On the afternoon of January 6, the semifinals of the 2023-24 Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League began.
The Tianjin Bohai Bank women's volleyball team, which was a guest in Changzhou, won three games in a row after losing one game first, and defeated the Jiangsu women's volleyball team 3-1 to win the first leg of the semifinals.
Next Tuesday, the two teams will move to the Tianjin Gymnasium, the home of the Tianjin women's volleyball team, for the second leg of the semifinals.
In this game, Tianjin and Jiangsu both used the regular starting lineup of this season, without foreign aid, and the scene of seven national players against each other was luxurious.
In view of the strength of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team in the volleyball Super League, the pre-game Baoquan guidance also required the whole team to prepare for the difficulties of "doing five games".
In the first game, the round arrangement of the two teams was exactly the same as the previous regular arrangement, and the two key attackers, Li Yingying and Wu Mengjie, both started from the fourth position.
Compared with the Jiangsu women's volleyball team fighting at home, the Tianjin women's volleyball team seemed to be a little slow in this game, the first game of the Tianjin women's volleyball team encountered a strong impact from the opponent, coupled with the key attacker Li Yingying was restricted by the Jiangsu team's blocking, the first game Tianjin women's volleyball team was in a state of catching up most of the time, and finally lost a game 21 to 25.
From the second game, the Tianjin women's volleyball team adjusted the rounds, Li Yingying adjusted from the big main attack to the small main attack, although it was still from the fourth position, but this change still obviously activated Li Yingying's attack, Li Yingying, who only scored 1 point in the first game, scored 8 points in the second game.
The return of the top offensive point also allowed the Tianjin women's volleyball team to regain the initiative in the situation, and in the second game, the Tianjin women's volleyball team led all the way from the beginning, and finally pulled back a game 25-18.
In the third game, the Tianjin women's volleyball team fell behind by six points at the beginning, but after that, the team started from defense and continuously defended the strong attack of the Jiangsu team, Wang Yizhu's efficient play in counterattacking also made his teammates' defense successfully converted into points.
The constantly shrinking lead has also changed the mentality of the young players of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, especially Wu Mengjie's personal mistakes have increased significantly, and the Tianjin women's volleyball team won the third game with a 25-22 reversal, while taking a 2-1 lead in the big score.
In the fourth game, the Tianjin women's volleyball team successfully achieved multi-point flowering, especially the offensive scores of the two secondary attackers increased significantly, and finally the Tianjin women's volleyball team won another game 25-19, and defeated the Jiangsu women's volleyball team 3-1 to win the opportunity to advance to the finals.
As the main opponents in the domestic arena in the past two National Games cycles, the research and understanding of each other between the two teams is much deeper than that of other teams. Even the assistant coaches of the national teams in both teams are well aware of the offensive lines of the national players.
One of the most significant manifestations of this understanding is the Jiangsu women's volleyball team's blocking restrictions on Li Yingying, who only scored 1 point in the first game, which is rare in the volleyball super game.
From the second game, the Tianjin women's volleyball team adjusted the rounds, although Li Yingying still started from the fourth position, but she changed from the big main attack to the small main attack, and Wang Yizhu changed to play the big main attack responsible for two rounds of two-point attack.
Such an adjustment has changed the Tianjin women's volleyball team from a two-point attack to a three-point attack wheel, and it has also reduced Li Yingying's offensive pressure to a large extent.
Judging from Li Yingying's personal adjustment, from the second game, she consciously increased the proportion of the middle straight line, and at the same time strengthened the change of the drop ball, which also disrupted the original blocking and defense system of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team.
In the second game, Li Yingying's personal score increased to 8 points, and she also scored 6 and 4 points in the third and fourth games, respectively.
In the whole game, Li Yingying scored 19 points, tied with Wu Mengjie for the scoring champion of the whole game, and was able to quickly adjust when the opponent focused on the defense, and Li Yingying and the coaching staff were commendable for their on-the-spot adaptability.
In this game, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team sitting at home was obviously prepared, which was especially obvious in their serving strategy.
Throughout the game, the goal of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team was very clear, and they were basically chasing Li Yingying, the number one attacker of the Tianjin women's volleyball team, throughout the game.
In this game, Li Yingying undertook six rounds of one pass, which also made her easier to become the opponent's chasing target. In the four games, Li Yingying received 34 passes, which was the highest number in the game.
Although Li Yingying's 76% starting rate and 65% arrival rate are still good, it must be admitted that the impact of a large number of hair extensions on Li Yingying's personal offense is still very obvious.
Of course, Li Yingying's hair extension rounds are more, which is also related to Wang Yizhu's one-pass play in this game, and Wang Yizhu made 4 direct mistakes in the whole game, which is also the link that the Tianjin women's volleyball team needs to improve in the second game.
