Team USA block in attack from the Netherlands – Photo: volleyballworld.com

The team of WE confirmed the favoritism and debuted with victory over the The Netherlands, in the team’s first game for Men’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2023. Americans did 3 to 0 and obtained the 3 possible points, during a match played in the Canadian capital, ottawa.

The game giving indications that the United States national team would not give the Netherlands team many chances. The North Americans opened the scoring from the middle of the set and managed the advantage until the first half ended at 25-19.

In the second set, the Dutch managed to balance the actions and even threatened the victory of the United States in the partial, however, the points-only dependence of his opponent, Nimir Abdel-Aziz, compromised the actions of the team, which saw the North Americans win the deciding points and open a 2-0 lead with the set ending at 25-23.

With confidence on the rise, American setter Micah Christenson spread out the team’s attacking moves well, leading four players to surpass the 10-point mark in the game. Gradually the team opened up an advantage in the set, which ended at 25-21, giving the final numbers for the match. The match’s top scorer was Dutchman Nimir Abdel-Aziz with 24 points.

The teams return to the field tomorrow, the 8th, with the Netherlands facing Cuba at noon and the United States facing Italy at 5:30 p.m. The matches will be broadcast on Sportv.

Again today, in Ottawa, we will have the game between
Brazil and Germany team, at 9 p.m.also with Sports broadcastingon our debut in the Men’s Volleyball Nations League 2023.

See which matches will be broadcast by Sportv