2 foreign soldiers played for Thanh Hoa at VTV Cup 2024

The 2024 VTV Cup international women's volleyball tournament ended the group stage with matches of high professional quality. 8 teams showed off their strength after 3 Vietnamese matches.

Among the international players participating in the tournament, Cai Xiaoqing (Henan team - China) and Sana Anarkulova (Kuanysh VC team - Kazakhstan) are two faces that receive a lot of attention from Vietnamese fans. Because the couple used to be foreign soldiers competing in the Vietnam national volleyball championship.

As for Sana Anarkulova, she was one of the foreign soldiers who made the most impression in phase 2 of the 2023 national championship when playing for Thanh Hoa club.

The striker born in 1989 possesses comprehensive offensive and defensive abilities, football thinking and outstanding personal techniques. Sana Anarkulova always plays a key role, single-handedly leading the Thanh team to unexpected victories.

It was Sana Anarkulova who was the inspiration that helped the Thanh Hoa team successfully survive relegation in the 2023 season, finishing in 8th place overall.

At VTV Cup 2024, Sana Anarkulova continued to demonstrate her strength when playing for the Kuanysh VC team (Kazakhstan). The 35-year-old striker is the bright spot in this team as she brings diverse attacks. Dropping, smashing the ball or blocking the ball, these masters all performed successfully.

In particular, in the opening match against the Vietnamese women's volleyball team, when meeting old acquaintances who had faced off in the Vietnamese national championship such as Bich Tuyen, Tu Linh, Kieu Trinh... Anarkulova still showed off. Get your own strengths.

Anarkulova contributed greatly to helping Kuanysh VC have 2 victories against the Vietnamese women's volleyball team, Paint Masters club (Philippines) and then lost to Hi-pass Expressway (Korea), thereby finishing 2nd in Group A after the group stage. .

Meanwhile, Cai Xiaoqing attended the VTV Cup 2024 while playing for the Henan team (China). In phase 1 of the 2024 national women's volleyball championship, she is the factor that turns Thanh Hoa club into an interesting phenomenon.

After a season of struggling to stay relegated and parting ways with Sana Anarkulova, Thanh Hoa brought back Cai Xiaoqing and received positive signals. The striker born in 1998 is a relatively comprehensive player with fast speed, good rebounding power, powerful finishing in many different positions, effective 3m attack, impressive defense and ball blocking. Imagine, starting step 1 well.

Because of his comprehensiveness and clever playing mindset, Cai Xiaoqing became the leader, helping Thanh Hoa win 3 matches and ranked 4th after phase 1.

Going to VTV Cup 2024, smart play and impressive defensive and first-step ability still help Cai Xiaoqing become a prominent player of the Henan team.

Worth mentioning, fate brought Cai Xiaoqing and her team to meet the Vietnamese women's volleyball team in the quarterfinals. This promises to be the most exciting and awaited competition in the next round.

Today (August 28), VTV Cup 2024 will take a break for 1 day before entering the quarter-final series, taking place tomorrow (August 29).