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Italy-Türkiye 3-2 (25-19, 21-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11)

Not even Turkey manages to resist the blue power. In Apeldoorn, Holland, on the penultimate day of the Nations League elimination phase, the Azzurre put the eleventh victory in as many games at the end of a marathon of over 2 hours which for long sections has seen them in great difficulty. Velasco goes with the now consolidated deployment that provides for the diagonal driver-opposite composed of Orro and Egonu, the crushing Sylla and Degradi, the Danish and Fahr and De Gennaro Libero power plants. The first set is one -way with Italy that dominates the wall (5 winners), a fundamental that allows the blue to limit Vargas (2 points in the start). Immediate Turkish reaction with the team coached by the Italian Santarelli who manages to put the Italian reception line in difficulty: Sylla struggles in a couple of situations and on 14-8 for Turkey (ACE of Vargas) Velasco calls it and inserts nerve. A few points later it also provides for the double change-inside changes and anthropova for Egonu and Orro-and the gap is reduced until 17-15. But the comeback of the blue is not completed also because Turkey finds an important offensive terminal in Karakurt: the crusher in the second set closes with 5 points.

Anthropova and Egonu

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Also in the 3rd set the Türkiye guides the dances until 12-9, the blue have a reaction that allows them to go on 17-15 but two errors of Sylla and two walls suffered by Egonu laughing at the Türkiye that closes the set. Under 2-1, in the 4th partial Velasco is played the anthropova card from the beginning of the set instead of Egonu and the inertia of the match changes. Ekaterina becomes Italy’s drama: 11 points in the 4th set allow the national team to bring the game to the tie break where two attacks by Egonu – returned to the end – to close the speech. Sunday at 4 pm the last commitment of the elimination phase against Holland then from 23 to 27 July the eight eight in Lodz, Poland.