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Top scorers: Lucarelli 14, Wallace 12; Zaytsev 13, Birarelli 9.
25:19 – The end
24:19 – Zaytsev saves the first match point
24:18 – Brazil will have a lot of match balls
23:17 – Brazil is very close to finish the job
21:16 – No solution for Lucarelli
20:16 – Piano scores
19:15 – What a serve by Bruno Rezende
16:14 – Wallace with a good spike. Brazil had lead at the second TTO
15:14 – Not good moment for mistake. Giannelli sends ball out of bounds,
13:13 –Wallace tries to surprise the rival with the short serve but…
13:12 – Saatkamp finds the way
12:12 –Juantorena ties
12:11 – Zaytsev keeps Italy still in race
12:10 – Another mistake by the Italians… Blengini calls for time-out
10:10 – Ivan Zaytsev slams the ball hits Bruno Rezende to tie the score
10:8 – Easy finish by Ricardo Lucarelli
8:6 – Good feint by Zaytsev
7:5 – Brazil had three point lead but Mauricio Borges made mistake from the service line
5:4 – Saatkamp with another first tempo bomb
4:4 – He tried with the same trick. Didn’t work
4:3 – What a serve by Wallace de Souza !
3:3 – Is this a war of the middle blockers! Saatkamp scores
2:3 – Birarelli answers on the other side
2:2 – Volleyball dunk by Mauricio Souza
1:1 – Then the same player makes the mistake
1:0 –Lucarelli opens the set with an ace
After ten minutes of pause between second and the third set, the teams are ready to play!
3RD SET:
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25-20 – Mauricio Borges scores for big lead of Brazil in this game
24:20 – Zaytsev saves first match point!
24:19 – Juantorena hits the Brazilian wall
23:19 – Long range set of Bruno , fantastic point of Mauricio Souza
22:19 – Wallace pushes Brazil close to the finish line
21:18 – Good action of Brazil , Mauricio Borges scores
20:18 – Osmany scores finally
20:17 – Great spike by Wallace de Souza to keep Brazil ahead
19:16 – Italy trailed only by two, but Birarelli send the ball out of bounds from the service line
18:14 – Juantorena ruins another chance for Italy to decrease the lead.
17:14 – Now, Bernardo Rezende had to react…
16:11 – Two points in a row for Italy . Good serve by V ettori
16:9 – Italy are a great team but we doubt they can return into this set…
14:8 – Wallace stops Zaytsev …Amazing block. Another time-out of Blengini
12:8 – Lucarelli scores an ace on the other side
11:8 – Juantorena hits the net
10:8 – Zaytsev with a brutal spike
10:7 – Vettori keeps Italy in the game
10:6 – The Italian national team is not in the mood today. Blengini asks for one more time out, to try to wake up his players. Otherwise, Brazil will take 3-0 win
8:6 – Bruno Rezende scores an ace! Italy ask for video challenge but the ball hit the line!
5:5 – Birarelli ties
5:4 – What a serve fail by Zaytsev …
4:4 – What a defense of Brazil , counterattack, but Italy’s triple block stops it
2:2 – Someone of the Brazilians has touched the net. All tied
2:1 – Finally there is an answer of Italy
2:0 – Brazil continue in the same rhythm
2ND SET
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25:18 – What a finish by Brazil! Bruno Rezende finds Mauricio Souza to take the first set!
24:18 – Wooow! Another ace by Lucarelli !
23:18 – Great Serve by Lucarelli !
22:18 – Zaytsev had the opportunity to decrease the result but he sent ball wide
21:18 – Italy is still in the game
21:15 – Lucarelli tricks Juantorena
20:15 – Ivan Zaytsev keeps hopes of the Italians…
19:14 – Good set by Bruno Rezende and amazing spike by Mauricio Borges!
17:13 – Serve mistake by Wallace
17:12 – Brazil have a huge lead in the first set
16:12 – BOOM! Wallace sends bomb to the other side to earn the biggest lead of his team so far in this game
15:12 – Mistake by Vettori, Brazil again had big lead
13:11 – Wallace answers on the other side with a strong spike
12:11 – Two amazing moves by Buti! Firstly, he scored first tempo point, then he made a huge block
12:9 – Blengini asks for time-out after Brazil’s three-point lead
10:9 – Birarelli tricks the defense of Brazil
9:7 – Brazil score three points in a row to take the advantage!
6:7 –Lucarelli !
5:7 – Saatkamp hits the ball, ball goes out of bounds. Italy have two-point lead again
5:5 – All tied. Borgesis preparing to serve
3:4 – Bruno Rezende uses opportunity to smash the ball after poor reception of Italy
1:3 – Mauricio Borges sends ball wide. Italy have the advantage
0:1 – Juantorena scores first point!
1st SET!
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The game has been started!
17:28 CET – Starting line-ups: Brazil – Rezende, M. Souza, Saatkamp, Wallac, Lucarelli, M. Borges, Sergio; Italy – Vettori, Juantorena, Giannelli, Zaytsev, Buti, Birarelli, Colaci!
17:14 CET – Both teams are on the court, warming up for the game. Here are the official squads for this game:
Brazil : Rezende, Isac, Eder, Wallace, Tiago, William, Sergio, Fonteles, Mauricio Souza, Souza Douglas, Saatkamp, Evandro Guerra, Lucarelli, Mauricio Borges
Italy : Sottile, Vettori, Juantorena Giannelli, Rosinni, Maruotti, Zaytsev, Lanza, Buti, Cester, Colaci, Piano, Birarelli, Antonov!
16:59 CET – Brazil’s warm up, as usually…
16:21 CET – Lets read the line-ups for todays matches!
16:00 CET – After Serbia’s practice, organizers started preparing the arena for the matches. There will be choreography, as you can see below on the picture.
FINALS 1ST GROUP – 179 / POOL K – 19 / –
Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
1st game | 13. 07. 2016 17:30 | Brazil | vs | Italy | 3:0 | 25-18, 25-20, 25-19 | ||
2nd game | 14. 07. 2016 17:30 | USA | vs | Italy | 0:0 | |||
3rd game | 15. 07. 2016 20:30 | Brazil | vs | USA | 0:0 |
FINALS 1ST GROUP – 179 / POOL J – 21 / –
Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
1st game | 13. 07. 2016 20:30 | Poland | vs | France | 0:0 | |||
2nd game | 14. 07. 2016 20:30 | Poland | vs | Serbia | 0:0 | |||
3rd game | 15. 07. 2016 17:30 | Serbia | vs | France | 0:0 |
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