Russia - Italy (full match)

A slick performance by Russia brought them the victory against Italy 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 27-25) in the 2015 Men's U23 World Championship's second semifinal. Russia will battle it out against turkey in the final of the competition on Monday, while Italy line up against Cuba for the bronze medal in a repeat of their first round matches. Opposite spiker Alexander Kimerov was the most productive of the Russian players in double figures as he managed 17 points, followed by Sergei Nikitin 13 and Igor Kiluka 12. For Italy, Gabriele Nelli finished with 12 points in the losing efforts. Russia coach Mikhail Nikolaev said: "Italy is a very good team both technically and tactically. Two years ago we lost against them. Today I desired revenge very much. We were very strong physically. That is why we win today. Yesterday was almost a rest day for us and we prepared ourselves very well. Tomorrow’s final will be our fifth game in last two weeks against Turkey. This is good for us because we will play against a team that we know very well".

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