Pre-Olympic, Italvolley kicks down the hat trick with Ukraine

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Third success for Italvolley at Pre-Olympic, beat Ukraine

After successes with the Czech Republic and Qatar, Italvolley strung its third consecutive success by confirming its leading position in Pool A of the Preolimpico. In fact, Fefé De Giorgi’s Azzurri won with a clear 3-0 victory over Ukraine, with scores of 25-23; 25-16; 25-16.

The first set began with Italy managing to impose its game right away, managing to escape on 11-7. However, the Ukrainians manage to recover the disadvantage and come to point at the end of the set, where two points by Micheletto and Lavia give the partial to the Azzurri.

In the second set, Fefé De Giorgi’s boys immediately managed to pick up the pace, creating a five-point lead, which they then managed to maintain and widen until the final 25-16. In the third set, the Azzurri also managed to take the lead right away, closing with an easy 25-16.

Italy's next engagement will be on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. against Germany.

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