Brazil falls in the semi-finals of the tournament after a perfect season in the previous stages; the next opponent is Poland
After a perfect season, with 13 wins in 13 games League of NationsTHE Brazilian women’s volleyball team was defeated by Japan 3-2 (26/24, 20/25, 25/21, 22/25 and 15/13) this Saturday morning in the semi-final of the competition. It will be the first final for Japan, Brazil’s group stage rivals Paris 2024 Olympics, in the competition. The Japanese face Italy, who beat Poland in the other semi-final. Brazil will compete for third place in the Nations League against Poland on Sunday.
As expected, Japan started very solidly on defense and soon took a 7 point lead. The coach Zé Roberto Guimarães who had started the match with Roberta, Rosamaria, Gabi, Ana Cristina, Thaisa and Carol, in addition to libero Nyeme, decided to change teams. He introduced Tainara, Macris and Júlia Bergmann, who started the match very well. Bergmann was the top scorer of the first half with 7 points.
The Brazilian team fought back when the score was 15 to 8. With Macris serving, there were 6 points in a row until Japan scored again to lead 16 to 14. Brazil continued to recover until he found himself ahead on the scoreboard for the first time. Match time: 18 to 17.
The moment seemed very favorable for Brazil, who wasted three set points. Japan remained calm, managed to stay alive and closed the set at the first chance they had: 26/24.
The Asian team also started the second half ahead on the scoreboard. Zé Roberto kept Macris and Júlia Bergmann on the field, but returned with Rosamaria in place of Tainara. The decision turned out to be the right one, as Rosamaria managed to raise her level of play.
Brazil started with the lead at 12 to 11. Unlike the first set, when they faltered in closing the set, Brazil showed concentration and calm and scored 25 to 20 and drew the semifinal with 1 set to 1. The decisive point was scored by Captain Gabi, who also did much better in the second half. Júlia Bergmann was once again the top scorer, with 7 points in the set.
Japan takes advantage of a moment of lack of concentration from the Brazilian team and takes the lead at the end of the third set: 22 to 17. Brazil manages to react and reduces the lead to 22 to 21. The Asians regain control of the match. game and closed at 25/21.
Needing a win to stay alive, Brazil started the fourth set very well and took a 6-0 lead, tying the set at 10-10 and 21-21, but at no point did they lead on the board. Júlia Bergmann remained in the center of the set and had her left calf treated, while Ana Cristina took her place. The team forced the tiebreaker by scoring 25/22.
In the deciding set, Japan took advantage of Brazil’s errors and immediately took a 4-0 lead. The Brazilian team saw their rivals lead 7-2, but managed to balance the match and remained one point behind the Japanese until the draw at 9-9. From then on the teams alternated on the scoreboard until Japan took advantage of a receiving error and scored 13 to 11. Japan ended the match with a block by Brazil.
The women’s team is overcome by Japan in the tie-break. 12×15????#VNL #LigaDasNacoes #VoleiNoSportv #BrasilexJapao pic.twitter.com/MR8p9fxFAG
— Volei Brazil (@volei) June 22, 2024
Source: Terra
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