France v Brazil - Full Match - Final Round Pool A | Men's VNL 2018

france taking that one by three sets to two to upset the uh brazilian fans in curitiba this was the french side arriving earlier today looking in good spirits [Music] a team that have been playing very very well during the preliminary stages a team that finished top of the preliminary round [Music] and a team that are looking to get a victory over brazil yet again they beat them in the preliminary round and they beat them by three sets to nothing she in an easy the only player who won't be playing in this one [Music] arresting him he may well make it back for the medal matches if france could get there this was brazil arriving [Applause] the players making their way off the bus a couple of noticeable absentees lucarelli who's missed all of the v l due to surgery after uh tearing his achilles and fonzeles lipe also not here the other influential outside hitter for this team two players who guided brazil to the gold medal at the olympic games in rio in 2016. two players who will be missed by rayner delzotto the head coach one player who is back with the national team is murillo the former outside hitter who retired but is now back and ready as a libero souza in your picture a player that is doing a really great job in the middle slots this is currently how things uh finished the top eight as it were france top rush to second it was usa third serbia or brazil finishing fifth and qualifying through had a bit of a wobble towards the end and that was how things ended up korea being demoted from the v l and it's portugal who will be coming in next season after winning the challenge cup and the right to be in the b l i'm delighted to be joined by mark levito australian head coach we've already seen one cracking game today between russia and poland that was a great game and we've got another one to come here mark this should be an absolute joy shouldn't it uh i think joy's a great way to describe it it's uh two of the top teams in the world playing against each other the french team's in really good form they're playing at home uh they'll be really fired up brazil did it tough the last couple of rounds to qualify and they needed to win after a big hiccup in round five they needed to win the in the last weekend which they did against australia as it happened in the deciding game and they'll be ready for this one well this was a coin toss earlier on the head referee yeah [Music] this is the head-to-head between the two teams brazil with well a massive lead but that was then and right now it's france who are the form team and that's brought it by [Music] the enigmatic outside hitter for france and wallace de souza [Music] two players with two distinctive styles [Music] yeah they're really two guys that will be fun to watch tonight both of them are a little bit different from anybody else wallace because he's so fast and so dynamic uh anger paired just because he's incapable is the best way to describe it he just plays the game a little bit differently to everybody else he sees things a little bit differently and if you're a volleyball fan you can always learn something about the game just by watching him play oh yeah once watch for france he's been one of the top opposites in the league both of the french opposites have played quite a few matches and done really well boy has been the better of them stylistically he's actually quite similar to uh to wallace on the other side not a big not a big guy but fast and on the ball fast and theirs will actually be a pretty good battle tonight hey well the warm-up has come to an end the players now making their way back up to the sidelines where they will step out onto court [Music] we'll get ready for the national anthems for both teams [Music] [Music] the man of the moment the man who retired from the game at one point but now he's back as a libero it's a great position for him he's always the the guy with great ball control he was organizing the others i saw some games with him in the brazilian league where he was really the dominating personality on the court even as the libero so i don't know if he'll play much tonight they've been playing mostly with uh with hoss but he's an excellent player but we'll see how the game evolved national [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] and now the national anthem of france national defence [Music] oh [Music] ah [Applause] [Music] fantastic rendition of the national anthem from the players and from the fans who have flocked in here to watch this one i mean that doesn't give the players goosebumps russia is the first official for this one very experienced referees [Applause] time now for the teams to make their way out onto court the starting sevens for each we will start with brazil this is some of their team's best bits so far in the v l this year [Applause] [Music] [Music] this [Music] who will be the playmaker [Music] that is who grenander zotto has put his faith in for the start of this crunch game against france [Applause] [Applause] settings [Music] [Music] will be going [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] can get the job done here and also no doubt believes can go on and potentially win this inaugural v l a team looking to win back-to-back championships back-to-back titles this is how france [Music] [Applause] starting at one [Music] and this is how brazil are lining up maurizio is in the back row at one and it looks low in the front row at four what an atmosphere we have got here we haven't even played a point yet players are ready the fans are most definitely ready for this one it's brazil in the yellow and blue serving it's france in all blue receiving it's game one for both these teams of the men's fibbing vnl finals here in leo [Applause] [Applause] off of boy aaron and his brazil who take the opening point goodness me what a start to this match if they keep up this place i think we're all going to be exhausted by the end of the game first point on the board for france courtesy of that unforced error for maurizio [Applause] in [Applause] fingerprint was the best ice scorer for the tournament in terms of percentage but also higher error rate is trying to get their middle running but it is brazil who get the ball into transition and take the point that's a nice start when lucas lowe may that be