Saipa 🇮🇷 vs. Long An 🇻🇳 - AVC Champions League 2025 | Highlights - Pool Play

Vietnam had a hard time bouncing back. Alright, first set underway and the first serve into the net. But it was a long one, especially the first set. It was 28-26 against China. There's the first point for... Thuy with the up, back row for Quinn. Nice block, but the coverage coming from Dang. Thuy with the overhead two-handed toss. There's a pipe attack for Kadkhoda. Thuy, cross-court hit. What an angled shot. A response there from the floor defense. Push, pancake save was good, but it was too far for a second. Mona Devis, 32 years old, has been part of the national team of Iran for the last nine years. Thuy, down the line, and that dig from Mona Devis going outside. And the rest of Vietnam's Bin Dien Long An. Chamlanian is turned away. That was An with a cross-court block. Their opponent's weakness that they should capitalize on. From the back row, Thuy. Popped up very nicely by Kadkhoda. Oh, and Masasabi again. From An, Alikhani to Chamlanian. And that's popped up by Lee. Thuy, good save. Chamlanian again with another drop. Now, good save by Saberi. Chance ball for Bin Dien Long An. Back row, no. Quinn doesn't like it, so it's a chance ball here for Sai Pateran. Chamlanian will push it again. Third straight touch. All pushes. Nice block, but it goes outside, so Vietnam... One-point lead for Bin Dien Long An. There's Mona Devis with a side-out. Saberi with a serve. A bad pass there coming from Thuy. Another great dig from Karimi. And Masa Kadkhoda with a down-the-line hit. Of course, one of the leading scorers also for Sai Pateran, that's Masa. And they're down by one. Oh, good first ball. Easy pick-up there for Bakshi, Zara Bakshi, Masa Kadkhoda with a hit. Thuy, off the block, kept alive by Ellie Pursale. Kadkhoda, yes. Two-point lead now for Sai Pateran. So Sai Pateran, open hitters are really doing a lot of damage. But, you know, everything working well for Sai Pateran, especially during the latter part of this set. But a nice answer from Quinn. Final day of the preliminaries. The winners today will go to the quarterfinals. Thuy, with the first point of set number two for Bin Dien Long An. Masa Kadkhoda. Nice serve from Lievska with a better pass. Lievska gets it back. Chamlanyan pops it up. Saberi is rejected. Good coverage for Sai Pateran. Thuy. Oh, perfect set-up for Phuong out of Poland. She's played in Turkey, Japan, and also in Vietnam as an import. Nice block there by Quinn against Zara. Lu Thi Phuong serving for Bin Dien Long An. And a bad pass there from Kadkhoda. Saberi. Popped up by Lievska. Thuy. And Thuy. Nice hit, but good defense coming from Sai Pateran. And at the net, Bin Dien Long An with a monster block. China didn't score. Alikhani, a little combo play there for Saberi. Thuy pops it up. Thuy with a nice set for Quinn. 1-2 for Alikhani. Thuy keeping it alive. Dangwede easy over. Oh, and it turned out to be a nice play as Saberi's. Go of their momentum and aggressive offense. Good pass. Alikhani has a running attack for Karimi. And it's good. Phuong. A very good second set for Phuong. At least three points. That one on the line. Of Sai Pateran. Alright, third set underway. Short pass from Saberi here from Kadkhoda. Looking for her 10th point. And she is now in double digits. In that three set loss against Bike Volleyball Club. Lievska, she is the target of most of the serves from Sai Pateran. Alikhani from the pipe. Kadkhoda. Alikhani will score. Automatically they will set it to Mona in the open. But at least she could attack there on that side, right? That's right. Now combo play and Quinn will get the side out. The first combo play from Bindian Longan. With a serve. She played as a foreign guest player in Slovenia and Turkey among many others. From the pipe. Quinn makes it a two point cushion for Bindian Longan. Chance to make it a two sets to one advantage. Going into set four. A nice block against Masa Kadkhoda. Coming into set number four. And here we go. Thuy with a short pass. Gets it back from Dang. And picks up where she left off. 16 points now for Thuy. Quinn meanwhile with 19 already. Alikhani. Saberi is turned away by Lijeska. That's Lijeska's 13th point for this match. On the serve by Masa Kadkhoda. Good pass. Coming from Lijeska. Quinn with a push. And another point. And a national team player. A quick hit from Hua. So Thuy is serving. Another full front line for Bindian Longan. Nice block by Quinn on Monaderes. Saberi. Bounces it off the block. Rally continues. Bindian Longan complaining there was no touch. Quinn pushes. Quinn scores again. All of the troubles of Quinn. She's converting it into a point. So she should already capitalize on Thuy. Another setter will be able to activate her middle attackers just to change or to confuse the blockings of Saipateran. Good pass again from Lijeska. Perfect set for Phuong. Kadkhoda down. Such a great digger. And a push by Phuong. Another great pass. Great defense to offense. Kadkhoda ties the game at 11. Bindian Longan did score a lot of points whenever they go for the drop ball in between or in the middle of Saipateran. Dang with a perfect pass. Combination playing. Lijeska is blocked. Kept alive by Thuy. Here's Thuy. Pancake saved by Dang. Lijeska backs up for it. Bagarpur sets it up for Kalili. That's outside. That's outside and no block touch. But Saipa will challenge. So there is a block touch. Kalili down the line. Dang with a great dig. Lijeska. What a dig as well coming from Zanabakshi. Kadkhoda. Dang again keeping it alive. From the pipe. It's Quinn. And Sarvati. Bakshi let it go. One by Bindian Longan. They've scored two in a row. And they're up by two. Bad sat there. It's a chance ball for Bindian Longan. What a dig for Quinn. Lijeska. It's on the line. It was. As Purusale checks back in. Number 20. There she is. Dang again. How vital has she been for the defense of Bindian Longan. Meantime Lijeska. Cross court hit is on the line. Beg your pardon. Could be Zetisu from Kazakhstan. Nevertheless, it's a four point run here for Bindian Longan. Making a five point run now. Trying to find a combination that will work and stop this huge run by Bindian Longan. And Lijeska has been on an automatic. Scored at least the last three points. And go to the quarter finals on Thursday. What a block by Quinn. Match points for Natalia Lijeska and Bindian Longan. Running attack for Sudibagarpur. Chance to put it away. Lijeska from the back row. Sabadee passes. Double handed push from Sudibagarpur. And that will do it. Winning point coming from Luthi Phuong of Bindian Longan.