It seems everything depends on Italy. When they want, the press the speed and are leading again. 3-0 for Italy, then 4-0 for China, later 5-0 again for Italy. I dont like when they are like this, they dont keep the rhythm. Some moments their block-defence is superb, then super slow and lazy.
China looks better than the last match, but only sparks. At least they are taking advantage when Italy is slowing down. Hope to see a more competitive match
Ding to Gong connection is keep them alive.
Rhythm on court is changing - clear that Cai wants this more, and is quicker to make decisions (subbing, taking timeouts etc). China has to control their errors.
Danesi is keeping Italy in. Egonu is totally off today...not even jumping in some spikes, spiking softly, placing the ball, etc. Sometimes I wonder why she is never changed, at least some points.
Gong 
She is scoring all the counter attackes after Egonu's stuffed animals spikes.
china is digging its own grave with all these errors. helping an already more superior team to win.
china is digging its own grave with all these errors. helping an already more superior team to win.
what’s new
FIRE THE COACH
Plus point is that they are playing significantly better than how they last played against Italy. Negative is they are making too many errors. My prediction was a 3-0 loss for China so… looks on track.
Gio forcing Meliha now out of all times 
and she gets aced
PLZ KEEP LAUREN IN
Missed opportunity, but Ding Xia's experience showed. Hope she starts the third set.
Missed opportunity, but Ding Xia's experience showed. Hope she starts the third set.
looks like she will. China definitely LOST that set with their errors.
ding xia starting next set.
have to say, i'm surprised
Once again, everything is on Italian side, but this time it is such a pity China gave like 4 mistakes in a row to Italy when they were only 1 point away...
Many silly mistakes. If they could reduce those mistakes and keep taking advantage Paola is off, China could grab a set.
When Italt is ON, no match for the Asians. Ding Xia showed her class during all this set. Hope to see her in the next one.
Btw...Lubian > Chirichella. Cristina is only better in defence for me (one of best MB in that field), but this isnt her main task 
instead of hitting the ball at 106.8 kmh, maybe lyy should have hit cai bin's head with that kind of speed...
ding xia starting next set.
have to say, i'm surprised
She kept them alive. Diao fell apart
So are we back to roasting Wang Yunlu?
she is not capitalizing the chances. She giving lots of points to Italy.
she is not capitalizing the chances. She giving lots of points to Italy.
She's starting to wake up!
She kept them alive. Diao fell apart
every decision Cai made coming into this tournament (let’s use the same players from A to Z so they can work on their chemistry; Diao as the starting setter, bringing all these useless backups) has been the wrong one
"Can the team still qualify for Paris?"
You guys think I'm dramatic?