On May 17, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League Brazil Station, a focus battle that attracted much attention, the Chinese women's volleyball team played against the United States women's volleyball team, in the first game, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 23-25, and the big score was 0-1 behind the United States team. Judging from the first game, the Chinese team's offense was not ideal, especially Wu Mengjie, who was not in good shape; Cai Bin was helpless, and Kirari was calm.
In the first game, both teams won the game, among them, the Chinese team swept the South Korean team 3-0; The U.S. defeated Thailand 3-1. From the perspective of the lineup, the United States team is not the strongest lineup, and the Chinese team is still very hopeful of continuing the winning streak.
In the first game, the Chinese team's three-point attack began, the American team's hitter went out of bounds, Li Yingying's attack was blocked, and the Chinese team fell behind 0-2 at the beginning. The U.S. team made a service error, Wang Yuanyuan blocked the net and scored, and the Chinese team then overtook 4-3, but then served and went to the net 4-4. The U.S. team also continued to mismake on serve, and Ogbogu hit out of bounds, 5-5. Wu Mengjie smashed the ball out of bounds, and Gong Xiangyu adjusted the attack to score, 6-6. Larsson scored with a drop ball, the Chinese team's continuous attack was blocked, Larsson scored a long line, and the American team was 8-6. Yuan Xinyue scored a second ball, but then her serve went directly to Wang Yuanyuan's head and lost points. The U.S. team continued to attack out of bounds, Gong Xiangyu blocked the net and scored, and the Chinese team overtook 10-9.
The U.S. team scored three more points in a row to stabilize the situation and once again lead by 2 points, and Cai Bin asked for a timeout. Larsson served and went into the net, but then the U.S. scored back-to-back points to make it 14-11. Gong Xiangyu hit out of bounds, Wang Yuanyuan served directly out of bounds, Yuan Xinyue scored again, Skinner scored again, and the U.S. team still maintained a slight advantage. Li Yingying competed for the net to score, Larsson forced a strong attack and hit again, and the U.S. team forced the Chinese team to take a timeout 19-15.
Li Yingying scored with difficulty, the U.S. team hit a series of violations, Gong Xiangyu counterattacked, the Chinese team chased 3 points in a row, and Kirari quickly asked for a timeout. After the pause, Wang Mengjie continued to defend, and Li Yingying attacked to score, 19-19. Catino hit out of bounds, Wang Yuanyuan blocked the net and scored, and the U.S. team scored 2 points in a row. In the key point, the U.S. team still won the game point 24-22, Larsson made the final decision, and the U.S. team took the lead 25-23.