In the second leg of the semi-finals of the Volleyball Super League, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team was tragically reversed in the good situation of 2-0 leadership, and finally lost the score 2-3, and the Shanghai women's volleyball team pulled the big score to a 1-1 draw, and the suspense was retained until the next game. However, although the game was lost, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team should not be blamed too much, in the case of young players as the main player, playing to this stage, has exceeded the season goal, and the semi-finals in the competition with the championship favorite Shanghai team does not fall behind, whether it is the performance of the players on the field, or the head coach Cai Bin guidance on the field of the on-site command, there are remarkable points.
This season, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team has encountered many difficulties, the biggest impact is the change in the lineup, Zhang Changning is absent due to injury, Wang Chenyue and Yang Junjing have chosen to retire, Zhou Xinyi and Xu Ruoya have not entered the list of participants, Cai Bin guides Qiao Women to be difficult to cook without rice, and he, known as "Little Zhuge Ge", can only promote young players from the youth team to fill the vacancy. However, it was such a team with a serious loss of main force, but it not only broke through the final four, but also won 3-1 in the first leg of the semi-final against Shanghai, taking advantage of the three-game best-of-two format.
Realistically speaking, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team led by Gong Xiangyu does have a big gap with the Shanghai team, after all, compared with the Jiangsu women's volleyball team with an untidy lineup, the strength of the Shanghai women's volleyball team this season has been significantly improved, and the addition of Jin Softjing and Larson, the two Olympic MVPs, made the Shanghai women's volleyball team become the main favorite for the championship, the only blow this team suffered was the introduction of a single foreign aid policy, so that Jin Softjing and Larsson could not play at the same time, but even so, the semi-finals against Jiangsu, The Shanghai women's volleyball team is a more optimistic side, although in the group stage, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team once defeated the Shanghai team, but that game was regarded by many as an accident and a cold goal.
In the semi-finals that required real knives and guns, the first Jiangsu women's volleyball team faced Shanghai team, and had a dazzling performance, and finally won 3-1. If the victory in the group stage was an accident and a cold one, the victory in the first round of the semi-finals was full of gold. Although in the second leg, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team collapsed in the case of a 2-0 lead, but to be fair, the jiangsu women's volleyball team's play in this game was not bad, but the young players relaxed in the lead, and only then was the Shanghai women's volleyball team seized the opportunity to pull 3 consecutive rounds to complete the reversal. Such a defeat is acceptable, after all, the state of the young players is inevitable, and it is impossible to be harsh and require them to maintain a high level of play from beginning to end.
Moreover, in addition to winning or losing the game, young players can improve their skills through actual combat, which is also one of the goals of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team this season. From this point of view, Cai Bin's guidance has also gained, especially the young player Wu Han, who is the no. 4 position, who perfectly succeeded Zhang Changning, who is not only the team's second-place scorer, but also received the most passes from the whole team, and both offensive and defensive ends have made outstanding contributions to the team. Wu Han's height is not prominent among the players in the same position, but she is known as "Little Gabi", and she successfully breaks through the bottleneck and uses the change of line and landing point to create a threat to the opponent.
Of course, the performance of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team this season is not satisfactory to everyone, such as Ni Feifan in the position of the free man, and the performance has been questioned. Indeed, compared to the previous two seasons, the post-00s rising star's stats this season have indeed regressed significantly, and are currently only ranked 15th on the first pass list. However, it should be noted that the Jiangsu women's volleyball team has undergone very big changes in the first pass system this season, Zhang Changning and Xu Ruoya have not participated, Gong Xiangyu has not taken the main pass, in this context, Ni Feifan needs to cover a larger pass and defensive area on the field, but also to protect the attacker, the starting rate and the arrival rate have declined. Therefore, it is not possible to simply use data to measure the value of Ni Feifan on the field, which is obviously biased.