The women's team hits Holland and gets its place in the semi-finals of the League of Nations

The Brazilian women's volleyball team did not know the Netherlands and got a 3-0 away win with 25/16, 25/17 and 25/23 Thursday in its first phase. League of Nations Final, taking place in Nanjing, China.

The result has already secured the national team in the semi-finals of the competition and eliminated the opposing team, which the day before had lost to China by 3 sets to 1 in the Group's first match A. This Friday at 9:30 Brasília), Brazil faces China to define who will take the lead.

Group B is not yet defined. The United States won the debut in Turkey for 3 sets to 2 on Wednesday. But this Thursday, the Turkish team recovered and defeated Serbia by 3 to 2. On Friday, at 4 am, the United States and Serbia face each other for the definition of the two qualifiers. The semifinals will be held on Saturday and the decision is scheduled for Sunday at 8 am (Brasília).

In this Thursday's duel, the Brazilian team has controlled the game from the start. The coach José Roberto Guimarães started the duel with: Adenízia, Roberta, Gabi, Amanda, Tandara and Ana Bia. Suelen acted like a libero. The match also marked the return of Jaqueline as a point.

In the first set, the Brazilian team opened 14 to 7, after a good sequence of points from Amanda. And the national team continued to impose the game. Jaqueline came in, but remained on the ground for only one point. With Tandara, Brazil made 19 to 12 and closed at 25 to 16 in a point scored by Gabi.

The team of coach Zé Roberto inspired in the second set and opened 8 to 5 with Amanda, one of the highlights of the game. Dutch coach Jamie Morrison tried to stop the game several times to correct his team's mistakes, but that was in vain. Brazil drew again on the board and opened from 20 to 12. Adenízia scored a point that closed the set from 25 to 17.

In the third, the Netherlands tried to stay alive in the competition and made the actions brazilian a little more difficult. The partials were more balanced, but Brazil has always maintained with at least two points of advantage. The point of the game came from the opposing team. Plak the ball tilted and sent the ball into the net: 25 to 23.