Losing to the world's 17th ranked opponent, the Vietnam U21 women's team hopes to keep its Top 20 ranking.

(NLDO) – U21 Chile is too strong with two highly rated pillars, they defeated the U21 women's team of Vietnam with a score of 3-1 to win a ticket to compete for 17th place.

In the youth rankings of the International Volleyball Federation (FIBV), the Chilean U21 women's team is ranked 17th, 8 places higher than the Vietnamese U21 women's team. The South American representative won a game against Japan, then overcame a strong European opponent, Bulgaria, also in the group stage before defeating the world's 9th ranked team, the Mexican U21 women's team, with a score of 3-0 two days ago.

U21 Chile is too strong with two main strikers Aylwin and Schwartzman

The concerns of Vietnamese fans are not without basis. In the match on the evening of August 15, Chile with outstanding factors such as main striker Aylwin Dominga (scoring 98 points, ranked in the Top 5 of the tournament), captain Petra Schwartzman played well both offensively and defensively, easily won the first two games against U21 women's Vietnam.

The terrible psychological pressure that has weighed heavily over the past few days has made the young Vietnamese football team seem like they are no longer themselves.

The positions that played well from the beginning of the tournament such as libero Kieu Vy, attackers Quynh Huong and Thuy Linh all played poorly, causing the U21 women's team of Vietnam to quickly lose 17-25 and then 15-25.

Whether attacking or defending, Chile took the lead 2-0.

Reasonable adjustments by coach Nguyen Trong Linh and strong recovery from the players helped the U21 women's team of Vietnam play brilliantly, winning the third game 25-17 to narrow the match gap to 1-2 after three games.

The fighting spirit of Thuy Linh and the Vietnam U21 women's team in the third game is commendable.

The Vietnam U21 women's team continued to play quite well, but the Chile U21 women's team was not to be outdone. They continuously led the score thanks to two strikers Aylwin Dominga and Petra Schwartzman, in addition to a solid backline defense.

The fourth game score was 25-20 in favor of U21 Chile and the South American team won 3-1, securing a ticket to compete for 17th place with Canada, who was once "defeated" by U21 Vietnam women's team in the group stage.

U21 Chile won from comprehensive superiority

Receiving their second defeat since the beginning of the tournament (not counting the FIVB's reverse decision), the Vietnam U21 women's team will face the Dominican Republic in the 19th-20th place match on the evening of August 17.

Regardless of the final ranking, what the U21 women's team of Vietnam needs to do is not give up, must continue to overcome themselves to show the most positive image, not a weak team, ready to collapse because of mistakes not created by themselves.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/thua-doi-thu-hang-17-the-gioi-tuyen-u21-nu-viet-nam-hy-vong-giu-hang-top-20-196250815222812319.htm