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25-21 MUROOOOOOOOOO !!! Contained by the Lavia wall, then Galassi closes the set with a monster block on Herrera!
24-21 Hands out of Yant.
24-20 Simon still content and more hands out of Lavia, the best among the blues so far.
23-20 Nice diagonal of Romanò.
22-20 Sbertoli enters for the joke and misses it by very little.
22-19 Herrera’s joke on the net.
21-19 Michieletto’s line comes out.
21-18 Michieletto defends on Simon, then hands out fundamental from Lavia. LET’S LENGTHEN!
20-18 Mergarejo attacks on the net! Time-out Cuba.
19-18 Lopez’s line comes out.
18-18 Very long exchange, unfortunately Romanò’s counterattack comes out.
18-17 Russo’s first half on the second attempt.
17-17 There was no need for Galassi’s error in serving.
17-16 Herrera’s attack comes out!
16-16 Goide’s service out.
15-16 And in fact it is out, Lavia’s error confirmed.
15-16 Lavia’s line comes out, another request for slow motion. He looks out …
15-15 Finally a wall! Giannelli print Yant!
14-15 Diagonal on the Lavia line.
13-15 Herrera diagonal. The blue wall does not work for now.
13-14 Lavia misses the reception, Yant blatantly wrong of first intention. What a gift.
If Italy continues to miss so much on the serve, it will be difficult to stem the Caribbean strikers.
12-14 Long exchange, Cuba extends with Yant. Time-out called by De Giorgi.
12-13 Romanò contained on the wall, then the winning pipe of Mergarejo.
12-12 Attacks Lavia outside. Italy is struggling in reception.
12-11 Russo’s joke on the net.
12-10 Another devastating service from Herrera, Lavia puts her on the ground with a dirty touch.
11-10 Michieletto’s error in serving confirmed, the ball is out.
11-10 Michieletto’s joke comes out, but there is a request for slow motion by Italy.
11-9 Short service by Michieletto, Cuban reception misses, Lavia scores first intention.
10-9 Parallel of Romanò.
9-9 Osoria’s first half.
9-8 Yant’s joke on the net.
8-8 Michieletto walled by Herrera. She’s very tough, we knew that.
8-7 Galassi’s serve halfway through the net, we are not serving well.
8-6 Lavia misses the reception, but Herrera first intention shoots the net.
7-6 Herrera’s hallucinating parallel, unprecedented power.
7-5 Giannelli’s second touch after Simon’s serve.
6-5 The Romanò report also comes out.
6-4 Out of Mergarejo’s line.
5-4 Simon’s first half.
5-3 Short service by Russo, Simon misses the reception, Michieletto punishes Cuba with a pipe from the second line.
4-3 Romanò’s first long and parallel winning exchange.
3-3 Herrera’s joke is wide.
2-3 Ace di Herrera, broadside in the service. He does not hold Balaso’s reception.
2-2 Hands out of Herrera.
2-1 Diagonal of Michieletto.
1-1 Michieletto’s counterattack does not go, then hands out of Mergarejo.
1-0 Error in Yant’s serve.
9.15 pm THE GAME STARTS!
21.14 The titular sextet of Italy: Giannelli-Romanò, Michieletto-Lavia, Russo-Galassi, free Balaso.
21.13 Brazil was defeated by Brazil 3-2 (missing a match point at the tie-break), won 3-1 with Qatar and lost 3-1 with Japan.
21.12 In the preliminary round, Italy has always won 3-0 against Canada, Turkey and China.
21.03 The key to the match for Italy will be the service. With a good serve you can put the Cuban reception in difficulty and, in this way, the attackers would find themselves in situations less congenial to them, with the ball detached from the net.
21.00 For Italy, the starting sextet is now consolidated: Giannelli-Romanò diagonally, Michieletto-Lavia in the band, Galassi and Russo (in ballot with Anzani) in the center, Balaso free.
20.53 Herrera is an opposite that, when he picks up the pace, becomes devastating. So far he has already scored 60 points in three games: he is the fourth best scorer in the World Cup (in fact he is the second, because Slovenians Stern and Cebulj, respectively at 65 and 63, have played one more game).
20.50 In Italy, next season, Jesus Herrera will also play (he will start as reserve opposite in Perugia) and Osniel Lazaro Mergarejo, spiker who will wear the Milan jersey.
20.47 Despite the age of 35, Simon is still considered the best central in the world. When he is in the day, he becomes practically unstoppable; sometimes, however, he also makes a few mistakes too many. For Italy it will be crucial to serve well, so that the setter Taboada Diaz does not play too many first halves.
20.46 Two Cuban stars: Robertlandy Simon and Marlon Yant Herrera. Both dragged Civitanova to last season’s championship (Simon has now moved to Piacenza).
20.43 Cuba has never won the Volleyball World Cup, but has lost two finals: one in 2010 and one in 1990 (against Italy).
20.41 Italy has won the last European Championships, but has not been on the podium at the World Cup since 1998, the year of the last of the three consecutive world championships of the so-called ‘Generation of Phenomena’. The last semifinal dates back to 2010, when the Azzurri closed quarterfinals. Then the 13th place to forget in 2014 and the 5th in 2018.
20.38 Italy-Cuba is played in Ljubljana. The winner will find the Olympic champions of France or Japan in the quarterfinals.
20.37 In the first round of 16, the hosts of Slovenia defeated Germany 3-1, qualifying for the quarterfinals, where they will find one between the Netherlands and Ukraine.
20.35 Good evening friends of OA Sport and welcome to the Live Live of Italy-Cuba, round of 16 of the Volleyball World Cup 2022.
Cuba under X-rays– The journey of Italy – The World Cup scoreboard
Hello and welcome to LIVE LIVE from Italy-Cuba, eighth of the World Cup final 2022 men’s volleyball. The knockout phase begins, our national team will take the field in Ljubljana (Slovenian) to face the great outsider of this world championship. This promises to be an extremely complex task for the European Championscalled to unleash their best game if they want to get the better of a particularly mangy and ambitious opponent. The Azzurri are returning from comfortable 3-0 victories against Canada, Turkey and China; Cuba failed a match point in the tie-break against Brazil, conceded a set to Qatar and then lost to Japan.
Italy wants to make its way into this competition and is hunting for the quarter-final to be likely to play against France (the Olympic Champions are expected from Japan). The blues will have to stay beware of two championsknowledge of our SuperLega and fresh off the championship with Citanova: the central colossus Robertlandy Simone and the hitter Herrera Yant. They are two men able to make a difference from the height of their power and innate precision, supported by the opposite Jesus Herrera.
Italy will put itself in the hands of the director Simone Giannellithe captain will be diagonal with the opposite Yuri Romanò and will also be able to count on spikers Alessandro Michieletto and Daniele Lavia. Gianluca Galassi and Simone Anzani are the reference centers, Fabio Balaso the free. It will be necessary to force the service and sting in the offensive phase, in order to make their attacks less simple. It will take a great test in the defensive phase, trying to exploit the counterattack.
OA Sport offers you LIVE LIVE from Italy-Cuba, eighth of the World Cup final 2022 of men’s volleyball: news in real time, minute by minute, point by point, so as not to really miss anything. It starts at 9.15 pm. Have a good fun.
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