Good gesture from the representative of Poland. He explained why he decided to do it

On May 6, the second final meeting of the PlusLiga 2022/23 games took place. Everything points to the fact that we can become witnesses of surprise, because so far the favorites are not doing better. In the second meeting between Jastrzębski Węgiel and ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle the first team was better again and Tomasz Fornal put on a real show. However, the attention to the Polish representative was riveted not only because of his excellent game, but also because of the gesture he made after the last action on the court.

Tomasz Fornal MVP match between ZAKSA and Jastrzębski

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Saturday’s Kendzezhin-Kozle match was not as one-sided as the first, when Marcelo Mendez’s team won 3-0. This time, the team of Thomas Sammelvuo resisted the rivals, although they were defeated. Ultimately, Jastrzembski won with a score of 3:1 (24:26, 25:22, 25:15, 25:19).

The architect of this success was Tomas Fornal, who was almost unstoppable. Overall, he finished with a receiving efficiency of 60 percent, in attack he made 19 of 29 actions, he scored 21 points himself. Thus, he later won the game’s MVP award.

Tomas Fornal presented the MVP award to a teammate. Why?

Interestingly, the representative of Poland did not keep it for himself, but decided to give it to one of his teammates. In the end, it went to Benjamin Toniutti, who also did an excellent job, although the reason for the host’s behavior was not at all a desire to evaluate him in sports terms. Another event happened.

Fornal explained his behavior to the media. “The morning before the game, Ben became a father for the third time. He had another daughter. His family is now in France, so the separation was definitely not easy for him. Today he became MVP twice, because not only did his family grow, but we also won together with ZAKSA,” he said, quoted by Przegląd Sportowy.