China 🇨🇳 vs. Cuba 🇨🇺 - Highlights _ Week 3 _ Men s VNL 2025.

Coming off the bench too at times when he's getting another start. Here we go. Team China in red, team Cuba in white. And the first attack comes from Cuba from the back row. Maso. Nice defense already from China. Cuba responds. Maso gets it up. Now here's Lopez swing. He puts it off the block to smartly. Comes Miguel Lopez, played in Japan last year. Knows about playing back to back games, which is part of the VNL. Of course, Gomez across for Yant. The leading scorer for Cuba finds the end line as he so often does. Cuba, obviously just extremely powerful with their attacking so far. And that assistant play, not sure why the libero put it over. Good job by Yant to direct Gomez to get that ball over. And both teams a little back out of the game. Here's Rao to serve, and he's got an ace. Cuba was all pushed in that is Hasnil Lagarejo. Pretty much know what that serves going to do. He's so consistent. I think he's missed one this week. Lopez setting back to Yant, ripping. Wong Bin's going to get there, push it up to the net. And they are going to score on that play. A huge point for team China. 23-19, Maso serving well. Here's Nguyen, good pick up by Camino, pushed over by Maso. Another chance for China to attack. They go from Wang Bin in the back row and he scores. Here is Zhidao Xu. And it's set point Cuba on Marlon Yant's swing. Overpass, they can attack for the winning point, they do. Simon takes the set from Tondiki. And that's how the set ends. This year, he's going to start this second set. A little too, too powerful, though. Wong Bin serve, taken by Lopez. Here's Maso. And he's put this through the block and off of Rao. Deciding to let it loose as soon as they make contact on the serve. Senor Lopez, can you get this ball over? Yes, you can. Finally, we get out of that situation. And then Wong Bin rifles one from the back row. Good attack there, even with three blocks. Wong Bin, and he's got an ace. Lopez, good take from Zhidao. Good up from Cuba. Here's a chance to attack. Yant, blocked down, Jiang Chuan, the captain. Magarejo, through his career, several best serving awards. No setter on the floor right now for Cuba. And the block goes block out. Zhidao Cho. Taken off the net by Bissette. And ripped down the line, but oh, it's in. And we're underway. Set number three, Yant with the first pass and Concepcion the first swing, and Cuba the first point. Nice way to open up the third set. Good, quick attack through the middle. It's Robert Landy's serve. Good take from Zhi. Wong, overhand pick up from Yant. Lopez is just going to push this over. Free ball chance, China. Here they come with Wong Bin. He scores. Wong Bin, good serve from him. Concepcion, blocked by Rao. So they can get insistent. Here comes Lopez again. Just off the top of the net. Middle attack. That's going to score from Rao Shuhan. That's on the outside blocker. There you go. That's, he's the one. Didn't want to waste everybody's time. And nice job by Jiang Chuan, the captain of Team China, rips it. He does. Up from Li. Jiang rips it from the right side. But it's just going strong. Good take from Li. Good call from Matt. Oh, oh, good job. Lopez scores it. The setter for Team China, Huang Q. Bin, ready to serve. And Bissette finishes it off. And Cuba has taken the lead in the match with a 15 win in set number three. That was more like it. Robert Landy-Simone, the ball in his hands. Cuba in white, China in red. If Cuba wins the set, they go to the finals and they start with a block point from Concepcion. Concepcion is always involved on the first point of the set. Seems like it. Off right there as they get the block point. Oh, this is trouble for Cuba. Lopez is just going to set this one over. Free ball chance, China. Here they come. Xi, nice pick up. Maso and the setter in the front row, Gomez slaps it down and China and Rao Shuhan. Good take from Yant. Lopez from the right side, bringing the heat. Still their second leading scorer in the match, though. Jing and Jiang ripping it off the block to score. Here it comes. To the top of the net. Nice take from Li. And then Li, the other Li, rips it through the middle. Cut the tension with a knife. Maso, good coverage by China. They're going to come again with Wang Bin and that's going to score. He rips it from the left side. Put a wrench in Cuba's plans. Kept up smartly by China. They come with Wang Bin. He's blocked. They recycle again for him. And he's scored the point to give his team set point. And it's over. We're going to five. Team China has forced a fifth set with a 25-22 win. China took advantage of those Cuban errors. Plays like this. Well, and we didn't do the math, Matt, we don't. And here we go. Set number five, Rob Snook alongside Matt Prosser with Key Michael. It is Cuba against China in this fifth set battle. The ball comes over. Another chance for China to attack. Zhang gets blocked. And that's a point for Cuba. A huge one to start this first, this fifth set. Good block point there. Nice. Oh, John, just destroying that ball. Maybe that's how he came out. And Camino trying to track that down off the block, but it's the pipe attack for. Knee comes in, their leading blocker will play in the front row, number nine. And Yant hammers that crosscourt. It's 11 serving 13 now. Cuba can go on a service run. That's Maso, 14-11. Three match points, China. Kondiki setting, Yant ripping it off of the setter, Hu. Here's Yant, comes over. Here's Ji, kept alive, Yant. Tundike pushes it across. Lopez rips it. Two match points avoided. Still facing match point. Good take by Li. Back row attack. And it is out. And it is tied at 14. Ji Daoxiu. Good take from Yant. Tundike sets up Lopez and he smacks it to the floor. Match point, Cuba. Nope. Right into the heart of the net. How long he been involved in that? Match point, China. Lopez tries the tip, doesn't work. Here's a chance for China. Off hands and it's over. Team China with a monstrous upset. The number 27 seeded team in the world has just knocked off Cuba in five sets. Cuba will get one point and we truly do not know if that will be enough to get them to Ingvo and the final eight. We'll have to wait and see.