On the evening of July 14th, Beijing time, the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Women's Volleyball League continued. Facing the Italian team with all the main players, the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team lost the game 1 to 3 and missed the semi-finals of the event. The scores in the four rounds were 22-25, 19-25, 26-24 and 22-25 respectively.
The Chinese women's volleyball team and the Italian team had played against each other in previous tournaments. At that time, the Chinese team won 3-1 against opponents who were not all the main players. But after the start of the finals, the Italian team recalled many main players including top star Egnu , and this became the main reason for the failure of the Chinese women's volleyball team. In the whole game, Egnu scored a terrifying 36 points. She was undoubtedly the number one contributor to the Italian team's victory.
After the first game started, the Chinese team entered the state relatively quickly, while the Italian team seemed to make more mistakes. The former entered the technical timeout with a 12-8 lead. After the timeout, the Chinese team continuously used fast balls and blocks to score, widening the score gap to 15-9. Then the Italian team chased for 7 points in Egonu's serving round, leading the score to 18-17, and the two sides returned to the same starting line again. In the following game, the two sides formed a stalemate. After 22-22, the Chinese team's mistakes suddenly increased and they lost the first game 22-25.
In the second game, the two teams fought fiercely from the beginning, with the score going from 2-2 to 6-6, 7-7. After entering Egonu's serving round, the Italian team scored two points in a row. Fortunately, the Chinese women's volleyball team adjusted quickly and used its tenacious defense to tie the score at 10-10 again. The Italian team then continued to score consecutive points relying on Egonu's strong attacks and lucky balls. During the technical timeout, the Chinese women's volleyball team coach Cai Bin asked the players to boost their morale and get over the impact of the defeat in the previous game. Unfortunately, this adjustment did not have much effect. After the game restarted, the Italian team still maintained about two points. leading advantage. After entering Egonu's serving round again, the Italian team once again scored 3 points in a row to expand the lead to 21-15. The Italian team, which held a huge advantage, played more smoothly and won the second game 25-19.
In the third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team fought against and quickly took the lead 3-0. Then the Italian team stabilized its position. Although Egonu had a strong attack and scored consecutively, the Chinese women's volleyball team relied on a combination of more tenacious defense and online play to gradually expand the lead to 20-13. Under heavy pressure, the Italian team did not give up at all, relying on successful defense and Egonu's strong attack to chase the score gap to 20-22. Then Gong Xiangyu 's spike helped the Chinese women's volleyball team stabilize its morale. The team also got the game point at 24-21. Unfortunately, the Italian team once again used the Internet to attack and block to score, chasing the score to 24-24. At the critical moment, Gong Xiangyu and Li Yingying used spikes from positions 2 and 4 to score consecutive points, helping the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the game 26-24.
In the fourth game, the Chinese team still played very actively and took a 5-2 lead at the beginning. After being in trouble, the Italian team once again resorted to Egonu's strong attack, and the latter also failed to live up to expectations and scored consecutively. Under her leadership, the Italian team adjusted its state and chased the score to 10-10. After that, the Chinese women's volleyball team and its opponents had their own highlights on the court, with the score ranging from 17-17, 19-19 to 20-20. Afterwards, there were problems with the first pass and blocking of the Chinese women's volleyball team. The Italian team got the match point 24-21 and won the entire game 25-22. (Picture/Official website of the event)
Author: Chen Haixiang
Editor: Gu Miao
