On October 15, the third and fourth place match of the 2022 Women's Volleyball World Championships ended. Italy defeated the United States 3-0 through a stronger online advantage and finally won the third place in this game. The US team's offense and pass cooperation in this game had serious problems. There were few spikes that could be made by the main attacker, deputy attacker and receiver, and most of them were pushing or hanging balls.
Italy and the United States are the top teams today. They both lost to Brazil and Serbia respectively in the semi-finals, and missed the final. They will compete for the third place in this game today. The two teams are close in strength and play differently.
Italy's starting lineup is as follows, with main attackers Serra and Poseidi, secondary attackers Danessi and Rubian, supporting Egnu , setter Oro, libero Degenaro, all main starters. Team USA, mainly attacking Robinson and Cara, secondary attacking Washington and Chiaka, supporting Druss , setter Jordin, and free agent Morgan. Due to the injury of the main libero, the US team still suffered a lot of losses.
in the first game, the US team entered the state quickly, with a stable first pass, and the attacks of the 2, 3 and 4 positions were all advanced, leading 13-9. Italy gradually entered its own rhythm through Egnu's offense and blocking, tying the score 13-13. After that, Egnu took over the game, causing the US team to collapse through a strong serve, overtake and pull the score to 15-19. In the end, the Italian team won the first inning 25-20. Egnu scored 10 points in the first game, including 7 offense, 2 blocking points and 1 serving point. His comprehensive performance helped Italy achieve a reversal.
The second game, the US team No. 4 Drus scored continuously and used the serve to hit Italy's first pass, leading 9-6. Italy scored consecutive blocks and scored 10-10. The United States team was stuck in a row and could not get the ball in one attack, so the score came to 13-19. Italy scored directly by jumping on serving and scored directly, easily winning 25-15, leading 2-0 with a big score. In this game, the US team mainly lost in the first pass and the net, and the two serious rounds made the US team lose the game directly. Italy's blocking and serving directly confused the US team. The United States lacked a super strong offensive point and no one could get the ball when it encountered difficulties.
in the third game, the US team performed well in the blocking performance, while Italy was the main attacker and the deputy attacker first opened, and the score came to 11-11. Italy made consecutive mistakes and the score reached 14-17. The United States continued to play strongly in the blocking, and the score reached 24-21. Egnu scored with 4 consecutive strong attacks, catching the score to 24-24. At the critical moment, the US team mismatched, Italy scored a block, Italy reversed 27-25 and won the third place with a big score of 3-0.
Full game, the US team did not play many well in the offense. There were serious problems in the cooperation between the setter and the attacker, and they lost in the first two games. In the third game, the US team's blocking improved and they got 3 innings along the way, but they still couldn't get the ball offense and were eventually reversed and lost. Egnu scored 25 points in 3 games and became the scoring leader without any suspense. Only Druss scored in double digits and scored 10 points.
