SCHEDULE: Alas Pilipinas on the AVC Problem Cup 2024
Alas Pilipinas in its debut within the AVC Problem Cup 2024 towards Australia. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines — Driving on the crest of Alas Pilipinas’ huge win over Australia, coach Jorge Souza De Brito continues to lean on the staff’s strengths towards one other tall staff, India, within the AVC Problem Cup on Friday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
The ladies’s nationwide staff banked on Jia De Guzman’s veteran smarts and “a whole lot of weapons” to beat a sluggish begin and subdue the taller Australians, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-21, on Thursday night in entrance of an electrical 4,945 crowd.
De Brito, who earned his largest house win but because the nationwide staff coach for the previous three years, lauded De Guzman’s management and his wards’ self-discipline and cooperation with their system.
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“Everyone on this health club, additionally the opponents know that she’s the very best setter. She’s the most effective setters now we have. She already performed exterior the nation and she or he’s been main one staff, successful and successful for years, so she has this capability to steer some younger guys,” stated the Brazilian coach of the Denso AiryBees setter in Japan.
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“After all, the blokes obtain for her, the blokes block for her, so it’s fairly straightforward to play along with her as a result of she has the abilities. The blokes helped, so we performed as a staff,” he added.
Angel Canino and Eya Laure led the way in which with 17 factors every with the previous getting praised by De Brito for her fast adjustment as a transformed reverse spiker. Sisi Rondina chipped in 16 factors, Thea Gagate and Fifi Sharma shaped a formidable frontline, and Daybreak Macandili-Catindig protected the ground.
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As they face the unbeaten India, which gained its first two video games in Pool A, De Brito urged his staff make the most of their benefit like they did towards the taller Aussies.
“It’s at all times play higher and win. Win is at all times the end result after you play good. I don’t wish to examine. They’re taller than us however we may be sooner than them. Now we have to reap the benefits of the abilities that now we have higher than them,” stated De Brito. “On this case, the obtain was good, now we have setter and a whole lot of weapons, a whole lot of good gamers, center blockers, reverse [spiker] and all the pieces.”
The Alas coach was happy with the staff’s bettering chemistry regardless of not having a scrimmage and solely coaching for a number of days. However he hopes this newest nationwide staff gamers will proceed to enhance as he seeks to area extra gamers towards India.
“I feel on this competitors you can too develop rather more. We didn’t put the opposite guys additionally so for [India] we’re gonna use different guys as a result of they’re slightly drained after the match. We’ll be good higher than this,” he stated.
