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Jakub Balcerzak recommended an interview with Ran Takahashi published on YouTube by Polsat Sport. He wrote that six months earlier it would have been hard for him to imagine a conversation with the volleyball player recorded in Lublin, during which Takahashi talked about his fondness for horseradish, sauerkraut, broth, and dumplings, and casually used the Polish greeting "siema." Balcerzak called him a fantastic person and quoted his words about taking as much as possible from the given opportunities. #podsiatka #wywiad #sport #Polska (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak wrote that Jean Patry's nearly three-year stay at Galatasaray Istanbul ended with a trophy that, as he reported, was only the second for the Turkish club this century. According to the author, Patry helped the team qualify for the Turkish championship final after 30 years, secured a place in the Turkish Cup final, and then won the Supercup with them. Balcerzak described him as a two-time Olympic champion representing the colors of Galatasaray. #podsiatka #Galatasaray #siatkówka #Superpuchar (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak summarized the last Saturday before the start of the 2026/2027 league season. He assessed that the slogan "Beat the champion" will motivate the rivals of Michał Winiarski's team, and each of them will approach the matches with full commitment. He cited the match between Trefl and Sordyl as an example and wondered how many weaker teams would manage to play in a similar way. According to Balcerzak, Lublin was in better shape at this stage of preparations than a year earlier. He praised the creativity of Ran and Ogawa as well as the play of the latter, and positively evaluated the start of preparations for Mikołaj Sawicki, whom he considered well physically prepared. The author was pleased with Roberto Piazza's presence in the Polish club, but noted that there is a lot of work ahead for PGE Project Warszawa, as the Italian coach had only started working with the team a few days earlier. He assessed that Romano could help Warsaw achieve a major trophy this season. After the match against Lublana, he pointed out that the average age of Project's players on the court was almost 33 years. He also wrote that Śliwka's injury means at least a month off, and noted that the captain of the Polish national team has played only 31 percent of league matches in almost three years. Balcerzak called Tymoteusz Lenik one of the best Polish middle blockers from the 2005 age group and younger. He believed that Gheorghe Crețu is guiding the player well and predicted that Lenik would make it to the senior national team next season. He pointed to 22-year-old Mateusz Nowak as a possible successor to Bartłomiej Lemański in Bełchatów and as the best player of Skra during the preparation period. He described Szymon Jakubiszak as one of the leading Polish middle blockers and wrote that he should join a club competing for the Polish championship. Regarding the Italian league, Balcerzak praised Basil Dermaux's performance in Milan, where he scored 27 points, including seven aces. He indicated Hryhoriia Khotsevycha as a potential discovery of the new season of LegaVolley, and described Pardo Matia as an increasingly important player in Modena's offense. He added that his collaboration with Tizi-Oualou was going very well. Assessing the teams from Japan, Balcerzak stated that there is a lot of work ahead for Suntory Sunbirds Osaka and that the team no longer commands the same respect as in previous years. He positively evaluated the new Nagoya and the performance of Norbert Huber, while considering Osaka Bluteon the best team currently in the country, with a significant advantage over rivals. The photograph was signed with the name K. Łukawski. #podsiatka #siatkówka #sezonligowy #Polska (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak stated that Mikołaj Sawicki scored 17 points in the match against Fenerbahçe Istanbul, which ended with a score of 3:0. According to Balcerzak, Sawicki also recorded +10, a 44-percent positive reception, 62-percent attack efficiency (13/21), 48-percent effectiveness in attack, and four service aces. The photo was credited to Łukawski. #podsiatka https://t.co/igIWfDBn0j #siatkówka #sport #MikołajSawicki (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak wrote that in the 2026/2027 season, Volleyball World TV had the rights to broadcast the three most important men's league competitions, as he described them: the Japanese SV League, the Italian LegaVolley, and the Polish TAURON Liga. He stated that the monthly subscription cost 15 euros, and matches of the TAURON Liga remained unavailable for users from Poland. He added that broadcasts of the Turkish top league, Efeler Liga, were to be available again exclusively on the TRT Spor YouTube channel. #podsiatka #siatkówka #Volleyball #transmisja (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak wrote that for the first time in the preparatory period before the 2026/2027 league season, the offensive trio of Ziraat Bankası consisted of Nimir Abdel-Aziz, Yuki Ishikawa, and Trevor Clevenot. According to Balcerzak, Clevenot said the day before that he hoped that cooperation with Ishikawa would bring them the desired triumph in the volleyball Champions League. The author indicated that this is the main goal of Ziraat for the 2026/2027 season. #podsiatka https://t.co/YH9xVQHp48 #siatkówka #ZiraatBankasi #LigaMistrzów (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak wrote that Roberto Piazza recognized Tatsunori Otsuka as the best player of the match after the Asian Games final. He added that Piazza was proud to have worked with him on a daily basis over the past months and to have observed his development in one of the best leagues in the world, where — as he assessed — he had become a valuable player. #podsiatka #siatkówka #sport #IgrzyskaAzjatyckie (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak reported that Tatsunori Otsuka scored 24 points in the match against the Iranian national team, which was lost 1:3. According to the author, he also recorded a +20 rating, 66% positive reception, 50% perfect reception, 65% attack efficiency (22/34), 59% attack effectiveness, two service aces, and 11 defenses. Balcerzak noted that Otsuka was the top scorer in the final of the 2026 Asian Games tournament. #podsiatka #siatkówka #sport #IgrzyskaAzjatyckie (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak assessed that the collaboration between Vital Heynen and the Chinese national team may come to an end after an unsuccessful season and that he cannot imagine both sides wanting to continue it. He pointed out that China finished last in the VNL 2026 regular season, achieved only one victory throughout the season, and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Asian Championships — which he described as one of the worst results in Chinese volleyball history at this event. Balcerzak also recalled that the team did not win a medal at the Asian Games, losing the bronze medal match to Pakistan. He added that China has lost many points in the FIVB ranking and did not qualify for the 2027 World Championships, which — he noted — will be the first World Championships without China since 1990. #podsiatka #siatkówka #VNL #MistrzostwaAzji (translated)

