The Italian women's volleyball team made a sensational debut in the VNL 2026 Finals. In their first single-elimination match of the year, the Italians defeated the Netherlands 3-0 (25-21; 25-16; 25-16) to secure a spot in the semifinals, scheduled for Saturday the 25th against the winner of the other quarterfinal match, Brazil vs. Japan. At the East Asian Games Dome in Macau, captained by Danesi and her teammates, they crushed a Netherlands team that had little to offer against an Italy team that was increasingly at full technical and physical strength. Velasco's Italians are chasing their fourth VNL final in five years and a historic hat-trick of victories, after Bangkok 2024 and Lodz 2025. Against Felix Koslowski's Netherlands,…