Kento Miyaura | 347cm Monster of the Vertical Jump

Yamamoto feeds it in, and the left hand is joyous. Kento Miura in this fourth set. It's another one. Either way, Brazil with a three-point lead here, and Sakita sets Miura, who's gone into turbo mode. It's the solution they were trying to avoid, setting Miura in position four, but he's made that one look like they should be doing it more often. Received by Ran Takahashi. Densational from Kento Miura. France are back into the lead. They have re-energized. They have hit 20, and they needed that in between the first and second timeouts. France out. Floated in. Oh, an overpass, but a brilliant dig. Unbelievable by Ran. But now a chance for Brazil. Oh, they haven't taken it, though. It's a great finish, but it's a whole-team effort. Ran Takahashi with two phenomenal defensive efforts on that play. First to defend the overpass, then this cover play off the block, and Lucas gone the complete wrong direction, and Miura punished. Diaz. Good ball now from Katia Boutour, but runs there in the way. Bit of Miura magic. In the right place. Now a steady ball out wide. Lovely arm swing. Such great extension. He's able to get out, and then he can see everything in front of him. Knows where the space is. Well watched. There's a real chance here for Japan. Ran's on the move. Sotomi. Oh! A two away from victory. How quickly did Japan get into this situation where they have all four attackers available off what's a pretty tough dig. Good coordination. This. Good service. Off the Mikey, and then Fernando. Free ball. Needs to be taken. Here's Kento Miura. So even with Mikey in the middle of the court, because he's trying to help out both receivers, the strong serve forces him to cover a lot, and the quality of reception is a lot harder to come by. Carl receives. To save the save. Massive players. It's a good pass from Carl. There were three options. They've gone out to four, and it's Kento Miura brought on to do it. There's going to have to be one time where he jumps early. Ishikawa feeds Sakita. Lovely. And this is the side out in that rotation. Japan need to do this first time. This might be their only time they needed to do it, and they did. A few times he's popped up over there at an important time. Through the hands of Alain on that occasion. And a good ball in. Miura made sure of it. Ticking over nicely. Point either side so far. Four each. And Argentina keeping Ramos on the court. Keeping also... Ishikawa just sticks it home. Now Yamauchi. It's 4-4 here. It's the deciding set between Japan and China. Oh! Miura, no nonsense. Take that, he says. Take that and party. 5-4. Solid from Miura. Follow the Volleyball Nations League with stake and get a 200% sign-up bonus using Code Power Volleyball. That's a lovely service from Fernando. Miura. Oh, no. That is not supposed to happen to Brazil. Three blockers up. Little pitching wedge. Luccarelli. Another good service. Takahashi has to chase. And he's there to pick up that block. Miura. We're going to check this one. How close is it? Oh, it's on the line. What a swing from Miura. So the counter move. Luccarelli really chasing after that one and calling Yamamoto into action. Another good block touch. Miura does work the hands this time. Mikey's there. Onorato. Japan with a block of their own. Miura. Didn't take him long to turn things around. The difference there. Takahashi and Miura are being patient. And with Allen on the floor, the Japanese block knows that the ball is going in position 4. And Onorato with no way. Miura. Oh, it was close. It was tight. The referee even gave it a second thought. How tight is it? Easy, easy. A follow up. A float serve from Daijun there. No, there's nothing they can do about that because it's fed into Miura. He's proving to be an able deputy once again for Yuji Nishida. That diagonal across the front. Ran on serve. There's the set. That backcourt with the touch on one. Then Miura gives it everything. Absolutely bullied by Miura. So here's Ran Takahashi. To the line. It's a one on one here. No, it's not down. It's a real miss this for China. They're punished. The chance was with Zai Daijun. Who was running in right side there. He only had one blocker ahead of him. That's where China should have won the point. They didn't. They picked up. They transition and they score through Kento Miura to enjoy two. To the floor. Floats that serve over the top. They pick up. Ran Takahashi reads it. Little roll with the open hands. China struggling a bit here. Have to give Japan the free ball. So Tsukita tees up Miura. Japan enjoying this again now. They're up by two. Tsukita goes again. Same serve. At the libero. Backslides. Big hiccup. Pick up even. Block forms. Doesn't matter. Miura has the power. Opposite side. Kento Miura. I mean he's come in mid-match for Yuji Nishida. Quite the able replacement. I mean they haven't totally dominated. 17 block points made. And how about that? Making their own luck again. Little bit of movement in that back row. Trying to receive the serve from China. And it was all a little bit confused with this tickle off. 23 serves as well as the top acer in the competition. That's a bullet down the middle. What a release there from Kento Miura. Fantastic. Sixth ace serve of VNL 2023. For the opposite from... Thanks for watching. Leave a like and make sure to subscribe to Power Volleyball for more volleyball videos.