On June 2, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League Macao ushered in the final battle: the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Italian women's volleyball team competed against each other.
The Italian women's volleyball team is ranked 5th in the world, the Chinese women's volleyball team is ranked 6th, and the Japanese women's volleyball team is ranked 7th. If the Chinese team can't win a game, it will be deducted 9.3 points, and the points will be overtaken by the Japanese team at that time.
Zhu Ting did not start in this game, the main attack was Li Yingying's partner Wu Mengjie, the Chinese team lost to the opponent in attack and blocking, and even made more mistakes than the opponent, and finally lost 0-3, and the world ranking was also surpassed by the Japanese women's volleyball team, falling to 7th.
Contest Details:
In the first game, the Chinese team had a bad start and fell behind by 5 points. After the timeout, the offense and blocking gradually stabilized, and the score continued to close to 13-14. In the middle of the game, the Chinese team counterattacked in place, scored 5 points in a row, and overtook the score 18-16. After that, the Chinese team maintained the first advantage, but at the end of the game, it still failed to withstand the impact of the opponent, and the pass was unstable, resulting in losing 3 points in a row, and finally lost the first game 23-25.
The Chinese team won 1 point on offense 17-16, but lost 2 points on serve, the key is that they still have more mistakes than their opponents, and they must control it again. Zhu Ting failed to get the chance to start, and only served a ball at the end of the game when she was substituted.
In the second game, the Chinese team kept biting the score and finally narrowed the difference to two points, but it still failed to withstand a pass. Egnu scored two points at the end of the game, and the Italian team won another game 25-19 to take a 2-0 lead.
In the third game, the Italian team maintained the lead, and the lead in the game was extended to 7 points. The Chinese team replaced Diao Linyu and Gong Xiangyu with Zhu Ting and Zheng Yixin, and also replaced Wu Mengjie with Zhang Changning. But the score is getting bigger and bigger, but Zhu Ting can't be seen, and the Chinese team lost 16-25 in the end.
I seriously suspect that the coach is competing with the fans, and the more you shout at Zhu Ting, the more I will press her on the bench, in other words: you all shut up!
Even if Zhu Ting is playing in Serie A, the opposing coach and players may know her better, but where is Zhu Ting's overall strength, at least she should be allowed to start, if she is restricted by the opponent, it is not too late to replace, but she doesn't try, and it is really unreasonable to announce that Zhu Ting is not qualified.
Zhu Ting was also very tormented standing on the sidelines, and wanted to contribute, but there was nowhere to use her strength. If you don't come back, it's just that, and now it's really a dilemma. It may be that Zhu Ting's statement announcing her return said the wrong thing: The only purpose of my return to the team this time is to contribute to the qualification of the Chinese women's volleyball team for the Paris Olympics. Do you want to "steal" the "credit" of the Chinese women's volleyball team for advancing to the Paris Olympics? There are no doors, this credit must belong to the team trained by the coach, you better stay on the bench honestly!
Starting line-up for the game
Chinese women's volleyball team: main attack Li Yingying, Wu Mengjie, secondary attack Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Gong Xiangyu, second setter Diao Linyu, free man Wang Mengjie.
Italian women's volleyball team: the main attack Serra, Posetti Jr., the secondary attack Danesi, Lubian, the answer to Egnu, the second setter Oro, and the libero De Genaro.