Young Brazilian fan feels every emotion possible during beach volleyball match
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There are emotional roller coasters, and then there’s the gamut of emotions that one young Brazilian fan traversed in a beach volleyball match at the Rio Olympics.
Brazil is home to the No. 1 seeded duo of Larissa Franca and Talita Antunes, but the pair had a tough battle with Switzerland’s Nadine Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich on Sunday. After dropping the first set, the Brazilians had to stave off three match points in the second set to earn a comeback victory.
It was a little too much drama for one fan to handle:
He wasn’t the only fan emotionally invested in the match. The home crowd gasped and held its collective breath when Franca and Antunes fought off elimination to win the second set 27-25.
No point was more gut-wrenching than the second match point, with Switzerland up 22-21 in the set.
With the victory, the top-seeded Brazilian duo advances to face Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst in the semifinals Tuesday.
And when they do, there should be one fan right in there in the first row because there’s no way anyone in the world cares more.
