MANILA, Philippines–Proper execution and solid blocking. Those were the things that the Philippine men’s volleyball relied on as it hammered out a monumental upset over Thailand, 17-25, 25-20, 23-25, 27-25, 17-15, in their semifinals encounter in the 30th Southeast Asian Games at PhilSports Arena in Pasig City on Sunday, December 8, 2019. “I’m so happy, […]
The Philippine team celebrates after stunning Thailand to enter the 30th Southeast Asian Games men’s volleyball final. INQUIRER PHOTO | AUGUST DELA CRUZThose were the things that the Philippine men’s volleyball relied on as it hammered out a monumental upset over Thailand, 17-25, 25-20, 23-25, 27-25, 17-15, in their semifinals encounter in the 30th Southeast Asian Games at PhilSports Arena in Pasig City on Sunday, December 8, 2019.
“I’m so happy, I can’t even explain what I’m feeling right now,” Philippines head coach Dante Alinsunurin said in Filipino.Top men’s stars Bryan Bagunas and Marck Espejo led the way but it was the excellent floor and net defense of Kim Malabunga, Joshua Retamar and Ranran Abdilla that made the difference against the four-time champions.
Down two sets to one, the Filipinos stared down three match points in the fourth set before taking the game to a decider courtesy of timely attacks from Bagunas and Malabunga. The Philippines again gobbled up Thailand’s match point in the fifth and then capped a broken play with a winner from Bagunas to score the victory and send the crowd into delirious celebration.
Assured of a silver, the Philippines will gun for its first gold in the regional meet on Tuesday, December 10, against Indonesia.The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
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