Group Japan within the Volleyball Nations League (VNL). –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
Italy hardly labored up a sweat in thumping Slovenia, virtually making an announcement of how prepared they’re to face Japan of their blockbuster males’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) match.
A 25-13, 25-22, 25-17 victory carved out in simply an hour and 26 minutes at Mall of Asia Area in Pasay on Friday made the Italians look tremendous ready and amped for his or her 7 p.m. conflict with the league-leading Japanese Saturday as they attempt to keep on the prime half of the eight-team discipline that may advance to the ultimate week in Poland.
“We wish to win [again] tomorrow,” Yuri Romano mentioned after drilling the Slovenian protection with 11 assaults on the best way to 16 factors.
Daniele Lavia and crowd-favorite Alessandro Michieletto scored 13 factors every for Italy.
The Italians are 3-0 within the Philippine cease and Romano is aware of precisely what they’re going up in opposition to when he was requested of their conflict with the Japanese.
“It is going to be a troublesome one.”
The Italians rose to 8-3 total, with world No. 1 Poland at 8-2 after a 25-23, 22-25, 25-21, 25-21 creaming of Brazil in an earlier match that despatched the Brazilians out of the highest 4 at 7-4.
Prime two groups
The Poles are additionally undefeated right here after dispatching the formidable Brazilians in lower than two hours. Japan and the US occupy the highest two spots within the standings with the People seeing motion within the simultaneous leg in Anaheim, California.
Wilfredo Leon Venero led Poland over the 2016 Olympic gold medal winner Brazil, scattering 22 factors constructed on 20 hits, counting the sharp blast that gave the Poles the slim first-set win.
“We put together for this sort of video games,” Leon Venero mentioned. “Brazil is a really robust crew so we knew from the start that it will likely be a tricky recreation. [If we play] our greatest recreation, we predict it’s sufficient to win.”
Bartosz Bednorz added 11 factors as 2021 VNL MVP Bartosz Kurek had 10 for Poland, which is able to host the eight-team finale on July 19 to 24 in Gdansk Metropolis, the place a whopping $1.5 million (round P84 million) is up for the champion.
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