27
21:44
The Germans fend off a set ball before the Italians close the thing with three contacts ice cold.
27
21:43
The Italians made several stops in the game, only to then hit the first set point of the evening diagonally from the right side.
26
21:42
Although Germany is keeping up, the gap remains. It’s already 21:23.
25
21:41
Unfortunately, the Italians do that well, keeping the ball well in play before Röhrs makes a mistake. Diagonally he wants to take his fingers off the block again, but the ball goes wide. Winiarski takes a challenge but there is no contact to be seen.
23
21:39
That’s how it works! First the Italian serve flies into the net before Erik Röhrs hits his fingers off the block and equalizes!
22
21:38
Michał Winiarski takes his second timeout. With a bit of luck, something else will go into this sentence. The Germans have already shown it.
21
21:37
Italy reaches crunch time with an ace by Gianluca Galassi. 18:20!
19
21:36
Italy takes the lead again. Lavia’s serve is pleasantly slowed down by the net, but then the world and European champion blocks to 17:18.
18
21:34
No sooner said than done, the hosts equalize. Daniele Lavia scores at 16:16.
17
21:33
It’s going back and forth at the moment. Neither team can serve to break.
15
21:32
Erik Röhrs takes the next point after the timeout, but the Italians immediately counterattack again.
14
21:31
Before the lead fizzles out, Michał Winiarski also takes a break. The last three points went to Italy.
13.
21:30
Italy is back in the game. After a block, the German selection is only 13:12 in the lead.
12.
21:28
For the moment, the underdog keeps the opponent at bay very well. The reason for this is once again a failed serve, which led the Germans 12:9.
10
21:26
So far, the surcharges decide. After the favorite hits the next ball into the net, Germany gets its next ace. The score is 10:7!
9.
21:25
Ferdinando de Giorgi takes a timeout. A little later, the Italians score again.
7.
21:24
Another strong serve with a lot of help from the net even puts them in the lead! The Germans then expand to 8:6 because the ball bounces off the Italian block!
6.
21:23
The next break equalizes! Moritz Karlitzek beats to 6:6!
5.
21:21
Two quick points bring the German team back up. 4:5.
4.
21:21
With a sensational defensive action, Italy stays in the game before the block brings the fifth point a little later.
3.
21:19
Unfortunately, Erik Röhrs misses the next shot directly, but the Italians’ subsequent serve lands in the net. With the 2: 3, Germany remains in close contact.
2.
21:18
With a nice chicken wing tip, the Italians put the ball past the block to equalize. Seconds later, the Italian block is also in place, allowing the world and European champion to lead for the first time.
1.
21:17
The game begins with a German serve and a quick break. Germany leads!
21:15
Final preparations are underway. Of course, the Italian team will be celebrated in front of their home crowd. It will not be long.
21:08
Both teams are introduced again by the stadium announcer. An atmospheric audience creates the right atmosphere. Now only the anthems are missing, then we can start!
21:05
The other groups have already played. This means that the German national team will meet the Netherlands in the round of 16. You can hear from the team that this game should be used to get back into the rhythm of the first games.
21:02
Both the German and the Italian team rotate a bit. The really big pressure is no longer on this game, so forces can be spared for the KO phase.
20:50
The referees of this game come from Turkey and Slovakia. Ozan Cagi Sarikaya acts as the first referee, while Igor Porvaznik keeps an eye on everything on the opposite side.
20:40
At the center of the German offensive are setter Lukas Kampa, outside attacker Moritz Karlitzek and diagonal attacker Georg Grozer. The latter scored a whopping 22 points in the defeat by Serbia. Defensively, the focus should be on libero Julian Zenger, with the German block against an apparently overpowering opponent being of particular importance.
20:30
Unfortunately, today’s opponent is also expected to lose. Although the Germans (14th) are not too far behind Italy (3rd) in the world rankings, the difference becomes very clear when you look at the ranking points. Overall, the world and European champion collected about twice as many points as today’s opponent. Add to that a serious home field advantage for La Nazionale, who are expecting 6,000 red-blooded spectators in Ancona on the Adriatic coast.
20:16
It’s already clear. With three wins from the first three games and the most recent defeat against Serbia, Germany secured third place in Group A. Although the setback against the Eastern Europeans was to be expected, the German camp is annoyed by the defeat. The volleyball players made too many mistakes of their own, especially with the serves. In view of an extremely strong second set, second place in the group might otherwise have been an issue.
20:02
At the end of the group phase, the German volleyball players have to play against the world and European champions from Italy from 9:00 p.m. Welcome!