In the 6th round of men's curling at the Winter Olympics, China lost 6-7 to the British team, failed to continue the previous winning streak, 5 games 2 wins and 3 losses, the situation of advancing to the top 4 is not optimistic.
Judging from the lineup, the Chinese team has not changed much, and continues to line up the lineup of Xu Jingtao at first base, Wang Zhiyu at second base, Zou Qiang at third base, and Ma Xiuyue at fourth base.
From the data point of view, the Chinese team played quite well, but the British team is obviously more skilled, especially in the handling of key balls, which is very worth learning from the Chinese team.
In the second game, the Chinese team chose some mistakes in the layout, giving the opponent the opportunity to get a big point, the United Kingdom naturally refused to miss, the 4th base last shot a beautiful spin, successfully got 4 points of the big point, took the lead.
However, there are still opportunities behind the Chinese team, after all, there are still 8 rounds of the game, as long as the mentality is stabilized, slowly chasing back, it is not impossible, unfortunately, in the 3rd inning, the British team rarely sent a mistake, giving the Chinese team the opportunity to take 2 points in the back, but the Chinese team did not seize, but stubbornly still in accordance with the established tactics, so that the bureau formed a 0-0 situation, thus leaving the advantage of the double-numbered backhand.
In fact, at this time, taking the lead in trying to get 2 points is not a good choice, after all, chasing the score as soon as possible will also help alleviate the pressure of the later game, perhaps the Chinese team wants to calm down the mentality, but it may be more important to be able to cope with the rapidly changing situation on the field.
In the crucial 4th game, the Chinese team successfully took advantage of the backhand to get 2 points as desired, and the total score came to 3-4, and the Chinese team fell behind by 1 point.
At this time, the British team showed a very old and spicy side, from the 5th to the 7th inning, 3 consecutive games, the British team successfully controlled the score to 0-0, so that in the 8th game, the British team led by 1 point, still holding the backhand advantage.
In the 8th inning, at the critical moment, the Chinese team reflected the gap in technical details, the 3rd base, 4th base pitcher all made mistakes, the British team scored 3 points successfully in a single inning, the score came to 3 to 7, and the Chinese team was difficult.
In the 9th inning, the Chinese team backhand, must fight a big score, but unfortunately the British team did not give the Chinese team any chance, the Chinese team made a mistake in the last shot of the 4 base, even 2 points were not saved, only 1 point was obtained, the score came to 4-7, and the British team led into the back hand.
Curling game to steal 3 points first is very difficult, the British team once again with a wealth of experience, to make the game situation as simple as possible, although the final to give the Chinese team 2 points, but for the result of the game, it has been irrelevant.
After this battle, I believe that the Chinese team will get a lot of experience and growth, the key layout how to create greater difficulties for the opponent, when the level of play is equally good, think more, will make the trend of the game very different.
As for the technical details, it is not possible to improve in a short period of time, but the control of the rhythm of the game, not only to learn to control the score, but also to know how to control the game, you can try to do better in every next game.
It doesn't matter if you lose a game, the Chinese team should not be discouraged, learn something, and gain something in the game.