00:00Welcome to the semi-finals of Bulgaria,
00:05after the USA's quarter-finals match
00:08in the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.
00:12The report is Jomai Caballaca.
00:17A big surprise for Bulgaria after the two set
00:23at the United States is a reverse week,
00:2621-25, 19-25, 25-17, 25-22, at 15-13.
00:33Matapos ang maigit na laban kadidi sa Mall of Asia Arena,
00:36kinangunahan ni Alexander Nicolovo ang offensiba ng Bulgaria
00:40para maisulat ang kanilang pagbabalik sa semi-finals
00:43ng World Championship.
00:46We have two games. We gotta win one of them to get a medal.
00:49So, we're gonna give it our absolute all. We gotta rest now
00:53because today was very tough on the physique and on the mind.
00:59We gotta rest and get ready for war.
01:02We're not gonna go down easy. That's the promise.
01:04He kept trusting me to save you the ball
01:06in the very important moments and I had to repay him.
01:09Like I said, with all my team but him especially
01:11because he gave me all the trust and I had to repay him.
01:14Ito ang kauna-unang pagkakataon sa loob ng labing siyang na taon
01:18na makapalik sila sa Final Four.
01:20Matapos ang huling pagsali noong 2006 sa Japan
01:23kung saan nakapagtapos sila ng ikatlong pwesto.
01:26Dahil sa panalong ito, patuloy na nabibigyan ng pag-asa
01:29ang Bulgarian squad na makabalik sa tugatog ng volleyball.
01:32We're gonna fight like absolute dogs until the last point.
01:37You know, like we fought today, even when it looked like the game was slipping away
01:42and it felt like it was slipping away, we showed some character
01:46and we came back beating an incredible team of the US
01:49who played a great game today in the whole tournament.
01:52So, we're gonna fight till the very last point. I promise that.
01:55Samantala, nabigo ang United States na makatawid sa semifinals
02:00para sa ikalawang sunod na taon.
02:02Nalimitahan sila sa ika-anim na pwesto noong 2022
02:05at muli na namang nadapa sa yugtong ito ng torneo.
02:09I think Bulgaria maybe had a couple more.
02:12They probably overall had a little more experience than our team
02:16and so they changed their game in the middle of that match
02:20and it took us a little while to adjust and to capitalize on it.
02:24A couple weird plays in the fourth and fifth set.
02:27They miscommunicate and bump a ball over on two and it falls in the middle
02:32because nobody's ready for that.
02:34We run into each other not looking, you know, both looking at the ball
02:39and running into each other, you know, certain things like that.
02:43Some really weird plays happened tonight.
02:46Makakahalap ng Bulgaria ang bansang Zekia sa semifinals
02:49habang magtatapat naman ang Poland at Italy sa September 27
02:53sa Mall of Asia Arena.
02:55Diyan may kabayaka para sa atletang Pilipino
02:58para sa bagong Pilipinas.
