Li Yingying led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win five consecutive World League victories, and it was a tough battle against the Polish and Italian women's volleyball teams
On June 13, Beijing time, the World Women's Volleyball League started in Hong Kong, China. The Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Canadian women's volleyball team 3-0 to win five consecutive World League victories. The Chinese women's volleyball team will also play against Bulgaria, Poland and Italy in Hong Kong, which can be said to be "easy first, then difficult", and the opponents are stronger than the other. In the view of Cai Bin, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, every game is particularly valuable, and the new team needs to be tempered with different opponents.
After more than 3 months of closed training, the World Women's Volleyball League has become the first important international competition of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Cai Bin said that due to the adjustment of the main lineup, there is still a lot of room for improvement, "I think the team is still in a climbing stage, time is also precious, I hope to learn from other strong teams through this competition to make up for their own shortcomings." ”
With the previous four consecutive wins in Nagoya, Japan, the world ranking of the Chinese women's volleyball team has reached the third place, and the opponent Canadian women's volleyball team ranks 14th in the world, and it is expected that the Chinese women's volleyball team will win the opponent. In the battle with the Canadian women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team sent a regular starter, mainly attacking Li Yingying and Wang Yunbi, deputy attacking Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, receiving Gong Xiangyu, second setter Diao Linyu, and free man Wang Mengjie. The Canadian women's volleyball team starts with Gray and Hovey, deputy Maglio and Van Baskirk, receiving Van Reich, setter Brie King and libero Mulman.
As a North American team, the technical characteristics of the Canadian women's volleyball team are similar to that of the American women's volleyball team - fast. The Chinese women's volleyball team chased the main attack of the front row with a fight serve, which destroyed the opponent's offensive speed to a certain extent and achieved results. From the post-match technical statistics, the Canadian women's volleyball team scored 2 points more offensively than the Chinese women's volleyball team, but the Chinese women's volleyball team's serve and blocking links were better than the opponent. In addition, the Canadian women's volleyball team gave the Chinese women's volleyball team 28 points in terms of its own mistakes, and the Chinese women's volleyball team sent its opponents 13 points by its own mistakes. China's main player Li Yingying won the scoring championship with 14 points, while Canada's main team Gray scored a high 13 points.
Due to the difference in strength between the two sides, the Chinese women's volleyball team played more relaxed in the game, but the one-pass system was unstable, which affected the offensive rhythm. Especially in the third game, the opponent took the first match point, but Li Yingying frequently scored at key moments, and the Chinese women's volleyball team finally reversed 29-27.
As Cai Bin said, every opponent is not easy to win. This year, in addition to the World League, there are also Olympic qualifiers, and the time is tight and the task is heavy, so it is necessary to find problems and solve problems through competitions. Summing up the Nagoya race, Cai Bin said that the team was "more mature": "Everyone wants to play at the best level, everyone grits their teeth when they are leading or behind, encourages each other when it is difficult, and tries not to relax when they are ahead." ”
The match with the Polish and Italian women's volleyball team will undoubtedly be a tough battle for the Chinese women's volleyball team. The Polish women's volleyball team won all 4 games in the last tournament and is currently at the top of the standings. Under the tutelage of coach Lavarini, Poland has begun to recover in the past two years, and the team currently has capable players at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. The Italian women's volleyball team lost 3 of the last 4 games because it did not send a strong receiver to Egnu, but even so, the overall strength of the previous champion cannot be underestimated.
Cai Bin believes that the overall level, technical and tactical level of European teams, including bouncing and strength, are relatively good. There are many European teams in Hong Kong, which is also a good training opportunity. "The Chinese women's volleyball team will take every team seriously and provide wonderful matches for the citizens of Hong Kong. In addition to maintaining the stability of a squad, it will also consider giving some young players the opportunity to play, and may arrange other players to play according to different games. ”
Yuan Xinyue, captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, said that the atmosphere of the Hong Kong game and the enthusiasm of the fans are still the same, and he hopes that the team can go further in this stop and show the demeanor of the players and their love for volleyball on the court.