Paris lost 1-3 to Chaumont in the first leg of the playoff quarter-finals. Kento Miyaura scored 20 points, and Yuto Kai came on as a substitute and scored 4 points.

In the first match of the quarterfinals of the French Men's Volleyball League playoffs, Paris, represented by Miyaura Kento and Kai Yuto, faced Chaumont on Tuesday, March 26th (local time) and lost 1-3 (27-29, 25-21, 20-25, 20-25).

Miyaura Kento started the game and scored 20 points, while Kai Yuto came on as a substitute and scored 4 points.

First set starting lineup

Paris
OH: Panu (France), Conde (Argentina)
MB: Marse (Germany), Wetter (USA)
OP: Miyaura (Japan)
S: Mottapaes (France)
L: Kapur (Serbia)

Chaumont
OH: Suihikonen (Finland), Cardoso (Brazil)
MB: Marshman (USA), Gasman (USA)
OP: Indra (Czech Republic)
S: Worsley (USA)
L: Closter (Argentina)

*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero

MVP: OH Victor Cardoso
24 points (1 serve, 2 blocks)
Attack effectiveness rate: 47.06%

OP Kento Miyaura
20 points (including 3 blocks)
Attack effectiveness rate: 48.15%

OH Kai Yuto
4 goals
Attack effectiveness rate: 27.27%

This brings Paris' overall record in the playoff quarter-finals to 0-1 (best of 5, best of 3).

The second match will be held again at Chaumont on Wednesday 3rd April (Japan time).

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Toshiki's comment

Paris lost their first match in the quarterfinals.

Chaumont is a strong team that finished first in the regular season, but they had taken the match to a full set in our previous match, so I watched from the screen confident of victory.

We fought very well until the second set, but in the third and fourth sets we were defeated by consecutive breaks in the middle of the game.

In particular, Cardoso, who won the MVP, seemed to be really on the ball in the second half.

Miyaura's individual performance was not bad at all, and his spikes were quite good. However, he couldn't break the serve when it mattered. To begin with, he made a few too many serve errors.

Kai also came on as a substitute, but in this particular match he was unable to achieve the results he had hoped for in either offense or defense, especially struggling with serve reception.

However, we made some good plays as a team, and if we can continue to play the same kind of volleyball as we did in the first and second sets, I believe we have a chance of winning.

There is about a week until their next match, so I hope they can recover and win three games in a row to advance to the semi-finals!!

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