VNL 2025, Italy-Japan 3-2: Azzurre Forza 7 at the top of the standings
Seventh consecutive victory in the Nations League for Julio Velasco's Italy. After Bulgaria and Thailand, Japan was also defeated 3-2 (25-23; 16-25; 25-15; 20-25; 19-17) by captain Danesi and teammates at the Kai Tak Arena in Hong Kong on the third day of Pool 5. Another great performance by the Italians who overcame some difficulties in the second set with Eze and Nervini doing well to be ready to allow Italy to confirm their lead in the general rankings and send an unequivocal message of strength to all their opponents. Tomorrow is a day without matches for Italy who will train and rest in preparation for Sunday when they will close the week in Hong Kong by facing, at 2 pm Italian time, the hosts China.
ITALY-JAPAN 3-2 (25-23; 16-25; 25-15; 20-25; 19-17)ITALY: Egonu 16, Degradi 14, Fahr 16, Cambi 1, Omoruyi 2, Danesi 10, Fersino (L), Nervini 16, Eze 4, Giovannini. NE Sartori, Nwakalor and De Gennaro (L). Coach Velasco. JAPAN: Seki 1, Ishikawa 25, Airi 7, Wada 27, Yoshino 17, Shimamura 6, Fukudome (L), Nakagawa, Yamada, Fukuzawa 1, Akimoto 1. NE: Araki, Shiode and Nishizaki. Coach Akbas. Referees: Firouzi Ebrahim (IRI) and Koutsoulas Michail (GRE). Notes: set duration 29', 21', 20', 25', 21'; total 116'. Spectators 7,000 Italy: a 5, ls 9, m 14, et 25. Japan: a 6, ls 8, m 4, et 26.
VNL 2025 WomenPool 5 – Hong Kong (Italian times)
Wednesday 18th June
Italy-Bulgaria 3-1 (25-17; 23-25; 25-15; 25-15)Thailand-Japan 2-3 (25-18; 25-23; 20-25; 15-25; 11-15)Czech Rep.-China 1-3 (27-29; 25-23; 15-25; 22-25)Thursday, June 19
Italy-Thailand 3-0 (25-19; 25-20; 25-18)Bulgaria-China 2-3 (21-25; 25-22; 15-25; 26-24; 14-16)Friday 20th June
Bulgaria-Czech Rep. 0-3 (19-25; 22-25; 11-25)Italy-Japan 3-2 (25-23; 16-25; 25-15; 20-25; 19-17)Saturday 21st June
10:30 am Czech Rep.-Thailand 2 pm Japan-ChinaSunday 22nd June
7am Bulgaria-Thailand10:30am Czech Rep.-Japan2pm China-Italy
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