text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Chai Zhi
On the evening of September 28, the 2022 Women's Volleyball World Championships held its sixth match day in the Netherlands. The Chinese team swept the old rival Japanese team 3-0 in the Group D match. While successfully revenge for the Women's Volleyball Asian Cup, it also won three consecutive victories in the group stage. It is currently ranked first in the group and will face its fourth opponent in the group stage on September 30.
Chinese and Japanese teams are both familiar and unfamiliar. They are the only two teams in Asia that have the titles of Olympic and World Championships. They have previously faced each other 14 times in the finals of the Asian Games, Asian Championships and Asian Cup, and the Chinese team finally laughed to the end of 10 times. However, after entering the Paris Olympic cycle, the two teams changed coaches and the players also changed their blood. Masayoshi Shinko, who once led the Japanese team to win the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, re-taken the coach's seal.
At the World Women's Volleyball League in Quezon, Philippines in June, the two teams held their first confrontation after the new Olympic cycle. At that time, the Chinese team won the first game, but was reversed 3-1 by their opponents. In the Asian Cup final of the Women's Volleyball Team in August 2019, the Chinese team, mainly young players, lost to the Japanese team 1-3. This confrontation is the third time this year.
In the group stage of the Women's Volleyball World Championships, the Chinese team beat Argentina and Colombia in a row, while the Japanese team beat Colombia and Czech in a row. Both teams did not face the test in the first two games. This competition is the critical moment to see the truth.
Facing the old opponent, the Chinese team sent the strongest team. Li Yingying and Wang Yunzhang, who became the scoring champion of the team with 18 points in the last round, served as the main attacker, Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan served as the deputy attacker, Gong Xiangyu, who recovered from an ankle injury, started continuously as the supporter, Diao Linyu and Wang Mengjie served as the second setter and the free agent.
in the first game, the two teams led alternately, the Chinese team's passing rhythm maintained very well, the Japanese team's attack speed was fast at the second position, and the two sides fought until the end of the game, and there were 8 equal divisions. After wasting three innings, the Chinese team took the lead with Wang Yunzhan's counterattack and key blocking score in the fourth position, 28-26.
In the second game, the Chinese team became more and more brave, and the rhythm of blocking and defense and offense was kept very smooth. Li Yingying's back-row offense was very refreshing, and she led 8-4 at the beginning. The Japanese team's offense was stagnant, and the main players and substitute second-hand passes were repeatedly inadequate, resulting in the offensive rhythm being completely disrupted. Many of the offensive moves were "undefeated" in the Chinese team defended the back row, presenting a one-sided situation, and the Chinese team won another game 25-17.
in the third game, the Japanese team's offense accelerated completely, tactical to play the fast ball of the secondary attack, and strengthened the lob offense on both sides, leading 23-20 at the end of the game. At the critical moment, the Chinese coach Cai Bin called a timeout in time. The girls adjusted their mentality and chased 4 points in a row, turning around the passive situation on the field, and finally locked in the victory 29-27. (For more news, please follow Yangchengpai pai.ycwb.com)
source | Yangcheng Evening News·Yangchengpai
picture | Xinhua News Agency
editor | Zhong Wenyi
