As expected of the fans, the semi -final of the Volleyball Nations League 2023 between the Japanese vs Poland vs Poland vs Poland was extremely attractive and dramatic.
The two teams started quite balanced, but the very good ball bridge of Takahashi Ran volleyball has helped Japan to overcome the safe distance and keep the advantage to close the set 1 with an impressive victory.
Losing the first set, Poland launched Leon “volleyball monster” from the beginning of the second set. Cuban -like hammeres helped the home team have the lead advantage.
However, the Asian No. 1 male volleyball team did not give up but patiently chased. Even Yuki Ishikawa also has set point but cannot take advantage of success and loses close to regret.
The following two sets witnessed a former Polish world champion affirmed their outstanding strength. Especially, the difficult shading phase of this team makes Japanese back goods make many errors.
Although trying hard, but before a strong Poland had a home advantage, Japan could not create a surprise and received two consecutive sets of losses to receive the final defeat in the semi -final 1 VNL 2023.
Failure in the semi -final, Japan could not create shock and will participate in the 3rd VNL match. The Japanese opponent will be the losing team in the match between Italy vs the US to take place in the following few.
Anyway, this result is a satisfied thing with Japan and Asian representatives have the opportunity to expect good achievements in their third match.
Japanese male volleyball results 1-3 Poland (25-19, 26-28, 17-25, 21-25)