Polish volleyball gamers will face the Brazilians within the quarterfinals of the Males’s Volleyball Nations League. The White and Reds will probably be cheered on by followers gathered on the Atlas Area in Łódź.
The Poles completed the intercontinental spherical in second place, with ten wins. The Brazilian workforce got here in seventh, with six wins.
In direct fight they triumphed Canary Islands, who defeated the White and Reds 3:1.
Poland – Brazil 3:1 (18:25, 25:23, 25:22, 25:16)
The primary set began with an excellent sport between each groups, which exchanged atomic strikes (7:7). Neither workforce was capable of construct a protected benefit (12:12), though the Brazilians had been extra more likely to collect a number of factors in reserve. At 16:13, Lucarelli successfully defeated the Poles’ block, thus consolidating the lead Canarinhos. Within the subsequent motion, Darlan efficiently tried an analogous transfer. Marcin Janusz’s service introduced the company their twentieth level. Good spirit was introduced into the ranks of the White and Reds by Tomasz Fornal, who was efficient within the service subject, however Bernando Rezende’s timeout shortly stabilized the Brazilians’ sport. The final level on this sport was scored by Leal, who caught the fingers of blocker Jakub Kochanowski.
Nikola Grbić’s gamers began the second set significantly better, which was instantly mirrored within the consequence. Sadly, the center a part of the set belonged to the guests, who performed improbable video games right now. The Polish volleyball gamers, supported by the all the time loyal followers, made up for the loss with nice dedication, because of which they led to a really emotional ending. Bartłomiej Bołądź and Grzegorz Łomacz gave a very good double change. At an necessary second, Tomasz Fornal added a service ace to their joint achievement (23:22). The set ball was given to the Poles by a missed assault by Lucarelli, and Mateusz Bieniek took benefit of the prospect to shut the set, taking pictures the Brazilian receiver along with his serve.
The third set had a tough starting, as a result of Lucarelli’s nice serves (1:5). From the very first actions, the Poles needed to chase the consequence. Marcin Janusz received some extent on contact, ready within the block for his rivals and single-handedly stopped the offensive Canarinhos (4:5). From that second, the Polish volleyball gamers’ sport improved considerably – this time, Nikola Grbic’s gamers dominated on the courtroom, which delighted the group gathered within the Atlas Area. Jakub Kochanowski scored some extent to make the match 2-1 with an efficient assault from the middle.
The fourth set belonged to the Polish workforce, which this time didn’t enable its rivals to unfold their wings. Moreover, the rival workforce was making an increasing number of errors of its personal. A couple of factors to spare allowed our volleyball gamers to play far more freely, and though there have been spectacular defenses on each side of the web, the White and Reds transformed their actions into factors extra typically. The tip of this half went in line with the hosts’ intentions, and the destiny of the match, after a protracted alternate, was determined by Mateusz Bieniek.
Wilfredo Leon scored probably the most factors within the match (18).
The Polish nationwide workforce will play within the semi-final of the Males’s Volleyball Nations League on Saturday.
Brazil: Leal, Fernando, Lucas, Lucarelli, Flavio, Darlan, Thales (L) – Bruno Rezende, Isac, Mauricio, Alan.
Poland: Bartosz Kurek, Wilfredo Leon, Jakub Kochanowski, Marcin Janusz, Mateusz Bieniek, Tomasz Fornal, Paweł Zatorski (L) – Grzgorz Łomacz, Kamil Semeniuk, Bartłomiej Bołądź.
Statistics of the Poland – Brazil match: HERE
Quarterfinal pairs of the VNL ultimate event in Łódź:
June 27, Thursday:
Japan – Canada 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 26-24).
Poland – Brazil 3:1 (18:25, 25:23, 25:22, 25:16)
June 28, Friday:
17:00 Italy – France
20:00 Slovenia – Argentina