Ateneo Blue Eagles coach Sergio Veloso, in a women’s volleyball tournament match for the 87 UAAP season. –Marlo Cueto / Inquirer.net
Ateneo coach Sergio Veloso has an interesting way to see how the Blue Eagles started their women’s volleyball tournament campaign in the UAAP season 87.
Rather than watching their first two games as defeats, Veloso considers these defeats simply as victories for their opponents.
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Stupled? Let him explain.
“It’s different when the opponent won and when our team has lost. It’s a little different, “said Veloso while Aeneo won a first victory after bringing the University of the Philippines on Sunday, 25-18, 25-22, 25-18, at the Mall of Asia Arena.
To open their season, the Eagles wasted an advance of 2-0 and fell in Adamson and the rising Recruit Shaina Nitura. They followed this with direct loss to reign the National University of Queens in two sets.
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After cutting the combat chestnuts in a scan, to move to a 2-1 record (victory), Veloso doubled his point of view on things.
“We have played in the last three games, 11 sets. In these 11 sets, we lost a set – the third set with Adamson, “said Veloso. “It is not our team (who lost), it’s just that Adamson won. We have lost this set but the other sets, everyone has played well. »»
“I don’t like my team to lose … There is a small difference. I don’t know if you understand this, but sometimes we win, sometimes the opponent wins, “he said.
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Veloso has reasons to be optimistic despite the difficult start, because various Eagles intensified the three games to compensate for the injuries: AC Miner shone against the arrow falter and again against the Lady Bulldogs with Alexia Montoro and Lyann de Guzman.
“We must (play) like today (where we put good) pressure, all the time that we have given pressure, pressure, pressure. In this situation, you cannot give the opponent a chance to play better than us, “said Veloso about his list affected by injuries.
And by giving the laughs their first defeat, Veloso particularly praised its playmaker Taks Fujimoto who launched 14 excellent sets to activate Sophie Buena, by Guzman and Miner well. The three paid respectively in 17, 14 and 12 points.
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“I just tried to get the best out of this match because I couldn’t help my teammates in these first two games,” said Buena. “My state of mind which begins this game was really to give everything and to be a good teammate because we all work very hard.” Inq
