The confrontation between the two teams of the world's leading “goddess” of volleyball has brought the match and dramatic to suffocate.
Japanese women's recruitment (4th in the world) has a confrontation with Türkiye (6th in the world) within the quarterfinals of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2025. The match attracted special attention not only by high expertise but also for the presence of two leading “beauties”: Sato Yoshino (Japan) and Zehra Gunes (Turkey).
Japan entered the proactive, making the most of the defensive strength and excellence of Sato Yoshino to win 25-21 in Set 1. However, Türkiye quickly responded in Set 2 with the impressive performance of the Auxiliary Service, especially Zehra Gunes, to balance the score with a 25-16 victory.
Set 3 witnessed the strong return of Japan thanks to the intelligent post -attack strategy. Sato Yoshino continued to shine with a decisive blade, helping the Asian team win 25-20. However, Türkiye is not easy to surrender, they go up in set 4 to win the star 25-22, bringing the match to the balance.
In set 5 decisions, Japan shows flexibility and variety in the gameplay, while Türkiye depends too much on Vargar. With a 15-9 victory in the last set, Japan closed the competition with a score of 3-2, winning the right to the semi-finals.
Captain Mayu Ishikawa led Japan with 19 points, while Yoshino Sato and Yukiko Wada had 15 points each. On Türkiye, Vargar is the most prominent beating hand with 23 points, followed by Erkek (17 points), Gunes and Kalac with 11 points. Although the statistics score personal points in Türkiye, Japan is the winning team thanks to the uniformity and cohesion in the squad.
