France beat Japan 3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 26-28, 25-14, 15-7) - duration 2:05
19-Jul, start time: 20:00, end time: 22:05 - Attendance: 1,805 Friday in Saint-Brieuc France have won their 6th match at the end of a strongly fought match against Japan
By winning against Japan in five sets (22-25, 25-21, 26-28, 25-14, 15-7), on Friday evening in Saint-Brieuc, the French team reinforced its position at the head of the World League D pool. France lead from the start (8-5) to 15-14. With a winning attack and block, Morishige allowed Japan to reverse the situation (15-16) ; a first set largely dominated (18 pts to 7 for France) by Japanese attacks. Despite a change of French setters (De Kergret for Patin), the second set was the same till 21-21 before the first scoring of four consecutive points finished with an attack of Capet (25-21) for France. With a nice reaction from 20-23 to 24-23, the French team missed the opportunity in the third set with three set balls before losing on the first Japanese attempt concluded with a winning servi
