Women’s volleyball Italy wins the World Cup semi-final in the Netherlands closing China’s training in 4 sets (25-16, 25-22, 13-25, 25-17). Excellent blue match, then a blackout that cost the third set, with the light that was rekindled thanks to the usual Egonu who at the most difficult moment carries the team on his shoulders and allows the decisive success in a fourth set that ended in a final crescendo.
Italy flees immediately in the first set with an important start that immediately dictates the law of the strongest in Dutch parquet. Immediately precarious balances for the Chinese who pay a pledge sinking into a partial 9-2 for the blue that immediately shows a clean and accurate volley, regularly finding points without ever forcing. A quality test that leads Italy to complete the first set 25-16 with no major worries in mind with a score that bodes well for a match worthy of the world final.
The second set sees a stronger China but it is Italy that slowly loosens its muscles and nerves and regains the advantage to rule the fraction of a match that never escapes the blue hands. The first overtime reached 4-7 for Italy, which, however, could not keep away the opponents until 15 all, dragging China into the game by inertia and taking it to the end, for a 25-22 that gives the second game to the blue but this leads to the 3rd set with a higher attention bar.
China starts very well on the set that could be decisive attacking Mazzanti’s blue summons that redesigns ideas and serenity in the heads of girls who don’t have the necessary reaction. China goes confident, stretches 8-16 in the middle of the set and then closes in your favor 13-25, forcing Italy into a wasted fourth set. The blue game cannot express itself as it did at the beginning of the game, suffering a lot from the opponent’s game, which is not irresistible, but avoids making mistakes, waiting for the blue game.
The bell, however, still rings in Italy’s favor, who reignite the light at the darkest moment, moving to 14-9 dragged by a Paola Egonu who decides to carry her companions on her shoulders and create a groove with the Chinese that gives security to the sextet that also puts the heart where the technique fails due to excessive nervousness that however does not make the encounter with the world semifinals fail.
Source: Fan Page IT
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