The first round of the 2024-2025 Turkey Women's Volleyball Super League has officially begun! Galatasaray women's volleyball team defeated Yuan Xinyue's team Wakifer Bank Women's Volleyball Team 3-0 (25-21, 25-22 and 25-15) at home, and this victory broke their seven-year winless situation against Wakifer Bank.
Galatasaray's starting line-up for this game includes: Ilkin· Ayddin, Arthurmin · Guveli, Karutasu, Lazovic, Timoman and Bangalc.
As for the Vakifer Bank, star players including Sla· Chaleshkan, Dria · Cebecioglu, Zehra · Güneş, Van Rijk, Markova and Yuan Xinyue were sent in the starters, but they still failed to withstand the fierce attack of the opponent.
In addition, the substitutes for this game included Aich· Aekac, Kansu· Ozbai, Kendall· Kip, Bosetti, Erin· Akar and Dennis · Uyannick.
In the third game, Galatasaray dominated all aspects of serving, attacking, and blocking, while Wakifu Bank appeared to be a little passive, and the team could only rely on substitute setter Sheila because the main setter Ozbay had not recovered from injury.
However, Sheila's lack of chemistry with her teammates and the disorganized offense affected the team's overall performance, although the Wakifer Bank's offensive firepower was still strong.
However, due to the weakness of the first pass, the whole game was very difficult, and in all passive situations, coach Goody also showed impatience and even a little anger when he was down in the third game when he was behind and paused.
In terms of individual scoring, Markova was the only player to score in double figures, scoring 13 points (12-of-22, 1 block), Van Rijk 8 points (18-of-6, 1-block, 1-block), and Chareshkan 5 (4-of-1, 0-of-1 turnover, 1 block, 3 blocks, 1 shot).
Yuan Xinyue's performance in this game is acceptable, due to being in the secondary offensive position, the offensive ball is limited, and he scored 4 points in this game (2 deductions, 2 hits, 2 blocks), and the offensive scoring rate is 100%, while compared to Zehra, the deputy attacker and captain of the team, is to cut 2 points (4 deductions, 0 hits, 2 blocks).
The opponent scored two double-doubles, Lazovic 15 points (25 deductions, 12 shots, 2 blocks, 1 serve), Carutasu 14 points (23 deductions, 11 shots, 2 blocks, 1 serve), overall comparison: 38-28 offense, 8-9 blocks, 7-2 serves, 19-22 self-defeat.
After the game, fans at the scene expressed their surprise at Galatasaray's outstanding performance, and looked forward to them continuing to maintain this strong momentum in the next matches and aiming for higher goals.
For Yuan Xinyue's team, with the deepening of the Turkish Super League, Wakifu Bank urgently needs to find the best combination of lineups, especially in terms of balance between attack and defense.
The team will need to solve the problem of the first pass, while hoping that the main setter Ozbay will return to his best form as soon as possible to better command the team's attack, and in the face of the bigger challenge to come, coach Gudeti will have to adjust quickly to regain his form in the upcoming games.