The Vietnamese women's volleyball team did not have a smooth start at the international volleyball tournament VTV Ferroli Cup 2024. Coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet and his team lost 0-3 to opponent Kuanysh from Kazakhstan.
This was a forgettable match for the Vietnamese women's team, when Bich Tuyen and her teammates played somewhat tiredly, were mentally tense, and let their opponents "catch the card" easily.
After the first 3 sets at the VTV Cup, the Vietnamese team revealed many weaknesses, especially in the first step. Although they had been thoroughly trained before the tournament, Khanh Dang, Tu Linh, Bich Tuyen or Kieu Trinh still seems confused and often makes mistakes. This causes the home team's attacks to slow down or lose points unfortunately.
Besides, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team's attempts to smash the ball behind the 3m line were not effective. Weak smashing force combined with low cutting range makes it easy for opponents to neutralize.
In addition, Kunysh was also somewhat successful in "neutralizing" Bich Tuyen's shots. For those born in 2000, it is almost impossible to promote their strengths.
In the second match, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team will face Expressway club (Korea). This team got off to a good start when they won 3-0 against Paint Masters (Philippines). Therefore, this continues to be a difficult challenge for Mr. Nguyen Tuan Kiet and his students.
The Vietnamese women's team needs to improve a lot in terms of physical strength, spirit and competition tactics. In particular, if you want to attack effectively, first of all, the players must do well in blocking step 1. Khanh Dang or Tu Linh need maximum concentration to not make unfortunate mistakes.
Another important factor is that the coaching staff must rearrange the personnel appropriately, and deploy a more diverse playing style, attacking from many sides to score points and avoid being "captured" by opponents.
On the other side, the Expressway club is highly appreciated in this year's tournament. Not only possessing quality foreign soldiers, the internal soldiers of the Korean representative also have good expertise, notably Kang So-hwi - the number 1 owner of the Korean women's volleyball team,
Kang So-hwi was born in 1997, has a height of 1m80, a jumping range of 2m95, and a jumping height of 2m82. She won the best attacker award at the Korean National Championship twice and won the best athlete award at the Korean Volleyball Cup three times.
In addition, this team's squad also has the presence of foreign soldier Merelin Nikolova (Bulgaria). Even though she is only 21 years old, Nikolova is 1m83 tall, left-handed, and her strengths include powerful and quick attacks.
Expressway sees VTV Cup 2024 as a good opportunity to meet many different opponents to test the quality of players during preparation for the second half of the season.
Head coach Kim Jong-min said: "More than half of the players in our squad have changed. Lee Yun-jeong is a player with high expectations in the tournament held in Vietnam.
VTV Cup 2024 is a tournament for Lee Yun-jeong to boldly use different attacking balls when this player already possesses impressive speed."
