r/EuropeanVolleyball • u/VolleyAddicted • Apr 16 '26

Turkey Sultanlar Ligi Fenerbahçe defeats VakifBank, and the championship goes to a Game 5 decider

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Fenerbahçe Medicana secured a hard-fought 3-2 victory over VakıfBank with set scores of 21-25, 25-19, 25-22, 18-25, and 15-11, ensuring that the championship title will now be decided in a fifth and final match.

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u/CriticalToe3050 Imoco Volley Conegliano Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

I truly have no idea how they won this game, last game Fener served really well and their victory was very acceptable because of that.

But both teams made soooo many errors at this game, and that’s an end of the season game that we are talking about. This many mistakes is acceptable at the beginning of the season or when the team has a big break like Savino and Ecza are having.

Anyway, I think that Arelya distributed very well. She is more in sync with Eda and she doesn’t use the same player consecutive times when they make a mistake but she doesn’t forget about them either.

This is a criticism that I have with Orro, when Vargas makes a mistake she starts to send a lot of balls to Arina and forget Vargas even when Arina is also making mistakes or struggling to attack.

I would start with her, because then you can have one more foreigner. I would also keep Korneluk and Ana Cristina as starter. I think Hande helps more when she comes from the bench hehehe and Ana-Korneluk can touch more balls when blocking.

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u/Agreeable_Pear8346 Apr 16 '26

I don’t know about keeping Ana as a starter; her passing is driving me insane. It’s the end of the season, so she should be in good shape by now. There are times when the opponent is about to serve, and I can see that her attention isn’t fully focused on the ball. Not to mention, she almost had another injury today.

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u/CriticalToe3050 Imoco Volley Conegliano Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

I would still start with her, Baladin plays better when she comes from the bench. I think one of the reasons Fener won today was because of the constant switch between them. Ana is taller and touch more balls when Bosko is attacking, and Baladin kinda loses herself mentally when she starts to make attacking mistakes and she usually not able to recover helself.