Italy – USA 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-20)
Italy celebrated
Best scorers
25-20 Costagrande scored the last point in the match
21-15 Team of coach Kiraly is making lot of mistakes
17-14 four points for USA in row
16-9 Centoni scored two points in row for the lead on the second TTO
10-5 again Del Core was stronger on the net
8-3 for the hosts , USA’s players don’t have idea how to stop Del Core
4-1 Italy opened the set in style
The third set
Best scorers 2-0
USA vs Brazil
25-22 as Costagrande for 2-0 in sets
24-22 Diouf was stronger than USA’s block
22-22 powerful Costagrande forced USA to time out
20-22 after long time Murphy scored a point for +2, time out Italy
20-20 service mistake of Larson
18-19 both team have a big motivation for the win
12-12 teams are playing point by point
8-6 once again Italy took the first technical time out
5-5 Del Core brought new equalization after 3-5 for USA
2-2 the second set started with equal game
The second set
Italy vs USA
25-23 Italy used the first set point
24-23 mistake of Akintradewo
22-22 Arrighetti for equalisation, tim out USA
21-22 Diouf attacke over USA’s block
19-22 Double changes for Italy (Lo Bianco out – Diouf in, Costagrande out – Ferretti in)
17-20 USA made four points in a row, Bonitta took time out
15-15 Del Core lifted audiences to their feet
10-12 Arrighetti scored a point from the first attack but then made a mistake
5-8 the host cannot find the solution for USA’s attack
2-5 for USA after strong attack of Murphy
The first set
Italy vs USA
ITALY: De Gennaro, Folie, Centoni, Ferretti, Chirichella, Piccinini, Arrighetti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Bosetti, Diouf, Costagrande. Coach: Marco Bonitta.
USA: Glass, Banwarth, Thompson, Larson, Murphy, Harmotto, Fawcette, Hill, Akinradewo, Robinson, Dixon, Adams. Coach: Karch Kiraly.
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