Women's volleyball world sixth 0-3 defeat! Master Zhu Ting's class is too wronged, so there is no drama in fighting for the championship

The Women's World Volleyball League entered its second week of competition, and in a high-profile match, the world's sixth-ranked Turkish women's volleyball team lost 3-0 to Poland, a result that many people expected. Of course, Poland is a dark horse in this year's Women's World Volleyball League, and the team has not yet tasted defeat, and has risen all the way to eighth place in the world ranking. Therefore, Poland's victory over Turkey cannot be said to be an upset, but this score, I am afraid that not many people can think before the game that Turkey's strength has been significantly strengthened after welcoming naturalized player Vargas, but it suffered a crushing defeat when facing Poland that is not as strong as itself.

The Turkish women's volleyball team has always been known as a "pseudo-strong team", because this team seems to be very strong on paper, and every international competition, there is a possibility of standing on the podium, but it always drops the chain at key moments. Zhu Ting's mentor Goodetti, who has coached the team for many years, was dismissed at the end of last year due to a record that did not meet expectations, and new coach Santarelli took office. This year's World Women's Volleyball League is a good opportunity for the Turkish women's volleyball team to take off the hat of "pseudo-strong team", because most teams have not sent all the main players, especially several championship favorites, which have hidden core players.

In Serbia, Italy, Brazil, the United States and other championship favorites have hidden core players, including Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the Turkish women's volleyball team has welcomed naturalized player Vargas to join. Vargas is one of the top stars in world volleyball and has a lot of individual ability. Under the trade-off, the Turkish women's volleyball team has become one of the favorites for the World Women's Volleyball League this year. In the first four matches of the first week, the Turkish women's volleyball team achieved a record of three wins and one loss, and when facing Serbia and Italy, the two favorites, Turkey had the last laugh, only to lose 2-3 against the US women's volleyball team.

At the end of the first week, Turkey finished fourth in the standings with a record of three wins and one loss and 10 points, beating teams considered favourites before the tournament such as Brazil, Italy and Serbia. However, just when everyone had high expectations for this team, the Turkish women's volleyball team dropped the chain at a critical moment. The first match against the dark horse Polish women's volleyball team in the second week, the Turkish women's volleyball team is the more optimistic side, whether it is paper strength or world ranking, the Turkish women's volleyball team has the advantage, many people believe that the Polish women's volleyball team that lacks big-name stars will eat the first defeat on Turkey.

The beauty of competitive sports lies in its unpredictability. It was supposed to be a contest in which Turkey had the upper hand, but the course of the match was shocking, and the Polish women's volleyball team defeated Turkey 3-0 in straight sets. Of course, it is not that Turkey cannot lose to Poland, but that they lost 3-0 against Poland, Turkey's performance in this game was not satisfactory, Vargas scored a game-high 24 points, but still unable to save the defeat, she is also the only member of the team to score a double-double. After losing this match, Turkey's record in the first five rounds was rewritten to three wins and two losses. Now Turkey has become dependent on Vargas, if it continues to play like this, the Turkish women's volleyball team will not be able to compete for the championship, and players in other positions need to stand up and share the pressure for Vargas.

During his time in charge of Turkey, Goodty has been looking for a strong receiver for the team, but has not been able to find it. Goodty was also fired by the Turkish Volleyball Association because of his performance. After Goodty's departure, Turkey welcomed the addition of the world's top star Vargas, and Vargas was the ideal candidate for a strong receiver that Goodty was looking for, but Goodty was unlucky. At least so far, Turkey have not had much surprise under new manager Santarelli. If Vargas had joined Turkey a year earlier, perhaps, Goodty would not have been fired.

Imagine if it was still Goodty who was still in charge of Turkey, would Turkey have a better record after Vargas joined?