Indonesian Women's Volleyball Team Undergoes A Match Of Determination Today
The Indonesian women's volleyball national team will undergo a decisive match in the 2023 AVC Challenge Cup preliminary round today, Tuesday, June 20. The match which took place at GOR Tridharma Petrokimia Gresik, East Java, will decide who is entitled to become the winner of Group A.
The Indonesian team, which acts as the host, is certainly optimistic that it can beat the Philippines to win Group A.
The coach of the Indonesian national team, Alim Suseno, said that the strength of the Philippines competing in this championship was different from during the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia.
"There are some former SEA Games players, but more new players and young people. We must not underestimate their strength," said Alim, as reported by Antara.
Indonesia's match against the Philippines became the determination of the winner of Group A because they both won over Macau, who was confirmed to be the caretaker.
Megawati Hanggetri and her friends won 3-0 (25-7, 25-18, 25-8) over Macau in the inaugural match, Sunday, June 18. Meanwhile, the Philippines beat Macau also with a score of 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-9) on Monday, June 19.
According to Alim, the game of the Philippines was quite solid when beating Macau. However, Macau's strength is indeed the weakest among the three teams in Group A.
"The point is that children should not underestimate the Philippines, they must continue to play all out," he said.
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Meanwhile, the Philippines national team coach Jorge de Brito admitted that Indonesia was not an easy opponent and hoped his team could win in tomorrow's decisive match.
"We will try to perform as well as possible. I see Indonesian players are also good," he said.
In another preliminary match in Group B, Iran had to play five sets to beat Hong Kong with a score of 3-2 (22-25, 25-20, 25-17, 19-25, 25-8).
Furthermore, Iran will meet one of Taiwan's leading teams in the final preliminary match, Tuesday, for the group title fight. Taiwan in the previous match beat Hong Kong 3-0.