Earvin Ngapeth vs. Aron Russell | 🇫🇷 FRA vs. 🇺🇸 USA - Highlights Final | Men’s VNL 2022

The reigning Olympic champions are now reigning VNL champions too! France won Sunday’s men’s Volleyball Nations League 2022 final to triumph with their first title in the history of the competition. In a spectacular five-setter, they claimed a 3-2 (25-16, 25-19, 15-25, 21-25, 15-10) victory over USA, leaving the opponents with their second silver and third VNL podium overall. The bronze medals went to Poland. The world champions produced a solid 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-20) shutout of Finals hosts Italy in Bologna to earn their third VNL podium in a row, after their bronze in 2019 and silver in 2021. Star outside hitter Earvin Ngapeth led France to the trophy, scoring a match-high 22 points towards the final victory. Opposite Jean Patry added another 17. On the other side of the net, outside hitter Aaron Russell led the US scorers on 20 points. Torey Defalco, whose move from the position of an outside hitter to that of an opposite in the American line-up changed the course of the game and almost led t