Judging from the post-match data, the scoring rate of the two teams in Tianjin and Suzhou is 47% when the pass is in place, and when the pass is not in place, the scoring rate of the Tianjin women's volleyball team is 50%, and the Jiangsu women's volleyball team is only 20%.
But the Jiangsu women's volleyball team scored two more points than the Tianjin women's volleyball team in the whole game, and the reason for this situation is that the Jiangsu team has 64 times of one attack in place, 9 times more than the Tianjin women's volleyball team, and the Tianjin women's volleyball team is significantly ahead of the opponent in terms of one pass and counterattack score.
The strength of the Tianjin women's volleyball team in adjusting the offense depends on the play of the two main attackers, and the top scorer Li Yingying has an offensive success rate of 39% and an offensive efficiency of 27%.
Although it is not excellent for Li Yingying personally, compared with Wu Mengjie's 33% and 12% offensive double rates across the net, the Tianjin women's volleyball team still has the upper hand in the firepower of the number one offensive point.
In the competition of the second offensive point, Wang Yizhu of the Tianjin team played an offensive double rate of 42% and 36%, and Gong Xiangyu of the Jiangsu team was 42% and 25%, and Wang Yizhu's offensive efficiency was even ahead.
As for the third point of attack, although Chen Boya was substituted for part of the game, her offensive success rate was 33% throughout the game, which is not much different from Tang Xin's 37%.
In addition, judging from the tactical design and the number of shots, Yuan Xinyue is more like the third offensive point of the Tianjin team, and the recovery of the secondary offense in the last three games is also an important factor for the Tianjin women's volleyball team to win.
Li Yingying
Tianjin Bohai Bank women's volleyball player
I think this game is at the home of the Jiangsu team, they played very fiercely in the first two games, the momentum is very fierce, we are not fully prepared in terms of preparation difficulties, the first game is a little confused, but I think our team did better is to adjust faster, after the first game lost in the second game, we have some adjustments in tactics and playing style, and the effect is still more obvious. Including Wang Zhi off the court, he hopes to pass on his emotions to us, so that we can have more anger, so that we can play our attack, because we are still more obviously blocked in attack. Today we didn't play well or it was very hard, like Xiaoyu and I have been playing against each other for three rounds, but also inhibiting each other, she also has difficulties in the game, and I also have difficulties, in this case I think it is more training for us.
After the first leg of the trial, the targeted research of the two teams will undoubtedly be more thorough, and how to give full play to their advantages is also the key to the second leg between the two sides.
In this game, the Tianjin women's volleyball team scored 12 points directly from the net, but the threat of serving needs to be strengthened, and the two small assistant offenses of the Jiangsu team scored a total of 11 points, which is not common in the Jiangsu team's games this season.
The Jiangsu women's volleyball team sent the Tianjin women's volleyball team 24 points by its own mistakes in this game, nearly a game, if the opponent reduces its own mistakes in the next game, how to further improve the success rate of the Tianjin women's volleyball team is also a link that the team must plan for early.
According to the schedule, the second leg of the semi-finals will start next Tuesday, and the adjustment time is very limited for both sides, plus the Tianjin Gymnasium is actually a new venue for the Tianjin women's volleyball team that needs to be adapted, and there are still many uncertainties in the second leg of the game, which requires the Tianjin women's volleyball team to be cautious.
Wang Baoquan
Head coach of Tianjin Bohai Bank women's volleyball team
One is to implement the intention of the preparation meeting, after losing the first game, we have to fight the serve, and the other is to strengthen our own offensive changes, it is not enough to have a high ball, we must have a fast ball, and the other momentum cannot be played. Back at home, I feel that it is still difficult to prepare, because the opponent is not a weak team, it is a very strong team, and at the same time, one must strengthen the serve, the other must strengthen the blocking, and the other must play our own attack, the opponent's serve is still good, so in the case of ensuring a pass, it is necessary to strengthen the attack.
In the other semi-final, the Shanghai women's volleyball team that fought away also encountered the stubborn resistance of the Beijing women's volleyball team, and the foreign aid of the Shanghai women's volleyball team in this game Bricio was still unable to appear, and the Shanghai women's volleyball team could only fight against the Beijing women's volleyball team with two foreign aid teams in the all-Chinese class.
In the first game, the Beijing women's volleyball team playing at home performed more strongly, while the Shanghai team appeared to lack firepower on the offensive end, and the Beijing team won the first game 25-21.
However, in the next two games, the Shanghai women's volleyball team's ability to grasp the key points demonstrated the heritage of the old powerhouse, and the Shanghai women's volleyball team won two consecutive games with a two-point advantage.
Although the Beijing women's volleyball team pulled back a game in the fourth game and dragged the game into a deciding game, the Beijing team had a problem with its own pass in the decisive game, and fell into a 0-8 deficit at the beginning, and finally the Shanghai team won the tiebreaker 15-7, defeating the Beijing team 3-2 and taking the lead in promotion.