As part of the next match of the men's volleyball League of Nations, the volleyball players of the national teams of Brazil and Italy will come face to face. Will the "squadra azzurra" be able to surprise its opponent?
Brazil
The Brazilian team is currently on the first line in the League of Nations standings. The team has only one loss in 12 games. It happened in the matches against France at the beginning of the tournament (0: 3). Now the South Americans are performing at a very decent level. The Brazilian team has 32 points, and this is only 2 points more than the second Poland. In the last match, the Brazilians showed a confident game against Australia, defeating their opponent with a score of 3: 0.
Italy
The Italian national team is also performing well in the Nations League at the moment. The "Squadra Azzurra" has 6 wins in 12 matches and 16 points in the asset. It is worth noting that in the last game, the Italians were able to seriously surprise the volleyball world. Italy won the tie-break over the French national team, managing to defeat the opponent with a score of 3: 2. Italy has the right to count on the 7th place, for which it will fight with Iran, Japan, the United States and Argentina in a serious chase.
Statistics and figures:
- Brazil is a clear favorite of the game;
- The Brazilians lost once in 5 meetings;
- Italy won three times in 5 matches;
- Brazil managed to beat Italy 3-0 in the last face-to-face match;
- The Brazilians defeated the Italians in 3 of the 5 previous matches.
Forecast
As a rule, Italy and Brazil give out productive meetings. And this time we are waiting for a very good match, and, as practice shows, clearly more than 3 banal games in favor of the South Americans.