The Paper reporter Pu Yaolei defeated the Korean women's volleyball team 3-1 in the final match and ended the World Women's Volleyball League sub-station match with a victory, but the performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team seemed to be difficult to satisfy the fans. T

The Paper reporter Pu Yaolei

Although Korean women's volleyball team defeated Korean women's volleyball 3-1 in the final battle and ended the World Women's Volleyball League sub-stage match with victory, Chinese women's volleyball 's performance seemed difficult to satisfy the fans.

The Chinese women's volleyball team advanced to the finals in fourth place.

In the absence of Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning , although the Chinese team had the surprise of defeating Turkey and Italy, it also had many regrets of losing to Thailand and Japan. The overall performance still needs to be adjusted.

In the new cycle, due to time compression and changes to the Olympic qualifying system, the Chinese women's volleyball team is under a lot of pressure, which places higher demands on the wisdom of the coaching team.

The young people of the Chinese women's volleyball team still need to be tested.

Advances to the finals, both good and bad

Before setting off to participate in the World Women's Volleyball League, Chinese women's volleyball coach Cai Bin put forward the team's goal for this tournament - to enter the top eight and qualify for the finals. The

team finally achieved this goal and successfully qualified for the finals in fourth place. However, there were some stumblings in the process.

During the entire tournament, the Chinese women's volleyball team was undoubtedly the strongest at the start. The team defeated the Netherlands, Turkey, and Italy, winning the first three consecutive games, which also laid the foundation for subsequent games.

The Chinese women's volleyball team needs to improve blocking efficiency.

But after that, the team experienced ups and downs. First, it lost an upset 2-3 to Thailand, and then lost to three strong teams: the United States, Japan, and Brazil , 0-3, 1-3, and 2-3. Good. The Chinese women's volleyball team maintained a stable performance against other weak teams, successfully scored points, and finally successfully entered the quarterfinals.

uses the word "mixed with joy" to describe the performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team so far. It can be said that it is appropriate - there is the surprise of winning consecutive victories against powerful enemies, the tenacity of fighting Brazil in five games, and the helplessness of completely defeating the United States and Japan.

Especially against the three Asian opponents of Thailand, Japan and South Korea, the Chinese team did not perform convincingly. In the only game

defeated the South Korean team, the team also suffered a strong impact from the opponent, which also exposed the team's lack of offensive and defensive stability and diversity.

Coach Cai Bin said in an interview with CCTV that the proficiency of the starting lineup needs to be better.

"We have a relatively fixed starting lineup, and the cooperation between them must also have a certain level of proficiency. I hope we can seize the time and improve the cooperation between each other, including the use of techniques and tactics, as soon as possible."

The competition in the finals is fierce, you need to put down the pressure

After the competition in the sub-station stages, and entering the finals stage, the competitive pressure faced by the Chinese women's volleyball team will only become greater. Although

ranks fourth in the standings, according to the rules of this World League, the host Turkey will compete in the quarter-finals as the first place. Therefore, the fourth-ranked Chinese Women's Volleyball Team will be postponed one place in the finals. In the first knockout match, they will face the powerful Italian women's volleyball team .

In the sub-station stage, the Chinese women's volleyball team once defeated the Italian women's volleyball team 3-1 in the third round. However, at that time, due to the absence of main players such as Egnu , the overall strength of the Italian women's volleyball team was not at its best.

Entering the more critical finals stage, the Italian women's volleyball team is bound to increase its intensity.

The Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Italy 3-1 in the first stage.

is currently ranked third and fourth in the world, with the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Italian women's volleyball team ranking third and fourth respectively. Both sides have opportunities in this powerful dialogue. Whether the pressure can be relieved will be the key to whether the Chinese women's volleyball team can perform at its best.

In the 2019 World Women's Volleyball League finals, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the main Italian team 3-1 with the second team. At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team, which was eliminated from the group early, found its touch against Italy after the pressure was gone and won 3-0.

The Chinese women's volleyball team, which has not yet fielded the strongest lineup, does not need to bear too much pressure on performance, it just needs to give it a try.

Gong Xiangyu’s words also represent the voices of the girls - “I am very happy to reach the finals. Our team is very confident and energetic. We hope to achieve good results in the finals.”

Coach Cai Bin was on the sidelines Coach team members.

The new cycle is more difficult, testing the coaching team

As the first international event of the Chinese Women's Volleyball League in the new Olympic cycle, the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team in this World Women's Volleyball League has basically completed its task. After all, in previous years, this event was more often used by the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team As a training battle.

With Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning injured and the team's overall lineup undergoing a change, the outside world is paying more attention to Jin Ye , Wang Yunxi , Diao Linyu , Ni Feifan , Wang Weiyi , etc. The performance of the new players in the national team.

But at least judging from the current game performance, these new players still need more improvement and training. The team's first pass and blocking cooperation also need more polishing after the lineup change.

In fact, during the Paris Olympics cycle, the Chinese women's volleyball team faced a lot of pressure. The reduction in preparation time caused by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics was one aspect; in addition, the team's biggest goal at the moment - to qualify for the Paris Olympics, also gave people in need of a change. The Chinese women's volleyball team has brought pressure.

Fans in Bulgaria formed "China Red" to cheer for the women's volleyball team.

According to the new rules, 6 of the 12 Paris Olympic teams will be selected through the Olympic qualifying tournament. The top 24 teams in the world will get qualifying spots and be divided into 3 groups of 8 teams each. The top 24 teams in each group will compete. Two qualified. Teams that do not advance through the qualifying rounds will be allocated remaining spots based on world rankings.

Due to the impact of the epidemic, it may be difficult for the Chinese women's volleyball team to become the host of the qualifying tournament and the top seed in their group like before the Tokyo Olympics. This also means an increase in difficulty to a certain extent.

In a more stressful time and under the influence of the epidemic that has not yet completely subsided, how to build a mature new lineup and how to balance training for international events with maintaining world rankings and striving for Olympic qualifications will be severe challenges for the new coaching team. test.

Source: The Paper