At 4:30 a.m. on May 15, the Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in the first game of the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League, and the opponent was the South Korean women's volleyball team.
The match was played at the Maracalo Stadium, the volleyball venue of the Rio Olympics in Brazil, and many fans of the Chinese women's volleyball team should remember it vividly, and it was in this stadium that the Chinese women's volleyball team led by Lang Ping won the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The Olympic champions at that time, Yuan Xinyue, Zhang Changning, Ding Xia, and Gong Xiangyu, are still in the Chinese women's volleyball team today.
8 years later, Yuan Xinyue and Gong Xiangyu returned as girls, and they could still start. The Chinese women's volleyball team started with: Yuan Xinyue, Li Yingying, Diao Linyu, Wang Yuanyuan, Gong Xiangyu, Wu Mengjie, Wang Mengjie.
To the delight of the fans, it was not Wang Yunrui or Zhang Changning who played opposite Li Yingying, but Wu Mengjie. This starter shows that the main offensive line of the Chinese women's volleyball team, which has been criticized by fans, has finally opened a newcomer.
In the first game, the Chinese women's volleyball team started 5-3, but the South Korean team scored 3 points in a row and overtook 6-5. Then Wu Mengjie made a service error, and the South Korean team led 8-7 again. After 8-8, it was Yuan Xinyue's turn to serve. Yuan Xinyue's serve continued to destroy the opponent's pass, allowing the Chinese team to score 5 points in a row and lead 13-8.
From this moment on, the Chinese women's volleyball team stabilized its position, and there were no waves in the whole game. The Chinese women's volleyball team won the game point 24-15 and won the first game 25-15.
In the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team led 3-1 and 5-3 at the beginning, but the South Korean women's volleyball team did not make a soft pimple and did not let the Chinese team open the score, and played until 14-19, and the Chinese team took the lead. However, the Chinese women's volleyball team suddenly made a force at the key point, won the game point 24-15 and won the second game 25-16.
As everyone expected, the third game of the Chinese women's volleyball team only made a slight dissection at the beginning, and then the score went away, leading 8-4 and 18-7, getting the match point 24-13, winning the game 25-14, and winning the first game.
Look at the game data: Li Yingying scored 17 points in 16 of 28 deductions and 1 block, with a smash success rate of 57%; Wu Mengjie scored 14 points in 16 deductions, 10 shots, 2 blocks and 2 shots, with a smash success rate of 63%; Yuan Xinyue scored 12 points in 11 deductions, 7 shots, 4 blocks and 1 shot, with a smash success rate of 64%; Gong Xiangyu scored 10 points in 14 deductions, 7 shots, 2 blocks and 1 serve, with a smash success rate of 50%; Wang Yuanyuan scored 6 points in 5 deductions, 3 shots and 3 blocks, with a smash success rate of 60%; Diao Linyu scored 2 points in 2 serves, and Zheng Yixin scored 1 point in 1 of 4 deductions. Facing the South Korean team, the offensive success rate of the Chinese team is very amazing.
It can be seen from the data that the newcomer Wu Mengjie's performance is very bright and comprehensive, and she also received the most 12 passes in the team, 3 perfect in place, 2 mistakes and 7 in place, which is also remarkable, which can be called "Zhu Ting plus".
It is worth mentioning that Yuan Xinyue, who had more destructive blocking in the past, also improved in this game, and there was no destructive blocking in 6 blocks and 4. Moreover, Yuan Xinyue is still very trustworthy at a critical time; Her serve is a treasure of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Captain Yuan Xinyue has carried the Chinese women's volleyball team on her shoulders.
In this game, Zhang Changning, Ding Xia, and Zheng Yixin all played.
Zhang Changning has a serve and a save; Zheng Yixin has a smash and a score; Ding Xia has passes and saves.
After winning this game, the Chinese women's volleyball team's world ranking points increased by 0.93 points, and it is one step closer to the Paris Olympics.
Of course, the South Korean women's volleyball team is still a fish belly team, and the Chinese women's volleyball team is not satisfied, and the greater difficulty is in the next game - against the United States women's volleyball team at 4:30 a.m. on May 17.