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(Reuters) – BERLIN, September 15, 2002 – L ‘Italy has won the title World Volleyball women defeating the United States 3-2 (18-25, 25-18, 25-16, 22-25, 15-11).
VOLLEYBALL: WORLD WOMEN; ITALY-USA 3-2 (2) (ANSA) – BERLIN, September 15, 2002 – Italy-United States 3-2 (18-25 25-18 25-16 22-25 15-11) Italian: Lo Bianco 1, Rinieri 12, Light 4, Togut 30, 13 Piccinini, Mello 15 Cardullo (L). Sangiuliano 1 Mifkova, Anzanello 1, Borrelli it, Paggi it. Coach: Bonitta. United States: 2 Flynn, Tom 14, 15 Bown, Haneef 21, 7 Battle Cross, Scott Sycora 14 (L). Fitzgerald, Phipps it, Noreiga, Bachman, Metcalf 1 Coach: Yoshida. Referees: Chareopong (Tha) and Rachard (Fra). Attendance: 9600 Time set: 22, 23, 22, 26, 15 Italy: Winning beats 1, 6 bad jokes, walls winning 11 total errors 22 United States: 3 Winning beats, 12 beats wrong, walls winning 13 total errors 27.
The blue wall stops the USA and with a dry 3-0 Italvolley Marco Bonitta has a place in practically mortgaged semi-final World .
Built in the whole defense, victory was sealed by the blows of surgical Nadia Centoni, Costagrande Carolina, Valentina Arrighetti, especially a spectacular Antonella Del Core (15 points) able to bring down all the certainties of the enemy, arrived dazed to September 3 If you do not combine disaster Friday night against Russia in the second and final match of his minigirone of the Final Six, Italy Saturday will play access to a finale that at this point it becomes concrete target for a team that is surprising everyone. Perhaps Bonitta, which blew up in every point, like all 11,500 spectators at the Forum, and at the end is an explosion of joy and satisfaction. “The girls were amazing, now I’m intrigued by the challenge with the Russians,” said the coach of Italy immediately after the victory against the girls coach Karch Kiraly (“Italy has done a great job, but I’m not surprised “) matches among the favorites for the title. Bonitta once again got it all rotations (also the captain found space Francesca Piccinini, without affecting), using a deep pink and quality. From the beginning the Americans put it on the power, with Murphy and Hill who make its voice network. The blue employ some point to break the ice, slowly engages also the defense, two points in a row to Del Core worth the 15 peers and with two walls make the two decisive overtaking on 16-15 and 23-22. And when the ball set Del Core is cool: with a wall marks his seventh point and detonates the Forum. And the blue torcida never falls in intensity in the second set, fought as the first. Once again the team Bonitta are decisive defense, as well as shots of surgical Del Core, Centoni and Arrighetti. The United States simply place a break on the 22-20, but the Italians are good at mending and Costagrande immediately ends the two points in a row including the ace decisive. Costagrande kneels as if he won the title, his is a lethal blow to the Americans, starting September 3rd in shock. Del Core, Arrighetti, Centoni are uncontrollable. It still touches the Costagrande the decisive point, which detonates the Forum and dream about the Italvolley.
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