After Pu Yaolei suffered three consecutive defeats, the Chinese women's volleyball team still failed to return to the track of victory. On June 30, in the third stage of the World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team fought hard for 5 games and finally lost 2-3 to the Dominican women's volleyball team.
In this year's World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team won six consecutive victories after the start of the competition, but since then it has lost to Poland, Italy and Serbia, suffering a wave of three consecutive defeats. Summing up the loss in the last game, the team's main attacker Li Yingying said that the team had the problem of not grasping the chance ball in the game, "This is where we need to summarize. The next game will be fully committed, and the technique and tactics can be improved. "For the current Chinese women's volleyball team, every remaining game is very important - before this match, the Chinese women's volleyball team is temporarily ranked 6th in the standings, and the team needs to stay in the top 8 after the remaining 3 games to advance to the finals.
In terms of strength comparison, the Chinese women's volleyball team undoubtedly has an advantage in the face of the Dominican women's volleyball team. Before the match, the Chinese women's volleyball team ranked 5th in the world, while Dominica ranked 11th. In previous fixtures, Dominica had 4 wins and 6 defeats in 10 matches, ranking 12th in the standings. In this match, the starting lineup sent by the Chinese women's volleyball team is: Li Yingying, Wang Yunwei, Yuan Xinyue, Yang Hanyu, Diao Linyu, Gong Xiangyu, Wang Mengjie.
After the opening game, the two sides fought fiercely, and the Chinese women's volleyball team encountered the stubborn pursuit of their opponents after taking a 21-13 lead in the first game, but they still managed to take the next game 25-20. In the second game, the Dominican women's volleyball team improved its performance and took a 10-3 lead after the opening, and then the Chinese women's volleyball team tried to close the score, but still failed to complete the comeback, losing the game 20-25.
At the beginning of the third game, the Dominican women's volleyball team led again, but this time the Chinese team quickly recovered the point difference, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle. Relying on the strong performance of the offensive end, the Dominican women's volleyball team once took the initiative. At the crucial moment at the end of the game, Li Yingying's back-row attack helped the Chinese team to overtake the score, and then Yuan Xinyue single-handedly blocked the opponent, Xu Xiaoting served and scored directly, and the Chinese team won the game 25-22.
Entering the fourth game, the Chinese women's volleyball team fell behind again, and the opponent's impact on the serve caused a lot of trouble for the team, and after a tug-of-war, Dominica won the game 25-20. In the final tiebreaker, both teams did not budge, under pressure, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost the game 13-15, and finally lost 2-3 after 5 games. After the end of this match, the Chinese women's volleyball team has only two matches left in the sub-stage of the World Women's Volleyball League - on July 1 and 2, the team will play against the South Korean women's volleyball team and the strong rival American women's volleyball team.
Editor of this issue Zou Shan