On the evening of May 16, Beijing time, in the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League, the Italian women's volleyball team played against the German women's volleyball team.
The Italian team is a European giant, and once defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team in a row, with strong strength, but in this game, the Italian team lacked Egnu and others, which almost made the strength and competitiveness of the Italian team drop a lot, and in the first game, they also lost 0-3 to the Polish team! Germany are also a powerhouse in Europe, beating France 3-0 in their opening game, but will they be able to make it back to shoulder a stronger Italy side?
In the first game, the first goal of the two teams was a multi-round attack, the Italian team scored first, Danesi made a service error, Antropova caused the German team's passing error, and the Italian team took the lead 2-1. Germany made another mistake in attack, Italy 3-1. De Grady was injured and Omerui came on and missed a pass to make it 3-3. The Italian team scored three points in a row to slightly widen the difference, and the German team chased two points in a row to bite, and then overtook 8-7.
After the timeout, Italy scored four points in a row to quickly stabilize the situation, and Germany called a timeout. After the timeout, Antropova smashed the ball out of bounds, and the German team chased two points in a row. Danesi scored on a one-man block, 13-10. Italy beat Germany 15-11. After the timeout, Danesi served and rolled the net to score, 16-11. It was difficult for the German team to form a continuous score, and the attack was also blocked, and the Italian team was firmly suppressed, and at the end of the game, the advantage was still relatively obvious, easily won 25-16, and the big score was 1-0 ahead.