In the 8th round of the French Men's Volleyball League, Paris, where Kento Miyaura plays, played against Poitiers on Saturday, November 25th (local time) and lost 2-3 (25-20, 20-25, 21-25, 25-21, 14-16). Kento Miyaura started and scored 25 points.
First set starting lineup
Paris
OH: Kovacevic (Serbia), Panu (France)
MB: Marse (Germany), Wetter (USA)
OP: Miyaura (Japan)
S: Mottapaes (France)
L: Kapur (Serbia)
Poitiers
OH: Elsah (Canada), Raptis (Greece)
MB: Concepcion (Cuba), Roatta (France)
OP: Toy (Türkiye)
S: Walsh (Canada)
L: Canessant (France)
*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero
Match Report
In the first set, Paris took an 8-6 lead early on with points from OP Miyaura and OH Panou, then a two-attack from S Mottapaes put them ahead at 13-8. Poitier then closed the gap to 16-15 with an ace from MB Concepción, but an ace from MB Merce put Paris back up at 23-18, and a final spike from MB Wetter gave Paris the set 25-20.
In the second set, OP Miyaura was caught by the opponent's block consecutively from the beginning, and Poitiers took a 0-4 lead. From there, Paris scored a point with a spike from OH Panu, but the score difference remained at 9-12. After that, Poitiers widened the score difference with a spike from OP Toy to 14-19, and OP Toy also scored a spike at the end to take the set 19-25.
In the third set, consecutive spikes from OH Raptis put Poitiers ahead 1-3, but soon OP Miyaura's service aces and spikes turned the game around for Paris at 5-3. However, a block from OH Raptis allowed Poitiers to turn the game around again at 10-11, and OH Elser's pipe attack and other successive points extended the lead to 11-15. Then, in the final stages, consecutive service aces from MB Loatta gave Poitiers a 7-point lead at 16-23. Paris also broke from there with a service ace from OH Panu, but in the end, a quick hit from MB Concepcion gave Poitiers a 21-25 victory.
In the fourth set, Paris took a 5-2 lead early on with spikes from OH Panou and blocks from S Mottapaes. After that, OP Miyaura's service aces helped Paris to extend their lead to 13-9, but Poitiers scored consecutive breaks with a service ace from OH Elser to tie the score at 16-16. However, MB Wetter's blocks and spikes put Paris ahead of Poitiers at 20-17, and OP Miyaura's final spike gave Paris the set 25-21.
In the fifth set, Paris took a 6-4 lead early on with a block from S. Mottapaes. However, Poitier made successive blocks to stop OP Miyaura and MB Marcet and successfully turned the game around to 7-8. From there, a spike from OH Elser put Poitier at 9-11. After that, a service ace from OP Miyaura put Paris at 11-11, and a Poitier error put them first to a match point at 14-13. However, a serve error from Paris and a spike from OH Raptis gave Poitier a match point at 14-15, and finally a spike error from OH Kovacevic gave Poitier the set at 14-16.
As a result, Paris lost 2-3 to Poitiers.
MVP: OH Alexandros Raptis 29 points (including 5 blocks), attack efficiency rate 47.62%
Kento Miyaura scored 25 points (3 on serve) with an attack effectiveness rate of 30.95%.
With this result, Paris Saint-Germain is provisionally in 9th place with a record of 3 wins, 5 losses and 9 points.
Their next match will be against Sanjan Diyarak, ranked 13th, at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 3rd, Japan time.
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Toshiki's Tweets
It was a game we wanted to win.
We had lost two consecutive matches against strong opponents, so we were hoping to win 3-0 or 3-1 against Poitiers, who were ranked lower than Paris, and get three points, but we ended up losing.
Overall, Paris lost a lot of points on attacks, including on their opponents' blocks. In particular, Paris had 8 blocks in the 5th set, while Poitiers had almost double that, 15, which was reflected in the results. Paris was especially caught by the side blockers.
I also think that Poitier was able to attack the serve better. Paris was defeated by the serve and block, where they were attacked with a serve and finished with a block. Both of Paris' two main players, OP Miyaura and OH Panu, were blocked five times, so this is something that needs to be fixed.
Also, Paris lost points three times because they returned free balls too close to the net. It was a waste. I want to reduce these kinds of small mistakes.
But as for Miyaura himself, it seems like he's finally shown some light in his serve, which he's struggled with in the past few matches, and in this match he had three service aces and many break points. It feels like it's been a while since we've seen him hitting such powerful serves. I hope he continues to hit powerful serves like he did in this match. That's just the way Miyaura is.
Well, this loss marks the third straight defeat for Paris. I want them to win again soon. It seems like something isn't going well for the team, so I hope they can get a good start in the next game.
Photo: Parisvolley
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