On May 16, Antalya, the 2024 National Women's Volleyball League Turkey Station, a key battle, the Italian women's volleyball team played against the German women's volleyball team, and in the end, the Italian team defeated the German team 3-1, and finally ushered in the first victory, and in the real-time world ranking after this game, the Italian team rose to 6th, and the Chinese team fell to 7th, which is not good.
In this game, the Italian team is not the strongest lineup, including Egnu and others are absent, facing the Polish team in the first game, the Italian team also lost three games in a row 0-3, and suffered a black start; Germany beat France 3-0 in their opening game. Judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, the Italian team is still very hopeful of getting the first victory even if the lineup is not complete.
In the first two games, the Italian team opened up the point difference shortly after the start, winning two games in a row 25-16 and leading 2-0. In the third game, the German team, which had no way out, pulled back a thrilling game 25-21. In the fourth game, the Italian team once fell behind 10-16, but it gradually caught up and completed the overtake, the key points, the two teams played a little miserable, the Italian team still won 25-22, defeated the German team 3-1.
In terms of stats: Antropova 24 points, Posetti 16 points, Danesi 13 points, De Grady 9 points, Arsmaier 12 points, Strube 9 points.
After winning this game, Italy scored 2.59 points, surpassing the Chinese team by 0.36 points with a total score of 330.93 points and rising to sixth in the world. However, if the Chinese team can beat the American team later, they will still be able to get a lot of points, and the opponent is ranked second in the world.