The Argentine men’s volleyball team, the great revelation of the League of Nations, fell without mitigation 3-0 against Italylast world champion, in the quarterfinals that take place in the Polish city of Gdansk.
The Italian team was victorious in straight sets with partials of 25-17, 25-13 and 25-14 that reflected the enormous difference between one team and another.
Alessandro Michieletto was the Italian figure with 15 scores, followed by Daniele Lavia, with 11. Agustín Loser, with 8, was the Argentine top scorer.
Beyond the painful fall, Argentina will remember this edition of the League of Nations forever because for the first time they managed to reach the quarterfinals.
Italy was relentless against the albiceleste team: from beginning to end they did not grant concessions and in each set they asserted their game, while the team from Marcelo Mendezwith a certain degree of helplessness, found no answers.
The story turned out to be completely different from when they met in the regular phase of the competition, where Argentina won an important 3-0 victory in the Canadian city of Ottawa.
Argentina, which finished fifth in the regular table for its historical classification, today had meager performances in attack and reception that cost them dearly against the world champion.
The Argentine national team that became one of the surprises of the contest accumulated 9 wins and 3 losses, in the first three qualifying windows held in Ottawa, Orleans and Anaheim, respectively.
The quarterfinals of the League of Nations They began previously with the close victory of the United States, which finished first in the regular phase, against France by 3 to 2 (25-21, 25-18, 17-25, 24-26 and 15-9). The US team will rival Italy in the semifinals.
The day will continue tomorrow with the crosses between Japan-Slovenia (12.00) and Poland-Brazil (15.00), both at the Ergo Arena stadium in Gdansk.
The 2023 Nations League final will be held on Sunday, July 23 in Gdansk.
Source: Ambito
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