Volleyball's "Nations League", which will be the last international tournament ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, will have a qualifying round match in Italy on the 10th. I mentioned.

The volleyball "Nations League" held in Italy will be attended by 16 countries each for men and women, and the top four teams will advance to the final round in a tournament format in a round-robin qualifying round.



On the 10th, the Japanese men, who have scored 4 wins and 3 losses in the qualifying round, played against Italy, the strongest player in the world's best professional league.



Japan suffered from a block that made the best use of the opponent's height in the first set, and a strong spike was also decided and dropped 21 to 25.



In the second set, captain Yuki Ishikawa, who plays in the Italian league, scored sharp spikes at key points and took the set 25-22.



After being robbed of the 3rd set, the 4th set was regained 25 to 15 with Tatsunobu Otsuka's back attack and Ai Takahashi's service ace, and the 5th set also had a strong spike of Ai Takahashi. He scored points and took the set 15-9.



In Japan, Ai Takahashi, along with ace Ishikawa, scored 19 points, the most for both teams, and scored a valuable winning star from a strong player with a set count of 3 to 2, resulting in a total of 5 wins and 3 losses in the qualifying round. ..