On October 13, 2022, Beijing time, the first semi-final competition for the Women's Volleyball Team World Championships ended, and Serbia eliminated the United States 23-1 and advanced to the finals first. Subsequently, the personal technology list was updated, and the Chinese team's Li Yingying , Wang Mengjie , and Diao Linyu ranked among the top ten on the list. Among them, Diao Linyu ranked second in the second setlist, which shows that she performed well, but fans mixed praises and criticized her. After losing to Italy, many fans even miss Diao Linyu's former competitor Yao Di .
Chinese women's volleyball team has ended its World Championships and finally achieved 7 wins and 3 losses, ranking 6th. In the absence of core players such as Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning , this result is in expectations, and Cai Bin and his disciples have achieved the basic goal. The three games lost were Brazil 1-3 in the group stage, Italy 0-3 in the rematch, and Italy 1-3 in the quarter-finals. These three losses show that the Chinese women's volleyball team is still far from being better than the first-class team.
Of course, we should also affirm the progress of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Compared with the World Women's Volleyball League, this Chinese women's volleyball team is indeed better. Wang Yunzhang is the most typical example. Through hard training, Wang Yunzhang has made up for his shortcomings to a certain extent. In addition, Li Yingying is becoming more and more comprehensive, and Cai Bin believes that she can become a world-class star like Egnu .
Personal data is a vivid reflection of the player's performance. On the technical list, Li Yingying, Wang Mengjie and Diao Linyu ranked among the top ten. Why is Li Yingying comprehensive? Because she ranked among the top ten in the scoring list, spiking list, serving list, and first pass list, and ranked first in the first pass. Li Yingying has to stand up and score at critical moments, and also undertakes heavy first pass and defensive tasks. It is really great to have such a performance.
As for Wang Mengjie, she ranked among the top ten in the defensive list and the first pass list. Her defensive ability has been greatly improved. Faced with Italy's heavy drops, Wang Mengjie took the ball many times, and in just one year, Wang Mengjie completely transformed. The 28-year-old Diao Linyu is probably the most controversial. Under Cai Bin, she has become the absolute main force. In most games, Diao Linyu performed well, which is the main reason why she ranks second in the setter list.
However, Diao Linyu performed averagely when facing a strong team. Take the quarter-final against Italy for example. Diao Linyu performed poorly in the first game, and Cai Bin showed no mercy, directly saying that the pace of the first game was poor, and then replaced Diao Linyu with Ding Xia in the second game. After Ding Xia appeared, the Chinese women's volleyball team became more organized on the offensive end. After the game, many fans mentioned Yao Di. Under Lang Ping , Ding Xia is the main setter. Diao Linyu competed with Yao Di for the substitute position many times, but Yao Di always laughed to the end. Yao Di has played against Italy many times, and he can always perform at a particularly high level every time he faces Italy. For example, the Chinese women's volleyball team once reversed Italy, and the setter at that time was Yao Di.
Because of this, fans miss Yao Di very much. If Yao Di is present, maybe there will be a different result against Italy? No matter what, the game is over, and the Chinese women's volleyball team should look forward. Cai Bin admitted that the Chinese women's volleyball team still has shortcomings in the technical level, which is the direction that should be worked on next. If Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yao Di and others return to the national team, the strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team will be further improved and they will have stronger competitiveness!
