USA - Russia (short cut)

Epic battle between two setter: Lloy Ball and Vadim Khamuttskikh. They played great game. That was match of 3rd place in The Olympics 2004. Russia won all sets, best player of match was middle-blocker of Russia: Alexey Kuleshov. He scored 18 points, including 6 blocks! Spiker of USA NT, Clayton Stanley scored 13 points in that game. Russia showed their determination right from the beginning. Their attack, defence and block were perfect. Look at attack of fury presented by Lloy Ball after a bad decision of referee (11:00). He is regarded as the best setter in the volleyball history. Alexey Kazakov (he played with number 7) said: "We played very badly against Italy in semi-final, but now I am very happy winning the bronze medal. We wanted to win a medal and we did it against the US". In the final match Brazil won against Italy 3:1.

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