Poland surprises Brazil and wins 3 sets to 1

Poland surprises Brazil and wins 3 sets to 1


Brazil who had recovered from the defeat against Italy, beating the Netherlands last Wednesday, but failed to beat Poland




In the early hours of this Friday (7), Brazil entered the field to face the Polish national team, their rivals for years, Brazil who had recovered from the defeat against Italy, beating the Netherlands last Wednesday, repeating the same formation but failing to beat Poland.

In the first set Poland managed to dominate the scoreboard thanks to Brazilian mistakes, with Alan and Lucarelli not responding in attack, the Brazilian team was under pressure, with 11 Brazilian mistakes in the first set alone, Kurek and Leon were the most active and corresponded well for the Polish team, the Brazilian setter Bruno, started distributing the balls with the central and with the pass pointer Honorato, which was a big highlight, he swept the back of the field and returned well in the attacks, being the terror of Poland. At the end of the set edges began to appear, even with a close turn, Brazil failed and lost the set 25 to 23.

The even set started with Brazil more focused and willing not to make the same mistakes as in the first set. With a pass from Lucarelli, Brazil built up in the game, serving Leon and destabilizing the opposing team, and with Alan running the ball, Brazil built up in the game and began to nullify the Poles and score on the counterattack, with their main striker disallowed and hounded to serve, Poland was left with little to lose the set 22 to 25.

In the tiebreak set, Brazil had everything to continue with the good game, with Leon out, the selection focused on canceling Kurek’s opponent, and the plan started to work, Kurek went on the bench, however, with the progress of the match, the Leon punter returned with full force, and the Brazilian serve failed to destabilize him, Poland took the lead in the game, despite Brazil’s determination defending and fighting for all the balls, it is It was difficult to stop Leon and Poland won another set, this time from 10pm to 9pm.

In the last set it looked like the first, several blunders by the Brazilian team and the ends did not respond, coach Renan rotated the team, but the team was lost and Poland took advantage of it and dominated the set until the end. Even with the set aiming for the Polish victory, Brazil didn’t give up and chased the draw, with Fernando on the field who made a good distribution, the selection got closer to the draw, but it wasn’t enough and Poland with a ball with his centre-back, he closed the set 25 to 21 and the match 3 sets to 1.

Source: Terra

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