a few nerves for him i don't know that he started in uh it's in any big event it might be his first time so he'd be happy to have that point on the board douglas has been starting outside [Music] [Applause] as he tries to hit the 50. it's a really good start for brazil there's standing perfectly they've had fans have had no chance to score yet [Applause] the deal would have been better off not blocking the ball that far off from there actually ended up making it more difficult for their defense [Applause] [Applause] that's a really great [Applause] he's a unique player wallace it's not particularly a star that you'd be teaching anyone new to the game in terms of approaching hitting his own it works on it won't stay in play massive swing from isaac [Applause] in contrast to the anger wallace has been a much more effective server even though his ace percentage has been low his error rate is also really low with a lot of pressure on the other team and keeps it high [Music] [Music] good there you go [Music] [Applause] the best players have nerfs when they play in a big event the brazilians have come out really focused as i said a moment ago their block and defense is staying perfectly right now obviously it'll take a few moments for the french to find a way past but they will all the way back [Applause] rally before the timeout where they blocked when they didn't need to boy had nothing to look at so he couldn't get inside the antenna [Applause] [Music] that is from tales this game's definitely got going now it truly is talos has made two or three great defensive plays already it's a guy i hadn't heard of or seen before this season but just playing against him a couple of weeks ago he looks like he can be one of the top really top liberals in the world [Applause] [Applause] ball was close to the net the bruno made a little hand fake little had nowhere to go it ends up being one against one on the outside an easy point [Applause] oh [Applause] uh [Applause] enjoying this one [Music] all right we've had three or four really great rallies to begin to begin this match though that's what always gets the crowd fired up especially at home [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] is outstanding they're reading every situation they've got two blocks [Music] zero points at this point [Applause] [Applause] [Music] when a team starts so well in blocking defense just making any change can sometimes affect the way the the other team is seeing the game while being left-handed could well do that [Applause] [Music] [Applause] themselves back into this one [Music] that also has a great search [Applause] but he's done really well to get that off the block keep it in place [Applause] to do it [Applause] again [Music] good idea from bruno he knew that he was [Applause] [Music] both of those guys are really smart players they knew that to do something a little bit different [Music] [Applause] [Applause] um [Applause] [Music] [Applause] even though you're not allowed to talk under the net that doesn't mean it doesn't happen you've seen no doubt plenty of little looks players trying to put each other in their there [Applause] friendship got this lead or deficit back to something that's maybe manageable they can get another two break points perhaps before tech [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] had to work for that point [Music] [Applause] a real all or nothing server he could serve six aces in a row he could just easily serve to under the net [Applause] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] maurizio [Applause] [Music] dropped a little bit short we had to step in on the ball which brought him inside away from the blocker and ends up being an easy point [Applause] is they like to use him a lot in this rotation when he's in position too so the block was ready again but on the second attempt he could squeeze it through [Music] it's really important how you manage that reception and if you can keep it high enough you can still play fast and look as well as able to score [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] there [Applause] [Applause] [Music] it's really tough to block at that speed [Music] [Applause] to really go after [Music] uh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] wizard also brings a different look for serving he's one of the top servers in the polish league last year served with really cool variations [Applause] will feel like 16 12 is manageable it's not a great position for them [Music] [Applause] but they can feel they can peg one back on every server or one every couple of search and look after their side out they can get back to 2022 and from then it's anybody's game [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] it really was it look like it was definitely going out but it ended up being two meters in so it's great control on the first contact and a really good set [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] to go to it [Music] the timing is good [Applause] it's a really really smart play he's delayed just a fraction [Music] doesn't get the block at the block point the block wants to contact it just sneaks it out [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] strong block by the golf [Music] [Applause] [Music] two [Music] [Applause] [Music] um [Music] [Applause] [Music] got the option that he wanted but boyer could still score [Applause] he's got a free [Music] points [Applause] a little bit surprised they didn't get a double block on that one that's probably the play they were exactly the player they were looking for [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Applause] [Music] and it turns out they were wrong [Music] moving [Music] a little bit more time than he did on a couple of transition plays and still put pressure on larue was nowhere and then it's an easy block out for lucas [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] top of his reach and then still eyes it was way above him i think the receiver and santa did a great job there to control [Music] he's got two hands on it and from there isaac had the easiest job of everybody but he's the one who got the point i'm gonna dig goat and riccio off the back of that congratulate him for the pass because with the set let's go into the front right [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] play [Music] [Applause] [Music] i want to stand up and cut that rally [Applause] and it turns out to be weird [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] not just because it was a big boy caesar coming in to serve for brazil but not before france caught a timer hey [Music] [Applause] is [Applause] he's been made position one is really difficult and getting it on my camera just a little too tough for france in the end they left it too late but brazilian take the opening set 25-22 brazil went out to the really fast start had that lead in the beginning from 10-6 and it ended up being more or less point for point france could only get back one of those four points so the damage was done at the beginning plants are in a much better rhythm now anger pace playing worlds also getting better chances for his hitters so it'll be interesting how the second set starts [Music] brazil but especially in that beginning part of the set they served really well there was uh all high ball situations for france uh and their blog defense the brazilian block defense was able to neutralize the attack so they had a couple of series even without serving aces [Applause] teams have changed ends here are the highlights from the first set [Music] there's some information from hawkeye about the set of contact points over the course of that first set this is brazil yeah you can see how good their reception was 66 in a really good position against 47 from france that's the position where the center has a chance to play first tempo which forces a opposing middle to stay in the middle of the court anything outside that green circle means that the middle blocker will almost certainly be able to make a double block and that was what we talked about just before about the brazilian server the beginning of the [Music] [Music] there's too many surprises but they they were certainly a little bit more ready to start the match than france but i don't expect that second sets underway tonight with the surf of brazil for france against brazil [Applause] changes for either side [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] that one-on-one situation for wallace is just such a disaster for the block he really has no doesn't know where to go wallace can bounce it in both directions [Applause] very lonely feeling [Applause] look at that even though it hasn't jumped oh [Applause] he's close to hitting one of the receivers on the way out [Music] which in fb competition you cannot challenge [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Applause] [Music] to [Applause] say just got a good look at that one [Applause] police the um lost [Music] brazil [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] gets himself ready [Music] [Applause] that's a tough one for the french team after they they haven't had much success getting the brazilians off the net after reception they've got one that's almost an ace the guy comes in from position six to score against a triple bar oh they're balling in from that play from wallace [Applause] [Music] that's one occasion where it is a good set and there's quite the tips on the good [Applause] [Music] incredible defense from france [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] but the brazilians haven't been able to apply the same pressure just yet that they from the service line that they had in the first set that's what their noses [Applause] [Music] [Music] where the traditional defenders are waiting [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] wanted to cover the line but by doing that he opened up the court [Applause] been really neck and neck we'll see if france can build a little break here [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] sometimes it's a matter of angling your body in the right direction [Applause] foreign [Applause] but the ball is so close to the net the blocker doesn't know which way to go and he has no chance [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] yeah a lot of centers would have been happy to get one hand on that he made himself to put two hands on it and he's playing a perfect set where could not have missed that [Applause] gave wallace is chance to play block out but he just over overcooked it a little bit too far [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] um [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] france [Applause] really nice from boya to push into the angle there [Applause] [Music] at the moment [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] looks the better [Applause] and getting the ball to go out of court instead of straight to the defense [Applause] [Applause] was maurizio who blocked the pipe or got a touch on the pipe from anchor pad where he wouldn't normally be expecting the blocker to be turned into a great transition opportunity for brazil [Applause] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] went up early [Music] [Applause] that fight from bruno wasn't in a really good spot lucas was reaching for it he couldn't get a clean swing at it gave a defensive chance for france and they transitioned really fast it's a great set for the problem [Applause] and the rally is still going to know where the ball is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] really is uh french get the rebound play goes straight into the net engap is actually setting that ball he's not just trying to keep it alive gives them a high ball chance to defend on the next one and then [Music] for everyone to try and be available to put pressure on the opposition block to create those chances in to either [Applause] [Music] opportunities [Music] really unhappy with that because he was keying in on bruno that was his responsibility [Applause] we'll be looking at that as a mana romano battle against [Music] [Applause] i don't want to labor the point but that's the advantage of sitting so close to them and that changes if you're if you aren't going to set that close to the neck [Applause] [Applause] [Music] the block has to be reaching up it's really hard to for the blockers to actually touch that ball it's not impossible as we saw in the previous rally uh wallace blocking and now we see a nice little conversation through the net to get everybody fired up have been shut down and then he's going straight past wallace and then he continues to stare at him through the net to say okay