1 in a Billion Moments | Earvin Ngapeth - Magic Skills World Championships 2022

It's a cheap point for France. Oh, Naderi looking to make amends. Krepennikov is there to deny him and Gapeth swinging through. That's coming back and somehow kept alive off the Legoff push. And then again kept alive and Gapeth turns set. No, he doesn't. He'll get it back and has to do a little reverse flip over. How sweet was that? Well, we didn't have to wait long to see Gapeth show off his creativity. He's known for that kind of 180. Slovenia beat France in five in the group phase. There was another meeting and they ended up in the bronze match having both lost their semifinals. And Gapeth reaches back. That point is all the Libro. Krepennikov with that slide under the two. The pick up and then put it over. Incredible demons. And Mikuleta is contained. And Gapeth will take the blockers on and the blockers contain him. But there'll be another one hit off the Krepennikov set for Gapeth. And there's no containing that. And once again, France draw level. The counterattack Krepennikov had to set. Look at this angle. Wow. The 10-foot line and Gapeth goes sharp right past him. That is a ridiculous angle. The more you see it, it's like, what? Are you kidding? And Gapeth blocked. Patryk blocked. And Gapeth again. Oh, yeah. Oh, amazingly. It's just making those adjustments and calculations and reconfiguring what he's about to do. Sekita sends it to Nishida again. It's kept alive. This and Gapeth for the match. And that'll do it. The Olympic champions, the VNL champions survive a huge test. Wonderful cross-court kill to send France to the quarterfinals. And finally, in Japan's brave, brave resistance. A high-quality five-setter here in the round of 16. And it's won in the end somehow by France. Shinenyeze serving Takahashi. Sekita will send it to Takahashi. That's a big hit. Somehow, Boye has kept that alive. Did he catch the line? He did. What a swing from Erwin and Gahengapeth. Backside. Patryk is contained by Takahashi. Ishikawa is picked up on the cross-court by Gapeth, who will just push over there. Gets the better of the block. Drops it in front of the back row. Simple as that. Gahengapeth has so many shots. Just when you think he's going to come in and attack, he sees the opening down the line. Not the greatest of takes from Ishikawa. Takeshi's going to have to really work here. And he's blocked. And Nishida rescued the situation. Another containing block. Sekita will send it up to Onodera. It rather scruffily came over. And then it's just buried. And Gapeth almost contemptuously swinging through that. Great work to cover your attack. And the fifth and final set between France and Slovenia. This second wind is blowing France all the way to the finish line. 12-5 now. And we're in the endgame. Backslide. Backslides. Carreras it to the net. They keep it live. A league of beauty. You run out of superlatives really with the shot selection. It's just game management knowing everything. Done away with the intermediate group stage as we go straight to knockout. After these six first base pulls. With the save. Gahengapeth. What a loop from Tilly. That was magnificent giving Gahengapeth the chance. Patryk with the power. Cups too heavy though. Mistake. Crunched away by Brizard. 15-12. Now looking to cash out for France in this first set. The pick up from Benikov. Great libero play again. And Gahengapeth. He wasn't best served by that set. So here comes Slovenia. And then Patryk. Brizard. Tipping for Gahengapeth. It's just ironic that it's running at 8 quid. Gahengapeth. He's like killing it. He just knows exactly where that cap is. Nikola Ligov. Rolls at the libero. Forces that overpass. Gahengapeth waiting. I'll have that, he says. Easy pickers to the left-hand side on that overpass. Not a single block on the board in the opening match. Groeven, Gahengapeth. What a way to start this one. Quick attack. They just about got it over there, Slovenia. They're feeding once again to the backcourt hitter, Gromednikov in. Look at the movement of the ball there from the French. What anticipation. Genius play. That ball is tight. I thought Brizard, earlier on the block, actually touched the net there. When you see that back, scoops it over. 4-2. Good reception. Set to the opposite. Oh, boy. Look at that. High and handsome. Gahengapeth in the block. He just crushes that back. 5-2. We've seen this on the replay. Right-court serve. Ross for just a single serve. Gromednikov with a great pass in. There's that flatter set. Waterton drift by. It's almost on its way down. Get the feed right. Big swing from Gahengapeth inside the three-meter line. Beautifully played. Not that tight. And he's dug in. Two hands come over and France end up punishing them. That's not something you always see there. Engapeth running in quick. Ginese was wide out of the block. 