France 🇫🇷 vs. Argentina 🇦🇷 - Highlights | Men's World Championships 2025

To claim final place in the next phase of the World Championship. Engelbert gets his underway with the first serve. France in red and Argentina flying through. So Brisa, five aces to his name, four of them against Korea. Nice control. Mr. Dean and he follows up the backcourt attack. Remember how Finland stunned France in the first set? That's what Argentina are trying to do now. That's a lovely swing. Valonski. Shininezhi, middle blocker. Barcelona. Vicentin. And it's just... I love the attitude of the French middle blocker. It's in. And the Czech goes out of system. Vicentin's got a double block ahead of him. Well, straight away, Fedim again. Whatever went wrong in the previous point, well, suitable, he atoned. Have a look at this. Vicentin had to stop. Somehow they've got it over France, but big chance for Argentina. Vicentin is blocked. Likov. Now it's Trevor Klebner who's got it in play. Valonski, as cool as you like. Big block for Argentina. Thwarted France, but here's Brisa sending it very close to the net. Engelbert is waiting. Just once more. Tries to get it out. Doesn't go. And that's off the hands. And that's good enough. Valonski lands it for Argentina. And they take the first set. 28-26. Then to take the bronze medal. Danali's there. The Czech will play this towards Vicentin. It's very close to the net, but he's done it well. And the Czech goes back in system. And that means everything's flowing once more. Back on court. That's a scary sentence to put together. Oh, yes. Jean Patry. And his senior debut this year. Very talented young man. If he gets the chance to shine. Just wait your moment, because it's the Luciano Di Cecco and Agustin Lozere show. What a show it is as well. Perfect ball in. And Lozere reads it. Well, they fancy the chance of doing it in three. We don't need any maths at all or calculators. They'll just get through it. It's all too rare at the moment from the backcourt. Yeah, it was working really well in the early stages of this match. You saw this over and over where the blockers went with the middle. Like a conductor with an orchestra. Ingepeth goes big, but it hasn't cut through. It'll go again. The triple block's there. This time he gets through. The eyes to the net. Luciano Di Cecco. Ready to weave or maybe even just wave that magic wand. That's one set point saved by France. If they go two behind, it would take a monumental effort. However brilliant they are. Double World Champion. Set three. France have got to win this. Otherwise, they're out of Manila. Philippines 2025. Well, it's on the line for France. Went out of the quarterfinals with VNL. And at this rate, they're not going to make it out of the pool phase of the World Championships. The most decorated group he knows. And Gianni relying on him to show that renowned determination. Fire to go again and again. You can sense the fire is there. They've just got to direct it. Can they get this third set, which they absolutely need? Otherwise, it's all over. Luati does well. Waiting. Teofori says, don't come forward. And then the block is there. Shun'in Yeji takes that out of the ball. 14 all. It's just ramping up with every point. Argentina, no. Milano, Chivitanova. He knows Dicecco well. Teammates. Polonsky just arriving. France leading by three. That's how you announce you're on court. A little bit more spicy. Another ingredient. Wow, whatever he's on. What a finale here at the Alameda Coliseum. Set four. Argentina in white. France in red. That's not the smoothest start for Luati. The one-on-one. And Dicecco is just defending himself at that point. What a good hit that was. Lower than he would have liked. Going for hands has been working. That's a better pass. And Brizar is there again. Gomez had to move quickly. That's very close to the block. France watching. Waiting. Still not. Oh, it's cut through. Do you want to make yourself friendly? Popular. Clevno, lovely pass. And that's a cracker. That's more like it. Brizar looking to follow up that ace. Argentina going for the side out. Not the best pass from Gomez. Block is there, but... Polonsky. He's hot at the moment. More so than Clevno. As Luati goes long. Brizar keeps it in play. And that's going to be quick. Two players going for it. Better than none. And then... Lovely. How many options did he want then? France watching. Brizar will jumper it away. Now they are on a roll. It's an unfamiliar role. Coming on as a serving specialist. But Theo Faas doing a great job. Let's see if Patrick can match it. But it's in play. That's good enough. Brizar is up. One on one at the moment. Polonsky. Manuel Armoa. Outside hitter. What can he do from the service line? He skimmed it. But this is looking good for Kvets. And that's perfect. Pass. Set. Swing. Point. Two more needed. And we're going to five. Vicentin and Polonsky. On serve. Brizar has a look. Kvets gets the wise. And then Clevno. Makes it look so simple. As if... Clevno tries to force it. Luati keeps it moving. And Clevno comes in. But it's in. Blocked. Kukacev. Clevno. Not the best pass. But... That's not the best set either. And that's going to be put away. And that's the first error by Dicecco. Nice pass, Luati. To Brizar. And Theo Faas. But he wants this to be a winning performance by the team. And Luati has just nailed that. Clevno sends that high. Tornuti is waiting underneath it. Clevno then rattles it through. Perfect pass. Tornuti didn't even have to take a single. Brizar ready to move. For Luati. Clevno. Brizar takes a look. And here's Luati. But there's no way through. It's a massive block. Zerba. And Argentina. Have three match points front. Kukacev. Clevno. And he's got a point. This has to be in play. He's got to make sure it's in. So here's a chance. Kudrennikov. Brizar will feed to four. Kukacev was going nowhere. Nor was the ball. And it's sent down the line. And Vicentin. Has ensured that Argentina have held their nerve. They will be going through to the knockout stages. And France and their world championship dream has been shattered.