Olympics: Brazil is overtaken by Italy in men’s volleyball with Michieletto’s show

Olympics: Brazil is overtaken by Italy in men’s volleyball with Michieletto’s show


The team led by Bernardinho played a bad match, made stupid mistakes and was stopped by a strong opposing wall

At the Olympics, the Brazil He made his debut with his left foot in men’s volleyball against ItalyThe team coached by Bernardino he played a truncated match, but lost 3 sets to 1 (25-23, 27-25, 18-25 and 25-21), seeing Michieletto shine in Paris.




With the defeat, the Seleção provisionally occupies the last place in Group B, while the Europeans are in the lead. Again this Saturday (27), at 12 (Brasilia time), Egypt and Poland they face each other to close the first round of the group.

🏐 WHAT WAS THE GAME LIKE?

The first set begins with a certain dominance by Bernardinho’s men. Brazil opened a three-point lead and managed it until the final stretch. With the scoreboard at 19 to 18, Flávio is blocked by Galassi and Michael would have turned the game around three moves later. Darlan He played well, but on the Italian set point he was blocked and ended up giving up the first shot.

In the next set the roles were reversed. Italy started in front of the scoreboard and came close to winning by 24 to 21. With an opponent’s service error and two points of Lucarellithe Seleção resurfaced and, with a new mistake, turned into free returns. At the established point, Flavius a powerful shot is needed, and Michieletto is once again decisive: first by blocking Lucão, then by scoring the 2-0 on the counterattack.

Lucão, however, would grow in the third period to bring Brazil back into the game. In the sequences of points he built a large advantage, reaching a seven-point advantage. The central defender blocked Lavia and Luca Porro, and fair He also appeared with powerful attacks. On set point he put the ball into the European defense provoking.

The fourth set is more balanced at the beginning, but Italy makes Brazilian errors in service, takes advantage of blocks and attacks from the outside and opens 15 to 11. Also in this case Micheletto takes advantage of the counterattack to score 22 to 18 and stop a possible reaction. The Europeans had four set points and in the second Lucao He served hard at the net, handing over victory on a platter and making the town of Velha Bota celebrate.

👀 WHAT’S NEXT?

Brazil returns to French courts on July 31 (Wednesday), facing Poland at 4 am (Brasilia time). Two days later, the group stage ends, and it is decided whether to advance or not against Egypt.

Source: Terra

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