Late at night on October 11, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the 2022 Women's Volleyball World Championships officially kicked off. , the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team, who advanced as the fourth place in Group E in the second stage, met the Italian team again. Facing an opponent whose overall strength is significantly higher than that of its own, the Chinese team tried their best, but still lost with a score of 1-3. The scores in the four games were 16 to 25, 22 to 25, 25 to 13 and 17 to 25. After the
game started, the Italian team quickly suppressed the Chinese women's volleyball team in both offense and blocking, and the Chinese team fell behind 1-6 at the beginning. After the timeout and substitution adjustment, the Chinese team's performance has not improved much, while the Italian team has a rich offensive routine, especially the strong attack of Egnu is difficult to defend, and the Italian team quickly expanded its lead 14-7. In the following game, Gong Xiangyu 's offense in the second position gained certain results. At the same time, the team's blocking also began to exert its power, and the Chinese team gradually pulled the score closer to 14-18. In the final stage of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team's active mistakes began to increase, and they finally lost the first game 16-25.
After the second game started, the Chinese women's volleyball team's blocking began to show its power, and the start was 4-3. As the game progressed, the Italian team's strong online strength once again dominated the game, and soon, relying on its strong attack and blocking consecutive scores, gradually widening its lead to 13-9. Faced with great pressure, the Chinese women's volleyball team members refused to give up. With the spikes from Li Yingying, Gong Xiangyu and Wang Yunhua, stubbornly tied the score to 15-15. In the next game, the Italian team scored four points in a row and led again 19-15, while the Chinese women's volleyball team continued to fight tenaciously and chased the score to 21-22 again. At the critical moment, super star Egnu once again scored consecutively with his super strength, helping the Italian team win another goal 25-22.
The Chinese women's volleyball team fought fiercely as soon as they came up in the third game, using blocking, probe and Wang Yunzhan's net serve to score 6-2. Faced with the tenacious Chinese women's volleyball team, the Italian team had to make adjustments through timeouts, but they did not achieve too obvious results, and made consecutive serve mistakes. The Chinese women's volleyball team relied on Li Yingying's strong attack to help the team expand their lead 14-8, forcing the Italian team to pause the adjustment again. The opponent's adjustment still has no obvious effect, and the players' mentality has also encountered some problems. The Chinese women's volleyball team quickly led by a sharp 20-10. With Li Yingying's direct serve and Italian team's spike out of bounds, the Chinese women's volleyball team won a game 25-13.
After the fourth game started, both teams showed strong fighting spirit and had to compete for each goal, and the game was tied 7-7 at the beginning. The Italian team, which had a stable mindset, then once again showed strong online strength, using continuous scoring and blocking to gain a 13-9 lead. At this time, the first pass of the Chinese women's volleyball team showed up and down, and the team's offensive operation had some problems. In contrast, Egnu in the opponent's team became more and more courageous, and he repeatedly deducted points to help the Italian team widen the score gap to 20-13. In the final game, although the Chinese women's volleyball team gave their all, their opponents performed well, and in the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost the game 17-25. Although
finally stopped at the quarterfinals of the World Championships, it is not easy for the Chinese women's volleyball team, which lacks the absolute main players Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning , it is not easy to achieve such a result. At the same time, as the first important event the team participated in during the Paris Olympic cycle, Cai Bin also further improved the team's framework through the World Championships. More importantly, including Wang Yunhuang and Wang Yuanyuan , many players who have never participated in the World Championships have been honed through this competition and have shown improvements in their abilities. Their future is worth looking forward to. (Picture/International Voyagers Official Website)
Author: Chen Haixiang
Editor: Gu Miao
