Zhu Ting's Scandic women's volleyball team won the first leg of the Serie A final, defeating the defending champion Koné, ending a three-game losing streak against the opponent and ending Koné's 26-game winning streak at home in all competitions. The level of this final is no less than that of any World Series competition between strong teams.
At the end of the first game, Scandicci's response to Antropova's wave of serve sealed the victory, Koné's main attack on Plummer flew 3 in a row, in the second game, Lubian and Haak's strong serve opened the score, and in the third game, Koné made many mistakes, which made Scandic calm down, Antropova continued to perform at the thigh level, and Zhu Ting stabilized the output.
In the fourth game, Scandic made great achievements at the end of the block, and Zhu Ting woke up in the opposite corner of Herbots, once leading by 4 points. It's a pity that Koné used substitutions and blocking the net to equalize the score, and at the critical moment, he continued to block the net and score to drag the game into the deciding game; in the fifth game, Koné kept pressing Scandic in the first half and led 13-8, and then Scandic counterattacked, Antropova served hard, forcing the opponent to fluctuate with a pass, and Diop hit the opponent with the serve at the critical moment.
The last few points should give Antropova and Diop a credit. Antropova served and hit the opponent's pass, Koné's pass was not in place and was broken to adjust the attack, resulting in a smash error; Diop continued to serve and impact the opponent, Scandic chased it to 12-13; on the match point, Antropova first took a copy to chase it to 13-14, and then the opponent smashed the ball out of bounds for 14 draws, and finally Washington flew down the ball with his back and Herbots counterattacked.
The reason why this ball can be reversed is related to Antropova, Diop's serve at critical moments, Herbots's gradual recovery in the second half and the coach's fancy change of secondary attack. The defense of setter Odjenovic needs to be strengthened, the passing fluctuates greatly, and some balls even pass to the marker pole, but the key moment can still see the sophistication of distributing the ball, and the back attack for Herbots and Washington's back flight are very successful.
Chinese player Zhu Ting scored 16 points with 35 deductions, 15 shots, 1 turnover, 3 blocks, and received 27 passes, both offensive and defensive. In the face of the opponent's strong serve, except for the second game, there were more mistakes, and the rest of the moments withstood a game, which also consumed a lot of physical energy. It's a pity that Zhu Ting's back attack on the court seems to have been forgotten by the setter off the court, and there is no way to buckle it, so she can only play a super big attack of various difficulties in the No. 4 position.
According to the competition system, the Serie A final adopts a best-of-five system, and Zhu Ting is only 2 wins away from winning the championship. It is worth noting that the former women's volleyball coach Lang Ping also came to the arena and presented the Serie A championship trophy.