Vietnam women's volleyball team comes from behind to beat South Korea women's team at Asiad

The Vietnamese women's volleyball team faced many difficulties in the first two sets.

The Vietnamese women's volleyball team had a favorable start at the 19th Asian Games with a 3-0 victory over the Nepalese women's team on the opening day. The next opponent of Coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet and his team is the Korean women's team .

At the 2023 Asian Championship in late August, the Vietnamese women's team created a shock when they came from behind to defeat the Korean women's team 3-2 in the group stage. This time, the Vietnamese girls continued to be determined to win, opening the door to the semi-finals at the 19th Asian Games.

Both teams kept almost the same lineup as the previous match 1 month ago. In set 01, Thanh Thuy's powerful and accurate smashes helped the Vietnamese women's volleyball team play on par with their opponents.

However, after the two teams tied 12-12, the Korean women's team had a series of points to lead 19-15, before winning 25-16.

Entering set 02, the Vietnamese women's team played better, at times leading their opponents by 03 points. Just like set 01, the two teams tied 12-12, but this time coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet's students learned many lessons, organized to stick together, and fought for each point.

However, at the decisive moment, the Korean women's volleyball team scored important points, and ended with a smash that hit the Vietnamese women's team 's blocker and went out, winning 25-22.

Set 03, the Vietnamese girls played as if they had nothing to lose. This was the same scenario as the match at the 2023 Asian Championship when Thanh Thuy and her teammates were behind by 02 sets.

A very important victory for the Vietnamese women's volleyball team in set 03.

Thanh Thuy, Bich Thuy, and Kieu Trinh were still the outstanding players on the field, helping the Vietnamese women's volleyball team take the lead 14-12, then the opponent equalized 19-19.

Bich Thuy's diagonal moves behind the setter surprised her opponent, and it was the 1m84 tall hitter who had a drop shot that helped the Vietnamese women's volleyball team win 25-22 in this set.

In set 04 - the crucial set, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team made many mistakes in step 01 at the beginning. After that, Thanh Thuy and her teammates persistently chased after, leveled the score at 15 - 15, and took the lead at 18 - 15 thanks to the delicate plays of Kieu Trinh and Bich Thuy.

Thanh Thuy is still the main hitter of the Vietnamese women's volleyball team.

With a 3-point advantage, unfortunately the Vietnamese women's team was tied 18-18 by their opponents. With a resilient fighting spirit, the Vietnamese girls had an impressive series of points, defeating their opponents 25-22, bringing the match to the decisive 5th set.

Entering the "final" set, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team created a gap of 02 points but then let the opponent tie 8 - 8, 10 - 10, 11 - 11. The turning point of the set was two successful blocks by Bich Thuy, before Thanh Thuy and Tu Linh ended the set with a score of 15 - 11, winning 3 - 2 overall.

For the second time in a month, the Vietnamese girls came from behind to defeat the Korean women's team .

After exactly 01 month, the Vietnamese girls defeated the Korean women's team twice with an extremely impressive comeback scenario. This victory not only helped coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet's team rank first in Group C, but also had a very wide door to the semi-finals of the 19th Asiad.

According to vietnamnet.vn

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