Philippines 🇵🇭 vs. Egypt 🇪🇬 - Highlights | Men's World Championships 2025

From the United Arab Emirates. Yeah, off we go. D.U. with a serve. That's better reception. Ordeales sending that one outside. Slightly higher levels. Saif Abed with a serve for Egypt. Ordeales again. That dig goes over. Popped up by Ibanez. From the pipe, Espejo knocks it in. Well, the crowd response tells you everything you need to know about that point. The Philippines just keep going. They've just got to keep pushing. They get the opportunities. And that's going to be the key thing. Two of the four points of the Philippines. Good pass coming from Reda. Yaso sets it up. And a monster block. Let's see if it's on Ben Aguimonos. If it is, that's going to be his first block of the game. Two attack faults already for Egypt. And one of the reasons why they're down by two. Saif Abed. Covered to the back row by Magunas. Ordeales against three defenders. Popped up by Aguimonos. Ordeales tries again. Got it. Lay-up. Ordeales, what a start here today. Because of that loss to Tunisia. Meanwhile, Egypt climbing up two notches after beating Iran. That was an upset. Magunas swings and scores again. The important thing here is what the middle are doing. They're holding that Egyptian middle block well. He's... You can see why. Ibanez with a pass. Another pipe attack. Got it. Magunas now is four. This one they've moved a little bit more to the left-hand side. Almost in between that pipe and that 50 attack. Lead us back to one. For the gentlemen in black. In front of the pipe. And it's drilled in by Said. Hamada there. He's also capable of causing trouble through the middle. He does enough. Hamada coming in. Good serve. Amar. For Magunas. Ordeales is a big server. He went for goal. He's got it. After a shaky start against Tunisia in the first set, he delivers. Espejo with the serve. Yasuo setting it up. A little combination play. And he saves. Ibanez rejected. Talk about riding the wave. I just took my headset off just to listen. Hamada. Easy serve to pick up for Espejo. And Magunas makes up for the error on the running attack. And a loss against Tunisia. Today he's got five already. Brilliant serve. Egypt now with a full front line. Saif Abed. Hamada. And Said in front. Magunas. Looking for another touch. Went for it. Big swing and a miss. And here they are again. The Philippines within one. Ordeales. The pass. Opportunity to tie. Here they come. Malabunga. Now unblocked. Yasuo sets it up. Saif Abed has been unstoppable. Magunas pushes. Now it's picked up by Al-Husseini. Now Reda with the easy over. Ties the game at 12. Oh, you love a slide. Another chance to tie on the Espejo serve. Great pass. Saif tied up by Hossam Fahd. Terrific monster block. Knocking down Al-Husseini. Yasuo. Has a point already. Magunas turned away. A monster block this time by Egypt. Blow after another. Al-Husseini serving. Looking for the lead. Gatamar. Nice block by Suri. Espejo pushing it. Covered by Al-Husseini in the back row. Al-Husseini from the pipe. Got it again. Back to back points for Al-Husseini. Plenty here in set two. Good pass coming from Magunas. Magunas from the pipe. Al-Husseini picked up. And a shot down the line. Dayou off the bench. Meanwhile, Egypt with a huge upset against one of the Asian champions in Iran. First point going to the Philippines. Al-Husseini with a service fall. Actually, do you know what? Saif, you're the one now. Everyone left hand side beating him. Both teams with one error each on the serve already. Yasso. It's time to Saif with a drop easy pick up for Oriales. Gatamar to Magunas. Pushes it and scores again. Good pass by Espejo. Magunas. Good pass and an excellent dig. Oriales. Catches a touch. He's a pro for Serbia. And second professional team in Serbia by the way. He's been there for a couple of years already. Off system play for the Philippines. Easy pick up for Hamada. Yasso. Nice hit coming from Osama by the Philippines. Defense holding up. And they turn defense to offense. Well, it's tough there because it's a set here going right. The balls come in from the left side. Service fault number four for Egypt. The Philippines with more errors in total. They've got eight. Saudi. Full front line for the tall Egyptians as Yasso serves. Great pass from Banas. Oh! Magunas changes his mind last minute. Maybe he was too close to the net. Good pass by Magunas. Osama. Can they get through the blockers? Yes, they do! Set point by Oriales which is the finishing touch. In theory this should be seven points for Egypt. Players of Egypt. Latamar goes to Oriales for the cross court hit. The wind predictor still favoring Egypt at the moment. That's why we couldn't see them. Magunas blocked. Back to back monster blocks for Egypt. Egyptians now building some momentum, some rhythm into their offense and we're seeing it. Great comeback so far for the men in orange. Espejo trying to bounce it off fingertips. Saeed to save Abed. This one too close to the net. Easy over, underhand from Espejo. Saeed Abed challenging the double block and Egypt now on top by one. Philippines trying to rebuild that four point cushion they had just four minutes ago. What a great drop on El Hosini. Latamar popping it up. With a dig. Llaso back out to El Hosini against the triple block. Are you kidding me? Malabunga serving. Malabunga with seven points. Llaso finds the big man in the middle. Sudi is blocked. Llaso tries again this time to Saeed. He punches. What a serve. What a pass as well from Valles. Magunas. Did he catch it? Yes he did. When you talk about captain's performances right from the get go in set one. Three to win. Two to tie for Egypt. Good pass by Lorenzo. Magunas. Did he get it? Touch. Yes he did. He eats him the most. They need a couple more break points. Short pass coming from Lorenzo. Magunas against the triple block. Bounces it off and puts the Philippines at three match points. As Magunas serves for the win. Tough pass. Reda sets it up. El Hosini. Rejected. Philippines win their very first match in the championships. And the PNVF president is beside himself. And so is every Filipino inside the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.