Longest and Craziest Rally Actions in Men s VNL 2023

This has to go over. Free ball for France. For the match. Oh, what a dig from Kemper. Boyer again. No way through. Rijkaard says no. Oh, this is magnificent. You've got to be kidding. Now it's advantage Germany. Bremer's shot down. And it is France who are going to the big show. They've booked their place in the finals. They're off to Poland. And they've still got a shot at being back-to-back champions. What a way to... And just to let you know, for those of you that have been watching right from the get-go, they have made a substitution in order for the setter to come in. Yeah, you can't play that. That was outside the antenna, wasn't it? Clearly not there. Carry on. Brilliant work from Ishikawa. Oh, goodness, that's going to stay in. They've got to play it again here. Wowee. Only a point two. Struck apart. Only point two. You always look into the future of your team. Right, chance for the Netherlands. Townsend goes big. Where's this going to end? That's how it's going to end, because De Falco is arriving from the backcourt. They got there in the end. You could almost do defensive training on how De Falco finished through this attack, OK? Here we go. He goes... On the face of Bremer. And then Werner comes back with a massive serve. Oh, wow. That's up. It's in play. Dug straight back over. Womach goes middle. Another brilliant defensive job from Germany. Leon. Oh, it's up again. Germany playing out of their skins here. Down. Poland defend. Oh, this is rally of the season. That's an insane play. And that was so good from both sides. That was unbelievable. Oh, well rested on top of the tape there for a while. Two on one. Well read with the block there. Lee dashing across to this left-hand side to try and help out his outside hitter in defence. Well, they went left. They went right. There was no way through. Just looking and staring it down, the block there, Japan. Finally, Ishikawa. That was an error in transition. And China could do nothing with that mistake. At that time out. Vicious serve. Oh, now, chance for Bulgaria. Here we go. Can't convert it. What can Fele do? Oh, what a tip from Bulgaria. And the block. Simply stunning. And Saganok. And it's set by Bulgaria. Not this time. Mark gets it. And a great work for the middle from Van Berkel. Picked up from Rousseau. Lavia chasing it. It's going to go back to Lavia again. Giannulli looks. Switches up to Romano. Really hard for Van Berkel in the middle. He's having to work and stretch across both left and right side of the court. Nice position from the captain. Slater from the back line. Still alive. Lavia. Slater. Steven Maher. What's he going to do with it? He can't put it down. Micheletto with a fake. Romano into the block. Giannulli. Nobody can put this ball down. Steven Maher. Tips inside the block. But the block's read it. Oh, and Italy win the point. What a rally. Oh, goodness me. What a serve. Kasay Glukharali. Still trying to shrug off that serve that hit him in the body. And still the rally continues. Glukharali. That takes it out of Rabbenikov. Oh. But he's just been hit by a ball. He had no clue. It hit him until it hit him. Look at this. Boom. Unbelievable. And then look at that reply. With some Mount Fuji snow on it, does it? It's pretty quick. That's a wonderful pancake. Back to the 80s. Now back into the... 2020s. Oh, good touch. I say, this is magnificent. He just knew Nishina was going to go after that one. Falk has done a magnificent job for Iran. That is the rally of the match so far. Huge step for Rabbenikov. Triple block on this transition again and again. It's over. Again, more pressure stops the middle running. Excellent blocking by the USA to bring up transition. Oh, Zatorski soaking that up from his Rezhov club mate. Oh. Oh, indeed. Wow. What a block. I mean, what do we highlight first in that play? The set from Slivkov from 45 feet away to a perfect position from Fordholm. Showed the sats in between the second set. Just the one error in that second set for Kallender on the serve as well. Good pressure. Smart play from Stephen Maher. Chance to recycle. Hurd's come underneath it. Brilliantly played from Luke Hurd. Can't get the kill from Slater. Flat set for Lavia. He tries to force it through. Hurd's all over the places. Stephen Maher goes cross-court hard. Romano This game should slow down slightly. Slater. Off the block. What a point. Luke Hurd. Sneaky, sneaky under the net. Well, that's what Canada is doing so well. Fighting. Into the court. That's a couple of big ones for Mozic already. Sekita. Nishida. Another chance. Can't find the floor. Shevell keeps it up. Mozic. Great patience. Sekita recycles. So smart from the setter. The rally continues. Kozimernik. Oh, over-bump from him. Second ball. Third ball. Oh, Japan. Japan, Japan, Japan. I mean, what did we just witness right there, Dave? I don't even know. Concepcion was arriving. He was floating. So, therefore, he just wasn't jumping up and over. Xabier didn't get the full swing. So, it's coming back at him. And here's Yant. Again, can't break it through. Xabier goes once more. Oh, he's done it brilliantly. What a superb performance by Xabier. Back and forth. And then he gets the point. Very smart blocker. And look at this. He's not actually jumping as high as he can on the middle block. So, first of all, there's this one return. But then he just does a little bunny hop here. Just a little bunny hop because that's all he can afford. 6-5. Well matched on the first ball. Pushes into space again. But Shimura gets there. So, free ball offered up by Buterin. Oh, what a dig. Wow, what a touch. Where does it go from here? Back with Poland. Semenyuk sets. Buterin swings. Monster block to kill it. What a fantastic rally on both sides of the net. Dig it in. Playing defense. Setter dunk. Picked up by Poland. And then just a... Rally challenge coming. I think that ball hit the antenna on the net. But they're going to let it ride. And that is a massive block. But the... Now the challenge comes. And that's not within the eight seconds. That's... Well, he's going to let him have it. Picks up from Cooper. Now it's high. He's got Leon on the block. Looks for the hands over the top. The cheers of the crowd show you the ball's still alive. Schwartz. Pulled back in from Womach. Oh, from Kaczmarek. Hoffert gets a touch off the block. Fortuitous. Little pick from Van Perkel. Schwartz. What a rally. Oh. Zywka held that ball a while. It's still alive. Pause the game. Let's watch that whole rally back. Incredible. The alertness. The awareness. In the front as well. Right at the net. Taken by Onodera. Here's the touch. Now's the chance. Leon to level the match. Not this time. Zywka. Back to Leon. Oh, the block. Returns. Incredible. Sekita. Run. Set point saved. Incredible rally. Incredible hustle by Japan. And we go again. Are you kidding me? Stopping Leon twice with two excellent... Asks. And a big ask. Effort. Schwartz. Hammers it offhand. Kept alive. Byzantine. Can't finish. Another chance for Canada. Here's Schwartz with a tip. Nice coverage by Domenico. Punched up in the air. DiCicco. Now he's got a more traditional set. Trying to finish. And it goes off the block. In. And it's point Argentina. Wow. What a rally. What a point. What a game.