In the early morning of May 19, Beijing time, the Brazilian station of the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League continued, and the Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in its fourth opponent, the Serbian women's volleyball team.
In the qualifiers for the Paris Olympics last year, the Chinese team defeated the Serbian team, which had already secured an Olympic quota.
The Serbian team has always focused on training newcomers in the World League, and even failed to reach the quarterfinals last year due to poor results in the group stage. In the first week of this year's World League, there are also many main players, including Boskovic, who have not returned to the team for the time being.
In this game, the Chinese team was still slow to heat, and the pass was unstable after the opening, and it gradually regained its form after losing one game first, winning three games in a row, winning 3-1, scoring 8.42 points, surpassing Serbia in points, and returning to sixth in the world ranking. Since then, the Chinese women's volleyball team has all ended its matches in Brazil and ended with 3 wins and 1 loss.
Contest Details:
In the first game, the Chinese team passed unsteadily, and passed directly over the net many times, and the Cypriot team seized the opportunity and made a 4-0 start. The Chinese team did not score the first point until they blocked the net. The main attack should take a pass first, and then find a way to attack, without a pass as a foundation, nothing else can be talked about.
The Chinese team finally chased 9-10, but Wang Yunrui had difficulty playing the ball in the fourth position, lost 3 points in a row, and the score was pulled away again. After that, although the score was once chased to 19 draws, it lacked stamina and finally lost the first game 21-25.
The Chinese team lagged behind its opponents in serving, passing, attacking, and blocking. Without a pass guarantee, it is difficult to get off the net with one attack, and the opponent blocks the net with high efficiency and fast counterattack speed, and the Chinese team can't keep up with the net. The score is behind, the serve is not threatening enough, it is difficult to chase points, and it is a vicious circle.
In the second game, Gong Xiangyu's offense in the No. 2 position improved, sharing some of the pressure on other attackers. The Chinese team got off to a good start with a 6-2 victory.
After 10-6, the Cypriot team wanted to chase the score, but fortunately withstood it. Wang Yunrui's offense + serve helped the team stabilize the situation, and the Chinese team maintained the lead 19-14.
The Cypriot team's first pass was not as stable as in the first game, and the success rate of the first attack decreased. The Chinese team served 4-0, and the offense blossomed more, and finally won 25-15 to win back a city.
In the third game, the Cypriot team fought fiercely with a pass and attack, but made more mistakes. In turn, the Chinese team did a better job of serving and defending counterattacks, and Wang Yuanyuan led by 6 points at 14-8 on her serve in the game.
But then the Cypriot team scored consecutive blocks, quickly closing the score to 15-14, making the game suspenseful. Yuan Xinyue's attack + serve score helped the team take a 3-point lead again. After that, the Chinese team did not give the opponent a chance to fight back, and finally won 25-18.
The Chinese team won this game mainly in attack and its own few mistakes. The players of the Serbian team are young and volatile, which gives the Chinese team a chance to counterattack.
In the fourth game, the Chinese team gradually got better, and the first half of the game was very smooth, taking a 17-10 lead. After that, although the opponent tried hard to chase the points, they were all within the controllable range, and finally sealed the victory 25-18.
In the case that the main and secondary offenses were blocked, Gong Xiangyu was able to stand up in time and revitalize the whole team with points. In the past, everyone thought that Wang Yuanyuan's serve was a weakness, but who would have thought that Serbian players would not be able to eat this set, and Wang Yuanyuan's 3 service scores were the highest in the team.
Match stats
The Chinese women's volleyball team attacked 59-50, blocked the net 12-12, served 7-3, and the opponent made mistakes to send points 19-11.
In terms of individual scores
Chinese women's volleyball team: Wang Yuanyuan scored 19 points, 13 deductions, 3 blocks and 3 shots.
Li Yingying scored 19 points, 17 deductions and 2 blocks.
Gong Xiangyu scored 18 points, 14 deductions, 2 blocks and 2 shots.
Wang Yunrui scored 9 points, 7 deductions, 1 block and 1 shot.
Yuan Xinyue scored 8 points, 7 deductions and 1 block.
Diao Linyu 4 points, Zheng Yixin 1 point.
Serbia's Bujerica scored a game-high 25 points, but her other teammates were not very good, and only Milenkovic scored a double-double to score 10 points. The tactics of the Serbian team have not changed, and they have always responded to the "one-point attack", but this game was replaced by Boskovic and Bujerica.
Starting line-up for the game
Chinese women's volleyball team
Main attack: Li Yingying, Wang Yunrui
Secondary attack: Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan
Answer: Gong Xiangyu
Second setter: Diao Linyu
Free man: Wang Mengjie
Serbian women's volleyball team
Main attack: Lozo, Milenkovic
Subs: Osmajic, Kurtajic
Pick-up: Bujerica
Setter: Mirkovic
Free man: S. Popovich
In another strong matchup at the same time, the Italian women's volleyball team also reversed the world's No. 1 Turkish women's volleyball team 3-1, and the Italian team surpassed the United States and Serbia in points to fourth place.