In the early morning of July 16, Beijing time, the 2023 Women's Volleyball World League Finals continued to be played in Arlington, USA, and the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the European powerhouse Poland Women's Volleyball Team by a big score of 3:0 in the semifinals and advanced to the final first. In the other semi-final that followed, the Turkish women's volleyball team eliminated the host team USA 3:1. At 6:30 a.m. on July 17, the Chinese women's volleyball team will launch the "final battle" of this World League with the Turkish women's volleyball team to attack the championship trophy!
From defeat in the tournament to victory in the finals
What is the secret of the Chinese women's volleyball team?
Like the Chinese women's volleyball team, Poland also stopped at the 1/4 final at last year's Women's Volleyball World Championship, however, they made a new appearance as a "dark horse" in the Women's Volleyball World League this season. Under the leadership of the new coach Lavarini, with the excellent performance of "heavy artillery catch" Stieschuk and Lukasik, the Polish women's volleyball team has achieved a proud record of 10 wins and 2 losses in this year's World League sub-tournament, ranking first in the standings, and the Chinese women's volleyball team has become the defeat of the Polish team in the sub-tournament.
This season's Women's Volleyball World League Hong Kong tournament was held last month, after the Chinese team and Poland met in a 3-0 defeat and exposed the weakness of insufficient online confrontation ability. The data will not lie, in the battle of China and Poland a month ago, the score of the Chinese women's volleyball team's attack and blocking links were lagging behind the opponent, and the scoring ratio of the two sides was 44:51 and 6:8 respectively. In terms of main scorers, Poland's Stiesák scored 20 points in the game, dwarfing Li Yingying of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Chinese team lost three consecutive games to Poland.
On the stage of the World League Finals, the Chinese women's volleyball team Nick Brazil and the Polish women's volleyball team beat the German team, and the battle between China and Poland was staged again, but this time, the situation on the field has changed dramatically. The Chinese girl, who quickly entered the game, blossomed in the first game and soon took the lead at 25:18. In the second game, the two teams caught in the fight once tied 23, and at the crucial moment, the Chinese girl dared to attack, and with her better grasp of the key points, she won another game at 25:23. In the last game, the two teams engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle, and in the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team withstood the pressure and sealed the victory at 25:23, eliminating the Polish team who pointed to the championship trophy.
In just one month, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to Poland in the sub-tournament to defeated the opponent 3:0 in the finals, what happened in between? According to Cai Bin, the manager of the Chinese team, under the premise of no change in the composition of personnel, the most important change in the Chinese team lies in the adjustment and change of the mentality of the players, "The semifinals are a decisive elimination format, and it depends on who can bite it, so I require the players to dare to fight and fight for every point." Although the players' form will fluctuate during the game, I always encourage everyone to show self-confidence, show the technical and tactical ability we usually train, and fight with the opponent! Cai Bin's request, the women's volleyball girls did it, throughout the game, although the Polish team's Stiesák scored a game-high 15 points, Li Yingying also scored 14 points when the opponent was blocked, in addition, Wang Yunbi, Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu, Wang Yuanyuan also had excellent performance. It is worth mentioning that in the battle between China and Poland, the Polish team's own mistakes gave the Chinese team a full 20 points, and the Chinese team only gave the opponent 8 points.
"The Final Match" against the Turkish women's volleyball team
What are the odds of winning the Chinese women's volleyball team?
The other semifinals of the Women's Volleyball World League were played between the United States and Turkey, facing the second-placed host who had defeated themselves in the tournament, and the Turkish women's volleyball team, like the Chinese women's volleyball team, staged a good show of "getting down". In this battle between the United States and Turkey, the Turkish team also made full use of the shortcomings of the American team's excessive mistakes, and finally defeated the strong opponent with a big score of 3:1, and achieved a meeting with the Chinese women's volleyball team in the final.
This season, with the arrival of naturalized player Vargas, the Turkish women's volleyball team has improved rapidly, not only in the women's volleyball world league with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, but also on the stage of the finals, they swept the veteran powerhouse Italy women's volleyball team 3:0 in the 1/4 final, and the host American women's volleyball team in the semifinals, there is no doubt that compared with the current Turkish women's volleyball team and the Chinese women's volleyball team, whether it is the overall strength or the morale of the team, it is not at all behind, or even better.
Looking forward to the "ultimate battle" with the Turkish women's volleyball team on July 17, Cai Bin said that the Chinese team will continue to maintain a good attitude to fight the opponent, "I hope that in the final, we will continue to carry forward the team spirit and rely on the collective strength to fight every ball and every game!" ”
Women's Volleyball World League Final Preview:
July 17, 6:30 (Beijing time)
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