Polish volleyball players lost 0:3 to France in Saturday's final, but they still have a lot to be happy about. After a 44-year break, they won an Olympic medal again. They will bring silver from Paris. The fans are already applauding our team's success and, while still on French soil, a large group of fans from Poland came to see our medalists. The biggest applause was received by… Tomasz Fornal. And that's because of one memorable quote.
Fornal stood in front of the fans. They had only one thing in mind. “The author of the phenomenal quote”
During the fourth set of the semi-final clash with the Americans, our rivals were already leading 20:18 and were very close to winning the entire match. Then Nikola Grbic took a timeout, and Fornal gave a passionate speech at the very end. – Come on, f***, f*** with them, f*** – he shouted to his friends. The result? The Poles turned the tide of the set and the entire match. They won 3:2 and advanced to the final.
Fornal's words caused a huge sensation. A video of his statement has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media. It's no wonder that the announcer referred to it during a meeting with fans. – The author of one phenomenal quote is you know who and I think you'll be happy to hear a few words from Tomek – he announced.
Grownup did it again. The fans wanted it. “Fuck them!”
Fornal just grabbed the microphone and immediately there was a thunderous applause. – Hey, I don't know what to say, because Bartek (Kurek, who spoke earlier – editor's note) introduced our team so well, he thanked… – our receiver began and suddenly he was interrupted by the fans' shouts: “Say the same!”, which made him laugh a lot. – Okay. I'll just say: “Fuck them!” – he said and started laughing.
For Tomasz Fornal, the Olympic silver is the greatest success in his national team career. Previously, the player from Jastrzębski Węgiel won gold at the Nations League and the European Championships (2023), as well as the title of vice-world champion (2022).