Volleyball World, Italy beats Argentina and flies to the quarterfinals

by our correspondent Gian Luca Pasini

October 7
– Rotterdam (Olanda)

Italy detaches the pass for the quarter-finals which it reaches for the second time in its history. No problem against Argentina, who have come up to here with very different ambitions and very different goals for the Italians.

Italy-Argentina 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-17)

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Mazzanti re-proposes the same team that had overtaken Japan by deploying the diagonal Sylla and Bosetti. The first set with the South Americans remains in balance for a short time because the blue immediately collect the decisive break. Too much difference in the field between the sextets, while Orro distributes the attacking game among all the companions even if Paola Egonu stands out with 6 points in the set and a remarkable 75% efficiency. The script in the second set is not very different with the Italian team that immediately breaks the set and the coach also sends Gennari on the field (in place of Bosetti): Anna Danesi superstar with 7 points in the fraction (two are walls) and 83 % efficiency. The third set is a photocopy of the previous two, the blue are focused on the next goal and close the practice with the clearest score. Not before the entry of Marina Lubian who is sent on the field to replace Chirichella and not before the double change Malinov-Nwakalor in place of Egonu-Orro. Tomorrow, at 1.30 pm, the last match of the second phase after the transfer to Apeldoorn. The blues play against China, already faced in the quarters of the Nations League in Ankara. For Italy at stake the first place in this group and the possibility of having a theoretically easier quarter-final, scheduled for Tuesday or at 17 or at 20.