Points and Highlights for Brazil 1-3 Italy in Volleyball Nations League Game

Douglas got the ace, with Bovolenta hitting the attack. Bryan got the attack, followed by a block from Judson to tie the game at 23-23. But Lucarelli missed the serve and Lavia got the attack right, sealing Italy's victory 3 sets to 1, winning the fourth set 25-23!

Sanguinetti missed the serve, with Lucarelli hitting the attack. Bovolenta hit an attack, followed by an error from Lucarelli on the attack, plus an ace from Porro and a successful attack from Bottolo. Porro got an ace, followed by a successful attack from Brazil. Bovolenta got an ace and put the score at 22-20 for Italy!

Lucarelli made the attack, but Bovolenta missed the serve, then got the ace, but it was followed by another service error. Adriano missed the attack (many errors in a row), in addition to a block by Bottolo. Adriano made the attack and Bottolo missed the attack on the next play, followed by a service error by Cachopa and an attack error by Flávio, putting the score at 17-15 for Brazil.

Judson landed the attack, followed by an ace from Flávio, and then a block by Judson. A long rally ensued, and Bottolo landed the attack, with Bovolenta making the block, followed by a service error from Bottolo and Bryan, and an attack error from Judson, bringing the score to 13-9!

Adriano made a successful attack, followed by a service error from Judson and another service error from Porro. Sanguinetti made a successful attack, with Flávio responding with a successful attack immediately afterward. Cortesia made a successful attack, followed by Bryan, in addition to Judson scoring on a block and, in a long rally, Bryan scoring on a block, putting the score at 9-5!

Brazil: Bryan, Lucarelli, Judson, Cachopa, Adriano and Flávio.

Italy: Bottolo, Cortesia, Bovolenta, Porro, Sanguinetti and Sbertoli.

The set begins with Bovolenta missing the attack in a long rally, with Judson hitting the attack in the sequence. Bottolo hit the attack, with Cortesia missing the serve and Porro hitting the attack, now with the score at 3-2 for Brazil.

Bovolenta got the block right, followed by a point on the spike. Sani missed the serve, followed by an attack by Bovolenta, scoring for Italy. Bryan responded quickly for Brazil, with Sanguinetti scoring on the attack, followed by a setting error by Rychlicki, with Lucarelli getting the block and Brazil winning the third set 25-22!

Bryan made the attack, with Bottolo missing the chance on the attack. Sani then made the attack, with Lucarelli hitting it next, but missing the serve. Judson made the spike, with Flávio blocking in a VERY long rally. Bovolenta made the attack and Brazil is currently winning 21-18.

Bottolo missed the serve and Bryan hit the block, with Bovolenta hitting the attack, followed by a hit from Lucarelli. Bryan and Adriano hit attacks in sequence, but followed by a right shot from Bovolenta after time and a block from Lavia, but with a service error from Bovolenta and Sanguinetti hitting the attack, making the score 16 to 15 for Brazil!

Judson hit the attack, with Porro also hitting in a long rally, with another attack following. Cortesia hit the attack, followed by an attack error from Bryan, with Judson hitting it afterwards, as well as a block from Flávio and Cortesia hitting the attack, making it 11 to 9 for Italy.

Sanguinetti got the attack, followed by Sbertoli, Bovolenta missed the serve, followed by a sure attack from Sanguinetti on a long rally. Bryan hit the attack for Brazil, with Sanguinetti hitting for Italy, in addition to Bottolo hitting the attack and tying the game at 6-6!

Brazil: Judson, Cachopa, Adriano, Flávio, Bryan and Lucarelli.

Italy: Bottolo, Cortesia, Bovolenta, Porro, Sanguinetti and Sbertoli.

Brazil starts the second set scoring with Adriano and taking advantage of a lifting error by Sbertoli, followed by an attack by Porro and a serving error by Cortesia, as well as a successful attack by Bryan, putting the score at 4-1!

Bottolo scored an ace, with Bovolenta hitting the attack in the sequence. Darlan then hit an attack in a long rally, followed by Lucarelli hitting an attack. Soon after, in another long rally, Cortesia managed a block on Darlan's spike. Sani scored an ace, with another ace in the sequence, closing the score of the second set at 25-23!