we're good we won a piece lots battles between players going on both sides of the net into the second technical time that's leading by two [Music] it was brazil who had the four-point lead in the to the first technical that they could hold all the way through and this set was france who had a two-point lead really early on brazil haven't been able to make any inroads in that just yet i wonder if the set will progress the same was the first set [Music] if both things playing so well the opportunities for those play coins few and far between [Applause] lucas he seems to be able to do that just about from anywhere anytime when he wants it's the to of knowing each other well they're the same age they've been playing together since they were 14 or 15 they would have made their play thousands and thousands of times in the past [Applause] that was the one that he was angry for missing in the first set [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] but he also waited a little bit and that extra time that he waited gave boy the chance to get to that strong blocking position all right [Music] [Applause] still it's impressive [Applause] [Music] as soon as the action happens so that's the challenge requested but they're not allowed [Music] as it wasn't the last action as we just said it's not something activity [Music] is [Applause] [Music] for [Music] was talking to this exactly in the beginning at least it was another fantastic set by tony he's got two hands on that fastball [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] the great double uh there's more ways to score that the set was way too far in front he had no chance to spike it but by going up with him to bottle [Applause] this is [Music] [Applause] he's got the overpass [Music] [Applause] be pretty disappointed that they couldn't score that that might be the same just there brazil have called for a challenge [Music] so quite clearly quite clearly is a fault [Music] [Applause] i really do have one time [Music] lots of changes [Music] these changes are going gonna make a difference [Applause] [Music] [Applause] for many years now they do it without fail every set [Music] [Music] uh [Applause] against the side eggs [Music] [Applause] uh [Applause] [Music] i may well afford a piece of burrito [Music] [Music] [Music] this [Applause] [Music] [Music] taking this [Music] [Applause] fantastic play brilliant brilliant [Applause] [Applause] a bit of a lay down [Music] oh [Music] four set point chances now fourth oh [Applause] [Music] game on [Applause] a little bit too wide not much for wallace to do anything with that ecstatic [Music] [Applause] aces [Music] [Applause] brazil weren't able to get the same effect with their service their first set france were able to get a little bit more with theirs and that's the turnaround right there here the highlights from the set [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] second set more options available to them [Music] [Applause] [Music] is keeping his place on court for brazil [Applause] [Music] the only change to france is that tilly who was substituted in the first set has [Music] [Applause] his place [Music] [Applause] [Music] nicely down on the pipes [Applause] [Music] of the game [Applause] [Music] [Applause] body language from lucas after that wasn't so good he wasn't expecting that block to be [Applause] the only real there for france even though ingerbeth is doing his absolute best to be an option out wide that's a great [Applause] [Music] so fast good news [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] just a continuation this time from france and now they might have an opportunity well it's wasted it's a net touch just when they look like they've got a handle on what wallace was doing [Music] the serving line [Applause] [Applause] [Music] that's something that we see a lot more now as players willing to hit or attack rather than second contact and we can see how effective it's there it can be right there [Applause] a simple feature of brazil's play in the preliminary range and they [Music] [Applause] [Music] a really good block to start that rally they got the perfect transition that they wanted to have through the pipe from maurizio but grabanikov was up to the challenge [Applause] knocking again [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i think brazil really needed an emphatic point somehow to give themselves a little bit of momentum and really struggle to sign out the last little period so they'll be happy to have an easy point if it was the end of a long rally [Applause] obviously [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] in um [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] susie [Applause] [Applause] in front of him he's thought that he has to go for a bigger angle [Music] and dragged it into the net as a result [Applause] [Music] a little bit more on that side of the chord with bruno in the [Music] maybe that's a breakdown [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hit from lucas [Music] lucas and bruno sharing some opinions between themselves there the view from the net cam [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's a real captain's play by bruno [Music] wouldn't normally want to go after grabenikov on their flight surf although the french are receiving with two rossads not at receiving the float serve so there is some open court there but still to take on one of the top liberals in the world and serve an ace on him is a a real leaders play for bruno we'll see if that can give them a little bit more momentum uh leading into the next second technical timeout some actions from the new cameras we have here at the finals and there's some super slow mode it's a really nice view i haven't seen that view before [Applause] [Music] [Applause] bruno gets ready to serve again brazil edged in front in this third set oh good pick up free ball for france [Applause] [Music] the second [Applause] i don't know that there was anything wrong with boyer's first swing was great defense by by bruno but getting it behind the set is really often a good option [Applause] with france he's going to be up to brazil now to challenge the long judge gaming is out fans on their feet aren't celebrating no challenge coming from brazil even from this vantage point they look pretty clear [Music] [Applause] nice work for