On January 4, the battle for the third and fourth places in the Volleyball Super League continued. In the first three-four-place battle, the Shanghai women's volleyball team defeated the Liaoning women's volleyball team 3-1. If the Shanghai team wins the second game, it can get the third place in advance.
The Shanghai team continued to send foreign aid Jin Softjing to start, with Zhonghui, Zhang Yuqian, Gao Yi, Ouyang Xiqian, Xu Xiaoting, Wang Weiyi and other team members. The Liaoning team continued to send ding xia, a veteran team member. As Ding Xia grew older, her state was not as good as before. However, Zhao Yong still trusted her. Sun Xiaoxuan, Shi Bingtong, Hu Mingyuan, Duan Fang, Xue Yizhi, Xu Jiannan and other team members also all started.
The more powerful Shanghai team defeated Liaoning 3-0, with the scores in the three sets being 25:20, 25:17 and 25:14. Let's look at the race.
In the first set, Liaoning took the lead and took a 5:2 lead. At 6:3, Shanghai scored four consecutive points to win the score. In the 9th week, the Shanghai team scored 5 consecutive points, and the Shanghai team established a large lead. The Liaoning team is also unwilling to easily concede defeat. At 16:14, Liaoning scored five consecutive points to take the lead again. The Shanghai team members were eager to succeed, but there were many mistakes. The Shanghai team stopped scoring the net before the round was stopped. The Shanghai players continued their efforts, scoring 7 consecutive points to win the set point at 24:19. This time, the Liaoning team fought very chaotically, and there were many mistakes. Zhao Yong replaced Ding Xia with Sun Haiping. The Liaoning team scored a point to save a set point, Gao Yi flew back to the hand, and the Shanghai team won the first set 25:20.
The Shanghai team members took advantage of their height and frequently scored points on the net port. Since Yan Ni retired, the Liaoning team has a weak net mouth and it is difficult to pose a threat to the opponent.
In the second set, Shanghai made a 5-1 start, and Liaoning called a timeout. Shi Bingtong won the hanging ball, and the Liaoning team stopped the round. At 8:3, Zhonghui made a mistake in serving, Liaoning team won consecutive nets, and Liaoning team scored 3 consecutive points to narrow the point gap. Each side scored 1 point, bringing the score to 9:7. The Shanghai team also scored 3 consecutive points, and the point difference reached 5 points. The difference widened and the score came to 20:12. Shanghai retained an eight-point lead to win the second set 25-17.
In the third set, Shanghai took a 7-3 lead and Liaoning called a timeout. Liaoning team blocked the net to stop the round. Shanghai scored four more points, and the score became 11:4. The Liaoning team scored 1 point, and the Shanghai team scored 3 points in a row, and the point difference reached 9 points. The Liaoning team is difficult to chase back, and it has no intention of chasing. Shanghai won the third set 25:14. At the last moment, Wang Zhiteng replaced Zhonghui with Yang Jie, and let the veteran also play for a while.
In the face of the team's fiasco, Zhao Yong was helpless, his face was gloomy, and he could see that he was very disappointed.
In the end, Shanghai defeated Liaoning 3-0 to win the third place in the 2021-22 Super League, and Liaoning won the fourth place. This season's third to fourteenth places are all out. Shanghai ranked 3rd, Liaoning ranked 4th, Shandong 5th, Fujian 6th, Guangdong 7th, Shenzhen 8th, Zhejiang 9th, Yunnan 10th, Henan 11th, Sichuan 12th, Beijing 13th, Hebei 14th.
After the game, the Shanghai team members gathered together to celebrate and take a group photo. Jin Softjing took a group photo with Larson and Yang Jie. The three veterans stand together and have a different flavor.
Everyone clings to each other. They bowed to the staff and thanked them for their support and dedication to the league. At first, Wang Weiyi was still smiling. Although the Shanghai team only finished third, which may be different from their expectations, it is not bad to be able to finish third. Wang Weiyi's performance this season is obvious to all and has performed very well.
The assistant coach hugged Wang Weiyi to celebrate the victory. Suddenly, Wang Weiyi's tears fell, and it could be seen that he was feeling it.
The players of the Shanghai women's volleyball team gathered in front of head coach Wang Zhiteng and listened to him. The team members thanked Wang Zhiteng, Wang Weiyi may have remembered something again, and the tears fell again, looking very excited. Through a season of hard work, it is not easy for everyone. The tears at this time are tears of joy, tears of excitement.
In the 2021-22 season, there is only the final championship and runner-up battle, and I hope that the Tianjin women's volleyball team and the Jiangsu women's volleyball team can play at a high level and let the majority of fans enjoy high-quality matches.