25-19
Italy wins the first set, the French are not there
The young Italians continued their momentum and pocketed the first set. A bit to everyone’s surprise since it was the B team. But on the court, they did the jersey proud and dominated the French who were struggling with their serve, blocking, or offensive aggression.
20-15
Finally a successful block
Jean Patry counters the Italian attack and reduces the gap to 5 points.
20-14
Tillie does good
Tillie’s entry into play felt good, the Frenchman scored two consecutive points.
19-13
The Blues give again
Big attack error from Louati, Italy continues on its way by taking advantage of the French errors.
17-12
Italian timeout
The Blues seem to have solved their serving problem and chained three points in a row, Italy takes a timeout.
17-11
The Goff gently
The Frenchman caresses the ball and places it in the Italian camp, it’s well played.
17-9
2nd tricolor timeout
Andrea Giani is already taking his second time out in the face of the passivity of his players who have not returned to their match.
16-9
The Blues in difficulty
The Blues are missing a lot of things at the start of the game. Patry signals the revolt with a superb attack but Clévenot then misses his serve.
14-8
What an Italian defense
The French attack in force but the Italians throw themselves on all the balls and play with the counterattack to gain distance.
13-8
Bad return
Italian ace from the restart.
12-8
First time out for the Blues
This Italian service totally surprises the Blues at reception. Andrea Giani takes his first time out.
10-8
Second missed serve
The Blues remain at a distance, due to points given on two serves directly into the net.
8-5
Italy digs a small hole
The Italians play with the French block to take a small lead.
6-4
The Italian Counter
Seddik finds the hands of the Italian block, the Transalpines take a little lead.
5-4
Precise attacks
Both selections are effective in attack, the defenses are struggling at the moment.
3-2
Italy starts well
Italy’s B team, because all the key players are resting, are comparable to the Blues at the start of the match.
0-0
Let’s go !
The starting seven: Benjamin Toniutti, Yacine Louati, Trévor Clevenot, Jean Patry, Joris Seddik with Jenia Grebennikov as libero.
4:51 p.m
The start of the match is approaching
The France – Italy quarter-final starts in 10 minutes.
16h40
The 15 French players
The France group which is competing in this final phase.
16h33
France has retained its good habits
Since the first Nations League in 2018, the Blues have always participated in the Final 8. They have three podiums (3rd in 2021, 2nd in 2018) including one victory (2022).
16h26
A reworked Italy has its revenge to take
Les Bleus beat Italy in this Nations League, it was on June 6 in Canada (3-2). But the Transalpines are in this final phase without their best players (Giannelli, Michieletto, Lavia, Galasi…), who stayed in the country to avoid injury before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
16h20
What a shock !
It is the elite of world volleyball who will meet in this quarter-final. On the one hand, the Blues finished 6th with 8 victories and 4 defeats. The Italians, 2022 world and 2023 European champions, took 3rd place with 9 victories against 3 defeats.
16h19
Who will join the semis?
The stakes are simple: a ticket for the semi-finals against Poland, Saturday June 29 (5 p.m.).
16h16
Start of the live
Hello, welcome everyone to this delicious Nations League quarter-final between our French and the reigning world champion, Italy!
