The Vietnamese women's volleyball team came back to beat the Thai women's volleyball team 3-2 (losing 0-2) to win the SEA V.League for the first time. This defeat also ended the Thai women's volleyball team's consecutive championship streak at this playground, which has lasted since 2019.
According to captain Ajcharaporn Kongyot, the main reason for the failure of the Thai women's team was that the team had not found a way to prevent the Vietnamese women's volleyball team's scores.
"The Thai team played well at some points but did not change the tempo of the match fast enough. This is an problem that has existed since the Nations League, but has not been solved at the SEA V.League, Ajcharaporn shared.
According to this star, the Thai women's volleyball team has received a valuable lesson after losing to the Vietnamese women's volleyball team. Therefore, the team will return to practice to overcome mistakes, to overcome the current difficult period.
After the SEA V.League, the Thai women's volleyball team will compete in the World Championship, taking place at home from August 22 to September 7. They will meet the Netherlands, Sweden and Egypt women's volleyball teams in the group stage. To prepare for the tournament, the Thai team will likely play a friendly match with the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Meanwhile, coach Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai considered the defeat against the Vietnamese women's volleyball team as an expensive lesson for the World Cup and the 33rd SEA Games at the end of this year. According to him, some Thai stars played up to their potential and plan, but could not end the match with the Vietnamese team in victory, when the opponent played with all their best.
In other developments, the Thai media highly appreciated the Vietnamese women's volleyball team. Thairath newspaper congratulated Mr. Nguyen Tuan Kiet and his team on their victory over Thailand. They emphasized that it is time for the home team to learn from the Vietnam women's volleyball team.
This defeat is a step backward for the Thai women's volleyball team, when the team could not stop the opponent. This has been shown from the Nations League but the team has not been able to recover, Thairath commented.
After this defeat, the Thai media is waiting for changes from the Thai women's volleyball coaching staff and the Thai Volleyball Federation, because the team is very popular and highly appreciated by fans.
"We can see that the Vietnamese women's volleyball team has lost so many matches, they still do not give up hope of defeating the Thai women's team. And they succeeded. They deserve to be admired because they learn from past mistakes and failures, the Thai newspaper continued.
In addition, opposite Bich Tuyen also received full praise from the Thai media. In the final, this setter scored 45 points, of which she scored 10/16 points for the team in set 5, contributing greatly to the championship of the Vietnam women's volleyball team.