9-5. Just been a touch on it. Taking the sting off. Batteries hit. And they go to wingside here in France. Germany with the pick-up again. Set has to be good. It wasn't. Gahengapeth goes to the corner. Pretty much perfection that. He's found that apex. Irwin Engapeth again. Really hit his groove. As a star wing spiker. Now for France. They see the French block. Living a charmed life there. Putting their fingers away. Gahengapeth at the back line. Olympiacos gets another serve. Crushes there. They're just steering into Engapeth. A little nonchalant turn. Trot back to the serve line. Alin Hayek next to serve here. Dribbelikov back. There's Engapeth. Cutting once more. Doesn't miss. Very tight. But good from Irwin Engapeth. He gets his hand around the ball. Lazy. Tip from Engapeth. A bit cool as a foretouch. Yeah. Oh, the little push. That's come back on Gahengapeth now. Getting involved. And then too good. And again, a little bit shaky on both sides. Again, Italy with a chance. And just rather smashed at it. Well, Engapeth. One of the best attackers in this event. Obviously, he can swing from. But so too is that from Lavia. And Gahengapeth can't get a winner. Gianni shoves everybody out the way. And says, there you go, Lavia. Into that. Somehow kept alive by Engapeth. Who will have a go here. Oh, huge, huge play there for France. That could be a set winning point. No more France. Italy not happy with how Engapeth played this ball off the block in the previous attack. Looking for a lift violation against Engapeth. But France takes that point. And some service pressure at the moment. Cleveno takes plenty off that. That's going to produce an overpass though. And finished off by Brizard. Who loves to get himself his attack points. And that is a planned play between Engapeth and Brizard. They get the overpass. Skids it over the net court again. Gianelli sent it backside. Romano sent in a hot one. Some rescue that from Jufroy. And has he caught the line? He has. Engapeth. Oh, Jufroy with a dig in the back row there. I mean, the finish from Engapeth was terrific. But that pick up from Jufroy. Let's see what Gianelli can come up with here. Rubenikov has handled that absolutely brilliantly. Oh, what a pass from Rubenikov. That's a miss served by Gianelli. You cannot serve the ball at Rubenikov at all. Serves Engapeth. Brizard will feed Engapeth. Another serve that just got the treatment it deserved. Engapeth sending a message on that attack. With Pater as a pro, the youngster. It's a nice take from Engapeth. And the cross goal was just too hot. Yamamoto couldn't get underneath it. Bayek here. Engapeth, Brizard. Engapeth again. Yeah, chalk it up. Smooth. No-nonsense, businesslike. Coming at Tilly again. Engapeth. Yeah, just manages to chop one away. 16-14. So France back on serve. Here goes Romano again. It's another skidder down the line. Engapeth picks this one up. And finally they get that time, that side out. That should be a comfortable pick-up. It's Scruffy from Shinenyeze. They've kept it alive. Big swing from Mikulano. Big block. And they're out of play. And that's a really huge point there for France. It keeps them in touch. Mikulano has just about driven underneath it. Lavi will have to swing through this. But there's no play there at all. Toni Uti sets. And Gapeth. And just like that, France are back level. Ripped down the line by Gapeth. Off the Toni Uti set. The golf serving at 5'7". Picked up by Lavia. Lavia picks himself up and runs into the block, though. Gianelli hustles up to set Lavia. That's going to get picked up by Klevno. Engapeth will swing through that. And it's a clever swing. It really is. Got to have vision. Got to have touch. And he showed plenty of both on that one. And Zani goes aggressive. Grbgennikov picks it up with a super pass. And it's sent around the backside. And Irwin Engapeth says, thank you very much. Engapeth has been unstoppable on the right side for France. That's another very good serve. Nishida. Klevno picks that one up beautifully. Engapeth. Oh, he's found the corner as well. It's not over yet. Really born to rescue the backcourt from Klevno as well. There we go. It's always a risk when you're facing one of his serves. And he's going to send one in. Perfectly placed jump serve right down the line. Challenging Ishikawa. Grbgennikov getting underneath that. Engapeth. Taking it off the block and into the Japan bench. What a set from Edouard Brizard. Running away from the left side attacker. That might have been long and heavy from Engapeth. If you're not sure, you've got to take it. You need to get your whole body behind the ball. Bring it back into court. Ropert on serve again. And read the attack. You do nothing though when Engapeth crashes through the doors from backcourt. Almost one-sided that one. On the defense. There's loads that went in the pipe there. See you next time.