The FIVB Men’s World Championship 2010 in Italy has started. The first day did not bring surprises in Pool A. Egypt has easily beaten Iran 3-0 and with the same result Italy has won Japan.
Egypt – Iran
From the first set Egypt was playing in a proper rythm and was making less mistakes. In the end of the first and the third set Iran tried to chase Egypt, winning some important points, but eventually with no result. The domination of the Egyptians show 12 aces made by them, while Iran made 11 errors and did not gain a point in this element. MVP of this match has been chosen Abdelhay Salah.
Egypt – Iran 3-0 (25:21, 25:17, 25:21)
Egypt: Fathy(7), Abdalla (7), Salah (19), Abdel Latif (4), Ktob (5), Moneim (14), Alaydy (l) and Aly.
Iran: Marouf (1), Mousavi (6),Zarini (9), Nadi (7), Nazari (1), A. Alizadeh (l) and Gholami, Kamalvand (2), Andalib (2), Mahdavi, Keshavarzi (2).
Italy – Japan
Also in the second match in Pool A the teams did not make a surprise. The hosts won against Japan in straight sets 25:20, 25:16, 25:14. The Italians played on the highest level in every element of the volleyball art. The first set seemed like a warm-up before a real game. In the second the Italians added good attacks and ace from the 9th meter while Japan made more and more errors. In the whole match they ‘get’ them 23, while Italy only 10. Points in block in the third set validated the victory of ‘Azzurri’.
Italy – Japan 3-0 (25:20, 25:16, 25:14)
Italy: Mastrangelo (5), Parodi (12), Vermiglio (2), Savani (10), Fei (18), Birarelli (5), Marra (l).
Japan: Abe, Tomimatsu (3), Yamamura (4), Shimizu (15), Fukuzawa (11), Ishijima (2), Nagano (l) and Nishio (1), Matsumoto, Koshikawa (2), Yoneyama (1), Imamura (1).