Italy Women’s Volleyball Coach Mazzanti Talks USA Match After Victory Against Colombia

LODZ (Poland) – After winning against South Korea, Slovenia and Thailand, the Italy women’s coach Davide Mazzanti finds poker against Colombia in the qualifying tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympics: the Italians (with many substitutions) won 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-20). Now Italy will compete for access to the Games against the USA, Germany and Poland. Reread the statements and relive the direct del match…

13:42

Coach Mazzanti: “Now head to the USA”

Davide Mazzanti spoke like this after the victory over Colombia: “We played well in the first set but then we slowed down a bit – He admitted the coach of Italy –. This produced a more tiring match than it could have been. The pace dropped in our break phase even though we were aware that this could have been a match in which it would not have been easy to maintain a constant pace. Now comes the decisive phase of this tournament which we will be able to prepare by enjoying half a day between rest and work in the gym. We will face the USA, a team with many strengths that we will have to be good at containing to bring home a challenge with an important specific weight.”

13:28

Italy-Colombia 3-0: the scoreboard

ITALIA-COLOMBIA 3-0 (25-15; 25-20; 25-20)
Italia: Sylla 1, Squarcini 5, Nwakalor S. 11, Villani 16, Lubian 14, Bosio 2, Parrocchiale (L), Gennari, Antropova 2, Degradi 10, N.E.: Danesi, Nwakalor L., Pietrini, Fersino (L). All. Mazzanti
Colombia: Maria Alejandra 1, Ana Karina 9, Sheila 1, Dayana 7, Amanda 15, Maira 1, Juliana (L), Doris, Laura, Laura Z.. N.E.: Sofia, Camila, Montoya, Katherine. All. Rizola
Referees: Yuri Ramirez Ortiz (DOM) and Taghrid Khattab (ONE)
Duration set: 19′, 22′, 25′ (to 1h 06′).
THE FIGURES – Italy: a 9, bs 12, m 7, and 21. Colombia: a 1, bs 4, m 4, and 22.

12:59

The next match for the Italians.

Italy will play their next match against the United States on Saturday.

12:55

The final score

Italy closed the matter by eliminating Colombia in 3 sets: 25-15, 25-20, 25-20.

12:48

Italy closes the match by also winning the third set

Italy also wins the third set 25-20 and closes the match 3-0.

12:46

Lubian takes us 23-19

A great first half by Lubian brings the Italians 23-19.

12:44

Villani takes us 21-18 with a lob

Italy is still at +3, with a lob from Villani making it 21-18.

12:41

Colombia closes the gap: Italy ahead 18-16

Colombia doesn’t give up, Italy now leads 18-16.

12:39

Italy moves to +4: 17-13

Error by the Colombians, Italy ahead 17-13.

12:38

Italy moves to +3 with Nwakalor

The Italians extend their lead with Nwakalor: 15-12

12:36

Italy takes the lead again: 12-11

Block by Lubian on Coneo: Italy takes the lead again at 12-11.

12:34

Back and forth Italy-Colombia: 11-11

Now it’s a great balance, the score is 11-11.

12:33

Here’s Italy again: it’s 9-9

Nwakalor and Segovia bring the result back to a draw: 9-9.

12:32

Colombia extends the lead, leading 9-7

There are now 5 consecutive points for the Colombians who move up to +2.

12:30

Three consecutive points for Colombia: 7-7

Colombia’s reaction, which with 3 consecutive points takes the lead to 7-7.

12:28

Italy at +3 with an ace from Lubian

Great ace from Lubian which brings the result to 7-4.

12:25

Italy comes back to take a 4-2 lead

Immediate response from Italy, which takes the lead 4-2.

12:24

The third set begins: Colombia gets the first point

We start with the third set and also in this case it is Colombia who takes the lead 1-0.

12:19

Second set to Italy: it goes 2-0

With an ace from Lubian Italy takes the lead 2-0.

12:16

Italy flies to +4 with a block on Coneo

Another block from the Italians, who fly to 21-17.

12:12

Squarcini’s block, it’s 18-15

Squarcini takes the 18-15 with a block.

12:11

Manages to extend Italy, Colombia time-out

The Italians take the lead at 17-15 and the Colombian coach asks for a new time-out.

12:08

Villani finds the tenth point of the match: 14-13

Tenth point for Villani, Italy ahead 14-13

12:07

Overtaking Italy: 13-12 over Colombia

Villani and Bosio bring the Italians back ahead, now at 13-12

12:07

Colombia ahead, but Italy doesn’t give up

A block by the Italians brings the result to 12-11 in favor of Colombia.

12:04

The back and forth continues: 9-9

Still great balance, the result is 9-9.

12:01

More balanced second set: overtaking Colombia and 7-6

Three consecutive points for Colombia, which takes the lead at 7-6.

11:59

Nwakalor brings Italy to 4-3

Winning parallel from Nwakalor, Italy goes 4-3.

11:58

Italy overturns the result and takes a 2-1 lead

Nwakalor and a mistake by Segovia bring Italy to 2-1.

11:57

The second set begins: Colombia’s first point

The first point of the second set goes to Colombia with Ospino.

11:53

The first set to Italy: 25-15

Villani closes the first set, which Italy wins with a score of 25-15.

11:48

21-11 for Italy: 10 points away

Italy takes off, with an ace from Antropova to move to 10 points away: 21-11.

11:45

Italy flies to +9, taking the lead to 16-7

He extends the Italian national team, in complete control of the match. It’s now 16-7.

11:41

Nwakalor leads the Italians to 11-5

Italy always maintains a good margin of advantage, reaching 11-5 with a winning counterattack by Nwakalor.

11:37

Italy extends to 7-2, time-out for Colombia

The Italians fly to 7-2, the Colombian coach calls the girls towards him for a time-out, reminding them that they are playing against “the strongest team in the world”.

11:35

Good start for the Italians

After an ace from the Colombians with Marin, the Italians took the lead 4-1.

11:33

Game started

Here we go, the match between Italy and Colombia begins.

11:32

The formation of Italy

This is Italy’s starting sextet (with many changes): Bosio, Nwakalor, Villani, Sylla, Squarcini, Lubian and Parrochiale.

11:28

National anthems

Teams on the field for the national anthems.

11:23

Qualification criteria

In addition to the first two classified, the other access to the Games will be determined through the ranking. Continents with teams not yet qualified will take precedence.

11:12

The situation in the rankings

At the moment in pool C the situation sees Italy, USA and Poland in the lead with 3 successes and 9 points. Germany follows in fourth with 3 wins and 8 points, while all the others are out of contention. Only the top two qualify.

11:00

Match time

The match between Italy and Colombia will be played at 11.30 in Lodz, Poland. The match can be watched on TV and streaming on Sky, SkyGo, Now and Volleyball World TV.

LODZ (Poland)
2023-09-20 11:28:00
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