The Korean women’s volleyball team broke its long 30-game losing streak in the VNL (Volleyball Nations League).
Korea (world No. 42) defeated Thailand (world No. 13) with a set score of 3-1 (25-19 23-25 25-16 25-17) in Game 4 of the first week of the 2024 VNL in Brazil on Tuesday. It is the first time in about three years that Korea has won the tournament since it won against Canada in June 2021. Korea finished the 2021 tournament with three consecutive losses, and suffered humiliating loss of all matches in 2022 and 2023. In this year’s tournament, it lost three consecutive games, and was bogged down for a total of 30 consecutive losses, but with this victory, it succeeded in reversing the mood by escaping from its long losing streak.
Fernando Morales, who took the helm of the Korean national team from this year, won the game after four matches. Kim Yeon-koung, Kim Su-ji, and Yang Hyo-jin, the semifinalists of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, took charge of changing the generation of Korean women’s volleyball players, which had been suffering since they retired from the national team. “You can’t play volleyball based on one player. All players on the court should participate in the attack,” he said at a press conference last month. In fact, while ace Kang So-hwi (Korea Expressway Corporation) was at the forefront of offense with the most 22 points from both teams, Park Jung-ah (Pepper Savings Bank) and Jeong Ji-yoon (Hyundai Engineering & Construction) scored 16 points each, while several players evenly scored, with middle blockers Lee Ju-ah and Lee Da-hyun scoring 11 points and 8 points.
After finishing its first week of games, the Korean team will move to Texas in the U.S. and play in its second week starting on Tuesday. The team will play Bulgaria, Poland, Turkiye and Canada in turn.
BY: 토토사이트