Before the opponent that the team won on October 30, 2021 with a score of 3-0 as Ageo Medics, this week PFU Bluecats was deadlocked. This is also a direct competitor to the team in the rankings this season when the two teams follow each other on the rankings.
It can be said that, after the team had many athletes infected with Covid-19 and returned to play with the highest determination, the performance of the whole team was not satisfactory. All positions are almost playing under their form compared to the previous period, causing blue cats to receive 2 consecutive defeats.
The current army of coach Sakamoto no longer retains the pace of the competition as before because of the influence of the Covid-19 translation. Besides, for the athletes to regain their performance, it takes time and perhaps this time is not appropriate.
In the confrontation against Ageo Medics, although the advantage of leading the first test set in the first competition, with the sagging of the key positions, the PFU Bluecats soon received defeat when the opponent was upstream. In the second and third sets, opponent Ageo Medics quickly deployed the game after psychological advantages.
This defeat made Thanh Thuy's team still behind the opponent Agreo Medics on the cave ranking with 7th place (11 wins, 10 losses). Meanwhile Ageo Medics is currently ranked above with 13 wins, 8 losses.
In the next week, Thanh Thuy's team will meet two strong opponents, Hitachi on March 5 and the old team she used to wear the 2019 season is Denso Airybees on (March 6). After these two matches, it is likely that there will be great fluctuations on the Japanese volleyball tournament charts if the army of coachSakamoto still cannot improve the current form.