The Italian women's volleyball team is hard to break
The Italian women's volleyball team temporarily ranked 1st with 3 wins and 1 loss after the first 4 games of the group stage of the Tokyo Olympic Games, but in the key round of the 5th round of the group stage, the Italian women's volleyball team failed to seize the opportunity of the opponent's two main players to be injured, and finally in the case of a 2-1 lead, it finally lost the key battle with the American women's volleyball team to compete for the first place in the group 2-3 (25-21/16-25/25/16-25/12-15), and determined that it did not qualify for the second place in the group, if the third in the group was qualified, it may be 1/ In the 4 finals again against Serbia, the curse of not reaching the Olympic final four is still difficult to break.
Italian women's volleyball team since the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, has been one of the world's strongest teams, on the stage of the Olympic Games, once in 2004, 2008 and 2012 as a hot card fell in the 1/4 finals, the Olympic Games in the case of unanimous optimism, once again self-destructive future, the key battle lead but lost the battle with the United States women's volleyball team for the first place, I am afraid that the 1/4 final will be broken again.
After the first 3 rounds of competition, the Italian women's volleyball team achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, in addition to the last round by the Chinese women's volleyball team 3-0 sweep, they have defeated Russia, Turkey and Argentina, becoming the top place in Group B. In the last round, facing the American women's volleyball team that has been seriously injured to receive Thompson, it should win the battle and appear in the top 8 as the head of the group.
The starting lineup of this game Italy sent all the main players without reservation, Pitterini, Poseidta Jr., Danesi, Faher, Marinov, Egnu and De Ginaro all appeared, the Italian women's volleyball state came quickly, the attack blossomed at many points, the serve effect was stronger than the United States, and the offensive quality of Egnu was guaranteed in the key points, and finally took the next city 25-21.
In the second set, the quality of the first pass of the American women's volleyball team improved, and the main second pass Port insisted on using the attack of the secondary attack to attack the Italian defense and pull back the first set 25-16. Shortly after the beginning of the 3rd, the United States main second pass Port stepped on AkinLadwo's foot when the net fell, affected by the departure of the main second pass, the American women's volleyball team attacked the key points and was counterattacked by Italy, losing 25-27. In the 4th inning, the U.S. women's volleyball attacker gradually adapted to the rhythm of the substitute second pass Hancock, continuing the multi-point blossoming situation, and the second and third sub-attacks and receivers intersected to equalize the big score at 25-16. The success rate of the American women's volleyball team in the decider is very high, and the Italian women's volleyball team, although Egnu is still online, is still difficult to defeat with two fists and four hands, and finally lost the game 12-15.
The U.S. women's volleyball team received Drus to score the highest 22 points in the whole team, Baqi and Larson scored 17 points and 13 points, the secondary attack Washington and Akin Radvo scored 11 points and 10 points respectively, and the 5 main players all got in doubles, and finally ensured that the American women's volleyball team qualified in the top 2 of the group, and the knockout round avoided the other group of Serbia and Brazil.
After the Italian women's volleyball team lost the match with the United States, the best result can only be the 3rd in the group, so that the 1/4 final will encounter the 2nd place Serbian women's volleyball team in the other group of the biggest suffering, in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, the Italian women's volleyball team has not yet defeated the opponent in the big competition, the European Championship, the World Championship lost, the recent warm-up game is also all lost, once encountered the Italian women's volleyball team may still not be able to break the spell of the four finals.