maurizio just changing it up [Applause] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] two aces has gotten a slim lead [Applause] trouble here for france free ball [Music] [Music] especially when the spike is hitting from the back row if he doesn't see the block it's really hard for him to get that orientation on the court and you often see them hit that ball into the net while they're looking for the block [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is really frustrated with lots of things that right now he made a pretty good position but anchor pair still without any trouble [Applause] able to vent some of that frustration lucas as he puts the ball away through the middle [Music] everything in this team goes through [Applause] [Music] lucas was hoping that one was in he wanted his coach to challenge it but it would have been a bad challenge [Music] [Applause] let's see what's good [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] straight away really hard to adjudicate that call but from this angle it was easy and that the friends didn't uh didn't complain at all it shows how it was just how far over it was i think that's trying to play with two hands was a pretty good indication too he's just going off the ball a little bit with their servant at the moment [Music] has come into the action there for france [Music] [Applause] but he has some different characteristics so the block will have to change a little bit in response [Applause] it's always a tricky one for a left hander to have to deal with that particular boy's gonna come around and back in and doesn't have a really good angle as perhaps a right-hander might have done but it's a great block from susan nonetheless he was probably going for the right hand of the middle there next to bruno but he didn't quite get it [Applause] [Applause] [Music] that set was really close to the net i don't know that wallace really had a lot of control over that other than to hit where he thinks the edge of the block is going to be [Music] and if you take that swing with conviction very often as a as in just then you can make your point to get that block out but also [Music] yeah they've been able to lift their service pressure put the french under a bit more a bit more pressure in their side out and uh they had a couple of really good transition opportunities so we'll see what the crowd does in the next five minutes to lift the french again [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] as well leading by four [Applause] even from this angle we can see that brazilian blockers moving their arms all over the place trying to get a piece of forehead [Music] especially the middle blocker there [Applause] [Applause] but the replay doesn't seem good back that up just a little bit of a matrix [Music] of chin easy not playing [Music] a presence in their first tempo got a couple of really big blocks real statement makers [Music] [Applause] bruno had to take a little bit of speed off that shot to get across the block but the defender still couldn't get it [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] brazilian seemed sure but and the in-call on that one is hardly ever overruled he's having a picture lucas just going over to the imaginary [Music] left in the i didn't think pointing to the ball mark would have much influence over the video referee but it turns out that it does [Music] brazil it is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] lucas out of the floats of reception to give him a better swing at that but france have actually defended a couple of those really well [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] been able to establish the first tempo again bruno has really been working with lucas talking with him to keep him in the game and has paid off [Applause] [Music] [Applause] have i'll be working [Applause] [Music] [Applause] his timing on that was all over the place you ran about a second too early he stopped then danny jarm the change in timing probably put the block out of the out of the play just slyly he can turn in the air and hit that down the line like nobody [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] a team that trains every day with anger pants you can't be surprised by trick plays too easily that's a good password [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] low had no chance to swing at it [Applause] the cover would be disappointed they didn't get it oh [Music] [Applause] as i can really say foreign [Applause] [Music] looks to be in some discomfort [Music] he's holding his right knee like the knee with the brace on it [Music] douglas is the natural choice to replace in number 14. he's busy getting warmed up just goes to oh there it goes trying to take the court you could see as he just put his weight through his right leg he jarred it and his knee you can see that doesn't look nice but it does look a little bit like he's damaged that acl similar injury happens for the usa the mcdonald he went to hit a ball and through the outside landed awkward his straight leg landed on his left leg and you could see similar things just moved and went out he went out for the game it's in the hoffman estates earlier on actually yes it was jessica who did his knee donald then came in he's got that strapping on and that knee braces go on does have some strapping around the side to protect that lateral movement it could have been a lot worse potentially he's just sorry where it is so he's douglas is in [Music] it'll really change the way that brazilians will have to set up because he's been taking a big part of the court in reception uh lucas lok's been focusing only on on attack now they'll have to probably change that a little bit with the guy coming straight in off the bench we just saw the pictures of chin and easy who's [Applause] didn't get a ball off the block looks like brazil they're gonna go on to take this set as a timeline has been cool as that went through bruno's arms [Applause] [Music] there you go [Applause] they can get back into this set to certainly get the crowd going [Applause] oh [Applause] nice [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] so he's got lots of experience playing big games under a lot of pressure absolutely no sorry to pressure [Applause] [Music] brazil really picked up the pace and that said they from the body