On the evening of June 1, Beijing time, the 2022 World Women's Volleyball League continued. The Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in the first game, and the opponent was the Dutch women's volleyball team.
This is Cai Bin's first international match since he became the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team for the second time in February this year. At the same time, this is also the second time that the Chinese women's volleyball team has appeared on the international stage after the Tokyo Olympic Games in July last year.
The starting team of the Chinese women's volleyball team is the main attack Li Yingying and Jin Ye, the secondary attack Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, the reception of Gong Xiangyu, the second pass Diao Linyu, and the free man Wang Weiyi. The two teams have played each other 19 times since 2010, and the Chinese women's volleyball team has won 15 times, occupying an absolute advantage. During Lang Dao's second time as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, he also defeated the Dutch women's volleyball team many times.
In this tournament, the rules have changed a bit, and there is a technical suspension after 12 points in each inning. Each team has only one chance to pause in each inning. The two sides do not change sides. There were a lot of spectators at the scene.
The two sides played a wonderful game. The Dutch team won the first set 25:16, and the Chinese team won three consecutive sets at 25:21, 25:23 and 25:23 to defeat the Dutch team 3-1 and win the opening.
The first set began with a sticky start, Li Yingying scored a strong attack, and Diao Linyu scored the second ball. The Dutch players scored quickly in quick succession, and the two sides reached a 4-draw draw. At 6:5, the Dutch team scored three consecutive points to lead the Chinese team 9:5. Cai Bin called a pause. The Dutch team struck consecutively, giving the Chinese team a chance. Unfortunately, the Chinese players did not seize the opportunity. The Netherlands scored three more consecutive points to enter a technical timeout 12-6.
Both sides scored three points each, bringing the score to 15:9. Li Yingying scored in a straight line, Yuan Xinyue blocked the net, and the Chinese team scored 3 consecutive points to narrow the point difference. Unfortunately, the Dutch team also scored 2 consecutive points, and the score became 17:12, and the point difference reached 5 points again. At 18:14, the Dutch team scored three consecutive points, and the point difference reached 7 points. Cai Bin replaced Jin Ye with Wang Yunruo. Gong Xiangyu flew back, Li Yingying attacked strongly, and the score became 21:16. The Dutch team played a small climax, scoring four consecutive points to win the first set at 25:16.
The chinese team scored the most in the first set was Yuan Xinyue. She scored 4 points. The Chinese team is unstable, the tacit understanding between the players is not enough, and the attack is not favorable, see if it can be changed later.
In the second set, Diao Linyu served directly and scored, and the Chinese team made a 2:0 start. The Dutch team chased the score to 4 draws. The back went into a state of glue, and the two sides hit 8 draws. The Dutch team won the No. 2 position, and the Chinese team made a number of round errors. The Netherlands took a 10-8 lead. Wang Yuanyuan's fastball plus probe success, Gong Xiangyu scored in a straight line, and the Chinese team scored 3 points in a row to surpass. The two sides went into a stalemate again, playing until 16:16. The Chinese team scored 3 consecutive points in the net to take the lead. The Dutch called a timeout.
The Chinese team opened up, and the point difference gradually widened, winning the set point at 24:19. The Dutch coach looked helpless. The Netherlands scored three consecutive points to narrow the gap. Li Yingying's two hanging balls in the No. 4 position were unsuccessful, but gave the other side a chance. There were still problems with the coordination between the players, and the balls fed were uncomfortable. Cai Bin called a pause. In the game again, Yuan Xinyue blocked the net, and the Chinese team pulled back a set at 25:21. After the first innings of discomfort, the Chinese team opened up.
In the third set, the Dutch team made a 5:3 start, and Li Yingying scored two consecutive points in the 4th position to tie the score to 5 draws. Yuan Xinyue flew out of bounds on his back, and the Dutch team scored 3 consecutive points to take the lead again. Yuan Xinyue flew on his back, Wang Yunruo hit the line, and the Chinese team scored four consecutive points to lead the Dutch team 9:8. Unfortunately, Gong Xiangyu and Wang Yunrui made mistakes respectively, and the Dutch team led the Chinese team 12:10. The two sides entered the first technical suspension.
The Chinese team scored two consecutive points to tie the score. The two sides once again entered a state of glue, and the score reached 19 draws. Wang Yunpiao and Li Yingying scored separately, and the Chinese team won the set point 24-21. The Chinese team made a mistake and Diao Linyu struck consecutively. The Dutch team scored two consecutive points to narrow the point gap. At the critical moment, Gong Xiangyu won a straight line dunk, and the Chinese team won another set at 25:23, and the big score was 2-1 against the Dutch team. In the first three sets, Wang Yuanyuan scored 16 points, Gong Xiangyu scored 14 points, and Li Yingying scored 11 points.
In the fourth set, China took a 4-3 lead. The Dutch team chased Gong Xiangyu in the No. 1 position. They knew that Gong Xiangyu scored a strong score and suppressed Gong Xiangyu by chasing him. This wave of maneuvers by the Dutch team worked. They scored six consecutive points to overtake the Chinese team 9-4. Cai Bin replaced Diao Linyu with Ding Xia. This substitution worked. Yuan Xinyue and Li Yingying scored separately, and the Chinese team scored 2 consecutive points to narrow the point gap. The Netherlands went into their first technical timeout 12-9.
The Chinese team scored 3 consecutive points to tie the score. The back went into a glued state and hit until 22 flat. Li Yingying played the slash to win, Gong Xiangyu served the ball directly to score, and the Chinese team won the match point 24:22. The Dutch team flew on their backs. Yuan Xinyue also came with a back fly, and the Chinese team won the fourth set at 25:23.
In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost one set first, won three consecutive sets, defeated the Dutch team with a 3-1 reversal, and achieved a valuable victory.
The Chinese women's volleyball girls hugged excitedly together to celebrate the victory. Director Cai laughed happily. It was also his rare smile in this game. He was under a lot of pressure, the team won and he finally started smiling.
In this game, vice attackers Wang Yuanyuan and Yuan Xinyue both played at a high level and scored a lot of points. Gong Xiangyu also scored a lot, and Li Yingying also dared to attack at key moments. These four people guaranteed the victory of the Chinese women's volleyball team.