One of the Most Dramatic Matches in Volleyball History !!!

Oh yes, that's a cracking start. Chininyezi all over Avril. USA International, Libro, Olympic gold medalist. It's the three players in the passing unit, or four if you go to four. They're the only people to decide if the ball's in out, right? Absolutely. I mean, you can kind of get some help from your other guys here and there, but the ones who are kind of in the way, in the line of fire, are the ones making that call typically. Avril. Good touch. Nice set from Jeske. Sensible hit from Defalco, and that's just a super high hit from Chininyezi. Yeah, he's up so big it's not kind of that. Max Holt can get up there and that's still going off the top of his hands, just as an indication. Oh goodness me, what a brilliant touch from Tonjuti. The USA have to come again, and they do. Absolute firecracker from Jeske. Even with Grebennikov in the way, it's still the USA's point, and this is a great turnaround. What a really good start for the USA after an early positive start from France. Lovely pass. That's some quality volleyball. Give a serve from Boyer. TJ just stuck that pass and then Clevenhoe had no chance against Anderson, just going high. Such a good ball. A nice play. Keeping the speed of the play as well, USA. So impressive, the athleticism of the setters out there. I mean, taking that ball, that ball could well land. Nice. Running the pipe really well at the moment, the USA. Very much so, and I love this from Christensen, how involved he's. Maybe let him work his way in, but not the case here. Christensen feeding him early and often. Yeah, nice touch that by Defalco, but a great block from France. They had a couple right at the start, and now they've got the one here. Quite an important moment. They're back to within a couple. Yeah, that's just good discipline on the three-man block. You see that shoulder-to-shoulder, everyone pressing straight over. Maybe he was wide of where the set was, didn't quite get out to him. That's a good pass. That's what you want. At least he's made up for it now, Tilly, with a great ball in. What a great touch by Christensen. Just gets a good body shape. Well played, Shoji. This is an excellent rally, and now a chance for the US. Oh, is that in? Is it in? Is it in? Yes, it is! I think. Well, out was the call, but the actual finish to that sentence was out of their reach. That's right. It's more of a prayer than a confident call. Very well played by Defalco. That tells you how good the serve was. Even Grebennikov has put a little bit too much on it, but they'll make up for it with a block. But that, just for a side out. Well saved by Defalco. Oh, yes! Play the game! Play of the game! I mean, that is like the hand of God right here. Just from nowhere, a little backhand flippy. Immediately recovers his position, sees no block, and goes choppy down the line. I mean, that is Christensen with the serve. Can't quite find the link. Good cover. Better chance here. Country gets a good look at it, but so too does the block. A monster block from the US, and they are taking control of this set. And a little bit of a shot to the nose for Grebennikov, unfortunately, on the cover. With that one, Christensen, the speed of that set from Brizard. Yeah, he's, again, it's not as if he's 26 for Maikumar. He's kind of gone and played pro and then worked his way in a little bit later on, doing really well as well in that respect. Nice again from Chinanese. Good passing. Better from France. That was a great serve. Transition chance. Oh, good up by Shoji. Oh, good set. Oh, well played, Anderson. Another chance for France. It will work. Patry with the deftest of touches. I can't get over every contact Grebennikov makes. He does with this kind of, like, boyish smile on his face. It cracks me up. And they're all wonderful contacts, too. So that just makes it all the better. A couple great sets there in that rally. And again, I can't help but think those bounces off the top of the block, just going right to French. The height of the net, 10 centimeters above the height of the antenna. Flipper from Grebennikov. A power tip from Jersky. Solid from Anderson. Yeah, and again, great pass from Shoji sets that up, lets Micah do his thing, get his hitters one-on-one. And that is a good recipe for success for the U.S. Easy one for Shoji. Oh, well. Patry, what a hit that was. And now France have got a really good chance. That's quite tight. Oh, no. Nice cover from Klyvno. Brizard's got a lovely technique. He's just, just before he goes to set, he just, there's that little flick, and he goes behind. It's so similar in that regard. Brizard's the big physical version of Tony Udygrad's line. And Legoff, a huge physical presence at the net. Oh, that's lovely. But Christensen, with his running spikes on, saved the day. That was Klyvno. Puts up a perfect set right there. And TJ, smooth over the top to the corner. With that contact, with that kind of inconsistent of a routine. Oh, that's a lovely bum-down. Oh, about that from Czeski, just feasting on the four-foot-line cross-court. Almost, just kind of floating arms there. Oh, yes, what a block from Patry. Starting to dial in on some of those slam-dink attempts from DeFalco. He said he such a well-positioned block. And it was tough for DeFalco, but he couldn't find the fringe, could he? He couldn't, you know, and I like this. 15-13-2 in it. And Christensen's a back-row player. He can't go up. He can't time out. Yeah, just a couple phenomenal serves from Smith. Tilley handled the first one beautifully. Oh, that might have been going out. Doesn't matter, that went down in a flash from Legoff. I like that play from Tilley, though. If you're uncertain at all, absolutely, you want to play that rather than watch it fall on the end line for a third successive service point from Smith. Looked like he was maybe even a little underneath that, but just up so high, he can direct it over the top into the corner. Being brought now by the U.S. They could be going in front. Oh, they are going in front. Anderson over the top. Look at this. Oh, he's turned his hand into Thor's hammer right now, hasn't he? It's incredible. It's an ace from Anderson, and the DG is working big time. The double grunt. The double grunt. I like it. Yeah, you know, we talked about USA looking a little bit frantic in that fourth set. And that's it. It's all over. The USA, after being two sets and nothing up, eventually have won it in five and have booked their place in the semifinals here in Gdansk, Poland at the Men's Volleyball Nations League 2023.