“Special group” of USA men face Poland in men’s volleyball semifinals

PARIS — If you’ve ever been to one of Poland’s matches, you know the chant.

“Polska! Polska! Polska”

There’s going to be a lot of that Wednesday afternoon in Paris Arena South 1 when Poland plays the USA in the Paris Olympics men’s volleyball semifinals.

Poland advanced Monday with a four-set win over Slovenia and then the USA did the same to Brazil, which is out of the semifinals for the first Olympics since 2000.

And now these two teams...