Poland fans
The match was promising great volleyball since the beginning. Poland took the lead at the first technical timeout but then Brazil went ahead. One great Winiarski was the difference between in this set. He was irritating ‘kariokas’ and they barely managed to stop him. However Vissotto and Giba have managed to surprise Poland‘s defense and brought a little advantage for their team. This seamed clearing things, but Ruciak made an equalizer at 22 all. Vissotto again was the guy who made Brazilians victorious in the first set 25-23.
And as it was looking that Bernardihno revived his boys after the stunning loss to Cuba, the second set became a copy of the first. Zbignew Bartman started pushing the opponents with some mighty spikes, well assisted by Bartosz Kurek. On the other side of the net Vissotto was the only player with attempts to keep the balance. Whatever both teams did – the equalizer came at 22 all again. This time Poland went luckier, when Kurek closed the set 25-23.
Bernardo Rezende tried to change something and ordered more balls for middle blockers Rodrigao and Lucas. This made effect immediately and Brazil went ahead 5-1. The advantage of Karaokas became even bigger at the second technical time out – 16-8. And then something happened. Kurek, Bartman and Nowakovski took the situation under control for Poland. Europeans gained after opponents easy and it was looking that they may turn around the events. Several unforced errors broke their wings and Brazil triumphed – 25-23.
It was Andrea Anastasi‘s turn to change something. He gave more freedom to Kubiak and did not stop Kurek and Bartman from pushing Brazilians down with powerful spikes. This kind of surprized Bernardihno‘s boys and they couldn’t find the best cure for the situations. Polish spikers were smashing all of their hope for victory and literally blow away their hopes – 25-17.
Tired and frustrated, Brazilians just have not find the right way to stop unleashed red-white energy. Kurek kept scoring and with Bartman and Kubiak pushing, it was all most probable for Poland to throw away the World Champions off the World League Finals. Kill blocks and smooth defense were just supplementary for the style of Polish victory – 15-10 in the tie break and a ticket home for Brazil.
