chased 10-10. Van Reich scored a dunk, and the comparison between the two sides was very tug-of-war. Italy won 16-15, Van Reich hit 16-16. Entering the end of the game, the two teams also tied 20-20! The Canadian team requested a timeout after 21-23. Italy won the set 24-22 and narrowly won 25-23, 1-1.
In the third game, Italy stopped Canada 6-2. After the timeout, Italy scored three more points in a row to extend their advantage, and they have completely gained the upper hand! Canada trailed 5-15 and began to make substitutions, looking like they were giving up the game and requesting a timeout after 5-16. Canada chased six points in a row after 8-23, Italy relaxed a little after leading, De Grady hit a dunk, Italy won the set point 24-14, 25-14 and then the next city, the big score 2-1.
In the fourth game, Canada started 4-2, and Magrio probed and blocked the net with two consecutive points to stop Italy 7-3. Canada played back-to-back games, 12-7 again forcing Mazzanti to call a timeout. The Italian team chased three consecutive points from the net, and the difference instantly reached one point to stop the Canadian team. Italy chased 16-16 in the middle game, De Gradi served and scored, and 17-16 turned the tide and Canada chased 21-22. Italy still won the match point 24-21, and Canada won 26-24 with five consecutive points, and the big score was 2-2. The Italian team once thought that they had won and had already begun to celebrate, but it was a pity that the hitter, the Canadian team Jedi fought back...
In the tiebreaker, Italy led slightly 8-5, and Canada failed to catch up after a timeout, and Italy won the match point 14-8 and won 15-10, winning 3-2.