Every scene is a life and death battle, girls fall and get up again! Chinese women's volleyball team continues to challenge for Olympic qualification
On the evening of September 22nd Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball team will compete against the Dutch women's volleyball team in Group A of the Paris Olympics women's volleyball qualifying tournament. On September 20th, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered a five game defeat to the Canadian women's volleyball team. After the game, head coach Cai Bin stated that the reason for winning the decisive game first and then losing was due to a bit of confusion in mentality. After the loss, the goal of the Chinese team to qualify for the Olympics remained unchanged.
At present, in the points table of Group A, Serbia, which has won four consecutive games, leads the way, while China, the Netherlands, and the Dominican Republic both have 3 wins and 1 loss. In the first round, Canada, which unexpectedly defeated the Netherlands, has raised the total score to 2 wins and 2 losses. The Czech Republic has 1 win and 3 losses, while Ukraine and Mexico have all lost.
According to the rules, the top two teams in the group will directly advance to the Paris Olympics, and the world champion Serbia is highly likely to book one entry ticket. After the Chinese team competes against the Dutch team, they will also face the Dominican and Serbian teams respectively. This also means that every game is crucial to the ranking of points, especially in the two matches against the Netherlands and Dominica, the Chinese team must win and strive to take the initiative in their own hands.
Cai Bin stated in his inventory of matches against the Canadian team that the Chinese team is not doing well enough in blocking, which is something that needs to be improved in future matches against the Netherlands, Dominican Republic, and Serbia.
In the third game, with a passive situation on the field, the rookie lead attacker Wu Mengjie was substituted. Her powerful fourth position dunk had some power, but her defense was relatively her weakness. Cai Bin believes that Wu Mengjie's overall performance is good. "After all, she is still young, and this is also the opportunity for her to exercise. She has a certain threat in blocking and attacking, but there is still much room for improvement."
Cai Bin stated that the Chinese team will make targeted preparations based on the characteristics of the remaining opponents, while striving to improve their performance in blocking and defense.
In this year's World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese team defeated the Dutch team 3-1. Although he won the game, he was also a bit overwhelmed by the opponent's impact at one point. The Dutch women's volleyball team, as a top European team, shone brightly in the Rio Olympic cycle. At that time, they defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team and advanced to the quarterfinals at the Olympics. Until the 2018 World Championships, the Dutch women's volleyball team maintained good competitiveness, but consecutive missed medals also left some core players disheartened, and some players chose to retire. From last year's performance in the World Women's Volleyball League and World Championships, it can be seen that the Dutch women's volleyball team has become a second rate team, and the team is currently in a period of transition from old to new.
The Dominican women's volleyball team has risen strongly in recent years and has replaced the Cuban women's volleyball team as the absolute hegemon in Central and North America. The Dominican women's volleyball team has outstanding physical fitness and strong competitiveness, with stars such as B. Martinez and Gonzalez in the team. This year in the World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 2-3 to the Dominican women's volleyball team. At that time, Gonzalez Hao scored 35 points and became the top scorer of the game. The Chinese women's volleyball team failed to win the game despite the opponent's mistake of giving 17 extra points, exposing their weaknesses in blocking and defense.
The Serbian team has strong strength. In this year's World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese team had almost no resistance against the strong attack of the Serbian team, let alone showing their own characteristics. Boskovic, the world's number one successor, has elevated the Serbian women's volleyball team to several levels on his own, which is the role of a core player. In the absence of Zhu Ting, there has not been a player who can replace her in the Chinese women's volleyball team. Although the main attacker Li Yingying is very talented, she still cannot become a role in driving and leading the entire team in terms of spirit.
There is no 100% chance of winning the game, but the girls in the Chinese women's volleyball team need to invest 100% focus, believe in the strength of the team, and strive together.
