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A French victory in 3 sets (25/22, 25/19, 25/22) exemplary for a historic final!
The French will have been serious for three sets (25/22, 25/19, 25/22), with rock-solid collective defense, and a phenomenal Earvin Ngapeth. Jean Patry, Trevor Clevenot, Antoine Brizzard and Barthélémy Chinenyeze will have been exceptional in the block and in attack, allowing the Blues to often take the lead when the Argentines sowed doubt on their services. Despite an unbreathable end to the match and opponents who tried everything to get them out of the match, the French offered themselves the first final in their history at the Olympics and therefore the first French Olympic medal in volleyball. The Blues will play the match for the Olympic gold medal against the Russians on Saturday at 2.15 p.m. for Laurent Tillie’s last match at the head of the Blues. With this place in the final, the volleyball players assure France of having a minimum of 30 medals.
AND THE BLOCK TO TAKE THE BLUES TO THE FINAL !!! 25-22 !! 3 SETS A 0 !!
THE BLUES ARE AT THE FINAL OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES AT VOLLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY! Third French men’s co-sports team to reach a final in Tokyo !! The Yavbou team will face Russia in the final!
EARVIN NGAPETH OFFERS TWO MATCH BALLS TO BLUES, 24-22 !!!
THE NEW SMASH FROM NGAPETH FOR REVENGE AGAINST ARGENTINE! The leader of the Blues will have been fabulous throughout the match!
Poglajen’s smash is out, there are two points left for the Blues to be in the final, 23-21!
EARVIN NGAPETH’S SMASH HIGHER THAN EVERYBODY, 22-21!
The French are doing well, the ball could have been whistled carried, 21-20!
Trevor Clevenot does not extend his hand enough and the ball touches the Argentinian fingers before entering the field, the Argentines will claim the point from the referee who does not flinch!
Equality, 20-20!
Moment of hesitation for a challenge discussed between the two teams, 20-19!
The Argentines called for a challenge for a largely questionable action, and ended up winning a French foul at the net.
JEAN PATRY’S BLOCK AT THE BEST TIME, 20-18!
On a very good service from Chinenyeze, the ball was well defended by the Argentines but Jean Patry was still there at the net and countered at the net.
Ngapeth’s serve ends in the net and Argentina comes back at 18-18!
OH THE CONS OF CHINENYEZE! 17-16!
The young Frenchman gives back to the Argentines the cons he suffered just before and he allows the French to come back in front!
Loser’s service comes out, and puts the French back in the game, 16-15!
ARGENTINA RETURNS AT 15-15 !!
Argentina come back to a point, 15-14!
The gift of Facundo Conte who serves in the net 15-12!
Trevor Clevenot is monstrous, 12-9!
13/17 for the French receptionist who is unstoppable today and finds a new line to pass the block and score.
JEAN PATRY’S BLOCK TO IRON A +3 !! 10-7 !!
Watch out for the Argentines who are coming back, very welcome back from Lima! 8-6!
Lima finds a diagonal left empty by the French and smashes. The Argentines come back up to the Blues when they seemed to let go.
Earvin Ngapeth for a new point excellently found, 8-4!
The leader of the Blues walks on the water during this final and confirms his status by scoring many capital points for France.
Jean Patry immense to drive the point home, 6-2!
Big service from Jean Patry to confirm the very good French momentum!
New exceptional block from Brizard, the French go back to 5-2!
The Argentines start again on a big basis in this 3rd set! 2-1!
THE SECOND SET FOR THE FRANCE TEAM !! 25-19, 2-0 !!
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THE FAULT IN THE SERVICE OF TALE, A BALL OF FRENCH SET, 24-18!
New diagonal from Trevor Clevenot, 22-16!
On his left side, Clevenot is unstoppable and comes to find a new diagonal to put full speed on the Argentinian Conte who can not put back.
Ngapeth continues his momentum and hoists the Blues to 20-14!
JEAN PATRY TAKES HANDS OFF THE ARGENTINE BLOCK, THE FRENCH AT 19-13 !!
A point that reassures the French in loss of speed and that seals their lead in the score.
Antoine Brizzard’s excellent block to put the French back in, 15-12
Argentina gets the upper hand mentally, 14-12!
The French seem in full doubt, and Argentina is getting back together.
THE DIAGONAL OF THE VACUUM FOUND BY CLEVENOT! 11-7!
New exceptional point from Earvin Ngapeth! 8-5!
France is too feverish on its defense at the back of the field, 6-5
THE BREAK FOR FRANCE! 5-3!
Earvin Ngapeth returns perfectly in this second set and plays with Argentinian nerves.
The French challenge confirmed! 2-2!
Jean Patry did not seem sure of him, but the ball was touched by the Argentinian block, and the Blues returned to equality.
Argentina prints its rhythm in the start of the second set, 2-1!
THE FIRST SET FOR FRANCE !! 25-22, 1-0 !!
The French were scared to the end with a few mistakes in the money-time, but Tillie’s coaching paid off. Chinenyeze even put the ball back on the last point to extend the rally, finally concluded with an excellent smash from Trevor Clevenot.
Chinenyeze’s tight smash to deliver a set point, 24-22!
LOUATI’S EXCELLENT SERVICE TO IRON BEFORE 22-21!
This end of the set is unbreathable, 21-21 after a good point from Le Goff!
Argentina is back in front !! 21-20!
Argentina led by a fiery Lima is tied, 20-20!
Disagreement in the French attack, Le Goff lets the ball pass in attack at the net but no one is there to take back after him and the Argentines equalize in the money-time.
The French challenge offers a new point to France, 19-16!
The ball had hit the ground well before being picked up by the Argentinian, Tillie was right.
The French defense falters in the face of an exceptional Lima, 18-16
Faced with the overpowering strikes struck by number 12, the French are in difficulty on their return.
The excellent diagonal found by Jean Patry for the French break! 15-13!
The French were beginning to doubt these Argentines who are playing very well tactically, but on a bad start, Jean Patry finds a perfect diagonal which ends in the back of the field.
The Argentinian block responds well and plays with the nerves of the French, 14-13!
Argentina ask for a time out, France leads 12-9!
Tillie’s men make the Argentines doubtful and the opposing coach asks for a time out.
Jean Patry starts his show and earns two precious points! 10-8!
The young 24-year-old French pointy rediscovered his excellent feelings of competition and managed to register two points, one on a badly defended smash by the Argentinian block and the other by a zone perfectly found on smash.
Oh l’excellent smash de Trevor Clevenot ! 5-5 !
The Argentines defend strong but the French find abandoned areas behind the block to smash.
On a very good serve from Facundo Conte, the Argentines are back in front 3-4
Where France misses its services, the Argentines make it a formidable weapon.
France takes the lead at the start of the match, 3-2!
Kick-off of the match!
Antoine Brizard: “This semi-final will be extremely tough”
Antoine Brizard after the match against Poland: “For the moment, we are not thinking of gold at all, not even a medal, we are only focused on Argentina, we say to ourselves that this semi-final is going to be extremely hard, we have repeatedly said that there was no additional pressure to be had, it is not because it is Argentina, which is a priori weaker than Poland, that we need to put more pressure on ourselves, especially that Argentines have been huge since the start of the tournament.»
The Blues entered the field, the Marseillaise resounds
After the exploit, the confirmation?
Hello and welcome to all !
Hello and welcome everyone to follow this semi-final between France and Argentina. Kick-off at 2 p.m.!
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