Highlights | Poland vs. Serbia | CEV Trendyol EuroVolley 2026 | Women | Bronze Medal

are so strong with the individuals. Mineska starts as the setter. Mineska, Popovic, Kaput, Bostovic. Well, the wait is over and we are underway in the bronze medal match. Serbia in red and Poland in white and it's doing what teacher does best off the bat. Mzejlac. This game has started at a very high pace. Mzejlac goes high hands. And the reverse pipe, we love that. Mineska showing a little bit more risk in the offense trying to get the one-on-ones and move the blocker around. Ognjenovic fast now to the outside and it's off the head. Nosey from Mzejlac. Mzejlac almost started the balls out of the antenna but she got hit in the face. Poland's service pressure probably not as strong as Turkey's who served so well yesterday. And that will be something they have to do again today. Teacher. So good so far. Yeah, Lavrini is demanding more quality in high ball setting and they have to push more in the serve. Yeah, the serve certainly affects Serbia's passing at the minute. Serbia are flying. Mzejlac, that's a great dig there all the same. Mposka with the free ball. Back to Mzejlac and this is it's like Jekyll and Hyde in Serbia's performance. Yeah, but Lavrini you seem really frustrating now at the sideline because also this high ball not staying inside the seam. Serbia it's been one-way traffic since halfway through this set. It was pretty close and now Poland are having to hang on. They make a block and it's doable. There was a three-year gap because of the World Championships taking place every two years now just because no one can get enough volleyball. Ball's in transition but Mzejlac finds the hands of what she was doing. High to the outside and Mposka Poland are certainly playing with that spring in their step that they weren't too defeated after that first set and the finish they had. I reckon Lavrini's giving them a right firing up about them being able to do this. They do go to the middle, up to 8% middle now. What a rally this one is. Mzejlac Oh, off the hands looking to go. Nine for the boss. Any of those stats really stand out for you? I'm trying to figure out how often Poland have gone to the middle in that first set. That's gone away from the body again. Tietje is for me and I sound like a broken record but a massive gift to fire up an ace passes into a great location and again a long line ball and Poland just say we'll block the angle. It's Jurczyk. It's no surprise that you see teams block cross-court when the ball travels a long way, is it? True, because when you have a long set the ball aims to be a little bit shorter so it makes sense that the attacker goes with the ball in the angle. And that was smart from Poland. The long ball will give even the Boscovic the line. Hey, a little bit of DIY. How come everyone in volleyball is always almost better at covering their own hit? To the outside again. Two up Poland. Maja Roganjenovic. Dirty ball. We love it. From the right, Boscovic. It is over for Boscovic. And look at this food in the Serbian cup. What a rally. This was a cover game. Boscovic finishing the call with such a strong attack. Also the crowd here is cheering for everybody here. Amazing rally. There's a bit low and it's still in the top. It's still somewhere accessible. It's going to go high again. That's a phenomenal set. How you get the ball to position two from there I don't know. One-handed staff. This is turning into a very, very good rally again. Short one. Two outrageous bits of defense from Wisciak. She's taking the header and the tip. And then feed the boss and she will score. Serbia running away with the second set as well. There you go. They brought Grabka on and she's going to run the middle. I feel sorry for Grabka. Just slow the game down but reality is they need more than a challenge or a timeout because they're chasing the game again. Cheruska with the swing. They're going to have their first chance. That free ball is way off the net but Roganjanovic is all over it. Kits the angle with that ball off the net comfortably. Serbia needed five chances in the opening set to claim it. Looking for medal number six in a row which is absolutely crazy. And Poland have got a lot of work to do. I hope to see some more five-attack maybe from Poland and I'm curious to see which opposite will start in the next set if Lampardini will go back with Stysiak. It's a great volleyballing country. A rich history in Serbia and also Poland have rich histories in this game and already Poland are struggling with that first pass. She's just walloped that but waiting in the angle and in transition they're so tough. Domaszka in from the start that means there's no Cheruska out there at the moment and also Piasecka hasn't had much of a look in today either so they're happy to use all four outsides of Poland that they have which is a rarity. The connection the first time was just a little bit wide and she ended up leaning to the left-hand side more and that was on the money from Poland. Here we go again. More speed. Another down ball opportunity here. Round the back. Stysiak sinks it compared to us English folks who are terrible. On the frontcourt receiver Ivanovic stays high and the defensive positioning there is excellent on the edge of the block. Exactly the same. Ivanovic again. Stysiak and this has been a battering and they were 4-0 here in Serbia. It was almost as if Poland were going to capitulate. Three in the pass. Second. Third point. That's guided in beautifully. Wiped off the hands this time. Love that. Just quickening up trying to go and they take the third point and it's... Their attack is just levelling up. It's amazing to see. And Maja Ivanovic says we need gear again here. And that's what we're saying. The more the ball goes over the position one and off the net it should take Boscovic out of the offence but also feeling here that Boscovic is getting every ball because Serbia know that's their best route at the moment while they feel like the chips are a bit down. Monster block though. After today she might just get a short rest before going with... Have a pre-season friendly with them. Yes. Looking forward to it. Excited for that? Yes, of course. She just winds up and has a crack at it. But they also need one here and they don't get one. And this is where Kirovska might just be a little more limited with the ball off the net. For a sixth consecutive medal. They take it. Boscovic. A bounce by Serbia. And now it's a third bronze.