Italy has responded to Friday's shock volleyball loss to Australia, with a 3-0 victory in their overnight World League clash in Verona.
The Volleyroos struggled to regain the form they showed in Jesolo when they stunned Italy 3-0, losing to the home side 26-24, 25-21, 25-23.
Italian coach Mauro Berruto apologised to his team's fans after Friday night's result and promised his team would do better.
The Australians once again gave a strong fight but a high error count cost them.
They held the lead in all three sets but found an Italian team playing with renewed confidence.
Star player Ivan Zaytsev, who was subbed out of the game during his team's loss, was again below his best but made several telling contributions at important times.
Captain Tom Edgar led the way for Australia with 14 points, despite spending much of the second set on the bench while coach Roberto Santilli tried to throw the Italians off their game.
Australia sits at the bottom of their group, after two-nil losses to Italy and Brazil on the opening weekends, and the latest 1-all result against Italy.
The team now heads to Serbia for two matches before returning to Australia to take on Brazil in Sydney and then Serbia again in Melbourne.
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