The 2024 World League has begun, and the Chinese women's volleyball team must work hard to play every ball in order to get a ticket to the Paris Olympics. The battle for the fourth main attack of the women's volleyball team, which has attracted much attention, is getting closer and closer to the suspense being revealed, is it Wang Yunrui, the main force of last season's iron fight, or Wu Mengjie, a rising star after the 00s? In the first game of the World League, the Chinese women's volleyball team swept the South Korean women's volleyball team, and I am afraid that the answer has been given.
As we all know, since the Tokyo Olympics, Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning have never represented the Chinese women's volleyball team in any events, and they have not even participated in the training camp. Although Zhu Ting made a successful comeback in Serie A, she did not return last year. And Zhang Changning didn't return to the arena after three years until some time ago, and he didn't play much. But despite this, Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning's positions are quite stable, as long as the two are in good shape, they will definitely enter the final Olympic list, because of their competition experience and comprehensive skills, there is no one to replace for the time being, including Wang Yunrui, who played the main team last season.
Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning are the two opponents that Wang Yunrui cannot compete. And Li Yingying is the offensive core of the Chinese women's volleyball team under Cai Bin, and these three people, if there is no accident, will definitely appear together in the Paris Olympics. At present, Zhang Changning has been substituted in the women's volleyball team in the Sino-South Korean war, and Zhu Ting will also return to the national team in Macau, after Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning and Li Yingying join forces again, there is almost no position for Wang Yunrui in the team, and the most important thing is that at this time the new star Wu Mengjie has risen again, unceremoniously speaking, Wu Mengjie is Wang Yunrui's number one competitor for the fourth main attack, and even Wu Mengjie has the strength and potential to be promoted to the third main attack.
In the first battle between China and South Korea, Cai Bin adjusted the starters, and unlike last season, Wang Yunrui withdrew from the starters, and Wu Mengjie became Li Yingying's partner. In this game, Li Yingying made 16 of 28 deductions and 1 block, scoring a game-high 17 points, with a smash success rate and efficiency of 57% and 46% respectively, a ball start rate of 57% and a defensive efficiency of 29% after 7 defenses, and a completion rate, perfect arrival rate and a pass efficiency of 64%, 27% and 55% respectively in the case of 11 passes. How did Wu Mengjie perform? Wu Mengjie scored the second-highest 14 points with 16 deductions, 10 shots, 2 blocks and 2 shots, the success rate and efficiency of the smash were 62% and 56% respectively, the starting rate and efficiency were 67% and 33% respectively after 6 defenses, and the rate of one pass in place, perfect rate and efficiency were 33%, 25% and 17% respectively in the case of receiving 12 passes.
In terms of offense and defense, Wu Mengjie is not worse than Li Yingying or even stronger, although her pass is not as good as Li Yingying, but compared with Wang Yunrui last season, she has made a greater contribution on the offensive end, it can be said that as Li Yingying's diagonal candidate, Wu Mengjie's performance is passing, and it can even be said to be excellent, because after all, this is her first time playing the main force in the national team. On the other hand, Wang Yunrui's pass is good, but the offensive power is small, and Li Yingying can't share the pressure, as the so-called best defense is offense, which is also applicable to volleyball, which Wu Mengjie has an advantage over Wang Yunrui. In addition, in terms of age, Wu Mengjie still has room to rise, and is a key player in the next Olympic cycle, and Wang Yunrui, who is now 28 years old, may fade out of the national team after the Paris Olympics.
Wu Mengjie surpassed Wang Yunrui and rose to the fourth main attack of the Chinese women's volleyball team? It is entirely possible that when Zhu Ting, Li Yingying, and Zhang Changning are in a stable position, now Li Yingying's partner has also changed hands to Wu Mengjie, and Wu Mengjie lives up to expectations and performs well, I am afraid that she will directly become the new favorite of the Chinese women's volleyball team, how competitive is Wang Yunrui at this time? Of course, until the last moment, the answer will never be revealed, Wang Yunrui still has a chance, and her fate is still in her own hands, but the premise is that she will do better than Wu Mengjie when the opportunity comes.
Overall, the battle for the fourth main attack of the Chinese women's volleyball team has made waves, and the first battle between China and South Korea has already emerged, and the new helper ushered in by Zhu Li and Zhang is probably Wu Mengjie. At this time, I feel a little sorry for Wang Yunrui, who has worked hard for the Paris Olympics for an Olympic cycle, but when it comes to the countdown stage, in addition to Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning returning hand in hand and Li Yingying is indispensable, Wu Mengjie has risen again, I just hope that Wang Yunrui will give it a go, fight against the water, and leave the rest to Cai Bin for guidance.