The 2021-2022 Turkish Women's Volleyball Super League ended the fourth leg of the final. The away Wakif Bank women's volleyball team lost two sets and launched a Jedi counterattack when they were 1-5 behind in the decider, and finally reversed the Fenerbahce women's volleyball team 3-2 to equalize the total score, and the two sides will play their fifth match at the home of Waqif Bank on May 13.
According to the format of this year's Turkish Super League, the final adopts a 3-win system of 5 matches. In the first three games, the defending champion Waqif Bank lost twice, falling behind 1-2, so there is no way back from this game, and once lost, it means that the team has no chance of winning this season. For Fenerbahce, this is the last home of the season, hoping to win the championship with the home momentum.
In this campaign, both sides sent a full-force squad to play, wakif bank Hack, Gabi, Zehra, Baci and others to start, Fenerbahce was led by Vargas, Fedorovtseva, Ida and Popovich. In the first set, Waqif Bank was full of momentum, once leading 3 sets in the middle of the set, but unfortunately, in the final stage of the set, it was destroyed by Fenerbahce's two heavy cannons, and finally lost 23-25.
In the second set, Waqif Bank failed to get out of the shadow of the first set loss, Fenerbahce seized the opportunity, and the middle innings opened up the score difference to go down 25-19; in the first half of the third set, Fenerbahce went smoothly and led Waqif Bank 16-13. In the case of a backwater battle, Goodetti exchanged Tugba for Baqi, which had an effect, and finally won two consecutive sets, dragging the game into the decider. In the fifth set, Fenerbahce made a comeback and started with a 5-1 lead, with Tugba playing the odds again at a critical moment to help the team survive.
Throughout the game, Waqif Bank and Fenerbahce women's volleyball team were burdened with heavy ideological baggage. For example, in the first set, in the case of Wakif leading, his own mistakes led to loss, and the second set was affected by the loss, and there was a situation of mental imbalance. Fenerbahce started in the fourth set, suddenly carrying the burden of wanting to win and afraid of losing, and the second pass of Naz was too simple and inaccurate, which was the main reason why the team could not play a blow.
According to technical statistics, the two sides smashed the ball and drew points, blocking Waqif's 19-14 lead and fenerbahce 7-5 on the serve. Since the loss of the link, the Wakif Bank women's volleyball team has 23 times, fenerbahce 31 times. In terms of individual points, Huck scored 21 points on 4-of-17 shooting, Gabi scored 16 points on 14-of-14 in 29, Zekhra scored 16 points on 7-of-5 shooting, 13 points in 13 points, Tugbah 14 on 9-of-2, 2-for-2 shots for 13 points, Fenerbahcevargas 63 for 25-of-25 for 3-blockers and 42 points, and Fedorovtseva 46 for 2-of-18 for 2-of-22 points.
In this battle, the reason why Wakif Bank was able to survive had a lot to do with the substitution of Tugba for Baqi in the middle of the third inning. American main attack Budge was focused on the opponent in this game, and only 15 dunks and 3 mistakes were blocked in 2 and a half innings, playing a negative efficiency. After changing to Tugba, she showed her amazing style, with a success rate of 64% in 9 of 14 dunks, a 78% pass rate in place, plus 2 blocks and 2 shots.