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Wu Sheng, head coach of the Chinese men's volleyball team, said in an online interview with Xinhua News Agency on the 13th that the key to the 3:0 upset victory over Brazil was that the Chinese team always put it in the right position and impacted the opponent.
In the fourth match of the World Men's Volleyball League Brazil, the Chinese team led by Wu Sheng unexpectedly defeated the world's number one host Brazil team 3:0, ending the previous three consecutive defeats.
After this match, the world ranking of the Chinese team rose to 17th, while the Brazilian team fell from the first place to the second place.
Chinese men's volleyball head coach Wu Sheng.
Wu Sheng said that due to Jiang Chuan's pre-match injury, the team suddenly lost its core players after 50 days of training, which had a greater impact and was more uncomfortable in the first three games of the World League. After 3 games, it finally returned to normal.
"[Against Brazil] didn't want to win, just wanted to bring out the technical capabilities." The key today is that the second pass (Yu Yaochen) has a clearer line of thinking, he is not concentrating all the attacks on the No. 4 position, but there are strong attacks and secondary attacks, and there are concentrations and dispersions. ”
"Zhang Guanhua (the receiver who succeeded Jiang Chuan) also played very well this time, and his confidence came out from yesterday [the Chinese team's match against Slovenia]." Wu Sheng said.
In the second and third sets, the Chinese team achieved a reversal in the second half of the game, and the second set also played 31:29 with the opponent. In Wu Sheng's view, the key to the Chinese team being able to do this is to put it in the right position.
The Chinese men's volleyball team finally raised its eyebrows.
"We are in a good position today. After winning the first set, you still hold the idea of impacting the other side, through the serve, attack, all aspects of the impact on the other side, to the back is the same. Wu Sheng said.
"There is still a gap between our technology and Brazil, and if we don't put it in the right position, it's very difficult. The best point today is that we have not given up on impacting each other and used various means to create difficulties for each other. ”
"We can't think about the Chinese men's volleyball team because we won Brazil, that is not objective, we still have a big gap with the strong team in terms of technology and physical quality."
According to Wu Sheng's observation, the day against the Chinese team was basically the main player of the Brazilian team, and only the deputy attacker Santos did not play because he was injured in the match against the United States team.
In the win over Brazil, The Chinese team's pass was relatively stable, and it also took a 9-6 lead in blocking scores. In addition, due to the relatively large pressure exerted by the Chinese team on the net port, the Brazilian team made more mistakes in the attack, and the mistakes in the whole field sent the Chinese team 25 points.
Wu Sheng said: "There is still a difference between the serve during domestic training and the serve on the game site, and after a few days of competition, the players are getting more and more accustomed. In addition to practicing a tackle and receiving a serve in the previous period of training, we were also learning the netting of strong teams. ”
"Today's game is ok to block the net, but the judgment of the opponent's attack in the first few games needs to be improved, and the net is a game between the secondary attack and the opponent's second pass."
Defeating the world's first Brazil, the Chinese men's volleyball team made history.
Looking back at the first two losses to Iran and Japan, Wu Sheng believes that the team did not fully play at the level, and the psychological burden of losing was too heavy.
"The first two games have a certain impact on the Asian team, on the one hand, the team has a certain impact on the loss of core players, on the other hand, it is very eager to win the opponent, the psychological burden is too heavy, and the technical level has not been played."
"Because of the epidemic, there are very few opportunities for the Chinese men's volleyball team to participate, and we are not very adaptable in all aspects of the first stop, and I did not do well enough as a coach to liberate the players from difficulties."
The Chinese team ended the first leg with a record of 1 win and 3 losses. In Wu Sheng's view, the Chinese team has basically completed the task. In the later games, the Chinese team should put winning and losing in the second place, and constantly learn and exercise through the game.
"When you see the good ones, they are used immediately, these are all carried out in the game, and the improvement will be faster. We can't wait for the whole game to be finished before summarizing, we must continue to learn and improve our technical and tactical level, and improve our understanding of the concept of volleyball. ”
In the second week of the World Men's Volleyball League, the Chinese team will move to the Philippines, playing against France, Germany, Argentina and Italy on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 26th respectively.
This issue is edited by Shan Zou