Ferdinand De Giorgi enjoys his encore in the VNL

De Giorgi’s words

Italy&#39s winning streak in VNL continues as they also beat Iran 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-11) in their second commitment in Brazil. After a first set played with some initial difficulties, the Azzurri were good at taking over the match and dictating the pace of the game by raising the wall, as many as 13 were scored by the Azzurri against Iranian attacks. Best scorer of the match Yuri Romanò, author of 18 points.

With this victory, Italy gains 3.13 points in the ranking keeping fourth place behind Japan, which beat Cuba 3-2 in the afternoon. Italy returns to the court already today at 7 p.m. local time (2 p.m. Italian time) precisely against Japan, faced 63 times and beaten 40. The last precedent with Japan dates back to the last VNL Finals when the Asians took third place by beating the Azzurri in a tie break in the Final for bronze in Poland.

Ferdinando De Giorgi è satisfied: "It was important in these two matches to get the maximum, that is; to try to win precisely with the maximum score, forò è also important as we did, to grow a little bit compared to the first one. A little bit more fluidity in some aspects there was, apart from the first set where L'Iran forced a little bit with the serve, we made a few too many mistakes. When we settled the continuity on the serve we took good advantage of all our qualities between the wall and defense and we were able a little bit to distance our opponents. Japan who is doing really very well despite the absence of Ishikawa and Ran, who are two very important players, but whoever is replacing them is playing well. They are a technically very strong team, tomorrow will be an intense match because they defend a lot, in short, they play good volleyball. I think it&#39s also ideal for us to meet an opponent that will offer us some difficulty. I have to send a big good wish to my dad; Vituccio whom I greet with great affection, he turned 99, è always been a great example, I hug him with great affection and we will see each other when we come back. Now we’re going to Canada, then we’ll be back in a pò, toò in short, don’t get old, mind you, until Iè come back".