‘A bit disappointed because the first day I met the Vietnamese host’

Yolla Yuliana, the athlete who is considered the star of the Indonesian women’s volleyball team, has prepared very carefully to appear at the tournament. SEA Games 31 in Vietnam, taking place from May 12 to 23.

The 27-year-old player, who has returned to the national team since the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, shared that she is determined to play to the fullest despite the short preparation time when she only had a month to recruit and practice.

“The main goal here is to start the training process all over again. The preparation work close to the official competition day needs certainty. During this short preparation period, we had to be able to maximize training under whatever conditions were available.”Yuliana answered to the press about the team’s preparation.

Rose female volleyball Indonesia, who has made a great contribution to the success of the owner club Bank Bjb Tandamata at Proliga 2022, also said that now its team is more connected and closer before the day of departure to Vietnam.

Despite her experience, Yolla admits that she herself still feels nervous and somewhat nervous before returning to the national team at this year’s SEA Games after winning the precious silver medal at the 29th SEA Games for the last time. 2017 took place in Malaysia.

Yolla Yuliana expects Vietnam to be Indonesia’s most difficult opponent in the regional championship, although she does not have much information about the strength of the opponent.

“It’s a bit stressful because the first day we met the host Vietnam, it was like a life-and-death match and there was no chance for mistakes because we only met once in the qualifying round.”the 27-year-old player shared.

“We don’t have any information about the Vietnamese team. They hid information about the team very carefully. What we knew about them was more than a year ago, so the other information only valuable for reference”.

At the 30th SEA Games held in the Philippines, the Indonesian women’s volleyball team could not advance to the final after losing to Vietnam in the match for the last ticket to face Thailand, in the end, the Indonesian team only won the prize. bronze medal. The best achievement of Indonesian women’s volleyball was the gold medal in 1983, nearly 40 years ago.