DREAM TEAM | Men's VNL 2025

He plays this ball with such control that even at his full, it's a very controlled approach step and he has such a soft cut. He's almost top of the antenna touching that. You can't pass badly can you in that sense? Lavia puts it to recycle. It gets messy. Sometimes it's great to have a two meter six setter. You can just throw the ball out but the swing by Lavia to recycle was exceptional. He had a lot of work to do. The ball's a little bit off the net. Nice little swat. Botolo at the reception. Oh yes! Not much wrong with that left hand is there? No, I think his hand feels just fine. We see him pull this out in those perfect moments. He just seems to have such a good read of the game. It's such a missed opportunity if a setter does this. Wonderful. Just on point. Okay, I'll mention the word again. Wonderful. Look at this. Well, it's a nice wide set between Anzani. Good take. Oh, Lewaty shut down by Sasic. What a move by Sasic. Closes off the angle. It's a huge block point for his side. Yes, it wasn't hit hard and it didn't back but it was just wonderful to watch the control. Well, Sasic tries to speed up on this ball. It makes the window of contact to get into the right space really, really small. Take that fraction long to put his hand on the ball and guide it into the right area. Sasic gets Dolan one-on-one. That's a huge block. That is massive for Poland. Bringing to the edge of the 20s with a three-point lead will be timeout for Brazil. Better but Sasic, he makes it look so effortless. A really fluid mover. Without any delay. Doesn't look like he has to really power up. He is pushing but it's so smooth now he gets off the floor. Pass is good. They move it around a little different zone for Michieletto. Different width on the attack. So, the step forward from Gianelli is the overload in the zone. Gajulo takes his guy. But Tondike, he's really focused on Lavia. Big damage to Germany. Mikhail Vinyarsky, their coach. And here we are. Are they going to go down against Ukraine? Big hit. Michieletto and Lukaporo roaring away like they just won the match. Well, it seems as though finally Italy have gotten a strong start. Looking a lot more like Team Italy than we saw in set one and two. The Ukraine feeling the pressure right from the start. They're going to Poland. Botolo on that one has been doing so much heavy hitting and just a really nice redirect. It was perfect timing. What a block. What a block. Big smile on the face of Michieletto as he should. I think potentially coach maybe said something to him about where to be because it's just this big. I believe it's his left hand that just one-handed shuts down Nikolic. Wow. I mean, I know we sing his praises all the time, but Gianelli is such a talented setter. And if you watch this back, you're going to see that there's a block jumping with him on the set. That takes at least one blocker out. Good serve. Free ball over from Poland. Four. Shot down. Solo block. Number nine, Wilfredo Leon. What a block right here by Wilfredo Leon shutting it down. He was even impressed. Leon is a combination of height, physicality and speed of his arms. When you watch even in slow motion, how quickly middle blocker Simoniuk is going to set it up for Sasuk. Block down on the triple block. Leon ripping and scoring. Unbelievable swing right here by. Everyone was expecting that to be hit. And that means we go from Ningbo to Brooklyn. Nine-nine. No chance for Gianelli. There we have it. Nine-nine. That also emphasizes the goal by sense. Tom Coates comes with the best intentions, but Jan Kozmanek just waits and says, yeah. Well, they'll be interested to hear this time out now what Joel Banks has to say. All is good. Good luck from them. In the way. And it is Elgert serving for Canada in red on the right hand side to Slovenia, who's served up the first point with a big swing from one of your players to watch. Jan Kozmanek. I mean, he's one of the most incredible middle blockers that you'll see. But also take a look at the reception. A big swing, two hands on him though. Good switch of play on the set. Good defensive work for Slovenia. Ziga Stern. It's still up. Such a way now. No attack offered this time for Canada. That might be costly for them, but it is. Not his biggest swing, but the most important thing is the ball went. 27-year-old with the serve. Goes down the line short to Kozmanek. Says welcome to the game, Kofi, but not in my house. I mean, we were talking about him before this game as a player to watch. He already had 16 block points and he's showing you exactly how he's moving to Allianz Milano. What a touch from Sanchez to keep the ball in the air. For Brazil to return it. Oh, it's a monster block. Gladio's in the game. Oh, good recycle though. That was a good choice. Well done, Mikey. Dalen comes good. Brazil will have the point. You felt with that ball being so good on its way to the net, there was a swing coming for Turquier, but the recycle was a good choice. He's dug it every time out of that. Mikey brings it in. Alan, can you finish? Same shot. Same shot. You've got to cover that line now. It's his. Kovacic is wanting to protect the angle inside the court. There's conceding that little space on the sideline and in the corner. Not wanting to get beaten that extra meter inside the sideline. Oh, that's a good serve as well. He's taken four now out of height. Doesn't matter though. He is such a good technician. Block on attack. He's really cleaned his technique. How about a one-armed block? Thank you very much. Oh, that was impressive. Kochanowski goes up, sees the set, and then just reaches that much more over there with the right hand. Shutting it down. Watch. Nice. Commander going straight back to Kochanowski. Three aces in the game. And Koncepcion shut down by Kochanowski. Kochanowski's been waiting all match long to finally get a chunk of this. And again, he's paying attention to the directions. That one felt extra good.