After two defeats close to Serbia and Germany with the same score of 2-3, Japanese women's volleyball team faced the risk of disastrous week when having to encounter the reigning gold medal of Olympic Games-the US team in the 2nd weekend match at VNL 2023.
Despite the lack of the No. 1 Pass Drew or captain Larson, the US is still more appreciated than Japan in this match. Especially when the students of Manabe coach did not have good performance in recent days.
Compared to the previous matches, coach Manabe had changed in the starting line -up when Wada and the “national brother -in -law” Mayu Ishikawa were played from the beginning. This has been effective.
Japan lost close to the chasing screens in the first set but quickly won the next two sets to overcome the lead. The play of this team is also much better rated than the previous matches.
To be cornered, the girls of the land of flowers and flags played better to win in set 4 and put the match in a balanced position. Japan has the third match of the week to play up to 5 sets.
This time, did not let the old script repeat, Japan played jubilantly from the beginning and quickly gained an advantage to lead 6-0. Following the excitement, the girls of Anh Dao quickly won the winning to win the final.
Thus, the US women's volleyball team had the first defeat at Volleyball Nations League 2023 while Japan rose to 6th rank and had a little advantage in the race to the quarterfinals.