0-3! The Olympic champion missed the podium, the No.1 in the world swept the American women’s volleyball team, and Italy won the bronze medal.
Olympic champion 0-3 missed the podium! The world number one swept the American women’s volleyball team, and Italy won the bronze medal. In the 2022 Women’s Volleyball World Championships, the world’s No.1 Italian women’s volleyball team competed against the newly-developed Olympic champion American women’s volleyball team. In the previous semi-finals, Italian women’s volleyball team and American women’s volleyball team were eliminated in a very similar way, in which Italian women’s volleyball team lost 3-1 to Brazilian women’s volleyball team, while American women’s volleyball team lost 3-1 to defending champion Serbian women’s volleyball team.
In this World Championship, both American and Italian women’s volleyball teams were the favourites to win the championship. In the quarter-finals, American women’s volleyball team beat Turkish women’s volleyball team 3-0, while Italian women’s volleyball team beat China women’s volleyball team 3-1. But then, in the semi-finals, both American and Italian women’s volleyball teams lost, and the two teams could only compete for bronze medals. Judging from the overall strength of the two teams, the Italian women’s volleyball team is relatively strong on the offensive end, and it also has a strong scoring point Egnu. By contrast, the American women’s volleyball team is relatively balanced in all positions, and it has reached the top four by team ability. Moreover, as the new Olympic champion, the overall strength of the American women’s volleyball team should not be underestimated. In this game, both teams sent the main players to start, the Italian women’s volleyball team, the main attack: Sheila and C Posetti, the auxiliary attack: Lubian and Danesi, the backup: Egnu, the second pass: Oro, and the free agent: Deguine Luo; American women’s volleyball team, main attack: Robinson, Bajema, auxiliary attack: Og Bo Gu, Washington, backup: A Druce, second pass: Caglini, free man: Orantes Huang.
First, the American women’s volleyball team mainly attacked the back row of the Italian women’s volleyball team. At the opening stage, the American women’s volleyball team took the lead. However, with the deepening of the competition, Egnu began to attack the defense of the American women’s volleyball team. Under the leadership of Egnu, the Italian women’s volleyball team became more and more aggressive, surpassing the score by 18-15. Since then, the Italian women’s volleyball team has always taken the lead. With the success of Egnu and Druce, the Italian women’s volleyball team won the first game by 25-20. In the second game, the performance of Italian women’s volleyball team on the offensive end was still very strong, and the score difference was quickly expanded to double digits. On the other hand, there were some problems in the blocking of American women’s volleyball team. The Italian women’s volleyball team won another game 25-15, and the total score was 2-0.
In the third game, the competition between the two teams has entered a white-hot stage. The American women’s volleyball team once took the lead in getting the game point, but then the Italian women’s volleyball team tied the score to 25-25, and then the Italian women’s volleyball team sealed the victory with 27-25, thus winning the bronze medal with a total score of 3-0. With the Italian women’s volleyball team winning 3-0, the new Olympic champion American women’s volleyball team can only regret missing the podium. Next, the defending champion Serbian women’s volleyball team will compete with Brazilian women’s volleyball team for the championship of this World Championship. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi. Please don’t copy or carry it.