❗️ Ran Takahashi i Tomohiro Ogawa w dzisiejszym meczu sparingowym z drużyną PGE Projektu Warszawa. ✅️ 🇯🇵 Ran Takahashi ▪️ 90% pozytywnego przyjęcia (!) ▪️ 60% perfekcyjnego przyjęcia (!) ▪️ 43% skuteczności w ataku (6/14) ✅️ 🇯🇵 Tomohiro Ogawa ▪️ 67% pozytywnego przyjęcia ▪️ 33% perfekcyjnego przyjęcia ▪️ liczba przyjęć: 12. ▪️ liczba błędów: 0. Foto: Bogdanka LUK Lublin, IG. #TauronLiga • #podsiatka #TauronLiga #siatkówka #sport

❗️ 🇺🇲 REPREZENTACJA USA WYGRYWA MISTRZOSTWA KONTYNETALNE NORCECA 2026! 🏆 Podopieczni Karcha Kiralyego wygrywają właśnie w finale turnieju kontynentalnego (3-2) z reprezentacją Kanady. ✅️ Dla aktualnego wicemistrza rozgrywek Ligi Narodów jest to już jedenasty triumf w mistrzostwach kontynentalnych. 🇺🇲 Bardzo dobry sezon reprezentacyjny 2026 w wykonaniu drużyny prowadzonej przez Karcha Kiralyego❗️ Foto: @KLukawski Grafika: własna #podsiatka #USA #Siatkówka #Mistrzostwa

❗️ 🇯🇵 Ran Takahashi zakończył sezon reprezentacyjny 2026. Rozgrywki ligowe 2026/2027 spędzi w drużynie Bogdanka LUK Lublin. 🇵🇱 ❗️ 🇯🇵 Tomohiro Ogawa zakończył sezon reprezentacyjny 2026. Rozgrywki ligowe 2026/2027 spędzi w drużynie Bogdanka LUK Lublin. 🇵🇱 ❗️ 🇯🇵 Yuki Ishikawa zakończył sezon reprezentacyjny 2026. Rozgrywki ligowe 2026/2027 spędzi w drużynie Ziraat Bankasi Ankara. 🇹🇷 Foto: Volleyball World #podsiatka #siatkówka #transfery #sport

❗️ Hideomi Fukatsu. Cichy bohater reprezentacji Japonii podczas sezonu reprezentacyjnego 2026. 🇯🇵 Nie spodziewałem się, że ten doświadczony 36-letni rozgrywający będzie jeszcze w stanie przez cały sezon reprezentacyjny (!) w tak świetny sposób zarządzać na boisku grą drużyny prowadzonej przez Laurenta Tillie. Brak Masahiro Sekity był praktycznie niezauważalny, co w tym momencie tylko i wyłącznie podkreśla postawę doświadczonego Fukatsu. 🇯🇵 Foto: Volleyball World #podsiatka #siatkówka #reprezentacja #Japonia

❗️ KOREA POŁUDNIOWA WYGRYWA WŁAŚNIE PO TIE BREAKU Z AUSTRALIĄ I ZDOBYWA NIESPODZIEWANIE BRĄZOWY MEDAL MISTRZOSTW AZJI 2026! 🇰🇷 Foto: Volleyball World Grafika: własna #podsiatka https://t.co/nH6LHwpGYu #siatkówka #MistrzostwaAzji #KoreaPołudniowa

25:13 w pierwszym secie. 25:11 w drugim secie. Bawi się ekipa Tilliego w półfinale turnieju Mistrzostw Azji 2026. ✅️ #podsiatka https://t.co/6WbnhsqjGi #siatkówka #MistrzostwaAzji #finały