Poland vs Bulgaria Epic Volleyball Highlights | Men's VNL 2026

Former player at Long Beach State rips one. Fornell takes that fairly decently. Here comes Leon again. This time he makes no mistake over top and or through the triple block. I couldn't tell Matt. Well Modi got what he was looking for, a Poland. These days has played in Italy, has played in the Turkish League, sends the serve at Leon, and goes down off. He shuts down Bartolome Mowac. Well he knows him really well because he plays it. Kobyshek, the 28-year-old middle blocker, sends it at Alex Nikolov. And the block from Fornell. Great move on the short set. Over. Came into this week with 66 points in the VNL. Fornell goes with the tip. This time he finds it. Took a little off and fooled Modi Nikolov. That'll be a fun match. Peru off. Should hit the 100 point mark at some point this week, maybe even today. Nice pick up. That's gonna come all the way over. Modi's gonna send it back outside the antennas. Good so far. Free ball chance for Poland. Here they come. An absolute rip by Poland. That play, the libero. And this time he didn't get a chance because a tennis top stepped in front of him and it's another ace from Lomanski. Matches this year. He'll bring the heat again. The 7-foot-1 middle blocker. And guess what? First swing of the match for Alex Nikolov. And he says, guys, I'm over here. I'm here. That'll give them a little more energy, I think. Good up from Fornell. Boaj goes cross court. Wicked angle. And scores. And Poland's back on serve. Yakobyshek. This is an overpass. And it's gonna score. We've got a libero point for Demjan Konav. Oh, how about that? Alex Nikolov's had two swings and he's got two points. He leads his team in scoring. They are having all kinds of trouble finding anyone else to score. Fornell, off the top of the tape. Alex Nikolov hammers it cross court. So he's working at 100% efficiency. He'll take that spot, that outside hitter. And he rips it cross court. Okay. Welcome to the match. Solid pass from Popivchuk. And that allows Leon to finish off. We haven't said his name really in a while. As he's back in the front row and just ripping again. Expect Mone to be back out to start the second set. Here's Leon. Oh, everybody expecting the heat. And he drops it in. He opened court and hits it. Let's see what he brings this time. Serve number two. Takes something off it again. Taken by Grostanov. The one-hand set. And the Bartirov swing from the right. Now Palev, fresh onto the court, goes up. Curious to see this serve. Oh, he didn't miss by much. But he missed. And set number one in white Bulgaria in green. Rob Snuke alongside Matt Prosser with Emily Ehman. Here comes the swing from Bartirov. Picked up by Popivchuk. Leon rips it through the block of Nikolov and Petkov. Point of the match for Leon. One-hand set from Mone. This is going to be a free ball sent over by Alex Nikolov. And nice block from the middle. Petkov is fired up. This lasts a while. Mone Nikolov serving. Oh, yes. Bring in the heat. Wow. Watch this serve. Line to line. Already in the match. Loads up. And that's number four. Just like that. Nice rip from Alex Nikolov coming out of the back row. Kamenda the setter. Serves it out. Alex at Bartirov. And that's going to rattle off the block and down Asperuov. Not quite ready for that. Now during the back. This is in the VNL this year. Solid pass from Fornal. And a whip through the middle by Yakov. He's got to get out of the way. He probably could. Alex Nikolov shot down. Lemanski with the monster block. Wow. Just really impressive. This is a team beat. Rostanov's team in the final of the plus league of this year. Here's Bartirov ripping and firing. There was the gap to five. At Fornal. Recycled by Poland to come again. Almost kicked back into play but not. Bartirov kind of beating himself up a little bit. Yeah, Bartirov not happy with how he played this one. Mone Nikolov. Fornal takes it. Absorbs it brilliantly. Here's Boaj on the angle. Makes no mistake off of Mone. Good up from Leon. Fornal finishes off the set just like he does. Uses the block to score 25-17. Poland wins set number two and they are fully in the driver's seat up two sets to none. Play professionally in the Turkish league. They go through the middle. My goodness. Nice. Getting on that one fast. I need a protractor to figure out that angle. Up from Bartirov. Mone's got it. He's going to set his brother through the triple again. Picked up by Leon. Fornal through the triple. Off his noggin. Kept up. Mone sets. Bartirov swings. Up from Popivchuk. Here comes Fornal. The out of system attack and he's scored on it as he does. Over the triple block. Leon taking off the tick of the net. How about that from Asperuov. He needed that one. Well the post block. ABS club. Attack points. Block points. Serve points. There's Fornal through the block. No not through the block. Block down. Up from Grozdanov. Boaj came into the match. The leading scorer for Bulgaria in the VNL. And how about that. Komenda says never mind. Don't attack over here. I'll swat it down. That's his second block. Really well having just played a season there. Really good season at Lublin. I guess who his teammate was Wilfredo Leon. And that's his fifth ace of the match. They just watched it. They had a front row seat. Bulgaria just won. He officially has one recorded in the match. He must have celebrated another one that he sold outside. He sets it up in the middle though for Yakubichuk who just rips it home. Here comes Leon. That's what we've been waiting for. 126 kilometers per hour from Wilfredo Leon. He loads it up again. This time he takes something off it. Nice swing from Boris Natchev. How many times have they been blocked in this game? A couple? Maybe? Here's Fornel. He uses the block to score again. Set number three in Chicago. Bulgaria trying to chase down Poland. It is not an easy task. Boaj scores another and he's up to a match leading 13 points. Well we'll sort that in a second. Here's Fornel. Good pass. There's the center attack from Moni Nikolaev we've been waiting for. Now he's in the ABS club if I'm not mistaken. It's an overpass. It's a chance for Bulgaria. But that's gonna be how it ends. Into the net goes Atenasov and it's all done. Poland with an absolutely clinical.