In the sixth round of the French Men's Volleyball League, Paris, where Miyaura Kento plays, played against Tourcoing on Tuesday, November 14th (local time) and lost 0-3 (23-25, 12-25, 19-25).
Kento Miyaura started the game and scored 13 points.
First set starting lineup
Paris
OH: Kovacevic (Serbia), Panu (France)
MB: Marse (Germany), Wetter (USA)
OP: Miyaura (Japan)
S: Mottapaes (France)
L: Kapur (Serbia)
Tourcoing
OH: Lavigne (France), Quiroga (Argentina)
MB: Fasteland (Norway), Roerig (France)
OP: Kukartsev (Argentina)
S: Giraudo (Argentina)
L: Leveille (France)
*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero
Match Report
In the first set, Tourcoing took a 6-8 lead thanks to spikes from OP Kukartsev. From there, Paris took a 10-8 lead thanks to spikes and blocks from MB Wetter, and continued points from MB Wetter's blocks extended their lead to 20-14. However, in the final stages, Tourcoing tied the score at 21-21 thanks to spikes from OP Kukartsev, and finally Tourcoing took the set with a service ace from OH Quiroga, 23-25.
In the second set, Tourcoing took the lead at 4-8 from the beginning, thanks to OH Quiroga's spikes and service aces. In the middle of the set, Tourcoing scored seven consecutive points with Paris' mistakes and MB Fasterand's service aces, widening the gap to 9-19. Finally, Tourcoing won the set with OP Kukartsev's attack at 12-25.
In the third set, both players scored points mainly from OP Miyaura and OP Kukartsev, and the match continued with the score at 11-11. However, Tourcoing took the lead at once with consecutive spikes from OP Kukartsev at 13-16, and then with three consecutive service aces from OH Lavigne at 14-20. Finally, Tourcoing took the set with a spike from OH Quiroga at 19-25.
As a result, Paris Saint-Germain lost 0-3 to Tourcoing.
MVP: OP Pavlo Kurkatzev (16 points, attack efficiency rate 42.85%)
Kento Miyaura scored 13 points, with an attack efficiency rate of 22.22%.
With this result, Paris Saint-Germain is provisionally in 8th place with a record of 3 wins, 3 losses and 8 points.
They will next face second-placed Nantes-Reze at 4:00am on Friday, November 17th, Japan time.
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Toshiki's Tweets
As expected, the top team was strong.
Tourcoing was superior in attack, block, serve, and receive. In the first set, they were leading 20-14, which would have been enough to take the set, but Paris' serve reception was disrupted and they had already allowed the opposition to take the lead.
Paris lost too many points on attack and serve. In terms of errors, Tourcoing lost 9 points in the third set, while Paris lost 28 points, more than three times as many. There was no way they could win.
Miyaura himself also lost a lot of points in the match. He was hitting spikes at the beginning of the third set, but it would be nice if he could keep up this performance throughout the match. Miyaura's signature service ace was also absent in this match. As a team, he was not able to serve effectively.
From watching the games so far, it seems that when Paris concedes consecutive goals, they tend to concede more and more. This is something they really need to improve.
However, the success rate of the two middle players was very good, so if the serve reception improves, I think we can achieve an ideal development where we can score mainly with the middle players. I hope they do their best.
Tourcoan's serve reception was very solid, and his serve and block were very effective. MVP Kukartsev also had a very stable attack effectiveness rate of 42.851 TP3T while hitting 28 attacks. It was no surprise that he was in the lead.
This was Paris' first straight-set loss of the season. Content-wise, it was their worst match so far. Their next match will be against Nantes-Les-Zay, who are also undefeated and in second place. With a match like this, it's inevitable that they'll lose in straight sets again, so I hope they'll improve their serve reception, make some powerful shots from the middle, and attack aggressively with their serves to take control of the match!!
Photo: LNVofficiel
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