Vincenzo Fanizza’s Italy continues to be a protagonist at the Under 22 European Championships, qualifying for the final scheduled for today at 6pm against France, winning against Poland of the same age. Cisterna Volley’s setter Alessandro Fanizza dictated the pace of the game, lined up diagonally with Tommaso Barotto, the latter’s top scorer with 23 points. For the athlete from Ostuni there are 3 points on the scoresheet, in a match managed without problems in the first two sets by the Azzurri, with Poland doing well to gain the advantage in the third set, before losing in the last act 26-24 to the young blues. Now for the continental gold it will be necessary to beat the Transalpines, the only team against which Italy was defeated in the tournament.
ITALY-POLAND 3-1 (25-21, 25-16, 24-26, 26-24)
ITALY: Fanizza 3, Orioli 10, Eccher 5, Barotto 23, Iervolino 12, Bartolucci 5, Staforini (L). Boninfante, Magliano 3, Roberti 2, Loreti. Neither. Volpe, Balestra, Feri. All. Fanizza.
POLAND: Szymendera 15, Majchrzak 6, Nowik 19, Sliwka 4, Nowak 9, Kubicki, Hawryluk (L). Kedziersky, Kufka, Puczkowski 11, Granieczny, Bilinski, Zawadski. Neither. Grzona. All. Luks.
Referees: De Baar (Ned), Cildir (Tur).
