🇨🇺 CUBA vs JAPAN 🇯🇵 | Highlights | Men’s VNL 2024

🇨🇺 CUBA vs JAPAN 🇯🇵 | Highlights | Men’s VNL 2024. Japan beat Cuba in a thriller to remain undefeated. The Asians came back from a 14-11 deficit in the tie-breaker and avoided nine Cuban match points to secure their third win in the VNL 2024! After winning their first two matches in the Volleyball Nations League 2024, Japan and Cuba battled in one of the most exciting duels of the tournament so far on Friday, in Rio de Janeiro, and the Asians emerged on the winning side of it after more than two hours of action to remain undefeated. Japan, who don’t have star outside hitters Yuki Ishikawa and Ran Takahashi available this week, started some other key starters on the beach against the Cubans, such as opposite Yuji Nishida, setter Masahiro Sekita and middle blocker Akihiro Yamauchi, but showed resilience to top a red-hot Cuban team 3-2 (18-25, 25-22, 25-23, 19-25, 22-20). It was a rollercoaster of a match, which saw the Caribbean start ahead and the As