Türkiye🇹🇷 vs. Ukraine🇺🇦 - Highlights | Week 3 | Men's VNL 2026

Ukraine to serve first. This must-win game is underway. Yenny Pazar's first touch is to tee up Mirza Lagumja. And that is a side out filled with intent. Efe Bayram with the top spinner. Wasn't the best of passes. Oh, that's crazy. Tumer off a beautiful touch by Murat Yenny Pazar. Well, Ukraine tried the little two-ball over, but check these hands out. Now, there's a little touch, but watch this one. Absolute thing of beauty. Takes it away from the blocker. Tumer reads with him. And he only has half a meter to line. He's made ABS scores in four of the games so far. He's still from the service line. Tupchi couldn't get a swing on that. This is a big chance now. Oh, but Marko Matic. Oh, Yenny Pazar's got his head in his hands. He knew he snatched that set. Didn't finish it. Didn't give Matic the height. Blocked Nitski in red. That went well. Kovalov. Yenny Pazar sets the pipe and Mirza cruises through. The timing here from Mirza is absolutely spot on. Contact point. Watch his movement on the pass. The middle block has been thrown. Second set point for Ukraine. But Nitski serving for it. Great serve. This a tough swing for Mirza. Oh, but he does incredibly well. What about this set from Bayraktar? I was going to say, nothing tough about that, was there? Absolutely, it was. You're right. But he made that look so good. The set, really nice. And this is what you want from your lead break to be able to put the ball from one to five. Third set point for Ukraine. Yenny Pazar. Oh, wow. Has rescued the ball, but now it's over to his block to stop Tukchi, who picks the space and wins the set. And then he shows us he's able to come up with something like this. It is delightful. The team is so ready for it. And then such a nice tight angle. He's on six alongside Lugumzha, but then Plotnitsky is the next highest scorer for Ukraine on three, where Lugumzha, Tumar and Matish are all on three as well. He's going to serve first in set number two, Turkey. One set down. Decent ball in to start. Good touch by Tumar to give them a chance. Mirza Lugumzha. No, and push goes there. Kovalov, Plotnitsky. Just off the hands. Lovely moment there. There was a Turkish hand on the ball, but they just have to accept it, but also accept that now the standard is set. So anything like that, you could tell he was a little nervier on that contact then. Just like that, from two points down, Turkey, 3-2 up. Little no-looking cutty across the body from Mirza. As she said, look at that contact point that that one is. Tip of the fingers, gone high. Some players will do it, some players won't. Kovalov, oh, how good's that from Yeni Pazar. But then Semyuk makes another block on Byram. It's all happening on that side of the net right now. We saw it with Mirza earlier on. Turkish team just didn't need to be a little bit more smart here. Baltaci, Kovalov, great ball in and a brilliant swing from Semyuk. Shipkov setting, and that's a lovely reintroduction to the game to be able to pick out of your middle. Well, Tumer tries to do something here, but against Semyuk, look at this. One ace, one block, three attack points for him. Make that another ace. 16-13. Very long to climb it. Kovalov in short, Yeni Pazar, Byram. Monster block, it's another one for Sinitsya. Well, the setters come in. I said at the very start of the game, they can influence the game from their block and from their serve. They're not scared of getting involved. Yuri Sinitsya, and it is set point. It's an overpass, it's 2-0. Semyuk finishes the job 25-20. Well, for being 20-19 up, they just apply the pressure. That's just a little snap of the wrist needed there from the captain. He's now on to seven points. Podniski on seven, Kovalov on eight, Subchy on seven. And now we're seeing a switch in the quality of the numbers coming through. Third set, potentially decisive set. Ukraine serving first. Gokshin Yukshel. Interestingly, he's starting an outside hitter, but he's north of two meters. Immensely tall man, very athletic. And Shurov, another immensely tall athletic man, scores for Ukraine. Three aces in the tournament so far. He's got ABS versus China, Canada and Argentina. Doesn't stress Pampushko too much there, but that is a monster block from Adis Lagumja. It is second of the game. Fedorov went for the middle. One-on-one. The job hasn't changed for Turkey. They had to win three sets at the start, they still have to now. And then all of a sudden Semyuk isn't scoring from the middle. And Adis Lagumja is slicing angles like he's trying to save cake. This could end up being one of these weird sets. 11 points now for Yuriy Semyuk. Yukshel. Great set. Fourth part of the line, but he's miles behind. That is a complete waste of everybody's time. Pampushko, the libero. Tumer goes after Pampushko. Sitkov. Oh, well covered. That was Kovalov. Asking for the touch, not getting it. Plotnitsky. Well, the video is winging the way all the way to Poland. And then coming back with a decision. So he can make that big move out to the right-hand side as Semyuk serves another ace. Well, everyone from Turkey rushes in. Nobody plays the ball. And this is Turkey's last chance on side out. Better first contact. Aris Lagumja. Too hot for Vasyl Tupchi. And despite the fight back. Serving first in set number four. Ukraine leading by two sets to one. Plotnitsky siding out. Well, Sitkov stays on setting for Ukraine. Yeah, it's Kovalov and Plotnitsky through the outside as well. Need a point here, Ukraine. What are Ukraine doing? Well, yeah. Oh, no. Oh, hang on. It's his left foot that's over the line. Nobody in front of him. Kovalov. Good ball. And Tumer continues his excellent performance. Looking more and more like they're slipping to back-to-back defeats for the first time in this season's Volleyball Nations League. Back and away. Plotnitsky can only find the hands. Yukshel. Aris Lagumja. Good swing from Aris. Aris Lagumja is sure of. Turkey two points away. One point away. Yukshel. But it's interesting, isn't it? Yukshel. A service to win the set. We are going fine. Got Sen Yukshel. So Turkey, no surprise they want to stay there. Shchidkov. Plotnitsky. What a start for Turkey. Nightmare start for Ukraine. And he does. It's a good float serve. Oh, and Yelipazar. It's going to make Ukraine play again. Semyukin at center. Tupchi off the net. And a monster block. Ahmed Tumer. What a joy this has been. Now, this is a big moment. Plotnitsky. Is there a touch? Straight away they want to challenge here Semyukin. Oh, I thought it might have gone a little bit. I think that would have felt like garlic to a vampire. Oh, lovely from Yukshel. 17 points for him in the game so far. It's a good serve for Plotnitsky. Steady under it. It's dropping in. Oh, is it in? It is! A shrug of the shoulders. That's unbelievable. It's more than half the points. Turkey have only scored three points attacking wise. They've got three blocks, one ace. Serbia are on notice here. It is not over for them by any stretch of the imagination. It is over here though for Ukraine. Ukraine and Turkey have completed the reverse sweep. They were two sets down.