A Nightmare Thursday for Italvolley
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The men’s national volleyball team has been eliminated from the Volleyball Nations League: In the quarterfinal match held at the Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China, the Azzurri, led by Fefè De Giorgi, lost 3-0 to the United States, thus failing to finish among the top four in the annual competition. The set scores were 25-22, 25-21, 25-21 in a match that was never really in doubt, with the Azzurri rarely holding the lead—except for the middle portion of the third set, which still ended with a 15-6 run by the Americans.
