Darlan Souza | Height - 193cm | Spike - 370cm | Monster of the Vertical Jump

Goes off speed, Thales with a very very comfortable pickup and that's going to be just crushed, just crushed. I mean the angle Darlan's taken that at looks almost defying the laws of physics. Oh where did that ball land? Oh Darlan fights off the two blockers and drills it down the line. Just between the block and the antenna. Bremer I love how he serves right in the middle of the court. He gives himself all kinds of options. A thunderous shot from the big opposite. The 21 year old with power and authority. MVP in the German Bundesliga last year and the best setter. They're going to need him to be at his very best. Darlan, it's all ready. Alonso, it's on Dike. Oh the overpass from Thales. Where's this going to go? Lucarelli hangs it up there and then Fernando says Darlan. Away you go. I mean this is a this is a beauty. That's missable. But right now Darlan is playing like he can't miss and you know Fernando's looking for him. That's ridiculous for Italy today. Navarato picks it up. It'll go back side. That's not coming back either. Darlan, I tell you he's refreshed. He's revived. He's got this crowd back into it. He's full of energy and Brazil not out of it. If that was the play he was upset about, if he was, I don't see it. Bruno, Darlan and he hammers that one down the line. Now he is one of these players who just rides that. Where's his emotion? And the 37 year old from Santa Cruz Aerovole says let me get this going again. Brehme doesn't get all of it. Bruno sets it. Zenger keeps it alive. Tilla up. Grozer dug. Grozer picked up by Lucas. Here's Navarato. He's blocked. Here's Darlan. What a play. Tools it off the block and pumps up the crowd. That was one scrambly play. And that's going to go off the block and out from Darlan. Lots of things going well for Germany but we've seen it on display all week and he's got energy too. An overpass again from that hard serve. Here comes the attack. Navarato, that's covered. They recycle it. Here's Darlan from the back row. And that's going to score another point for Germany and they are for Brazil. And Germany reeling a little bit here early on. Off the left. As they look for a block on set point. Faschner chasing that one. Not stopping. We'll check back out for Yannick to come back in. Get back into this. Lucas sends that one. It's a nice pass. It sets up the back row attack but it doesn't work for Faschner. This is a tough take. It looked a tough take with three blockers there but Darlan just can't miss at the moment. Well that's one of those you see the attacker coming in and setting up for the swing and you're thinking this could be trouble. I mean nothing wrong with the blocking but there's just no way of stopping this young man at the moment. The checks. Faschner at 8-11. And they pick up a point here. Darlan says no you can't. Darlan seems to be popping up all over the floor at the moment for Brazil. What a luxury it is to have players like that on your bench because seven games in nine days. That's the schedule for these teams and you want to keep everybody fresh. So all those big bodies in the front row. Can they get a block? Otago letting rip with the serve. Here comes that block. Will they get the high hands up there to contain it? And Bergman then turns setter and they're gonna get a point out of that. Wow. Darlan with the power play. What a set he had. What a set Brazil had. And they're back level. What about that from Bergman? Only just off the bench. And the 19-year-old outside hitter turns. From the end line from him as well. Bruno will look at Darlan. Is that going to drop in? No it's not. Great effort that from Feffer the libero. There's another point on the board for young Darlan. Yeah the opposite position so deep normally for Brazil. But the boomer was released after the South American Championships. Just a few moments ago Bruno continues to mix it up beautifully and they're in trouble again. Lucarelli tries to get an angle. Can't do it and again they're scrambling around out of system. Bruno with a run out of system. That was Bruno hustling over there and Darlan finishing. That's an outstanding bit of setting. What a ground Bruno covered there. Darlan again gets the finish but Bruno's selling out on that set to release the young opposite and just look at the reaction. Valise day. Lucarelli with a pretty comfortable pickup. Darlan takes it high and off the block and away. Those are the ones that are always routine. The serve not really challenging. Got a setter that can run his offense anywhere he wants it and the back set finding Darlan. He picks up a decent serve as well. Darlan will have another go and into the block but well out this time. Well it's a strong tag team block they've got here with Sayed and Isfandiyar. But absolutely no way. Darlan sent in the cross court but Sayed could keep that. Down the line serve is picked up by Lucarelli and finished off with Darlan. Haven't mentioned his name for a while which is good news for Iran. Usually when you do mention his name it's good news for Brazil. Like here off that back set. Darlan taking it beautifully. Charles sends that to Tales. Tales will pick it up. It'll go to Darlan and he takes a blocked touch. Nasri's there. He held it on its way and for Sayed that might be a last chance gone for the two-time Olympian. With the next generation coming through. Darlan too good. Poor old Shahrouz there found himself in a one-on-one block situation against Darlan and good luck with that. I mean Darlan's got all the shots and Shahrouz is just looking at that going well how am I supposed to cover that? Not a chance. Janelli to try and end this wretched run. Finally. Morato picks it up nicely. That'll come into Lucarelli and that will run on Darlan and that is side out. First appearance of this match from Alan's younger brother who really has been the breakout player here in Rio for Brazil. In and around the squads of any control on that block. This should come back. Oh he does it yes. Good effort from Shahrouz and Darlan hitting with enough authority to make sure that doesn't drop in. Brazil doing the right thing not letting this gap grow and look to build some pressure on in the second half of the set. Thanks for watching. Leave a like and make sure to subscribe to Power Volleyball for more volleyball videos.