Koga Sarina burned her, Japanese volleyball must still receive her first failure at VNL 2022

Over two weeks in the competition, Japan is the only team that has failed at the VNL 2022 award. After beating the Americans and Poland, many Japanese fans believe their team can be completely successful at the board. Few who can believe that the Asian team can be blocked by a 14-ranking team and has no chance of moving on.

With high-speed attacking play, Japan dominated in the opening minutes. However, they were unable to create too big a difference against the Netherlands, the European team, although no longer had the opportunity to go forward but still played with very high determination. Japan struggled to finish the first set 25-23 after Sarina Koga's goal.

Step in set two, the Dutch reacts a lot better in front of Japan's attacks, both the subscriptions and their subsequent counters have thwarted the Japanese Dam, with a line of defense, The Netherlands from which the lead has been around the spectacular line and close set two against 25-21 victory.

The Dutch team's certainty continued in the third set, which made it difficult for the Japanese team to score points. However, captain Sarina Koga continued to play the role of Japan's savior when he scored a decisive score of 26-24 for the Asian team.

Both teams continue to play in set 4 and show their resilience in defense. The victory belongs to the team that plays more persistent: the Netherlands. Entering the second half of the set, Japan has somewhat short of breath and the Dutch bodybuilding advantage has been promoted. The blue shirt team rose in the last minutes and won 25-21 thanks to a scoring ball situation.

Koga Sarina continues to be the most dazzling star on the court. She keeps shining and brings points to Japanese women. However, the captain's brilliance is not enough for the Dutch team who played extremely equally. Boss duo Anne Buijs-Fleur Savelkoel and Celeste Plak completely overwhelmed their rivals in the final set to give the Netherlands an eventual 3-2 victory (23-25, 25-21, 24-26, 25-21, 15-10).

Although the Japanese team has firmly won the right to participate in the quarter-finals, today's defeat is still a painful blow to the rising morale of the students of coach Masayoshi Masayoshi, and it also cost them the first place of the American team. Japanese women's football team needs to recover as soon as possible, because they will still face two very strong teams, Turkey and Serbia, in the next two rounds.