Italy vs Poland 3-1, but beyond the numbers result, there is still a lot to do.

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THE MATCH 

A different victory from what the partials of 25-18 and 25-20 of the 2nd and 4th set say to all those who have not seen the match. Italy hits the 5th success in a row in this VNL 2022, but in the affirmation of the Azzurre there are too many difficulties: starting from the service with 17 wrong bars in the face of only 4 aces, and an Egonu out of speed until the last round of his challenge, to arrive at a reception that does not always hold as well as it could. Degradi is in fact targeted in the fundamental and gives a lot to Poland, even if she then redeems herself when she is called to attack from place 4, while her second-line companions also do not play an exciting game; she then serves the immense class of Danesi in the fundamental goal, in addition to Egonu's overwhelming technical-athletic power from 2nd place, to overcome an opposing national team that is more organized and orchestrated to perfection by the phenomenal Wolosz. The setter from Conegliano wins the duel at close range with Malinov and so far there would be nothing strange, given that the Pole is the best in the world in the role, but it is Malinov's bad timing with Egonu and the inability of the setter of dare to play fast in the center that deprives Italy of fundamental weapons, especially in a match in which coach Mazzant decides to leave both Elena Pietrini and Miriam Sylla to rest.

The entry of Orro completely changes the face of Italvolley, because the player confirmed by Monza dares much more with the power stations, in particular with Cristina Chirichella's fast in the 4th set, and she needs almost perfect balls for Egonu to attack at all. arm, so also the wall-defense correlation of the Azzurre returns to be perfect and Danesi also confirms himself as a "clutch" in the key moments of the 3rd set, breaking the substantial parity with 1st time and granite wall confirming the feeling that this Italy can however playing much better and "giving" much less than the 28 points for unforced errors (17 misses, 11 out attacks without the opponent's block) granted to Poland today. The relay between Malinov and Orro can be very useful, but last September's European triumphs told coach Mazzanti very clearly that clear hierarchies are needed in the role and, to date, Orro guarantees a definitely superior performance, albeit coldly returning to his first. started with the national team in 2022. Now head to Korea, bottom of the standings and still chasing the 1st success in this VNL, hoping that Egonu's exit towards the end of the 4th set is due only to a small physical resentment and nothing more serious.