Poland take last ticket to Men's World Championship semifinals
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Turin, Italy, September 29, 2018 - Defending champions Poland never left in any doubt who the boss was, promptly took the first set to seal their 2018 FIVB World Championship semifinal ticket and knock out hosts Italy - despite eventually losing the match.
Saturday's semifinals: • 17:00 local time (15:00 GMT): Brazil v Serbia • 21:15 local time (19:15 GMT): Poland v USA
Poland totally controlled the crucial first set from the very beginning, cruising to an astonishingly easy 25-14, silencing the sellout crowd at the Pala Alpitour and prompting huge celebrations as their subs swarmed the court like it was the end of the match.
With Poland coach Vital Heynen bringing on his subs after the deal was done, Italy managed to balance the game and show just a bit more spirit to at least finish the tournament with a 3-2 (14-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-17, 15-11) win - though it was hardly any consolation.
Source: http://www.fivb.org