Brazil vs. Australia takes place this afternoon in their rematch at the 2015 FIVB World League.
The game is scheduled to start at 14:00 BST.
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After winning the first ever World League meeting between the pair, Brazil will look to go two for two when they face Australia at the Ginásio Adib Moisés Dib in São Bernardo do Campo later today.
Brazil beat Australia 3-1 (25-20, 21-25, 25-19, 25-18) in Pool A of the prestigious competition to move top of the four team group with three games played.
Similar to last weekend’s encounters with Italy, Australia showed plenty of promise and resilience in winning a set against one of the best teams in the world, but were ultimately no match for the skill and experience of the South Americans.
The Brazilians won the opening set 25-20, but the Volleyroos silenced the crowd in the second by racing to a 16-11 lead, before eventually taking the set 25-21.
Shaken by that fightback, Brazil reorganised their defence in the final two sets to come out on top 25-19 and 25-18.
“I am very satisfied with the game we played,” Australia coach Roberto Santilli told FIVB.com after the match.
“The team is very young and need more international experience and play against the top team in the world is always difficult. Brazilians changed from the last week games so it brought some difficulties on our strategy. We expect to improve and make fewer errors on the next Sunday’s match.”
“We have a prior knowledge of the players and the way Australia operates, but it was the first time we faced them,” counterpart Roberley Leonaldo commented.
“One of the difficulties is precisely to have more details, know more about the way they play. During the match we understand the way they act and tried to adapt. They drew very well, especially in the second set, and created difficulties. We changed the way we serve and managed to control the game in the final stages.”
Brazilian opposite spiker Evandro Guerra was the top scorer with 19 points and will be expected to make another significant contribution in today’s rematch.
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