In the Men's Volleyball Test Match of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese men's volleyball team lost 1-3 to the Japanese team. Facing the Japanese team, the Chinese team suffered two consecutive defeats. It is worth mentioning that before, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Japanese women's volleyball team for 2 consecutive games, but in terms of the men's volleyball team, objectively speaking, the strength of the Chinese team is still inferior to the Japanese men's volleyball team. In this battle, Li Ying, the former national player of the women's volleyball team, pointed out 4 major defeats.
In fact, the two teams have played a game before, the Chinese men's volleyball team once led 1-0, 2-1, but finally suffered a big reversal, the new coach Wu Sheng coaching debut suffered a black opening, 2-3 loss.
In the first set, the Chinese team came up to be 1-5 behind, and the whole team seemed to be out of shape. Subsequently, the Chinese team found some feelings, but Kenta Takanashi served directly to score, and the Japanese team led 10-7. Peng Shikun scored quickly in the No. 3 position, 13-13, and the two sides drew. After that, Japan scored four consecutive points to make it 17-13. On the field, the Cooperation of the Japanese team is still even better. In the end, 25-20, the Japanese team won the first set.
In the second set, Japan led 6-3. Takahashi Blue Counter-attacked in the 4th position, and the Chinese team scored in a three-man net, trailing 4-6. Nishida Yushi won the second half of the second round, and Japan took a 9-6 lead. Nishida Yushi counter-attacked the slash in the 2nd position to score 15-9, and Japan was far ahead. Since then, the Chinese team has scored directly by serving the ball, scoring 2 points in a row, but the Japanese team has two passes in place. Li Ying said bluntly, "Our rhythm can't keep up with each other. In the end, the Chinese team made a mistake in the serve, 20-25, and the Chinese team lost another set.
In the third set, the Chinese team once led 8-3. In this round, the Chinese team went smoothly and pulled back a city 25-21.
In the fourth set, the two sides were fiercely contested, and at one point they fought 11-11. After 18-18, the Japanese team successfully blocked the net, and then served to score, leading 20-18. In the end, the Japanese team did not give the Chinese team a chance, 25-20, and finally won 3-1.
In this game, Li Ying, a former Chinese women's volleyball player, summed up the 4 major reasons for the defeat. First, the gap between the main force and the substitute of the Chinese men's volleyball team is very large; second, the Chinese team is not excited enough in this game; third, although the Chinese team has a height advantage, the rhythm is indeed unable to keep up with the Japanese team; fourth, the Chinese team is not as defensive as the Japanese team.