The Argentina men’s volleyball team lost 3-2 to the United States in Osaka, Japan this Saturday night, a result that ended their chances of reaching the final stage of the League of Nations (VNL).
On Friday night, after defeating Olympic champions France, Marcelo Mendez’s team repeated a masterful performance, but the Americans were left with a win, thanks to the author of 6 points in that set and the top scorer of iPlayer, Torey. DiFalco was out with a perfect finish. 28 goals.
The United States, the leader of the general classification, with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, prevailed at the Maruzen Intake Arena, progressing 29–27, 22–25, 20–25, 25–13, and 17–15. 1 hour 59 minutes.
The Argentine team’s goal-scoring was led by Luciano Polonsky with 24 goals, followed by Ezequiel Palacios with 16 goals.
The initial “Albiceleste” formation was disposed of with Luciano De Seco (3), Joaquin Gallego 11, Augustine Losar 11, Palacios 16, Polonsky 24, Luciano Vicentin 6 and Santiago Dannani (free). Then came Matias Sánchez, Manuel Armoa4 and Martín Ramos.
Argentina, Olympic bronze medalists at Tokyo 2020, bid farewell to the VNL with a 5-7 campaign and 18 points, leaving them provisionally ninth just below the qualifying cut line for the final stage in Bologna Gone. , , Italy, from 20 to 24 July.
Categorized for that example are the United States, Poland, Italy, France, Japan, Brazil, and Iran. The final spot will be decided between the Netherlands and Slovenia, who play against the Italians and Poles respectively this Sunday.
