Japan 🇯🇵 vs. Argentina 🇦🇷 - Highlights | Week 3 | Men's VNL 2026

Japan in red serving, Argentina in the white with a hint of blue receiving for this ACM Volleyball Nations League match here in Osaka. It's the last one of week three to wrap up the preliminaries here. Still a few matches going on around the world to wrap up the week all together and this is a break for Charles Rand showing what he's going to be bringing to the party. Larry Aslow doing a great job. Well played Vicente. Esfokatsu's on it. Standard. And it's standard volleyball from Japan. Larry. Oh he's straight in again on the pipe. Zerbo was not expecting that. About two thirds. It's into transition. Lovely. The timing step. Esfokatsu full stretch. Massimino does well to keep it in play. That's a dig and what a dig and roll from Ogawa. Just glorious. Malcolm Sanchez well played by Massimino. Nishida gets dug by Vicente. Oh I'll tell you what. That is some great improvisation from Omawa and then he's able to follow it up with Ishikawa miles off the court. Good serve from Sanchez. Look at this. He's not going to stop loss here. Ace serve. Omawa. And we are all tied up at 20-20. That is a monster block. Larry and Nishida. Gomez for Argentina. Went for even more. That is some angle and some way to wrap up the first set. Japan take it 25-22. Something between Elvis and James Brown. I don't know what that would sound like. Thank you for interpreting that for me Clayton. It has been the Japanese position fours doing the damage. Set two underway. Omar Morel with the serve for Argentina and a leading by one set to nothing. This is so cool. It was a good serve that took one out of the attack but it didn't matter there were still three other players available. Brown to play at one. Look at this. Wakatsu is now back over to give a ball for Ishikawa. Oh he's made it. Two point advantage for Japan. Nishida serving. It's a free ball. Ishikawa doesn't have any work to do. It's just it's not work for him is it. It is incredible. Takahashi Ram getting a little bit jealous. Trouble for Argentina. Well played Vicente. Chest ups. Best ups. Massimino. This is a real scramble for Argentina. They try to get. Yes. Are you kidding. What a block. What a set from Serrano. Oh he's got another ace. There you go. Touches. Not a double touch then. Setting that over. Just middle sets. They're all right. It's over. Yeah that's the problem though isn't it. It's yes they'll get it. Their serving pressure has been excellent. Well played Massimino. Well played. Set point save for the moment. More to go in this set. It's a good ball in in the circumstances and Massimino just can't get there and it is Japan who take the set with the exact number they took the first set and they lead by two sets to nothing. Tuna have given as good as they got for as for as long as they could but just couldn't get themselves off the ropes enough. Japan have just created so much from what should be medium or neutral situations. They've been finding ways to score. Finding ways to stay in points. Argentina doing a good job in the positive situations. A couple too many free balls. Set three is underway. Ducati will serve. Japan leading two sets to nothing. A little change up. Polonsky coming in for Argentina. Kakatsev stays on court but he can't find a way through. So just having a look at this yet. Kakatsev in the opposite slot to replace Gomez. Well done Onodera. Right now his team are trying to get back into the match. Sanchez not a bad serve. Now that will work. Is there a touch? No. Onodera as he did suggest has missed the pass for Senti. Lovely touch from Larry and look at the speed at which they're back ready to go again. Both Larry and Ram were off the net. Off the head. Oh I say what a touch. Massimino being shut back on the court but he's too late. The block is amazing and Massimino might have done himself a bit of mischief. Takes it easy. Oh yes. Here comes Nishida for Japan. Touch. It's unstoppable. Absolutely unstoppable. Goodness me. That was a spike. That was defended. Turned into transition. Mr spin. Mr swerve. Mr making it difficult. Is that off the hands? No. Is there a challenge? They'll have to have a go. They gotta have a look. In fact he was over the top. Didn't catch the block. The same team keeps it in play and that is a super swing for Amar Morel. It's a free ball coming for Argentina. Gomez gets a free beam. Shin on the antenna and that's in court. That's it. It's all over. Oh what a shame for it to end that way for Argentina. It's absolute delight.