League of Nations volleyball: Brazil beat Serbia and is already in the semi-finals

The Brazilian team beat Serbia 3-0 (25:16, 28:26, 25:19) in the final of the volleyball league and secured its place in the semi-finals of the competition . In Lille, the United States and Russia will surely play for the medals, and fourth place in the quartet will be measured by the French and Serbs (Friday, 20.45). The Polish national team lost two matches in the final and will return home without a medal.

After the defeat with France ( 2: 3) For the opening of the final of the League of Nations Volleyball, the Brazilian team had to defeat Serbia in order to keep the chance of promoting the group and fight for the medals of the SLN. The Serbs, in the event of victory with Olympic champions of all sizes, sent them home and were promoted to all four. The stakes were of great importance, and the rivals were watching the French, who had to face Serbia on Friday and establish order in Group A. The Poles and Group B were promoted from the Polish B group and the Red after two defeats on the Six side.

Canarinhos rushed on the opponent from the first balls, and the Serbs as they could not catch the pace of the game, as they could not shoot. They made many mistakes, did not stop the attacks, and quickly lost contact with their rivals (2: 6, 3: 8). Slightly in the game came Aleksandar Atanasijević, who in the attack played very uneven and did not help the team. Coach Nikola Grbić quickly took advantage of the break (6:12) as his team completely stopped and stopped playing. And Wallace de Souza and the company took a blow after the fact and probably made their way into the first installment (16: 9). Especially as Douglas Souza, who replaced the injured Mauricio Borges, had a good start to the match and did well not only in the attack, but also defended the ball after the ball, to finish with Wallace (20: 11). Nikola Grbić, unmoved, watched the actions of his volleyball players until Atanasijević sent the serve into the car and ended a fatal appearance for his team (16:25)

The Serbs fought from the beginning of set number 2 he took a redness (6: 6). Especially since the Serbs finally found a way to attack the Olympic champions, blocked Lucas Loh and took the lead for the first time on Thursday (9: 8). Canarinhos immediately responded beautiful for a similar. They stopped Atanasijevic's attack and took over the initiative (12:11), although they were unable to jump over the Serbs who were fighting with ambition. The encounter became fierce, full of emotions and full of excellent volleyball on both sides. The result was still close to equality (15:15), until Lucas Saatkamp blocked Srecko Lisinaca and gave Brazil an advantage (17:15). Everything went according to Canary's thoughts until Douglas Souza collided with Lucas Saatkamp under the net. Colleagues shuddered, after all, they had already lost a winger, and here the other suffered a leg injury. He returned to the game, however, and his team was preparing to take it away (21:19), until the srecko Lisinac, who actually blocked Mauricio Souza (21:21), sank into the trends. The fantastic emotions at the end of the party finally ended Lucas Saatkamp, ​​who first stuck the nail in the middle of the net, and after a moment threw the serve ace (28: 26).

Lot number three started well for the Serbs, this time it is Marko Ivovici and Aleksandar Atanasijevici who surprised their rivals in the attack and the Balkans team even had two " hiding places "from the stock. Well, if Wallace and the company quickly fired (10:10), after a while to put the cards on the ground after the big attacks and thanks to the fantastic game of Thales Hoss on the defensive (12:11). In addition, the referees were lost in one of the actions, there was confusion and the Serbs lost their points due to the bad position on the field (13:16). Nikola Grbić's hot heads woke up, but he did not do much, given Canarinhos's play and their sensational game play (17:13). Even Milan Katić resumed the fight, but soon the Brazilians dominated the events on the floor (19:15), to finally take a shot and move towards a certain victory (21:17). Eventually, Douglas Souza, the silent hero of the meeting, nodded for the triple block and closed the duel (25:19).

With the victory of three hundred points and a point where Canarinhos broke the French, the Olympic champions are now confident of advancing to the semifinals of the volleyball league. Who will they face in the fight for the final and what place will be in Group A? Everything will be explained Friday, when France will face Serbia (at 20:45), and earlier in the Polish Polish group will face Russia (18:00). Saturday, the semi-finals will take place in Lille and the medals of the SLN will be disputed Sunday

Brazil – Serbia 3: 0 (25:16, 28:26, 25:19)

Referees: Jiang Liu (China ), Fabrizio Pasquali (Italy)

The course of the match:

• I play: 8: 3, 12: 6, 16: 9, 20:11, 25:16
• II set: 8: 7, 12:11, 16:15, 20:18, 28:26
• III together: 6: 8, 12:11, 16:13, 20:16, 25:19

Brazil: Bruno Rezende , Wallace de Souza, Lucas Loh, Douglas Souza, Maurico Souza, Lucas Saatkamp, ​​Thales Hoss (libero) and Eder Carbonera, Evandro Guerra, William Arjona

Serbia: Nikola Jovovic, Aleksandar Atanasijević, Marko Ivović, Uros Kovacević, Marko Podrascanin, Srecko Lisinac, Neven Majstorović (Libero) and Milan Katić, Ivan Kostić, Nikola Mijailovic, Aleksandar Okolić, Petar Krsmanovic.