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The Argentine volleyball team will perform again this Thursday in weekend 2 of the Nations League (VNL) against the host, Canada, in Ottawawith the aim of leaving behind the bad feeling of the defeat against the United States 3-0 in the first duel. The match is scheduled at 9 p.m. (Argentine time) and will be broadcast live on ESPNso it can also be seen online on the digital platforms Star+, Flow, DGO and Telecentro Play.
In the preview, the favorite to win according to the betting predictions is the home team, who pays less for their victory than the visitor does.
Volleyball Nations League – Weekend 2 – Match 2
The national team is tenth in the standings with six points from two wins and the same number of losses. in the first stage in Rio de Janeiro. At the Maracanãzinho, they lost to Japan 3-1 and the home team 3-2, and then they beat Germany 3-1 and Iran 3-2. Then, they suffered a defeat in Ottawa against the American team. The classification is led by Slovenia and Japan with 13 units, one more than Poland.
Coach Marcelo Mendez has 15 players available to compete in Canada. The squad is made up of the shipowners Luciano De Cecco and Matias Sanchez; the opposites Bruno Lima and Pablo Kukartsev; the tips Jan Martínez, Ezequiel Palacios, Facundo Conte, Luciano Palonsky, Luciano Vicentín and Manuel Armoa; the centrals Agustín Loser, Nicolás Zerba, Martín Ramos and Joaquin Gallego; and the libero Santiago Danani.
Week 1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Week 2 in Ottawa, Canada
Week 3 in Ljubljana, Slovenia
The game format of the sixth version of the VNL is similar to that of last season: the teams play 12 matches each against different rivals (they do not face only three opponents and those who avoid the albiceleste are Cuba, Italy and the Netherlands) and the best eight qualify for the quarterfinals, scheduled for June 27 and 28. A day later the semifinals will take place and the definition will be on June 30. All matches will be played in Lodz, Poland.
Beyond the importance of the championship, Each match for the albiceleste is transcendental to add points in the world ranking of the International Volleyball Federation (VNL) through which the last five tickets to Paris 2024 will be defined.. He is currently eighth in the rankings, but of the teams ahead of him, only Italy and Slovenia are still out of the Olympic event. Behind her, close by, she has Cuba and Serbia. In this framework, she is very close to getting the ticket to try to defend the bronze medal she achieved in Tokyo 2020. Seven teams that will participate in the VNL 2024 are already in: France, as host; Germany, Brazil, the United States, Japan, Poland and Canada through the three Pre-Olympics.
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