FIVB World Ranking: 11th
Planned to participate in the Tokyo Olympics
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Registered members (16 people)
#1 Davide Gardini OH/ 22/ 205/ 330
#7 Fabio Barrasso L/ 25/ 182/ 305
11 Jarno Galassi MB/ 23/ 201/ 350
15 Riccardo Sbertoli S/ 22/ 188/ 326
18 Alessandro Micheletto OH/ 19/ 205/ 357
20 Gabriele Nelli OH/ 27/ 210/ 355
21 Luca Spirito S/ 27/ 199/ 341
23 Giulio Piani OP/ 24/ 199/ 349
24 Oreste Cavuto OH/ 24/ 196/ 353
25 Marco Vitelli MB/ 25/ 203/ 321
26 Lorenzo Cortesia MB/ 21/ 198/ 328
27 Leonardo Scanferla L/ 22/ 184/ -
28 Francesco Recine OH/ 22/ 186/ 325
29 Mattia Buttoro OH/ 21/ 196/ -
30 Leandro Mosca MB/ 20/ 208/ 360
31 Filippo Federici L/ 20/ 172/ 295
Directed by: Antonio Valentini
VNL2021 results (as of the end of Day 7)
vs Poland 0-3
vs Slovenia ●0-3
vs Serbia ●1-3
vs Bulgaria ○3-2
vs Iran ●1-3
vs Canada ○3-2
vs Argentina ○3-0
3 wins, 4 losses, 7 points, 11th place
Main starting lineup (serving order)
S 15 Sbertoli
OH 18 Michelet
MB 11 Galassi
OP 20 Nelli
OH 24 Cavuto
MB 26 Cortesia
L 7 Barazo
The host team, Italy, is not calling up veteran players such as Zaitsev or Juantorena, and is instead fielding a team mainly of young players (Giannelli is also young in terms of age, but he seems to have the experience of a veteran lol).
That's why they're having a tough time, but they're doing well, winning against Bulgaria and Canada. The key player in this is Ishikawa's teammate at Milan, and the number one setter of the next generation after Giannelli.Sbertolli(He looks like a veteran, but he is still only 22 years old) and is the starting libero for Serie A champion Roubaix.BarrazoAnd the U18 European Championship MVP, a large defensive southpaw outside player.MichelettoThe three players are:
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Japan should be able to win if they can fully demonstrate their true abilities. Most of the Italian players in this tournament have little international experience at the senior level, so they still have a lot of rough edges. On the other hand, most of the players have already played in the Italian Serie A, the world's top league, and they have a lot of volleyball experience. If they continue to play poorly even a little, they will be eaten up quickly. It will be interesting to see the match-up between teammates Sbertoli and Ishikawa!
Please be careful as the match will be held late at night.
Match time: Friday, 11th, 2:30am (Japan time)
*Please refer to the article below for how to watch the live broadcast.
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