The second stage of the 2021-2022 Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League has begun. As the teams were reorganized according to the results of the first stage, the first three in Group A and the last four in Group B formed new groups. This practice certainly increases the opportunity for weak teams to exercise, but it also causes the result of distinguishing between strong and weak, and the game is not exciting enough.
In the previous few games, the strong teams swept the weak teams 3-0, and they did not expect to break the first cold goal since the beginning of the women's volleyball league in Guangdong and Henan. The Guangdong women's volleyball team fought hard for four sets, lost to Henan 1-3, and suffered its second defeat since the beginning of the tournament. In the first stage, the Guangdong women's volleyball team only lost to Tianjin, pressing Shandong to advance to the second place in the group, and Henan only won one game against Beijing, ranking second from the bottom of Group B.
I thought that Guangdong would sweep Henan, but from the beginning, Guangdong was suppressed by Henan. In the first set, Guangdong trailed Henan 4-8, but in the middle of the game to catch up and reverse the score, but unfortunately Li Yao could not grasp the scoring opportunity at the critical moment, was overtaken by the Henan women's volleyball team into 20 points, and finally lost the first set 23-25. In the second set, the Henan women's volleyball team became more and more courageous, leading all the way, and won with a 4-point advantage.
In the third set, the Guangdong women's volleyball team and the Henan women's volleyball team formed a balance of power in the opening stage, and the two sides alternately led each other. After 16 points, the Guangdong women's volleyball team seized the opportunity to counterattack, pulled the point difference to 3 points, and finally won back a set at 25-19; in the fourth set, the Guangdong women's volleyball team struggled to chase points in the case of falling behind at the beginning and 13-16 in the middle of the game, and entered the key stage with 21-18. Unfortunately, at the critical moment, the team's ability to grasp the ball was weak, and it was overtaken by Henan and won 25-23.
From the perspective of this game, the reason why the Guangdong women's volleyball team will lose is still very much related to the absence of the main second pass Yu Jiarui. In this campaign, Yu Jiarui did not start the debut, but used the young second pass Zhang Kexin and Liu Shuyue, but the two have a clear gap with Yu Jiarui in terms of game experience and passing skills. In the game, these two second passes only know how to chase the fourth position, and did not use the net captain to contain it, so the henan women's volleyball team's blocking system has not been tested too much.
It is reported that Yu Jiarui was absent because of a sudden injury, not the "recusal clause" passed by fans. "The importance of Yu Jiarui to the Guangdong women's volleyball team is self-evident. In the past few seasons, the Guangdong women's volleyball team has always used Yu Jiarui as the main player, although she is seriously injured, but without her Guangdong women's volleyball team, it is difficult to make a fuss about speed. Although Yu Jiarui's passing skills are not as flexible as Yao Di and Ding Xia, she is very suitable for the playing style of the Guangdong women's volleyball team.
The Guangdong women's volleyball team has fewer secondary attacks and more side attacks, so it needs a good finger strength in the second pass, which can make the team's side attack borrow power. Judging from the past games, the quality of Yu Jiarui's balls on both sides is good, and it has always been stable at a relatively good level. Except for a few balls that have a slight opening of the net, most of the passed balls give the side attack sufficient space, giving full play to the team's advantages of attacking strongly. In addition, the cooperation between Li Yao, Chen Peiyan and Yu Jiarui is also more tacit than that of several small second passes.
In this game, Yu Jiarui not only did not appear, but even did not see her figure on the bench, I don't know how her physical condition is? If Yu Jiarui can't play in the next game, then the top six seats are in jeopardy, and it is hoped that Yu Jiarui can recover as soon as possible.