🇧🇷 BRA vs. 🇨🇳 CHN - Highlights Week 3 | Men's VNL 2023

Straight into the captain and the captain goes straight into the block. Otavio and Lucarelli forming a formidable wall. Phenomenal setup and his team from Brazil looking for victory here. There's Zhang with his first swing. Bruno comes in, he's got the reverse there but that draws the block. Gets a start from Renan Del Zotto. It's a great serve, well picked up in the end. Chance for Zhang, oh what a swing! But from a really strong serve. This is a Nash squad that's played that club at some point in their career. Zhang inside the block. Second tallest player in the tournament. Also a great serve to Zhang's right-hand side. Free ball Brazil. The options they've got. It's got to go to Flavio. Bruno gets Flavio in the play. They shouldn't be expecting anything to come there as that block is open. Lucarelli does the same, exactly the same thing. Meyers through. Probably be a little bit frustrated that it didn't go straight onto the setter there. Lucarelli from the right side. Left hand gently caresses that ball over. Lucarelli, part of the Piacenza team. Long side. Coutinho is not here for this final week. Supporting both teams. Flat set on the reverse for the captain. Lucarelli with the jump. Okay, cross court. Didn't even come to watch the game, they just came in for the fan zone. At the end of the game, there was 10 or 12 people deep. Hockey with the swing. And the pass to Test. Gets them back into this game. On the back line, Zhang, beautiful! Make mistakes from the challengers. Overpass. What's nice, kept him. Beautiful from Bruno. I apologize, Bruno. 19-22. Adriano, power tip to the center. Saw exactly where. Fight. Well, strong arms. Flavio serves the set point. Oh, it's an ace serve. That is a set over. 25-19. And Otavio with his second ace of the game. Right-hand side of it. Called the middle in. Talas just get in there to collect it. And Otavio, well, he was there for that B quick. He was in so quick. Zhang Jingying, supporter. Gets the serve in. Okay, cross court. Gets the block. Brazil goes again. Huge left-hand swing. It's a giant at two meters 12. Flat to Adriano. Only one-on-one. Gets the catch in from China. First attack though this time in this rally goes to the back line to Zhang. Oh, that's a lovely angle. El Zotto likes it as well. Back to serve. That's a big block. Flavio just holds his hands there. Gets his arms back in to court. Throw back from. He went tight. Oh, delicately done by Lucarelli. Gently. 8-30. Lucarelli into position to attack. But they switch it up to the opposite. Nice set. Zhang has an opportunity. Three hands. It drops in. Now to the opposite for China. Big block. Lucarelli. There's the cleverness. And the agility. But it's almost short on Talas. Huge swing. Wang Dongchen with the serve. Four Brazilians all side by side as Lucarelli was taking that ball. Of course setting duties. Two-man block goes through the block. Wang Bin. Coach for China through his career. Just. Oh, it's an ace serve. Zhang Yan is still top point scorer for Ajon 7. Oh, Otavio. Across his body. Pressure on Brazil. Now Otavio. Dropping his thumb down. Hitting across the left-hand side of the ball. Deep onto Adriano. Adriano sneaking in for the pipe that goes to Lucarelli. Cross court. Wang Dongchen going with his attacker. But Otavio just takes that extra step wide. Just opens up the block. Gives him a bit more space. Not best please. Oh, it looks good. Too far deep. Adriano just tips that ball over the block. Gets a little ricochet. Ends up being a free ball for Brazil. Options here. The golden wave coming across the court. Shame that because that would have given that a little bit of a lead. Hopefully continue that momentum. Zhang into the block. Big swing from Zha Dijun. Otavio. Well, Bruno Otavio and Lucarelli all hugging in about half a meter's space. Just through the block. You see the block reaching across to the side. So lose the height. Lose the press. Oh, what a touch. What a touch. Lucarelli on eight points on the service line. Brazil leading 12-10. It's a good competition with 90 points so far. In place is Lucarelli. Adriano. Down the line. It was a tight set. Zhang had to work. They hold positions. Big block for China. Recycled. Now it's going to be a free ball for China. Can they take advantage here? Oh, they can. Well, Zhang didn't have a lot of room to move. They're putting all these different kind of faces. They've got to match them. Just was trying to do it. A sad face and a shocked face. Replace back for set point for Brazil. And Bruno also finds Otavio down the center. Nice reverse set. Flavio sprawling over after that defense. All of the games so far in the competition. It's almost an ace. China need to work hard here to get some from this point. But no. Honorato again with Otavio. Zhang takes the receive. Oh, it's a huge block. Flavio smiles. Rolls his head as he walks off. Second match point then. And it's a service error from China to give the game to Brazil. 25-17 and by three sets to zero. Well, Mikey comes bouncing in the crowd of Brazilian players on the middle of the court.