Adriano scored on the attack, followed by Bottolo, an ace from Honorato, a service error from Ryuchlicki, an attack from Bottolo, and then an attack from Porro. Brazil continues to win the game, now with the score at 21-20!

Adriano hit the attack, followed by a hit from Bovolenta, but Bottolo missed the serve in the sequence. Bottolo then hit the attack, followed by an ace from Cortesia. Flávio hit the attack, but with a service error, followed by an error from Bovolenta and an attack from Rychlicki, in addition to Bryan and Bottolo hitting their attacks, where Italy reduced the deficit, with the score now at 18-17!

Adriano, in a long rally, scored for Brazil, but missed the serve afterwards. Flávio then hit the cut, with Bottolo hitting the attack, but Bovolenta and Darlan missing their serves. Judson hit the attack, with Bottolo hitting the attack, followed by Adriano's attack, in addition to Judson missing the serve, putting the score at 13 to 11 for Brazil!

Porro hit the attack, followed by Lucarelli hitting his attack. Then Darlan and Porro, in sequence, missed their serves, with Bottolo, in a long rally, managing to score. Following that, in another long rally, Judson scored for Brazil with a spike, followed by Bottolo hitting his attack, but Sbertoli missed his serve. Porro then hit his attack, making the score 8-6 for Brazil.

Brazil: Adriano, Flávio, Darlan, Lucarelli, Judson and Cachopa.

Italy: Bottolo, Cortesia, Bovolenta, Porro, Sanguinetti and Sbertoli.

Bovolenta starts scoring for Italy. Then Lucarelli scored in attack, with Darlan attacking next, scoring twice in a row, followed by a block from Lucarelli and an intense start for Brazil, winning 4-1.

Porro landed his attack, with Darlan missing his spike opportunity. Flavio then landed his attack, followed by Bovolenta, who also landed his attack, while Lucarelli hit his attack. Sanguinetti then landed his attack, with Sani scoring an ace to close out the first set 25-19 for Italy, who dominated the first set of the match.

Lucarelli missed the serve, followed by a successful attack by Judson, with Bottolo hitting the attack on the next play, and Bryan also hitting the attack, with Flávio managing a block. Bryan then missed the serve, with Cortesia also missing on the next play. In a long rally, Darlan scored the point for Brazil, with Italy leading 20-17 at that moment, and also calling a timeout.

In another long rally, Porro managed a successful attack, but Bovolenta missed the serve and then hit the attack, followed by a successful attack from Judson. In another long rally, Bovolenta hit the attack, with Sanguinetti missing the serve, followed by an ace from Lucarelli, putting the score at 17-12 for Italy.

Bottolo managed a successful attack after the timeout, but missed the serve immediately afterward. Bottolo hit the attack, followed by an ace and a successful attack from Bovolenta. Bottolo then missed the serve, followed by a long rally where Brazil had chances to score, but Bottolo hit the attack, followed by a successful spike from Adriano, putting the score at 14-8 for Italy.

Sanguinetti made a successful attack, followed by Lucarelli also hitting his serve. Then, in sequence, Darlan and Sanguinetti missed their serves. Bovolenta scored again for Italy, with Darlan missing an attack for Brazil, and Bottolo hitting for Italy, bringing the score to 9-5, at which point Brazil called a timeout.

The first point is Brazilian with Darlan's attack, but Cortesia responded with a block. Then Lucarelli made the cut, followed by Sanguinetti, who tied the game with another accurate attack. Porro got the block right after an ace from Bovolenta, but with Bovolenta missing his serve afterwards, putting the score at 4-3 for Italy at the start.

The players are heading onto the court and we have the ball flying for Brazil vs. Italy, in this first set of Week 2 of the Volleyball Nations League, with all the plays and excitement here on VAVEL! And, after the coin toss, Brazil starts serving!

And we also have the teams that started the game later today in the Nations League! On the Brazilian side it will be Judson, Cachopa, Adriano, Flávio, Darlan and Lucarelli. On the Italian side it will be Bottolo, Cortesia, Bovolenta, Porro, Sanguinetti and Sbertoli.

We have confirmed the referees for the game. There will be two referees for today's match: Mokry Juraj from Slovakia and Akinci Erdal from Turkey, who will be in charge of the game later today in the Volleyball Nations League!

