3-2！ The Chinese women's volleyball team narrowly defeated the world's third, Li Yingying attacked fiercely, and Wang Mengjie's defense was eye-catching
On May 31, 2023, Beijing time, the Women's World Volleyball League entered its second matchday, and the Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in the first international official match of the new season, against the Brazilian women's volleyball team. After 4 months of closed training, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally appeared, and Cai Bin sent the strongest team at the moment, defeating Brazil 3-2 to get off to a good start.
This season, the Chinese women's volleyball team under the leadership of Cai Bin embarked on its journey again, the main events include the World Women's Volleyball League, Paris Olympic Qualification Tournament, Hangzhou Asian Games Women's Volleyball Competition, etc., it should be said that the Chinese women's volleyball team has a very arduous task and is a test for head coach Cai Bin and all national players. So far, Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning have not returned to the national team, and Cai Bin is still the core team of last season's World Championship to play in the World Women's Volleyball League, on this basis, it is necessary to tap potential internally.
From the feedback of coaches and players, the closed training of the Chinese women's volleyball team has achieved its goal, on the one hand, targeted training for the problems exposed last season, on the other hand, to further improve the personal strength of players and the technical and tactical cooperation of the whole team, Cai Bin, Yuan Xinyue, Li Yingying and others are full of confidence. At present, the world ranking of the Chinese women's volleyball team is No. 5, and the opponent of the first round is the third in the world of the Brazilian women's volleyball team, and the strength of the two sides is equal.
The starting lineup of the Chinese women's volleyball team is still the main attack Li Yingying, Wang Yunbi, the deputy attack Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, receiving Gong Xiangyu, second setter Diao Linyu, free man Wang Mengjie, it can be said that the Chinese women's volleyball team has followed the main lineup of last season, and there is no change in the starting match. Brazil lacks several core players, starting with well-known players such as Carroll, Kissi and Makris.
In the first game, Wang Yuanyuan won the first point for the Chinese women's volleyball team by blocking the net, and the team was more tacit in terms of cooperation, while Brazil made more mistakes, and the Chinese women's volleyball team led 5-2. Compared with last season, the mobile blocking speed of the Chinese women's volleyball team has increased significantly, and the Brazilian women's volleyball team is more afraid of the blocking of the Chinese women's volleyball team, with frequent mistakes in smashing the ball, and can only rely on Kissi to support the attack, and the Chinese women's volleyball team leads 9-7. Diao Linyu's serve caused the opponent to miss a pass, the Chinese women's volleyball team led 11-8, and Brazil called a timeout. Wang Mengjie showed defensive strength and fought back opportunities many times, but the Chinese women's volleyball team made more senseless mistakes, the Brazilian women's volleyball team chased 12-13, and the Chinese women's volleyball team made a pass error, and the score reached 15 draws. The Chinese women's volleyball team blocked the net, scored three consecutive points to lead 19-16, and the Brazilian team took another timeout. At the end of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team withstood the pressure and grasped the key points to win the first game 25-23.
In the second game, the Brazilian women's volleyball team counterattacked, taking a 12-9 lead, the Chinese women's volleyball team fluctuated, the Brazilian women's volleyball team led 15-10, Zheng Yixin and Xu Xiaoting came off the bench, the Chinese women's volleyball team chased 3 points in a row, and then another blocking score, the Chinese women's volleyball team only trailed 16-17. Li Yingying's serve scored directly, and the Chinese women's volleyball team chased 18 draws. Unfortunately, the Chinese women's volleyball team made consecutive cooperation errors and lost this game 22-25.
In the third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team adjusted in time and led 7-4 at the beginning, Li Yingying's attack was very fierce and was the most reliable scoring point, and the Chinese women's volleyball team led 12-7. In the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team fluctuated with a pass, and the Brazilian women's volleyball team scored 4 consecutive points, chasing 14-15, and Cai Bin called a timeout. At the end of the game, the competition between the two sides was fierce, and the Chinese women's volleyball team once again grasped the key point and won the game 25-20, leading 2-1.
In the fourth game, Li Yingying played and hung together, and the Chinese women's volleyball team chased 6 draws after the start behind. However, the Brazilian women's volleyball team found a feeling on serve and took a 10-7 lead, Wang Yunbi slowly found a feeling, scored at key moments many times, and the Chinese women's volleyball team chased 13 draws. In the second half, the efficiency of the Chinese women's volleyball team decreased, Gong Xiangyu smashed the ball out of bounds, and fell behind 16-19 to call a timeout. The Brazilian women's volleyball team blocked the net and won the game 25-20, dragging the game into a tiebreaker.
In the tiebreaker, the two sides fought fiercely, could not open the score, and the game was tied at 8. Wang Yunbi made a mistake on the ball, and the Brazilian women's volleyball team led by 2 points for the first time at 10-8, and the Chinese women's volleyball team immediately called a timeout. The Chinese women's volleyball team scored on serve and scored 13-12, and the Chinese women's volleyball team seized the opportunity to seal the victory 15-12 and beat Brazil 3-2 to get off to a good start!