Darlan Souza | 370cm Monster of the Vertical Jump | VNL 2024

Their service pressure, the passing of Brazil. It's really hard to rattle them. And it's a bounce town from Darlan and a flex afterwards. I am not surprised. This is a really good serve from Poland. It's been dealt with. It's quite tight on the net. But look at this. He's having a look. Right. Who's with me? There you go. Have that. Oh, my days. What a... Darlan, up and away. Is it a bird? Is it a play? Yeah, exactly. It's Darlan. Kaczor, but this time it brings speed. Great pass by Dworczynski, solo block. And the more you get Darlan excited, the better he plays. He has watched, made half a step and gone. One step go, and he is absolutely shut that down. One hand on the angle. He's plus seven on the match. Darlan is still going up. Great spot. Tales, it's that put in. And Ropret rescues it. And Urdo returns. Darlan, on to the free swing, buried. I think he's definitely going to the Olympics with Brazil. I think you could say that with some certainty. Maybe the next four. 21, 25, 29, 30. Another great serve, but that was slowed down a bit by the net. Darlan. And Coach Piazza is pointing to it, or is he pointing it was out? Now they're not going to challenge. Oh, just by the slivers. They serve away from him, that's for sure. Darlan, up. Oh, was that off ahead? It was. Oh, I felt that. Oh, that doesn't look good. Oh, frontal lobe. That's where all your executive functioning happens, your decision making, most court serving. Four now. Beautiful pass. All options available. Went off his head, I think, after that. Oh, just a shot. Oh, my. What is that reaction? That's you. That's the reaction of you, of someone who is full of adrenaline and is jumping out of the gym. He's contacting that ball for Brazil. Just tested it out and feeling it there, and it's an ace. Wow. Take a look at it again. Oh, my. What? Miles in. Miles in. Is that power and speed? Leon pass. It's a little bit off. No middle available. The harder you hit, the harder you fall. Double block from Brazil. Really, really good. Darlan and Lucas is probably the biggest two blockers in that sense. You want to have against Leon, and that is shut down. But likewise, they are now exactly the same techniques in their swings. Canada, they are cruising, to say the least, here in set number two. Maurizio passes. Darlan, making it for the mistake. That's more like it. Five points for Darlan. Attack efficiency, I'm sure, pretty low right now. For one of them. Not been the serving pressure that Canada brought. All right. Canada looking to close it out right now. Off the head of Maur. Talas pops it up. Darlan. Spoiled the resilience. Passed twice now. Canada are out of four blockers, come back off the head and gone over. Darlan starting to percolate, or percolate a little bit. 118 kilometers per hour. That hit, he has six points. And. Great serve. Leaves only Darlan on the outside as an option. Are you kidding? He pulls a string that side, beats net side in slow motion. Just no movement. It's not fair. He's in the air for way too long. It's not normal. Up, up, up, up, up. Well, now there's a pass you can live with and a block that's even better. Now, Darlan is starting to get and Lucas starting to get a little bit of mojo going. That's just one point lead and Poland takes a timeout. Canada is just trying to force the middle here. And it's just like that's lucky, that's lucky for Darlan. Remember this with Leal. No block or two man block, he's spiking long. Looked out to full speed in this match. Yeah, not the defeated Canada. Here the full pace as Maher blocks Darlan. Darlan asking for it again, gets it back and punches it through the block of Maher who gives Darlan a little bit of a stare at the end. Really, really good blocking from Maher to get anywhere near Darlan. He's really being aggressive. He's unlucky that he hasn't put that down. That's why he's looking to squeeze through his arms. We're tied at three. Brazil in the standings. It's not going to be far off, is it? We'll take a look in a second at the win, loss and the world rankings which will be on the match results. All of you can see on the website, actually. Darlan, blocked by Schwartz, Fernando back to Darlan. They want to get it going and he knocks it in for the first point of set for three. They're trying to get themselves going, that's for sure. They don't need help from the crowd. The crowd have been cheering all match long. And equally for both teams. Another great serve, but the chase is on. Kachoba back, Darlan goes at hands. You had three blockers doing three different things there. Yeah, Pornel pulled his hands down. Which is never a good thing to do against Darlan. Especially as he's front row. Kurek, Pauk, Darlan, it's going to be out. And it is going down the line. This is the moment in the last set where Poland were 15-12, got themselves a side at 16-12, and they were just able to keep putting the pressure on. They've got to continue doing that. It's Brazil doing all the chasing at the moment. So that means they're more likely to make an error as they... Power, takes that with his hands. I respect it. And attacks hands. How about Kachoba taking that ball with his hands, spinning wildly. And a sensible set, he's not going to be able to send that. All the way over to four. Darlan's his best option, and he can just pop it up as high as he wants. Darlan will score all the time. Janiak serves. Powerful serve, puts it right in Kachoba's hands. Outside, Darlan off the block. I don't know how you stop him, but he's hitting at will from every angle of the court. I don't think he sees the block at the time, so I think he's just gone. It has been a 7-2 run for Poland. There's the first pass we've seen there. Back, Darlan gets Fornal to take it down with him. Everything that Darlan touches turns to gold. He has the Midas touch. Fornal will consider himself unlucky because he's watched it and watched it and watched it. And he's reacted really well to get a touch on it. But unfortunately, sent it away from everybody else. Darlan, great pass, back again. They'll go to Darlan, who's had success. Net not sealed. Comes down on Poland's side. And he really went steep with that swing, Darlan, if the net had been sealed. It wouldn't have come over at all. There's a pass and it's trouble. Darlan left to clean it up. Come on. I don't even understand why that happens. Where is everybody? They mesmerized by his ability to fly, right? Yes. Sorry, I was mesmerized by this. Look how far in he's come. And he's just, but Zatorski as well as Zatorski's got caught behind the block. And yes, you get caught up in the moment. But that toss was beautiful, leading toss. And Darlan, just one on one, kind of hit the tape, hit the forearms. Well, now having to go with the swing blocks because of the height that he's getting, so he just can't close it in time to get up there. He's got to get there earlier and he can't do it. Underneath it, great pass back to Kurek, a little faster, a little lower. Getting on top of it. Here's Darlan. Oh, he was close at that time. That's rough. Darlan is just feeling it right now. The youngster. Well, he just has no fear. He gets so high, he's always looking down pretty much on what's happening in front of him. It's a very unique place to be as a hitter. Most hitters are looking up on the ball. Is that what you did when you were playing? You were looking down and that's how you know?