Germany 🇩🇪 vs. Canada 🇨🇦 - Highlights | Week 3 | Women's VNL 2025

First serve. Germany's Lina Ahlsmeyer. So strong at Mitrovic. Outside swing is the first one for Canada and it goes just long. So, Germany on the board. Canada then with the chance. Hook bomb. Stiebrot in her first VNL return. The German block, you talked about it. Avoid those hands. The service pressure has reduced just a little bit because of so many errors. Ahlsmeyer putting it back on. Mitrovic on the outside. That's a tip. Centers out of the run. Kinderman goes high hands. Coming back as a free ball. Opportunity for Germany. Back to Kinderman with one and a half block. What a defense by Canada. Going again, third time. Little tip. Trying to get Smrek out of it. It works. Oh, the feather. Defensive play getting better and better, both teams. What a scrap and only play. Digging in. Sometimes that's what it takes to win these points. Not the prettiest of points, I think we can all agree there. Looks for Fogani. Weitzel off the hands of the block. Opportunity for Canada. Ball's dug. Tipping into Smrek. She says no. Has to play defense to back it up through the middle. Dukbom goes. Germany still in it on the right side. Trying to cover, but the block has the stuff. Canada's block has been massive. Smrek up there doing work. Throwing down every tip right back at Germany. And then on the left side, Johnston and Dukbom pairing up. Lucy Borowski as well in for Canada. Still set point, but not anymore. A serve. An ace serve for Stouts. Not just an ace, but a clean ace. Going right between the passers. Stouts hits this one. We talked about closing out sets. Opportunity to do it here. Canada goes line on Stouts. Ausmaier. An aggressive swing. Jost sets it up to the outside. And it goes off on set number 26-24. What a comeback from Canada. Especially when they were down. The defense really came into play. And we were picking up balls that you didn't even expect. Yeah, defense was massive. You could see them ready to go. First serve. Into the hand. Drive is on the line. There's a short one on Maglio. Handled well. And Syrinx goes line. We haven't seen a lot of offense out of her. Just getting subbed in. But that's a good look. Ball's in the block. Free situation for Canada. Back to the middle. Dukbom with a simple soft wing. Debris. Dukbom getting all the way out. Just a couple more points. Down by three here in the late stage of the set. But it's Weitzel who handles it quickly for Germany. Point, Germany. Opportunity for Canada. Denied. Second set, 25-20 off a monster block. Underway. Germany now on the left side of your screen. And Ausmaier with the first serve. And it's a big, powerful swing. Canada trying to spread the gap. Here comes Smrack again. Beskett. And the defense looking good. But out of system play. It's going to be a net joust. Canada trying to calm things down. Gusen sends a freebie. So Weitzel, you knew it was going middle. Good defense from Smrack. Takes some speed off it. Pogani reads it well. Long rally continues. Slowing things down is the libero. And another defensive effort. Can Ausmaier close it? She looks for the touch off the arms. And she gets it. What a play from Germany. Anna Pogani chasing after this ball just to get it up. Not only does that, but gets it in an awesome spot for her outside. To do something with in a high... Third set point opportunity for Canada. Steengroot had to get the ball in play. She did. And another opportunity missed. Can Germany make Canada pay? Not yet. What a scrappy defensive rally from Germany. Sharper inside the block. And Germany... No room for error on the serve. Now by Gusen. There's the backcourt attack. Touched by Pogani. But it goes wide. And that means Canada have done it. Much better response from Canada during that set. We saw them start with the same kind of authority that we've seen toward the end of the first two sets. And that paid off. They had that slight edge on Germany throughout the entire set. Though Germany made a little bit of a run at the end. It wasn't enough because Canada was able to put the pedal to the metal. Well, it's lucky that ball went down after coach just said enough with the tipping. Thinking about that as well. Not sure he was maybe happy with that decision. But the set was a little bit off. And kind of all that Smrit could do with that ball. And hey, it paid off. Canada with the slight edge. And solid serve as well. And that sends it out. Gusen goes deep on Pogani. There's the tip from Alsmaier. Picked up. But from allowed into the offense. But she goes too far. To the other side of the court. Oh, what defense, Pogani. And just as well. Libero for Libero. Faceoff. A back to that set. There's the tip. Handled beautifully. Borowski with the swing and the diving. Stiegrot. Germany find a way to get the floor. Germany continues to bring fire. But Canada's getting everything up on their side. One point lead for Germany. It's a must win set for Germany. Live in this match. Glau back to the backcourt. Alsmaier looking for open. It's not there. And her high swing. Veske is going for it. Goes back to the right side. And a scramble through the block. How about Veske one more time? And another defensive effort. This rally continues. Until Canada. It has been so difficult to put a ball down on either side. The defense we're seeing is top notch. Stiegrot goes out. Set number four for Germany. Will it be a block? No, the defense is there. Alsmaier has to send a free ball. Opportunity for Canada. Smrek throws it. Not done yet. But Alsmaier would like it to be. What a run down from Mitrovic. Pogani. Perfect ball. Stiegrot from the backcourt. And set is done. Germany escape Canada here for set number four. Here we go then. Set number five underway. Germany. Alsmaier with the first serve. Canada to take a swing. On the right side. Look at the tips. Are they there? No. Canada get the first point. Set number five. Stiegrot targeted. Alsmaier. Off hands. But straight down. But it counts for the save. Out of the eight points Germany has. What a confident play for Germany. Line serve. Good shot from Maglio. Going over shoulder. Germany have two match points. Main serve. That one handled better. Go to Gusen. She has been stepping up big time. Gusen has been awesome. Johnson. In for the serve. Rolls it on Stiegrot. And she will deliver. Germany holding their nerve. And taking down Canada in five sets.