Tokyo, August 3, 2021 – E. Italy-Argentina the challenge of quarter finals from the Tokyo Olympics 2021. The blues are playing for access to semifinal (where they will find the winner of Poland-France) against the Albiceleste of volleyball. A game in which we start as favorites, but we must pay attention to the team led by Luciano De Cecco, who eliminated the USA in the groups. And a match to win to return to dreaming of a medal, after the silver at the last Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Meanwhile, in the Italian night, predictions respected in the other two quarter-finals: double 3-0 by Russia against Canada and Brazil against the hosts of Japan.
Italy-Argentina in the quarterfinals. Timetables and scoreboard
fourth set
– Italy escapes again: Galassi in the center for 16-7
– Hands out of the Italo-Cuban: 14-7
– Osmany Juantorena makes 13-6, Solè shortens the gap in the first half
– Again the surprise Michieletto, ace from nine meters: 11-5
– Michieletto immediately makes up for in place 4: 10-5
– Argentina tries to get closer thanks to an error in the service of the Azzurri and a wall on MIchieletto: 9-5
– Italy continues to push: Michieletto’s 9-3 on the hands of the wall
– Vectors again, this time from the second line: 8-3
– 7-3 Italy: Vettori from place 2 and then super Michieletto on the wall
– Galassi misses the serve and gives the second point to Argentina and then approaches again with Solé
– Vettori reconfirmed in place of Zaytsev from the beginning of the set makes 5-1
– Juantorena immediately replies from the pipe: 4-1
– Lima’s second line attack is Argentina’s first point
– Facundo Conte is wrong: 3-0 Italy
– Muro di Vettori and Michieletto from place 4: Italy starts well 2-0
Terzo set
The Azzurri start badly in the third set and always remain at least four points behind Argentina up to 14-10. Two consecutive points by the young Trentino spiker Alessandro Michieletto bring Italy back under, which then fights up to 19 all. Then Argentina ran away again and went on to win the set 25-22.
– Juantorena invasion: third set against Argentina 25-22
– Set point Argentina: 22-24
– Floor in the center brings us back to minus 2
– Another point albiceleste: 19-22
– Argentina comes back with a Palacios pipe and a wall on Michieletto: 19-21
– Juantorena again: he replies to Solé. We are 19 even
– Juantorena equalized with a hands out: 18-18
– Three consecutive errors from 9 meters: 17-18
– Again the opposite Luca Vettori: 15-16
– Vettori and then Lima: 14-16
– The Perugian Solé scores 13-15 in the center
– Michieletto again, this time in a dunk. 13-14
– We are approaching Argentina: 12-14 thanks to the wall of the young Michieletto
Second set
Too many mistakes for the blue in the final set. The second set ends 23-25 for Argentina. An even set.
cousin set
Italvolley starts well. First set won 25-21.
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