Brazil 🇧🇷 vs. China 🇨🇳 - Highlights - Men's World Championships 2025

The service off and starting setter Yuyao Chen. China. And for the first point of the opening set. Now first fault for Brazil in the match. Finds Artur again. Bounced it off the head of a Chinese blocker. And they go at it again. Artur wins his second point of the game. Great vision. Blocker just got himself back to reset. And then the chopper had the ball and goes. Last year. MVP. Best middle blocker in the Chinese league last year. That's a side out. Alain delivers. Body was already down. Good pass. Fernando. Alain. Yes. Noble service resumed for Brazil there. Now check that. Still one challenge remaining it seems for Brazil. Fernando sets it up. Quick pass. But the hit just catches the line. Che from on there for Darlan. In the opposite position at the net. No recognized setter. No recognized setter needed. Played 12 games in the BNL. Not a great serve. This is an off system play for Brazil. Darlan with an easy over. And for Brazil. Artur with a productive first set. And he and Judson with four each. Together. But they come up with some really good performances in the BNL. Now can they do it game long against one of the great teams is the question. Well Brazil committing eight errors in the opening set. China playing cleanly. Only committing three. And China their offense coming from all angles. Right now Brazil just for China in the opening set. It's not a good start for Brazil. Alain with a service fault. And it's paid off for them with a big win in the opening set. A win by six. 25-19. And there it is. Flying in. Let's take it to the second set for a pipe to come in from China. We don't know how well Brazil use it. And again because the middle is running it just means the pipe attack comes in behind. On bid with seven. Leading all scorers for both teams. Good pass. Fernando sets it up. Judson so close. It's almost like a real tight tandem attack coming in. You see Judson moving across. He draws one block. This is a tighter set compared to the first or China led by as many as eight. We're tied at 11. Almost halfway through the opening set. Flying in from the side. This inside pipe coming in. Backcourt player coming in on the right side. Judson with a serve. Brazil up by one. Not a good pass from Wang Bin. That's Wang Bin. I beg your pardon. Luccarelli turned away. Defense of China now up in the air. Huge block coming in from Li Yongzhen. It was a great serve which why the pass wasn't necessarily as good as it needed to be. But they gave an opportunity for Brazil. But they're still down by two. Yuli Bin with a serve That is Li Yongzhen. This little battle at the net in these middles is fascinating. Flavio again put on the floor and more for his landing. And Li Yongzhen. Six service faults for Brazil here in set two. Luccarelli. Great pass. Yao Chen. Mikey with the dig. Aptur looking for the winning shot. Not there yet. And it's there. Delivers and the crowd erupts. Great calls in this match. Off we go. Set number three. Fernando sets it up. As Aptur is rejected by Zhuhua. Not in real time either is it? First error for Brazil and it's a quickly a two-point lead. Aptur makes sure. This one doesn't miss the mark. In the air. Not when it's hit. When it's in the air you can then move. Luccarelli. And a good pass here for China. Now go to the middle. A good dig from Fernando. Luccarelli pushes it from the back row. Wang Bin with a push. Luccarelli pops it up. Aman on the attack. It's outside. Brazil with three errors. China now scoring them on the error front with four. If you haven't seen the first two sets. Combination. Aptur turned away. What a save for Fernando. Yao Chen sets it up. Yu Li Bin is turned away. Oh what a sequence for Brazil. For China. Fernando finds Zhuhua. Fernando goes to the back row. Aptur will not get it. They know it's a clear miss hit. And this one getting away from China a little bit. They're only down by two points. And it seems like a much harder climb for them now compared to how they did in set number two. Well this is the hump China's not been able to get over. It's one point deficit. That's a nice answer again. They got now. Excellent substitution to coach Heinen bringing in lead. Yep definitely I agree. Luccarelli with a pass. Combination. Fernando he's got a full front line. Yao Chen reverse set. Nowhere to go. Chance ball here for the Brazilians. Combination play. Aptur. Giving Brazil everything they can handle here in set number four. And we're underway. Zhuhua with a hit. Alain popping it up. Combination play. Aptur. Yu Li Bin. Good rally to start off set number four. Luccarelli. It's outside. Yu Li Bin. Mikey with a good pass. And this time no messing around. They go right to the middle and Flavio will score. He was the best scorer in the VNL back in 2018 and in the world championships. Yao Chen passes to Li. Spectacular coming off the bench in set number three. Fernando all the way out to Luccarelli. Turned away. Coverage by Mikey. And this one to Alain. Alain is blocked by Li. Fernando going sideways. Yao Chen dolphin diving for it. China keeping it alive. Here comes Brazil. Flavio one-handed dig for Yu Li Bin. Li blocked. What a rally. Li tries again. And this one off. The block into the end tenner. You know from many rallies that Brazil gets seven attempts to put the ball away and they cannot. And then they end up losing the rally. Good pass. Captain Chuan. Dick sends it away and China will get the side out. And then they got off the block. So China won that point but there's not, they're few and far between. Here's a good pass. Hu Bin. Back-to-back points for Jiang Chuan. The team captain carrying the cudgels. Wang Bin. He's got to pick up his offense late here in set number four. And that one. What a block from Li. Li's been doing everything for China. The aces. Still a full front line here for Brazil with Alain, Flavio and Onrato. Hu Bin passes. What a swing for Jiang Chuan against three blockers. What he's managed to find. Flavio floats it over. Hu Bin. Another swing. A massive one. Jiang Chuan. A point away from getting Brazil their first win of the tournament. Hu Bin chasing it down. A push from the back row for China. They can put it away right here. No. Not just yet. Peng Shukun with a massive monster block to save a match point in their first game of the tournament. Luccarelli with a perfect pass. Jutson. He's been on the mark. And there it is. Jutson with 14 points. One of three Brazilians in double digits.