Yesterday six more games took place, where Ukraine beat Italy by 3 sets to 0 (25-23, 25-19 and 25-16), Belgium beat China by 3 sets to 1 (26-28, 25-21, 25-21 and 25-20), the United States beat Iran by 3 sets to 0 (25-23, 25-20 and 31-29), Poland beat Turkey by 3 sets to 2 (26-28, 25-19, 25-21, 19-25 and 15-11), France beat Cuba by 3 sets to 2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-27, 25-20 and 15-13) and Slovenia, by 3 sets to 2, beat Bulgaria (19-25, 25-21, 17-25, 26-24 and 15-6).

On Wednesday (24) week 2 of the League began, where Turkey beat China by 3 sets to 0 (25-16, 25-19 and 25-21), Bulgaria beat Italy by 3 sets to 2 (18-25, 25-20, 25-23 19-25 and 15-9), Japan beat Serbia by 3 sets to 1 (25-17, 25-15, 22-25 and 25-16), Argentina beat Germany by 3 sets to 2 (25-21, 15-25, 25-15, 18-25 and 15-13), Ukraine beat Brazil by 3 sets to 1 (29-27, 22-25, 25-22 and 25-21), the United States they beat Cuba by 3 sets to 0 (25-21, 25-21 and 25-19), Poland beat Belgium by 3 sets to 2 (21-25, 23-25, 25-19, 28-26 and 15-13), Slovenia beat Canada by 3 sets to 1 (25-23, 23-25, 25-20 and 25-23), and France beat Iran by 3 sets to 2 (25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 24-26 and 17-15).

Finally, on Sunday (14), nine more games took place, where Poland beat Ukraine 3 sets to 2, China beat Cuba 3 sets to 0, Japan beat Slovenia 3 sets to 1, Belgium beat Iran 3 sets to 2, Germany beat France 3 sets to 1, Serbia beat Bulgaria 3 sets to 0, Turkey beat Canada 3 sets to 2, Brazil beat Argentina by 3 sets to 2 and Italy, also by 3 sets to 2, beat the United States.

On Saturday (13) six more games took place, where Japan beat China by 3 sets to 2 (25-23, 25-22, 20-25 and 25-21), Slovenia beat Cuba by 3 sets to 2 (25-15, 26-28, 19-25, 25-14 and 15-11), Brazil beat Serbia by 3 sets to 0 (25-22, 25-18 and 25-22), Bulgaria beat Argentina by 3 sets to 1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-15 and 25-23), the United States beat Canada by 3 sets to 2 (20-25, 33-35, 26-24, 25-21 and 15-11) and Italy beat Turkey by 3 sets to 0 (29-27, 25-14 and 25-20).

Friday (12) came with six more games, where Ukraine beat Cuba by 3 sets to 0 (25-21, 25-20 and 25-16). Japan beat Poland by 3 sets to 2 (25-21, 12-25, 25-21, 22-25 and 17-15). Serbia then beat Belgium by 3 sets to 1 (25-18, 24-26, 25-21 and 25-22). The United States beat Germany by 3 sets to 0 (25-22, 25-15 and 25-20). Iran, by 3 sets to 0, beat Argentina (25-23, 25-19 and 25-23) and Turkey, also by 3 sets to 0, beat France (25-23, 27-25 and 25-21).

On Thursday (11) four games took place earlier, where Ukraine beat China by 3 sets to 1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-20 and 25-22), Slovenia beat Poland by 3 sets to 2 (27-25, 23-25, 26-24, 21-25 and 19-17), Bulgaria beat Iran by 3 sets to 0 (25-23, 25-19 and 25-21) and Italy beat Germany by 3 sets to 1 (20-25, 25-20, 21-25 and 31-33). Brazil beat Belgium by 3 sets to 1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-15 and 25-20) and, by 3 sets to 1, Canada beat France (25-20, 25-18, 21-25 and 27-25).

Still on Wednesday, Belgium beat Bulgaria by 3 sets to 1 (20-25, 26-24, 26-24 and 25-23), Serbia beat Argentina by 3 sets to 1 (25-23-25-20, 25-27 and 26-24). France beat Italy by 3 sets to 2 (19-25, 29-27, 23-25, 25-23 and 16-14). Brazil beat Iran by 3 sets to 1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-15 and 25-23) and Germany beat Canada by 3 sets to 2 (24-26, 25-19, 20-25, 25-21 and 15-13).