Heartbreaking Volleyball Moments | Injuries | HeadShots | Victory & Loss

The first swing from Salih Al-Shahin who's had a great competition. Stasiak's a little off the net. Turkey are looking to settle. Straight off the bat here. Big swing into the corner. Almost picked it up. It's a bold attempt at getting there. So this is the danger, that's the big spike. Comes off the libero. Good ball in, both with the dummy. And that one, just too quick. That's classic Japan. That swing so quick that the block can't get settled. And hard as well. And here comes one of the best servers now. She's just hit a great ball and she's back to servicing power. What can she do? The last one was just a fraction long. It was well left by Niemi. That's nasty. Oh, I think there's an issue for Carol Gattaz. Hopefully she's going to be all right. They get a bit of what used to be cold water and a sponge. There's a little bit of cooling spray, hopefully, and some tape. She's got her thumb tweaked. It's so common in volleyball, getting fingers tweaked. The thumbs are the worst. She's already got probably a sore thumb. Being such an incredible middle blocker. Tops of the fingers don't help. A bit of confusion for Brazil. They could be level. Is it coming back? No, it isn't. It is level. And that was all to do with that little bumping into each other of Carol Gattaz and Gabi off the servicing. Oh, dear. Hopefully she's going to be OK. Well, that doesn't look good at all, does it? And Koga's saying, no, I can't continue. So there's going to be a substitution. And Ishikawa's going to come on. Well, she's walking on it. That's a big loss for Japan. But better to be safe than sorry. She can get it looked at. All right, but it is a two-point lead, Germany, with Lina Stiegroth serving. Goes deep. Level and then kick on. Oh, oh, that was a hard hit. I think that one. And about took that. Yeah, she took that one in the face, perhaps, or very high up. Oh, and caused a bit of a neck flip there. When the ball comes off the block a little bit. Misdirects it. Oh, yeah, she took it almost with her hands and her chest, but I think just the force of the the neck move, which is OK. Although Argentina have the ball ready to serve, they're still on the court, the coach is on the court. She looks to be OK. Take a lot to take the captain off, I'll tell you, particularly on a home court. But that was a big blow. Question how long would it be to. Yeah, I thought she might come off. Not surprisingly. Oh, there's contact on Shibirakos. On another day that loops up and in inside their back line, but not there. It's the power that does it. Not a good dig by her as well. Oh, what a swing by Ashie. I think Charlotte Konecki particularly appreciated it. Ashie straight through there to check she was all right. But this is a close up you just don't want when you're a player. Wow. Still playing volleyball at university, not playing pro yet. But it's a super bad suit. That's not a good serve. But Argentina get the side out. No, they don't get the side out. What a dig. Fukudome somehow kept it in play. And it's a win. Wow, what an incredible end to the match. Fukudome gets one in the face. It's picked out of the net by Miyabe. And it's a block for Japan to win the match. And they've beaten Argentina by three sets to nothing. Well, the confirmation of the score 17-19-17. Argentina played really well. They matched Japan all the way to the mid phase of each of the sets. Then Japan pulled away. Well, that's quite an incredible finish to that one. And it's down and Serbia is going to the semifinal. But what a performance by this Polish team. Remember, they didn't qualify for the World Championship four years ago. And here they are that close to making it to the semifinal on the back of a 40-point performance from Magda Stysiak. And a wonderful setting performance from a banged up Joanna Bołasz. They belong among the elite eight of the world in volleyball. And what a performance by 21-year-old Magdalena Stysiak. Now, there's obviously going to be tears. But what a performance. What a show they put on for the home crowd over this past three weeks. Anna Boscovich is standing by with Ki Michael. Ki, whenever you get a chance, go right ahead. Stella with the serve. Ronaranti stepping in to make sure it was a good ball. But it's a massive block. Danese puts it down. Italy have taken the set and winning the match. They are the bronze medalists here in the Netherlands. What a performance. What a turnaround. What a call. Unbelievable from Italy. I don't think any of us thought they could get that third set. We thought we were going to a four. The commiserations. You could see it on the faces of the Americans. They knew they had a chance. Wow. A little bit lucky there for Italy in the end. There's no luck in terms of the way they play. They play brilliantly in those last five or six points to finish off. This is how it was done. There's a decent enough ball in. What a massive block from Danese. She's been brilliant throughout this tournament for us. The one player consistent throughout. And it's great for her to finish it off with a block like that. She's always there, Danese. Reaching over. And those two right there on the block, Gono and Danese. I mean, I wouldn't have got... I don't want to be able to hit against them as an outside blocker. You want to get away from them. They're just too good. Nice way to finish after such a close loss in the semifinal for Italy. That's what it means to them all. When they have a medal to take home with them.