Beijing time on August 31 news, the 2021 women's volleyball European Championship ended the last two 1/8 finals, Egnu scored 27 points, Italy defeated Belgium 3-1, Russia defeated Belarus 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, Italy and Russia will stage a strong dialogue.
The Italian women's volleyball team has won the World Championship and the World Cup, but in the history of the Olympic Games, the Italian team has achieved average results. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Italian team led by Aguero successfully qualified from the group stage, but lost to the American women's volleyball team coached by Lang Ping in the quarterfinals.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Italy went out with the morale of the World Cup victory, but lost to the South Korean team led by Kim Soft-kyung in the quarter-finals. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Italian team experienced the pain of alternating the old and the new, and the group stage failed to break through. At this year's Tokyo Olympics, Italy had a world-class pick-up for Egnu, but lost to Serbia in the quarter-finals, once again stopping in the quarterfinals.
In this European Championship, the Italian team did not encounter too many tests in the group stage and successfully won the first place in the group, but the main deputy attack Farr was accidentally injured and will miss the later matches. In the quarter-finals, Italy faced Belgium, who defeated Russia in the group stage, but the core player Herberts suffered a serious abdominal muscle injury and will not be able to play in the next game. Herberts' absence has damaged the Belgian team, and it is difficult to create real trouble for the Italian team.
In this match, Italy won the first set 25-14 easily, and the second set was slightly careless, losing 23-25. In the following matches, Italy did not give their opponents another chance, winning 25-17 and 25-12, thus beating Belgium 3-1. Egnu had 27 points, Petrini 19 and Sheila 14.
The Russian women's volleyball team has trained world-class players such as Atamonova, Sokolova, Gaudina, Gamova, Goncharova, Kosheleva, etc., and now this team is led by 17-year-old Federovceva. At this year's Tokyo Olympics, the Russian team reached the quarterfinals, but lost to Brazil in the quarterfinals. After the Olympic Games, Goncharova and five other Olympians truce, and Federov Caiva led the European Championships.
In the group stage, the Russian team lost to Belgium and Serbia in succession, and the 1/8 final faced the Belarusian women's volleyball team. In the first two sets, the Russian team won 27-25, 25-20, the third set was lost 19-25, and the fourth set was adjusted in time to win 25-23, thus winning 3-1 against Belarus. Federovceva scored 20 points, Kadokkina scored 16 and Kaputina scored 15.
In the quarter-finals, Sweden faced the Netherlands, Turkey faced Poland, Serbia faced France, and Italy and Russia staged a strong dialogue.