In the first leg of the Volleyball Super League Finals, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team lost 0-3 to the Tianjin women's volleyball team, falling behind 0-1 in the three-game two-win competition, and the championship was passive. However, in the absence of Zhang Changning, Zhou Xinyi, Wang Chenyue, Xu Ruoya and other main forces, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team has exceeded expectations in the final, and realistically speaking, the youth army led by Gong Xiangyu does have a big gap with the Tianjin women's volleyball team, and the 0-3 score is also a normal embodiment of the real strength of both sides. Therefore, although the Jiangsu women's volleyball team lost, even if the final was lost, this was also a successful season.
Before the start of the season, if someone says that the Jiangsu women's volleyball team can reach the final, there will certainly be no one to believe, and even be said to be a "fool's dream", because although the Jiangsu women's volleyball team was once the double champion of the league and the National Games, the team has a number of national players, known as the "small national team", but this season, this team suffered a large area of attrition, not only the two main deputy attackers were all absent, Zhang Changning also bid farewell to the field due to injury, in addition, Yang Junjing, Xu Ruoya, Wei Yuxin, Zang Qianqian did not enter the list. Without the introduction of any internal and external support, Cai Bin's guidance can only fill the gap left by these veteran players by promoting young players to the first team.
For such a very young team, the outside world does not have too high expectations for them, and even many people believe that if they can qualify from the group, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team will complete the goal, enter the semi-finals or even reach the final, which is almost an impossible task for the Jiangsu women's volleyball team. However, in such a question that was not optimistic, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team passed the hurdles all the way, not only successfully broke through from the group, but also successfully reached the semifinals, and in the semifinals, the Shanghai women's volleyball team led by Jin Softjing and Larsson, two Olympic MVPs, was eliminated, thus meeting with the Tianjin women's volleyball team in the final.
Can reach the final, for the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, has exceeded the task, no matter whether it can finally stand on the highest podium, the outside world should give the Jiangsu women's volleyball team applause. In the final, facing Li Yingying, Liu Yanhan, Yuan Xinyue, Yao Di, Wang Yuanyuan and other national players, as well as the Tianjin women's volleyball team led by Turkish star Vargas, this time the Jiangsu women's volleyball team failed to continue to write brilliant, and the disparity of 11-25 in the first set indicated that if the Jiangsu women's volleyball team wanted to win the game, in addition to its own need for super-level play, it also needed the opponent to take the initiative to make mistakes. However, the miracle did not happen, and the Jiangsu women's volleyball team lost three consecutive sets.
After the Jiangsu women's volleyball team lost this game, the championship lost the initiative, in this game, the team's main free man Ni Feifan, the play on the field was questioned, especially in the face of Vargas's vigorous jump serve, Ni Feifan did not have too good a way, a pass appeared a relatively large ups and downs. Ni Feifan is one of the popular candidates for the main free man of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the new cycle, playing abnormally in such an important game, and there are many voices criticizing her after the game.
However, here I would like to defend Ni Feifan with a few words. First of all, Ni Feifan is indeed not good at receiving a strong jump serve, which is an indisputable fact, but the main reason is that among the domestic players, there are almost no high-quality jumps that can continue to complete, Ni Feifan lacks practical experience in this regard, Turkish foreign aid Vargas has just arrived, ni Feifan needs a process of adaptation in the face of such a strong jump issued by such a top star.
Moreover, this season's Jiangsu women's volleyball team's pass system, has undergone relatively large changes, in the past Ni Feifan had Zhang Changning and Gong Xiangyu escort, and this season Zhang Changning was absent, Gong Xiangyu did not have a main pass, Ni Feifan needs to face more pressure on the field, in addition to the need to defend his own acre and three points, but also to protect the pass of several attackers. Therefore, on the surface, Ni Feifan's performance is indeed not ideal, but there are reasons for it. However, from another point of view, such a competition is of very high value to Ni Feifan's exercise.