language from the energy in the stadium they locked in the first part of the set that they were out of it and that france had a chance to really run away with it but they they hang tough they got a couple of aces that they hadn't had in the first two sets really changed the momentum there we go three aces counting the one at the end and the french weren't able to respond right away so they have chance to regroup and start all over again but brazil will have to do that too without maurizio who's keystone at their game [Music] [Applause] [Music] between lucas could have issues for brazil we'll see how their communication holds up it seemed that brazil were taking uh lucas lowe out of the reception and trying to get him involved with the fight which they did with some success not a lot of success if they go back to three receivers uh to cover douglas a little bit that will change how they might be able to use the pipes like it'll be interesting how they manage those different situations they could just go straight and play with uh first tempo wallace which might be a reasonable option anyway [Music] [Applause] [Music] something to think about that's for sure [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this [Music] [Music] we're still in great position but they are now definitely under strength with their starting players for this set alexio has left the stadium has gone to the dressing room to receive some treatment [Applause] douglass [Music] he's been with this team for a long time although he's not being a starter he's sitting in a player that's come in and he's had a very good preliminary round for brazil [Music] now he has to step up and deliver [Music] [Applause] brazil leading 2-1 [Applause] [Music] run of the the guy coming in and you see wallace's attack run but he's nothing to where he actually hits the ball half the time because of the way that he jumps it's also his arm is not exactly where his body is and there's a whole lot of things going on there that make it tough nice blockage [Music] while wallace is doing his thing is quietly hitting his uh whatever it is 60 percent is not allowed [Applause] [Music] there we saw some indication of what they might do how the brazilians would change their reception we saw their lucas lowe receiving just with the libero and the dragons being available for the pipe [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] won't say he had no chance but that's a tough one to do [Applause] tough one for bruno as he gets told he has to forget that now organize his offense [Applause] interesting choice by brazil they said their flight here for libra in their rotation [Music] [Applause] susan [Applause] their floats in this game and in the russia poland game that we saw earlier finished [Applause] [Music] because he'll have their defense now set up behind bruno but it wasn't enough [Applause] the speed is incredible uh [Applause] [Music] [Music] lovely pass [Music] that's a classic bruno lucas play in transition position four blocker for france doesn't get back to help where he normally would be after the service section and really clementine should have dug it but the speed of the transition makes it difficult [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] for france [Applause] still going [Applause] [Music] play by both teams [Applause] [Music] had a superlative sometimes just incredible [Music] [Applause] now have the lead [Applause] the lesson from the last rally is that anything in the middle of the court if it's high enough the these guys have a chance to swing out of it if they have a chance to swing and have a chance to make a point [Applause] boy here get a dodge ball going to catch boyer well in fact he's been giving us in well it was all going on almost a game of dodgeball they got out the way of it and challenging the decision as to whether or not that was in the referee was pretty certain to call that one in from his position it's not one that they would normally overrule unless they were really really sure if this challenge has been refused it's because the referee believes this is hit by air [Music] so in fact the challenge is going to be coming and the ball is balanced then we have a decision marks out the point wins the technical timeout brazil were unhappy i would like to see that one again because i'm not sure that it didn't hit the french player boy was it leaping like a cat on a hot tin roof trying to get out of the way of it [Applause] [Music] he [Applause] it's pretty late at night here in lille the first team they can bring a little bit of emotion into the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] fair to say when you've got players of this ability and this physical ability and technical level that mental toughness can be the deciding factor at times [Music] what happens in the end is that the teams are so evenly matched that if a team drops from 99 of their level to 96 it's really noticeable on the court [Applause] [Music] because when we say that they're they're playing bad or they've dropped their level or they look like they're out of it they're not actually playing bad they're just playing at maybe as i said 94 or 96 instead of the 98-99 that that we're accustomed to seeing ellis now with the serve point gifted to brazil [Applause] to get that serving to a decent position [Music] pushed it out long distance just got to get some riches back on he's got some [Applause] heavy strappings around his knee but he's back onto the court and watching the rest of this match they've got as we see this one again it's a challenge coming from brazil as they thought that was it [Music] [Music] [Applause] doesn't go brazil's way [Music] [Applause] play from douglas he's done well since coming in it's the uh sorry stake for maritza at the moment iced up taking no further part in stepping in and doing a great job for him [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] position two so they left bruno against the first tempo you need to wake up a bit earlier to fool tony [Applause] to hit the angle perhaps he's going for a big angle there that he really needs to has a big hole in the block [Applause] it's interesting when you see him in the super slowly [Music] [Applause] [Music] here [Applause] from [Applause] [Music] [Music] and that was probably kind of good choice [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] something we see teams doing a lot off where they've got the opportunity to do it in the back row attackers for six rotations plus [Music] [Applause] [Music] around the stadium as we see it in slow motion [Applause] [Applause] [Music] william very much like bruno likes to have a little look through the net as the ball comes into him to see what's going on before making his mind up and where to set [Applause] but not quite lucas apologizing to kubernetes [Music] it's a really nice transition move it's the first time i can get on with that fast it's really tough to defend has a club [Applause] [Music] [Applause] put the ball away [Music] [Music] [Applause] you don't see william in the front row that often in this double sub situation imagine that lossart forget this next [Applause] another door here for france [Applause] and this time it goes over the top of william williams that didn't touch it has made an error and tony utah took some real time and care to give him that high ball so he could just go over the top of him that's right off the head of rosso but he's already carry on [Applause] pretty good [Music] [Applause] [Music] it is the spike against the little blocker isn't always the advantage that you think that it'll be what you'll often see is that the spikers will just think okay i can i have the little blocker in front of me i can do whatever i want and the little guys are really often actually good blockers they make good position they don't move their hands around like so-called better blockers do or just the what the case was and the couple here is that they're focused on well i have to hit line i have to be lying i have to hit line and maybe don't take what actually ends up being the best shot [Applause] super slow [Applause] in the stadium [Music] [Applause] to get the meal off the ground [Applause] about the small blockers being the smart blockers william almost doing a lap of honor there is his foot down in compare [Applause] [Music] [Applause] fantastic [Applause] [Music] where that goes back [Applause] have one more slide out william goes to the backrow [Applause] he's kept the straight down william going with his non-dominant hand [Applause] massive swing [Applause] we're completely different players [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] long enough that camille had to stay in the middle and that little space is enough to open up the whole courtroom [Applause] demonstration for the rooks he kept his hands in the air and he got a piece of the ball but france unable to get it into transition the containers were all moving backwards expecting the ball or the high ball off the block [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] definitely not expecting [Applause] still anyone set for the taking here [Music] it's a big front row for brazil and lucas douglas in here [Applause] seemed like he was going for a little bit too much on that [Applause] there's a bit of emotion on the brazilian bench they see themselves close to taking this match [Applause] [Music] uh [Applause] [Applause] is [Applause] is this is his best moments [Applause] [Applause] of uncertainty into that panic channel a clean ace no one getting near this one [Applause] [Music] great controlled by blake taylor's on a serve like that and uh douglas was really flying there to score that william goes off wallace comes into the front row to block if andrew's going to go back to serve no recognized set up on court here for brazil [Applause] [Music] simply one way to solve the problem [Music] um [Music] [Applause] [Applause] set [Applause] it's the first time on court for big red oh he's got it in and france is scrambling here and it's a massive block from brazil goodness me well it looked like that ball wasn't going to make it in court to start with [Applause] oh yeah [Music] okay [Music] [Applause] as usual outstanding unpredictable [Applause] 21 points so far in the game [Applause] set goes to frags 25-22 it's too early and that means we're heading into a decider [Applause] a little bit at the end of their energy levels [Music] i think that would give france a little bit of an advantage coming into the field another 12 minutes to go you only have only have to pull yourself up for 12 more minutes [Music] [Music] this now then a race to 15 to see who will take this match [Music] captains with the first referee it's going to be france receiving brazil will serve to get the fifth set underway france's course [Music] [Music] this was the toss taken [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] exactly that it's just brilliant isn't it such great support and here are the highlights from the last [Applause] [Music] [Applause] fifth set about to get underway anyone's for the taking but brazil perhaps with a slight disadvantage the injury to maurizio they're very influential outside hitters it's perhaps so under strength in that area in service [Music] also [Music] [Applause] oh it's a great start here but that's a chance for france lovely pick up that by lucas lowe douglas with work to do [Applause] well this is just like the first point of the match an incredible rally [Applause] finished off by anger through an incredible [Applause] [Music] but it could be a telling point that anger fans score the first point of the set [Applause] with the surf of france nice finish for douglas [Music] both teams are matched up evenly because bruno starting with won the set up tonight went back to position one both players in the back row both teams with three front called attackers douglas with the surf of brazil good covering by ross [Applause] nice play oh lucas with a little bit of afters through the net as echopath missed that one on the sideline this is [Music] made him hit a second one and lucas took his hands away to stop the block out [Applause] he just couldn't get his weight forward quickly enough to get under the ball [Music] and that ball when it hits the block and adds a lot of extra spin on it and it often dips in front of the defender who looks like he should get it but it's anybody out of his reach [Music] brazil [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] oh really been a two-man show for france in this match ancapan and royal have been hitting the majority of the walls they both have over 20 points nobody else has more than seven [Applause] as we talk about the outsides the power hitters the goth pops up through the middle tommy finding him [Applause] [Music] [Applause] in front rally [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] right for brazil [Music] [Applause] [Music] to go to the middle [Applause] [Music] oh he's had an exceptional game he's been really consistent from the serving line before something like you mentioned at the beginning of this match when he came in for tilly what a good server he is and he's just come up with a 105. [Applause] position here [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] brazil [Music] [Applause] [Music] to make a real choice from that body position is tough for anybody situation [Applause] just to keep focused on what you're doing keep away from it that's what the scoreboard's showing at six nine you still have every chance to be able to see it obviously you know the favorite of that morning but you always feel like you're like you have a chance if you just get the next side out uh bruno goes back to serve and they get to serve against pre-wine in two rotations [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's great [Applause] serves wallace again the side out the ball had hit the floor [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Applause] it was an easy pass foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] another free ball for france lucas making the ball over douglas back into position and it's an unforced error from anger path way to stick in the rally by brazil [Applause] [Music] that our object is just to make the thing one more ball always make them here one more they hit one more ball there's another chance for you to block it's another chance for them to make an error if you give them three three balls in a row it doesn't normally work out your way but sometimes it does they clutching at straws here for us by the way a bit of a delay [Music] there's nothing to lose on a challenge like that [Music] don't waste your time [Music] [Music] william [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] for it and had a great swing for wallace to win the point it'd be interesting to see what happens bringing the horse back perhaps not nice play from boyar got that swing away before the block could get finished [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good [Applause] sir [Music] it's a gift for france [Applause] but not before brazil has [Music] [Applause] they still haven't shown here [Applause] [Music] to get this victory over brazil after the perfect start soon gets that last kick off [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] great blocking by caesar and still brazil not giving up not giving in [Applause] france [Applause] [Music] [Applause] line [Applause] great swing from wallace and match point saved [Applause] there is a challenge though we've talked about miles in it's a country mile [Music] the better god [Music] substitution reverse grizzard's gone off tom uti backing best chance that franks have got to win this one now one second opportunity [Applause] in the world league finals in 2017 they have beaten brazil by three sets to two it's a great victory for the hosts here in leo as they get off to the perfect start that is a great win for france at the end of the third year [Applause] uh [Music] do a lot of attacking not that serious at least not long term i had to see him back on court very shortly hopefully for the next game they'll certainly be needed by brazil they now have to win their next game to have any chance potentially of going through to the semi-finals this is the stats for the match overall only three points in it in the end [Applause] fantastic performance from france and we can now hear from the wonderful outside hitter from france engaged down on court and we can get to hear what his take on this match was [Music] [Applause] irvin you have already beaten the reigning olympic champion how does that sound i mean it's the vienna finals yeah it's um it's very important for us to start a start like this we start with a lot of pressure i think and we don't start very good but uh it's important to win also when when you play bad and i'm so i'm sorry for for brazil because they they lose one player today and it was also more easy for us to play because it won't play a lot of important for so it's okay we win 3-2 we are happy and we continue the competition what made the difference in the end what made the difference i don't know maybe in difference maybe in defense at the at the end we we play very good in defense and maybe in reception also they lose i say to you they lose one player or very good in reception so the stability is wasn't the same and like this i mean enjoy the moment people going crazy there thanks indeed enjoy the moment they have a victory perhaps coming into this one they may have felt it would have been easier they were pushed all the way by brazil and at one point he was looking as if brazil may go on to take the game but it is france who have prevailed they have their points on the board and they have kept the fans very happy indeed [Applause] [Applause] who have led the way for france this is where the uh hit points have been for france tommy utti spreading the play right across the net [Applause] the delighted french team can warm down and we can have a look at the highlights from the match [Music] [Applause] day one complete two games played and it's france who top pool a russia who top four b serbia and the usa yet to play they'll be in action on day two as they look to make their mark for brazil and poland it's the worst possible start for them [Music] and the games that will be coming usa will be taking on poland and serbia will be up against brazil france taking a rest and so too russia we do hope that you can join us for both of those games is there anything like what we've witnessed on day one well it's more world-class volleyball to come [Music] but that's just about it from all of us here in leo from myself glenn lucas from mark levito we hope you've enjoyed the volleyball as much as we have that's it from all of us it's the end of the broadcast thanks for being part of the game [Music] [Applause] you

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Length: 158min 27sec (9507 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 26 2019