The Jakarta Electric PLN women’s team opened up the opportunity to qualify for the 2024 Proliga grand final, following defeating Jakarta Popsivo Polwan 3-1 (25-23,25-18, 23-25, 25-20) in the second round of the final four series at the Jatidiri GOR Semarang, Thursday (11/7/2024).
This victory temporarily places Electric PLN in second place in the final four standings with three wins and 9 points from 3 times. The number of wins for Yolla Yuliana et al is the same as that achieved by Jakarta BIN. It’s just that BIN has a higher set ratio.
Meanwhile, Jakarta Popsivo Polwan seems to have difficulty reaching the final, considering that the Polri team has only won once out of four matches.
Since the first set, the game of both teams was actually quite balanced. The points were chased following each other. It’s just that the game of Yolla Yuliana et al. was quite impressive, almost flawless. The hard spikes launched by Marina Markova were difficult to tame by Arsela Nuari et al. Even so, the two foreign legions belonging to Jakarta Popsivo Polwan Voronkova and Kingdom also continued to put up resistance. The draw score of 10-10 made both teams take turns attacking.
In the middle of the first set, Marina Markova’s hard spike gave Jakarta Electric PLN a 20-16 lead.
Slowly but surely Arsela Nuari et al tried to approach the score to 23-20. The team coached by coach Chamnan Dokmai did not want to lose the moment, they locked the victory 25-23.
Likewise in the second set, Electric PLN continued to dominate the game. Yolla Yuliana, Nurlaili Kusuma, Tisya, and their foreign duo, Marina Markova and Katerina Zhidkova performed solidly.
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Since the beginning of the second set, Jakarta Electric PLN continued to lead the score up to 15-8. Several error attacks were made by Arsela Nuari et al, so that the BUMN team continued to lead up to 20-15. The set locked the victory with 25-18.
Not wanting to lose with a landslide score, Popsivo Polwan in the third set tried to improve their performance, Arsela Nuari, Regina, Voronkova and Kingdom played aggressively. The numbers were chasing each other from 5-5, to 15-15. Towards the end of the third set, Jakarta Electric PLN led 22-21, but might be equalized 22-22 with Voronkova’s hard spike.
Voronkova finished Arsela Nuari’s pass once more, the score was for Jakarta Popsivo Polwan 22-23. Finally, the third set was won by Jakarta Popsivo Polwan 23-25. The score changed to 2-1.
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Winning in the third set made Popsivo’s confidence increase slightly, by giving PLN a worthy fight. The points were fought over from 2-2, until Jakarta Popsivo Polwan led 8-7.
From the challenge that Popsivo Polwan failed to take, they were once more left behind 10-8 from Electrik PLN. The duel between the two teams was getting more exciting, Jakarta Popsivo Polwan took a time out at 16-13 for Jakarta Electric PLN.
Towards the end of the fourth set, the block monster Yolla Yuliana added 22-17. Jakarta Electrik PLN finally ended the resistance of Jakarta Popsivo Polwan 25-20.
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With the victory, Jakarta Electrik PLN collected 9 points from 3 wins. The points are the same as those obtained by Jakarta BIN.
After the match, PLN Electricity assistant coach Roy Letiora admitted that his team played quite well today, so that they managed to win for the third time over Popsivo Polwan for the third time.
“For the next match, we will try once more to win, even though our opponent is Jakarta BIN,” he said, optimistic that he might take points from Jakarta BIN.
Meanwhile, one of the players, Katerina Zhidkova, admitted that all the teams that appeared in the final four were quite good, “Their strengths are balanced. But with our chemistry and strong determination, we were able to win today over Jakarta Popsivo Polwan,” she said following the match.
Meanwhile, Popsivo Polwan coach Geraldo Daglio admitted that Electric PLN’s game was quite good, even though his team had given instructions to their players to focus.
“Today’s match was quite tough, and our players had a burden on them,” said the Italian coach.
He also remains optimistic that in the future his players can improve their game and reduce their mistakes.
Meanwhile, the captain of the Popsivo Polwan team, Arsela Nuari, confirmed that her team’s performance is currently declining. “We admit that our team’s game has continued to decline since the final four, that is indeed the condition of our team. But we will continue to try to fight even though the opportunity is quite small,” said Arsela Nuari.
Friday Schedule (12/7/2024):
- 14.00 WIB: BIN-PLN (female)
- 16.00 WIB: LavAni-Bhayangkara (men)
- 18.30 WIB: Popsivo-Pertamina (female).
(PBVSI/Z-6)
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