Milano vs Roma | Italian Volleyball LVF SerieA1 2024/2025

And it's a big block. Strategy here, trying to get that outside hitting spot. Defense good for Milan. There's the tip over again. Comes back in play. Kazout rolling it. Option on the outside. Excellent defense from the Japanese libero. Spot down the line. Kazout is all over those tricky, soft plays. For another one. Excellent block. Beam it up. Oro, Herman. Now at the line. Forcing Rome to play. Through the middle, easily picked up. Kazout doesn't get it back. Silla this time, down the middle. Bumps that from Zanoni. Tip through, it's still in play. Excellent defense on Milan's side. To the outside, Doug. Here comes Silla. Into the block and another big power shutdown. How about that defense though? A couple of scrappy little moves there on Milan's side. A good signal. Here comes Herman. She's looking cross court. Ball on a good spot. Even better spot if you're the Milan block. Not the idea you want to work with. The top. Gets one through. Silla. Respond with a reception and she does. Oro from off the net. Still finding Canadian. That's what's so great about their Canadian substitution. Typically wearing the libero jersey. These 20 year olds. Pick up defense from Milan. High ball swung. Not going to land. Salas goes for it. That one's recycled. And again down the line she tries a third time. This time from the right side is too much. That's Gabriela. Straight down the line. Salas blocked and covered. Going again on the outside. High over the hand. And it's Gabriela Orozova. Poland. Azerbaijan. She's had a wealth of experience in the professional league. Let that ball float a little bit and cut it. German this time. Getting involved in the offense. Targeted. From Cazor. That's not going to land. On the backcourt. Salas. Can't find it. Silla has a chance. That's Doug. Set her out of the opportunity. And then high outside. And Rotar with the rotation. Down the line. Rotar looks deep. Dialed it up. Finds a way. Goes for another one. This one handled better. Rotar underneath it. Tip from Salas. Off the block of the hands. In front of her. Professional volleyball since 2007. Can't even do the math on that. That's almost two decades. Silla. Tough angle. Power into the cross. Helped her team in the European Golden League in 2019. And again it's Danese with a big rip through the middle. That's got to be part of their strategy. Tough serving. Aggressive. As is the aggression from Otto. Always part of the offense is the Italian setter. Plenty of options in the attack as well. Otto again. Otto just playing cat and mouse with the blockers on the other side. That's a weaker zone in the defense, he's saying. Into zone five. And that's exactly what Silla does. Power that ball across. Force the middle to try and make some defense. No offense to the middles. I'm in the middle. Love us the middles. We're not the best at the defense. We know it. 21-18. Off the net. Bit of ping pong. Free ball from Otto. Oh, great defense. And it stays in play. What a performance from Milano there. And another defense opportunity. Dalderop will get it done. Milano. Have a look at this. Off the hands. Otto sprawling out. Erman under the net. And Silla to keep it in play. Finish it off. A big swing from Dalderop down the line. But that bumps that deep throw to Dalderop. She's picked up. And another one. Milano on a roll. 3-0. Back the lead. 5-1 lead. Tight at the net. Handed well by Mirkovic. Push that ball back. Here comes Dalderop. Looking for the deep line. And she'll get it. Silla keeping things in play. She's dug. Bump set from the libero. Oh, what a slice. What a shot. Dalderop. Quietly creeping up in the point. She's got nine. Very little defense. Quick play from Rome. Defense. Ball still in play. High outside. Salas offhand. Oro underneath it. Using her middle again and again. Herman coming into play. She was the best in the producing so far. Just two points for her. The pipe. Dalderop is shut down. Stuffed block at the net from Rome. Dalderop into the center of the court. Oro pushes back. And Kazut switches up her angle. She's been working the line often to do. Where's that ball going to land? Never hitting the same shot twice. Oh, what a defense. Ball still in play. Rome back. And the slice and dice is good. And the same thing. That should have been ours. Take advantage of those opportunities. Pipe from Dalderop into hands. Defended off the block. Winding up. Kazut responding cross court. And she is certainly winning that battle. Constantini. Little blocker. Free ball for Rome. Back to the point scoring machine on the right side. Orvasova continues. Racking them up so far. Or the opposite. Oh, excuse me, for the outside. For a match point. It's an ace serve. A dropper. Right in the center of the court. Gets it done. Shuts the door.