VNL, Italy beats Cuba and Olympic Games are closer

VNL, Italy beats Cuba and the Olympic Games are closer

Sixth win out of seven matches for Ferdinando De Giorgi’s Italy in the men’s National World League. The Azzurri in Ottawa, Canada, beat Cuba 3-1, 25-21 22-25 25-19 25-13 the set partials, and are getting closer to qualifying for the Olympic Games in Paris.

Very important win, with one match still to be played in Canada and the four in the third week in Slovenia before the end of the preliminary phase of VNL that will assignà the remaining passes to Paris 2024. Italy consolidates its second position in the ranking with 366.21 points at +125.12 just from Cuba, the first non-qualifier for the Olympic Games, out of the four useful places.

È it was a victory not without difficulty for the Azzurri in front of a team that fielded a good game, and this was also demonstrated by the trend of the first set, with the Azzurri good at recovering and not leaving room for the Caribbeans, who were then able to conquer the second set thanks also to the shots of Yant, author of 16 points, the best scorer among the Cubans.

Among the Azzurri in evidence was Michieletto, best scorer of the match with 16 points, followed by Lavia and Romanò with 15 and 14 personal respectively. Galassi’s 5 walls of the team’s total 11, Michieletto’s 3 aces of the total 6. Tomorrow will be a day off for the Azzurri, who will return to the court Sunday at 11 a.m. local (170 a.m. Italian time) for the last match of week 2 in Ottawa with Holland.