Brazil's 'wall' rises higher... Korean men's volleyball team falls 1-3 to Brazil with Mycael joining; Lim Sung-jin scores 18 points in valiant effort

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The Korean Nam Ja-bae-gu (CEO)team, led by coach Isanay Ramirez, lost to Brazil in their second evaluation match.

South Korea (ranked 26th globally) fell to Brazil (7th) with a set score of 1-3 (19-25, 25-27, 25-19, 22-25) in the second friendly match held at Jecheon Gymnasium in Chungbuk on the 25th. Having secured a 3-1 comeback victory in the first match on the 22nd, South Korea now holds an evaluation record of one win and one loss.

In this match played in preparation for the 2026 Asian Championships in September and the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Brazil fielded a strengthened lineup with the addition of 218cm tall attacker Mycael Franca, who joined after completing his Volleyball Nations League (VNL) schedule.

South Korea was led in attack by Lim Sung-jin (Korean Army), who scored a team-high 18 points including two service aces, while Shin Ho-jin (Hyundai Capital) and Jung Han-yong (Korean Air) contributed 14 and 12 points respectively.

However, they could not overcome Brazil's heightened wall, losing the blocking battle 3-11, which proved to be the decisive factor in their defeat. Leonardo Lucas of Brazil scored a team-high 19 points, while newly joined Mycael also contributed 12 points.

The match was closely contested, but South Korea lacked sufficient stamina in the later stages. After mid-set in the first set, errors in serving and attacking compounded, allowing Brazil to seize control. In the second set, after a tense tiebreak battle extending into deuce, South Korea lost the set 25-27.

In the third set, Jung Han-yong's serves and Lim Sung-jin's attacks revived, enabling South Korea to win the set. However, despite a late comeback in the fourth set that narrowed the gap to one point, they could not turn the score around and ultimately lost 22-25.

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