On the evening of 10 February, the women's basketball Olympic qualifying tournament continued, and the Chinese women's basketball team played one game first, but lost to the French team with a score of 50-82! Although the French team, as the host, did not have to deliberately fight for the qualifying round, they also played bravely and efficiently in order to seize the few opportunities to train and increase their experience, and the whole team even reached the feat of hitting 35 times out of 70 sports battles.
Li Meng, who scored 21 points in the game and was the only team to score a double-double, accepted a post-game interview! She first thanked the fans, the media and the event organizers for their hard work, and then said frankly: Although we lost, we will continue to sum up, adjust our mentality, and do our best. We can't lose confidence because of a loss, we're going to be better and ready for the next game.
At the post-match press conference, Zheng Wei said frankly that the opponent used high-intensity defense to put pressure on our outside line! Our cooperation could not be played, and the outside line lost contact with the outside line, which we had to watch the video to solve! Although we lost, we learned a lot, and I felt that playing with them was like those male athletes, running and stealing were very intense. The team still needs to increase the exchange opportunities in international competitions, and then improve themselves, and adapt to the current intensity.
After this match, Puerto Rico defeated New Zealand with a score of 69-67, which also directly helped the Chinese team to qualify for the Olympics. Puerto Rico and China advanced ahead of schedule and will face each other in the next round.
Despite the heavy defeat of the Chinese team, we still captured the inner thoughts of the coach and key players from the post-match interview. It can be said that the game was lost, but the heart did not lose. Especially Coach Zheng Wei, she has her own plans, we have to fully maintain confidence, Coach Qitai Zheng helps the team to transform, there are still a few months before the Olympics, we look forward to a stronger Chinese women's basketball team.
Zheng Wei's speech can indeed be expected, and we expect the Chinese team to find the right direction, check and fill in the gaps, and catch up. At a time when China's three major balls are collectively declining, the Chinese women's basketball team still maintains face, which is also full of expectations. The author is full of confidence.