Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Su Qing’s injury to the libero Wang Mengjie has affected the performance of the Chinese women’s volleyball team to a certain extent. On October 1, in the last round of Group D of the 2022 Women's Volleyball World Championships held i

text/Yangcheng Evening News All Media Reporter Su Qing

libero Wang Mengjie's injury to has affected the performance of Chinese women's volleyball to a certain extent. On October 1, in the last round of Group D of the 2022 women's volleyball team in the Netherlands, the Chinese women's volleyball team, which had won four consecutive games without losing one game, lost 1-3 to Brazilian women's volleyball team, but it did not affect the team's advance to the top 16.

After the closed training camp in Beilun, Ningbo, the Chinese women's volleyball team has been transformed at the 2022 Women's Volleyball World Championships. The group stage has successively encountered Argentina , Colombia, Japan and the Czech teams, all of which won 3-0. On the evening of the 1st, facing the last opponent in the group and the second-ranked Brazilian team in the world, the Chinese team's lineup made a small adjustment. The libero Wang Weiyi replaced Wang Mengjie with an injured hand, and the rest of the positions remained unchanged. Wang Mengjie returned to her peak in this World Championships, and she performed well in defense and first pass.

Yuan Xinyue (second from left) scored 14 points in this game

Brazil lost to the Japanese team 1-3 in the fourth round, but the deputy attacker Carol who was absent due to injury last round made a comeback, and Carol both had excellent offense and defense. In addition, the Brazilian team used a surprise attack in this game - the "post-00s" young player Tenera who can play both in the contact and main attack position, with outstanding performances in both strong attack and serve.

The Chinese team played well in the first game, and the tactical system was richer when the first pass was stable. There were Li Yingying's fourth position and the back three attacks, as well as Wang Yunhua's short ball in 's small main attack position. Wang Yuanyuan's third position fastball and Yuan Xinyue's back flight both played a very good role. The Chinese team won the first goal 25-23.

The impact of Wang Mengjie's absence began to appear at the end of the first game. The Chinese team fluctuated in the first pass, and the second game was even more disrupted by Tenerra's strong serve. Both the strong attack on Tenera and Carol's back-flying defense were not in place, and the attack was also affected.

When the strong attack on both wings was blocked, head coach Cai Bin replaced the second set Ding Xia , deputy attack Yang Hanyu , main attack Jin Ye , etc. tried to change the offensive rhythm, but still could not stabilize the situation. The Chinese team equalized the big score by the Brazilian team 17-25. Tenara scored 13 points in the first two games, and the deputy attacker Caroline and main attacker plus both scored 9 points. Only Li Yingying and Yuan Xinyue scored more points in the Chinese team, 10 points and 9 points respectively.

Brazil continued to use its serve to hit the Chinese team's first pass in the third game. The Chinese team played very patiently on the back and forth balls, and Li Yingying scored several dunks. Unfortunately, in order to block and defend against attackers such as Tainara, the Chinese team still failed to find a good countermeasure. The two sides fought to the end of the game. The Chinese team did not grasp the key points well and lost another game 22-25.

In the fourth game, the Chinese team scored a blocking score that surpassed Brazil's team for the first time, but the Chinese team still did not do well in serving and impact. Brazil's first offensive success rate is still high, and the Chinese team has been behind in the score and eventually lost 22-25.

Tenara and Li Yingying both scored 22 points in this game, but Brazil's three other attackers scored in double digits, while the Chinese team only Yuan Xinyue scored 14 points, which could barely be used as a breakthrough point and become the winner of the game. After the group stage of

D, China, Brazilian , Japan and Argentina will advance as the top four. They will form Group E with the top four Italian, Netherlands, Belgium and Puerto Rico in Group A to compete for the top four in Group E to advance to the quarterfinals of the third stage. China, Brazil, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium all have the chance to advance to the semi-finals of Group E. (For more news, please follow Yangchengpai pai.ycwb.com)

source | Yangcheng Evening News·Yangchengpai

picture | Xinhua News Agency

editor | Chai Zhi