After losing 2-3 to the Canadian women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered another blow.
With two sets leading and once holding 3 match points, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally fought hard for 5 games and was reversed by the Dutch women's volleyball team... This caused the Chinese women's volleyball team to fall out of the Olympic qualification zone, and there was no way back in the remaining matches.
In the last two rounds against Dominica and Serbia, can the Chinese women's volleyball team, which was forced to the edge of the cliff, bottom out?
Cai Bin directs the tactics of the players on the sidelines.
Insufficient critical sub-capacity
In fact, after losing to the Canadian women's volleyball team in the previous game, the Chinese women's volleyball team coach once talked about the team's lack of key point ability.
At that time, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered a miserable loss when the total score of the whole game exceeded the opponent - "some of the key points were not handled well, they were not solid enough in the key points, and there were some cooperation problems and mistakes." Li Yingying said while analyzing the game.
Cai Bin, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, also believes that the Chinese women's volleyball team is "a little chaotic" at a critical moment and has failed to completely let go of itself.
Unfortunately, when it comes to the match against the Dutch women's volleyball team, such problems still exist.
Statistics show that the Chinese women's volleyball team is only 1 point behind the Dutch women's volleyball team in terms of total score. The first two games led 2-0, and the fourth game led 24-21 with three match points... In the course of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team was very close to victory, but in the end it let the victory slip away.
In the final tiebreaker, the Dutch women's volleyball team successfully cashed in on its first match point, which made the loss of the Chinese women's volleyball team a little dazzling.
After the game, Li Yingying said, "I think today we committed a similar problem as yesterday (the last game), and at the critical moment, we still didn't resist it, which is the most deadly." ”
"In fact, this is not very related to the technology in our usual training, mainly our mental problems. The courage at critical moments and the determination to compete with each other are not firm enough. ”
There is no way back
This loss against the Dutch women's volleyball team made the Chinese women's volleyball team stand on the edge of the cliff.
After 5 rounds of matches, the Chinese women's volleyball team fell to the fourth place in the standings with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, in front of Serbia, the Netherlands and Dominica, which ranked 1-3 respectively.
At present, the top three teams in the table are all 4-1 and have 12 points, only in the order of the advantage-loss ratio.
In the last two rounds, the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against Dominica and Serbia, both of which are direct competitors at the top of the standings, as long as they can win two consecutive games, the Chinese women's volleyball team still has hope.
But defeating strong enemies in a row is not an easy task.
After the game, Cai Bin, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, also comforted the players, telling everyone that victory and defeat are commonplace, and then they need to forget about the battle after losing preparations.
"Whether we play against Dominica or Serbia, we will still give our all to win." Team member Wang Yunbi also said.
"The Chinese women's volleyball team still has to play our style and continue the spirit of the women's volleyball team to the end."
Although the match results were not satisfactory, at the home stadium of Ningbo Beilun, the fans' support for the Chinese women's volleyball team was still enthusiastic. After the game, a large number of fans waited at the bus of the Chinese women's volleyball team, shouting "Come on women's volleyball" to cheer the team.
Next, the Chinese women's volleyball team will usher in consecutive decisive battles on the evening of the 23rd and 24th, and rebound at the bottom without a way back.