The national team, which started the match with the great support of the audience, gave Thailand a break by gaining a 5-2 advantage. Continuing to play effectively after the time-out, the crescent-star team entered the first technical time-out 12-10 ahead. Against the national team, which had problems with concentration and was late in the blocks, Thailand equalized at 16-16. Falling back for the first time with a score of 21-20, Turkey had difficulty returning to the game after the timeout and lost the first set 25-23.
While the 2nd set of the match started with mutual points, the national team, whose block problem continued, equalized 6-6 with Hande Baladin’s place shot. Scoring with Hande Baladin and Cansu Özbay, the national team took the lead 9-7. Continuing its superiority with the simple numbers given by its opponent, the national team entered the technical time-out 12-9 ahead. Effective in the block, the national team moved the score to 14-9 and gave their opponent a time-out. Effective with Captain Eda Erdem, Ebrar Karakurt and Hande Baladin, the crescent-stars won the set 25-15 and made the score 1-1.
The national team started the 3rd set with Ebrar Karakurt’s offensive play by Zehra Güneş on the block. After reciprocal points, the team broke the 6-6 tie with captain Eda Erdem’s slam dunk, and Zehra Güneş and Saliha Şahin had a 10-8 advantage and gave their opponent a time-out. The crescent and star team, who came back from the break with Ebrar Karakurt’s points, entered the technical timeout with a 12-8 lead. Head coach Giovanni Guidetti intervened in the team’s game, which could not return well from the break, by replacing Saliha Şahin with Meliha İsmailoğlu. The national team, which regained the upper hand in the match, took the set 25-18 and took the lead 2-1.
Thailand was the side that started well in the 4th set of the fight. Recovering quickly, the crescent-stars maintained the balance in the game with the numbers they got on top of each other. After mutual points, the technical time-out went with Turkey’s 12-11 superiority. Returning to the game with the effective play of Captain Eda Erdem, the national team gained a 16-13 advantage after Ebrar Karakurt’s slam dunk. Taking a break after Hande Baladin’s injury, Turkey continued the game with Tuğba Şenoğlu. Crescent-Stars, who finished the game with Zahra Güneş’s dunk number 25-21, won the match 3-1 and made their mark in the semi-finals.
A National Women’s Volleyball Team will face Italy in the semi-finals. The semi-finals of the organization will be played on Saturday, July 16. The national team started the season by defeating Italy 3-0 in the first week of the Nations League, which was also played in the capital.
Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu also watched the match in the stands among the audience.