The team has started the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship campaign, losing 3-1 against Imoco Volley Conegliano in the first game of Pool A.
The game was going on point-by-point in the first set until Yasemin Güveli fueled her team in block and attack. Yet all our efforts to take the lead were not enough and we lost the first set by 25-20.
In the second set, captain Yeon Koung Kim kept her team up by clever attacks. Despite leading 16-12 at the technical time-out, the Italians managed to respond our attacks and won the second set by 25-22.
Boosting the team through her jump serves, Tijana Boskovic helped her team taking back the lead in the third set (25-22).
Yet Imoco Volley Conegliano managed to come back again and won the fourth set by 25-21.
On to the next game, Tigers! The team will play against Itambe Minas at 17.00 local time in Pool A’s second game. There will be live broadcast on the Turkish sports channel S Sport and the online volleyball platform of FIVB, Volleyball TV.
Post-game Interviews
Marco Motta:
There was a very high level of competition today. The ups and downs we had during the match reflected on the result. We need to play more stable. In my opinion, we couldn’t give our best in attack. We are now focused on improving the things that were missing today on our side to prepare for tomorrow’s match.
Yeon Koung Kim:
It was a tough match. Today we lost but we have two other games in the group. We will give our best to prepare as good as possible and to advance to the next stage by winning the next two games.
Imoco Volley Conegliano - Eczacıbaşı VitrA: 3-1
Venue: Shaoxing Olympic Sports Center
Referees: Sumie Myoi, Ziling Wang
Imoco Volley Conegliano: De Kruijf, Wolosz, Sylla, Folie, Egonu, Hill, De Gennaro (L), Botezat, Geerties.
Eczacıbaşı VitrA: Lloyd, Natalia, Gibbemeyer, Boskovic, Kim, Yasemin, Simge (L), Hande, Gamze.
Set Results: 3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 25-21)
Duration: 114 minutes (24, 26, 35, 29)
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