Germany vs Canada Highlights Week 1 Men s VNL 2025

He's in the hands of Theo Mowickl. Made it to the final in the Bundesliga this past year. There's an attack from Canada through the middle and the first point goes to Finn McCarthy and the Canadians. This one up, what's the save? Simone Torvey, MVP of the Bundesliga this past year. Herr sets it up through the middle. Jimma had it picked up. Herr now goes for Holford. Does he find the corner? Yes, just barely. Great eyes Matt Crosby. Aggressive attack line that time. Canadian setter Luke Herr with a good serve. Block is steady. Back comes Germany again. Recycling and the block is more than steady. It's a big Mac attack. That'll get this crowd started. Blockers wear tape on their fingertips. That looked like that could have really hurt. Here's Holford and he just hammers it from the left side. It's another point for him. He's got a match leading seven already. Middle attack McCarthy. Nicely picked up by Roars. Here's Moveko and he is shut down. McCarthy and Young go to work. And it's set point Germany. And an ace from Burgraff to end it. Oh my goodness. This ace to lock it up here at set number one. That was aggressive at the seam between the passers. My goodness, what a turnaround. Germany taking advantage of it. Eric Burgraff coming off the bench to deliver like that. Set number two. His team looking for the comeback. Not the way they had hoped to start it though. Canadian blockers that time. Oh interesting. Oh Holford. I believe I saw Boma come in as opposite. Oh Jemma through the middle. Played that time. Good first ball. Zimmerman back in the game. Now he's serving. Holford. Wow. Taken by Graven. Middle attack. Stop. And that's how the second set ends. Tony Holford led the Canadian attack in that set with seven points. Here we go. Set number three. Germany in red serving Canada in the dark jerseys. McCarthy with the middle attack. Canada will come again. And they try to go right back to the McCarthy well, but it wasn't, I don't think, high enough. Good one-handed set from Zimmerman. Nicely done. Only the pros can do that. Don't try that at home. Moe Binkle nails it. Good play. Canada put in a challenge for reaching beyond the net from Zimmerman here. Unsuccessful though. We're going to learn. Slater with a triple block. Germany. Again block. Kept alive by Zimmerman. Bump set from Rohr. Is that a system? And again the block is there. Is there a net touch here? Yes. Somebody got it. 18 serving 16 here in the third set. Each team has won a set. Holford. Wow. Just giving the ball all around Germany to work with here. Torvey. Float serves it. Taken by Young, but not well. Almost converted, but it's kept alive by Germany. Young again. And he's just won the set for Germany. Phillip Young back to back points. And it's a 25-21 win for Germany. And they lead the match two sets to one. What a finish from Germany. Much like set number one. Finn McCarthy to put the ball in play. His team down two sets to one. They need to win this set to take it the distance for this great crowd at the Videotron Center. But they're not going to get the first point. That's scored by Germany. A few more rotations. And here's Ryan Slater to serve. Adnovinkel handles it well to get it to Zimmerman, who delivers to Massa, who drills it. Wow. Awesome. Unleashed. This was the ball in his hands. Maybe the game in his hands. Float set. McCarthy takes. Jackson Young scores. No, he doesn't. It drops down on the Canada side, apparently. The point stands. It's 20-20. Roars. Does he get a touch? No touch. Canada. Two quick points for them. Is there a block touch? Within two. That was Ryan Slater's third block point of the match. McCarthy takes something off it. Overhand dig by Canada. Holford's going to try to make something of it. He pushes it over on the set. Here comes that back row swing. And that play is continuing for now. Canada's going to challenge this. They think that there was no touch on the block. Louis Macias is going to get the point. Ryan Slater won a championship in France this past year. He's been under pressure before. Middle attack. Okravan has to take it. Young trying to make something of it. He missed it. And we know he's got it. It's point Germany and we're still going. Holford kept up by Byrdgrass. Roars. Canada chance to attack. Here they come with Slater. Scoring. And we're going to five sets. Here we go. Set number five. My name is Rob Snuke alongside Matt Prosser. Jonathan Ledgerd is here. He'll talk to some of the stars after the game. And that is hammered down the line by the leading scorer in the match. Roars. And he's missed it. All right. Here comes Ryan Slater. All kept up. Holford tries the power tip. Recycled. Nice dig there from Movickel. Here comes Yon. Off hands. Jackson waiting. Jackson Young that is. Here's Holford. And that's going to get the point. Brody Holford delivering. The tournament they had the best record in the entire tournament. Is there a net touch? Yes there is. Yon from the back row. Hopped up by Herr. Pushed out of bounds by Germany. And they're thinking about challenging. Point will stay with Canada. Because here we come with the serve from Simone Torgi. Slater has to reach behind him. Back row swing. And somehow it sneaks to the floor from Young. Lucas Massa needs this serve to get over the net. It's out. And it's over. Canada wins it in five. 15-11 in the fifth set. What a victory in Dan Lewis's debut in the Volleyball Nations League as head coach.