Well deserved win by the Italians, although I was surprised by the Belgian performance:
2 sets, we could equal the Italian level of play: put some decent pressure in serve, stable reception and side-out.
2nd set and 4th set, Italy performed on a different level: superb serving, very stable reception, excellent Savani and Lasko in side-out.
This is wat a feared most: our outside hitters (Verhanneman, Claes, Klinkenberg, Deroo) aren't able to score 40%+ stats in attack.
Van Walle was excellent, scoring (13/19, only 3 errors) and both MB's also.
I was surprised by Verhanneman's stats (30%). I expected him to score much better. He definitely looks much fitter than last season: you can notice best in the way he is serving - he serves a lot better than in the play-off games last season.
Hope he can come up with better stats in the games coming next.
Congrats to Italian team: pretty impressive in 2nd and 4th,