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- The volleyball national team also loses its second game at the European Championships in Monza.
- As expected, the Swiss cannot keep up at 14:25, 19:25, 13:25 against defending champion Italy.
- The next encounter in the final round, which will be played in four countries, is on Saturday again in Monza against Romania (live from 6 p.m. on SRF).
The Italians flexed their muscles early in Monza. The number 3 in the world played against Switzerland, which can be found in 45th place in the ranking, and clearly won the first set with 25:14. In the second round, the Swiss, who again showed a courageous performance, kept up a little better. They stayed two or three points behind the defending champion until about half of the sentence.
But the co-hosts of this EM convinced both defensively and offensively, especially their serves repeatedly presented the Nati with problems. After a 20:13 lead by Italy, the team of trainer Lauren Bertolacci came close again, but still had to give up handling at 19:25.
Sylla with a dominant finish
A similar picture emerged in the 3rd set. Switzerland kept up at first, but was never able to lead by more than 1 point. At 13:25 you had to bow to the superior home team. Captain Miriam Sylla ended the game dominant with 3 aces in a row. For the Swiss, Captain Laura Künzler was the most productive player with 11 points.
The 3rd game for Switzerland in the group of six will follow on Saturday (the top 4 will reach the knockout phase): at 6 p.m. there will be a duel with the Romanians (live on SRF info and in the SRF Sport App). In this game, the roles will not be so clearly divided, Romania is 31st in the world rankings, only 14 positions ahead of Switzerland.
SRF two, sportlive, August 18, 2023, 8:50 p.m.; lay
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