Russian volleyball players lost to the Brazilians in the final of the six World Cup

The volleyball players of the Russian national team were defeated by the Brazil team in the third group stage of the World Cup, which takes place in Italy and Bulgaria.

The meeting of group I in Italian Turin ended with a strong-willed victory of the Brazilians with a score of 3-2 (20:25, 21:25, 25:22, 25:23, 15:12). As part of the Russian team, Dmitry Volkov, who brought 23 points in the general piggy bank, was the most effective.

“When you play with Brazil, you must fight to the end. Our level of concentration in the key moments of the match was insufficient,” stated the head coach of Russians Sergey Shlyapnikov. “Now we must move on.”

To continue the struggle for the national team of the Russian Federation, it is now necessary on Thursday to beat the US team as much as possible, which previously at this tournament Shlyapnikov’s wards were already inferior .

According to the results of the third group stage, two best teams from each of the two groups will enter the semifinals. In another trio under the Litera J, teams of Serbia, Poland and Italy compete.

The winners of pairs of 1/2 finals will play gold, the losers - bronze. Two losers of the third group stage will compete in fifth place.