The Vietnamese women's national volleyball team celebrates after beating the RoK. (Photo: VNA) In a thrilling match, Vietnam emerged victorious with a 3-2(16-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-11) win.
This victory against the RoK mirrored a similar comeback that Vietnamachieved against the same team in the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship2023 in August. The triumph not only propelled the Vietnamese team into thesecond round of ASIAD 19's women's volleyball as the Group C winners but alsopositioned them one step away from the semi-finals, a historic achievement.
In their opening match of Group C, Vietnam demonstrated theirdominance by overpowering Nepal in just 55 minutes, securing a 3-0 (25-4,25-16, 25-13) win.
Although Vietnam started the match against the RoK strongly,taking an early lead, they allowed their opponents to rally and claim the firstset with a score of 25-16. In the second set, Vietnam displayed improvedperformance and battled fiercely with the RoK. However, they narrowly lost theset 22-25.
With the pressure mounting after losing the first two sets, Vietnamexhibited resilience and determination to mount a strong comeback. They securedvictories in the next two sets, both with a score of 25-22, leveling the matchat 2-2 after four intense sets and forcing a decisive fifth set.
The final set was a thrilling and dramatic battle as both teamsfought tooth and nail for every point. However, it was the Vietnamese team thatdisplayed greater courage and emerged triumphant with a 15-11 victory, securingan overall 3-2 win after five tense sets./.
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