Brazil closed the ranking phase of the men’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) with a defeat against the French reserve team by 3 sets to 2 (25/23, 27/29, 13/25, 25/19 and 18/16 ) in the early hours of this Sunday (23rd). It was the third consecutive defeat in Pasay City, Manila, Philippines, but at least the team qualified in seventh place for the quarterfinals. Brazil’s opponent will be defined as Slovenia, Poland or Italy.
Ranked before entering the pitch, Brazil started with Cachopa, Leal, Alan, Flávio, Lucão, Lucarelli and Honorato libero. Thales, the starting athlete in the defensive position, was unable to enter due to a viral condition. Thus, Honorato had the opportunity to showcase his receiving and eventual lifting skills. France, however, took the opportunity to rotate non-starters.
So in the first set, even with the reserve team, France got the better of Brazil. It was a set where both teams seesawed and took turns commanding the scoreboard. First, it was the French team that took the lead, getting some aces. Then Brazil reversed itself and opened four points with 14 to 10. But the Brazilians could not hold out, their opponents turned around and suffered another comeback. Finally, Brazil, who had 23 to 21, conceded four points in a row to see the current Olympic champions close the partial.
Turning point
The second half had a similar dynamic, the French started with the lead, but Brazil took the lead and opened 15 to 12. However, it underwent a turning point, with five points in a row coming from the European team. The Brazilians recovered, they had some set points that they were unable to finish, but at first Bernardinho’s team closed the set by drawing the match. So far the wall has been a foundation that the national athletes improved with eight points against two of the French before the third set.
In the third set Adriano enters Brazil’s starting six in place of Leal. In this way the team began to flow better in attack and continued to do well in blocking. In an excellent sequence with Lucarelli serving, Brazil went from a 7-7 draw to 15-7. The first set point occurs at 24-12, the Brazilians do not hit the wall, but then an error from the French spoils. determined the South American turning point.
However, Brazil was unable to exploit the best moment and had a fourth set below what it had presented in the rest of the match. In two sequences of points, France opened 18 to 10 and managed the difference to bring the match to a draw. Bernardinho takes advantage of this to put Bruninho and Darlan into the game. The partial ends with an error serving Flávio.
Tie-break
France maintained a slim lead until 8-7, at the turning point of the pitch. From then on, Brazil grew with a serve from Lukas Bergmann followed by a block from Alan. Adriano rose in the final points to give the Brazilian team a margin. However, drama took over at the end of the match, with France equalizing and a sequence of video challenges giving the French two matchpoints.
On the fourth occasion, midfielder Jouffroy hit an ace from the baseline to give the French the victory. Furthermore, Théo Faure was the top scorer of the match, with 29 goals, of which 25 were in attack alone. As for Brazil, Lucarelli was the top scorer with 18 points.
Source: Terra
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