In the women's volleyball All-Star Game, the blue team led by Gong Xiangyu won the first 3-2 red team composed of li Yingying, Yuan Xinyue and other national players, and won the second game with a score of 3-1. Although this result cannot be said to be unpopular, it is also unexpected by many people, after all, if only from the paper strength of both sides, the red team's lineup configuration is more luxurious. Through these two games, perhaps more people can understand the importance of "offensive and defensive balance" in volleyball, the reason why the blue team can win these two games, Gong Xiangyu's excellent performance in the protection link, played a very key role, she not only shined on the offensive end, but also provided enough support for teammates with a steady pass and defense.
From the statistics point of view, the two All-Star Games, Gong Xiangyu is the team's most scored players, the first game 24 points, the second game 21 points, in the tactical system guided by Cai Bin, Gong Xiangyu is the team's number one scoring point. However, Gong Xiangyu's role on the field is not only to score the ball, her one-pass defensive guarantee also plays an important role, and it can even be said that she has played a "lubricant" effect in this temporary patchwork team, making all aspects of the team run more smoothly. The red team lost the game in the case of a superior lineup because of the lack of players of Gong Xiangyu's type in the lineup.
If the sample of the two All-Star Games is too small, then this season's Volleyball Super League, the performance of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team in the first stage, can also confirm this view. Jiangsu women's volleyball team has changed very much this season, in addition to Wang Chenyue, Yang Junjing, Xu Ruoya, Zhou Xinyi and other main or quasi-main forces have left the team, the core of the team Zhang Changning is also absent due to injury, in the absence of any internal and external assistance, Gong Xiangyu led the team to achieve a record of 5 wins and 1 loss as the captain, ranking second in Group B. The data is the most convincing, Jiangsu women's volleyball team can achieve such dazzling results, Gong Xiangyu's scores, passes, serves, and nets are at the top.
In the inherent impression of fans, Gong Xiangyu is more like a "green leaf" player, who does not show mountains and water leaks on the field, and her data statistics after the game are often more "mediocre", whether it is in the national team or in the club before, most of the time. This is because, in the national team, the Chinese women's volleyball team has Zhu Ting in the main offensive position, and in the club, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team has Zhang Changning in the No. 4 position, Gong Xiangyu as a guarantee type of reception, playing an auxiliary role, on the field she will put the main energy into a pass and defense link, so her presence on the field will be relatively low.
Through the two All-Star Games, we saw the other side of Gong Xiangyu, when Gong Xiangyu, who is accustomed to supporting roles, can also play the protagonist, it is precisely because of her existence, Li Yao, Yang Jie and other attackers can be undistracted, go all out to attack the opponent's defense line, because there is Gong Xiangyu behind the escort, the blue team also played a multi-point flowering effect, although the red team has Yuan Xinyue, Gao Yi, Yang Hanyu and other national hand secondary attacks, but because the blue team's points are very scattered, so in fact the blue team's blocking net is better than the red team, Because the red team's attack is mainly focused on Li Yingying alone, the blue team can be more targeted when blocking.
Therefore, paper strength is not the only factor that determines the outcome of the game, compared to the luxurious lineup configuration, reasonable personnel collocation is more important, Gong Xiangyu's tactical value, through the two All-Star Games, has been perfectly reflected, and even without exaggeration, her role on the field is no less than Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Li Yingying and others. This is not an intentional attempt to elevate the importance of a player, and gong Xiangyu's almost full attendance in the national team and clubs in recent years can also illustrate this problem very well.