THIS MATCH BROKE THE INTERNET Japan vs Italy Volleyball Battle

Well, here is one of the oldest players, Simone Ginelli, MVP in both the European Championship and the World Championship. And he serves first in this bronze medal game. Oh, and Ishikawa finds the angle first up. Great service run by Sakita. This time he picks on Rousseau. Good finish from the big man. Miura, up high, fed in then by Balasso. Michieletto, he can't do the business. Oh, that's just shy of the jumbotron. Then saved, here we go, game on. Miura, off the block, but that has come off so hot. Miura, oh, let's fly, what an ace! Kento Miura with a fireball. Just like we saw from Michieletto a few moments ago, that left to right. He's getting ready to unload. He does it again, he's gone back to back. Phenomenal serving from Kento Miura. Michieletto, goes heavy at this time. Oh, doesn't pick up the ace though. And runoff is at the free ball. Great serving here from Michieletto. And great swinging from Yuri Romano. Michieletto almost kind of single-handedly dragging his squad back into this set. Romano, oh, overpass from Yamamoto. That's a collector's item. But then Sakita gets a touch. Here's the bump set, Miura, off the hands. One, two, oh, and it's over. Brilliant from Japan. There's the jump set, Latvia, Sakita, Tatsunori. Unbelievable! Are you kidding me, Dave? Will this be the decisive service run? Oh, it might. Oh my goodness, what a service from Kento Miura. Sakita. Michieletto receives high off the hands and Tatsunori's there. Ishikawa recycles it. Japan do a little bit better this time. Miura, shut down by Russo. You want the tight jeans and the leather vest, probably. Of course, of course. Oh, Russo can't quite get on top of it. What a swing set by Ishikawa, run by Takahashi. That is one of the more difficult swings in volleyball. Two-point game, Japan have halved the deficit. Got another block touch. Oh, wow, Russo. Killed cleanly in this match. Galassi, he goes heavy. Ishikawa deals with it well. Miura just arrives and delivers and it is electric. Two-point deficit in a matter of 15, 20 seconds. Chance to make it right. Oh, brilliant hustle. Michieletto and then Lavia swings on to Miura. Great block and Italy taking advantage. Goes heavy, doesn't manage the ace, but Italy scrambling. Sakita sets, Takahashi blocked. Oh, brilliant by Sakita. Takahashi again. Is there a touch? Yes, there is and we are level. But now for the second time in the match, it's Miura serving for the set. Rips it, sent high. Now it's Michieletto. Now it's Sakita and it's 2-0 Japan. Ishikawa, the hero. They have snatched the second set from Italy who were in control. 3-2. Ball in by Lavia. Oh, the one-handed set. Deserved a point, doesn't get one because Ishikawa is ripping angles for fun. Cross body one. This is what you're kind of expecting from Yuki. Yahtzee in the cross court right there. Romano's heat. And it is Sakita at the service line. Puts that one in flat into Michieletto. Oh, backhands Romano. Wow. Nice service run here from Gianelli and he's doing what we talked about earlier, just forcing Japan to play with some grace. Oh my goodness. Sideline to sideline. Well, the first one was a little bit of finesse. This one was just pure class. Yamauchi into Michieletto. Dig by Miura. Set from backcourt. Run into trouble. Gianelli can set and Russo can rip. Doing a lot better in maintaining their good start in this third set. Miura. That is huge. Michieletto with the monster. In rhythm a lot, we're seeing more of those quick attacks, and more of the pipes out of the middle of the court. Superb from Sakita. Oh my. Going up in one hand and tapping it to his guy, Yamauchi out of the middle. Lavia serving for the set. Yamamoto feeds it into Eiro. Ishikawa only finds Belasso. And it's four from four on the second ball for Simone Gianelli. Miura. Belasso does very well there because he was off balance when he took that. Michieletto. Oh, he's blocked. And he's blocked by Ran Takahashi. That the Japanese blockers stayed on that ball. Ran does a great job. And I love the discipline from the Japanese boys right there. What is very right is Miura serving. Oh, it's gone heavy again. And Lavia can get something on it. And Michieletto can go over the three of them. And even Yamamoto can't get there. It's an important point for a couple of reasons. It closes the gap to one. And it gets Miura off the service line. Tries to go short again. Yamamoto equal to it. Oh, Russo. Unlucky. Ran runs into the same problem. And Russo gets him the second time. Been awarded. Tsukita looking for Miura. Who gets stuffed straight back. Galassi, a giant. So slightly. And then Japan responds through Ishikawa. They've really targeted Yamauchi short on those services, haven't they? That's perfect stuff, I mean. Ishikawa. Lovely pass. Oh my goodness me, Gianelli. That is filthy. Look at Ishida there. But that is just perfection from Gianelli. All of them seem to work. But then the flip of that is true as well. Ran receives. Michieletto serves. And it's another monster block on Miura. Lavio, some great work on the pin here. Take a look. Good close to that line. And Lavio receives. Belasso sets. Lavio swings. Great touch by Ishikawa. Ran can only touch it off the hands. What a set. What a swing. Oh, Romano. Miura to get us underway in the decider. Fifth set is go. And it is go with an ace. Kento Miura on the line. Smacks that one to one. He's gone again into the tape this time. Gianelli can set. And Galassi can swing for one-one. Got a great response from Lavio there. Another heater comes at him. Gets slowed down by the tape. To serve. Good service as well. Into Ishikawa. Back to Ishikawa. Ripped by Ishikawa. Romano comes up a little bit. Sekita. Into Michieletto. Oh, the block's a big one. Japan with the break point to lead by two. That is a great service, but tactical, well-placed, good variety. Oh, he's unlucky there as well. That has come up hot from the middle. Nice from Russo. Seven-four. Ishikawa. Oh, ripping serve. Lavio does well to keep that alive. Into Yamamoto. It goes. Ishikawa. Off the block. Unbelievable. The dig right there from Yamamoto. Something else. Here's Lavio. Off the net into Ishikawa. Run. Oh, and it's that man again. Galassi. He's having a great game. He's serving for the bronze medal. He's had one ace serve already. Can he finish it in style? In it goes from Michieletto. It's poked over. This is the chance. Ishikawa for the bronze medal. And Japan make history. Are you kidding me? They have battled back.