The Azzurri dominated 3-0 Atanasijevic and his companions in front of nearly five thousand fans. Switzerland is in Ancona on Monday
Italy-Serbia 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-21)
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Italy continues the European Championship with full points, clearly overtaking, after Belgium and Estonia, also Serbia and taking the lead in the group. In a packed PalaBarton, Fefè De Giorgi’s formation offered moments of great volleyball, showing signs of improvement compared to the first two challenges both on a technical level and above all in terms of continuity. The coach reintroduced the same sextet with Giannelli as director and Romanò as opposite, Galassi and Russo as central players, Michieletto and Lavia as spikers, with Balaso as libero.
Growing blues
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The understanding is also growing and the blue sextet has never seen their superiority in any fundamental questioned. At the start of the match, it was Serbia who took the lead, dragged by the former Perugia players Atanasijevic and Podrascanin, thrilled by the roar of the public as they entered the field. But the Azzurri reached parity at 8-8 and then extended thanks to Lavia and Russo (5 points each in the fraction, but above all on Michieletto’s series of jokes (4 aces in the set out of the 5 total for him) who dragged Italy down to 11-15 and then to 14-18, to close practically flawlessly and with the Serbs literally out of the game, closing (25-15) with an attack by Lavia (best scorer of the match with 13 points) blocked out.In the second set Italy stretched from the beginning, to then suffer a relaxation at 16-10, allowing Serbia to have the sensation of being able to reopen the games, with the block damage from Michieletto (16-13). Then Italy extended again, carried away by a deafening cheer, preventing coach Igor Kolakovic’s Serbians from breaking free. The final point (25-19) came with an invasion on the net Michieletto’s attack.At the beginning of the third set, Serbia raised their head up to 9-11, to then pay for the discontinuity above all of Atanasijevic and Peric, with the Azzurri returning to a level at 12-12. But Serbia remained afloat until 17-17, falling on the new extension of the blue sextet, who earned the match point with a two-man block Russo-Lavia on Atanasijevic, to close the match with an attack by Romanò, author of 6 points (out of 11 total) in the set.
September 1, 2023 (change September 1, 2023 | 23:05)
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