On the morning of July 27th, Beijing time, experiencing the first loss of the
Chinese women's volleyball team
The second match of the group stage of the Tokyo Olympics is set to challenge the world's top-ranked American powerhouse. Capt.
Zhu Ting (1978-), Chinese tennis star
With injuries to adhere to, contribute 18 points of the team's most, but the key points of contention is unfavorable, after three sets of fighting, the Chinese women's volleyball team is still 0-3 against the United States, suffered two consecutive defeats in the group stage, the score of the three sets were 27-29, 22-25 and 21-25.
After losing to the United States, the Chinese women's volleyball team is tied with Argentina for the bottom two spots in Group B, while the all-winning United States and Italy are at the top of the list, followed by Turkey and the Russian Olympic team. The top four in the group will advance to the knockout rounds. Given Argentina's weaker team, the advancement places are likely to be generated among the five teams of the United States, Italy, Turkey, Russia and China. In the next three group matches, the Chinese women's volleyball team will face Russia, Italy and Argentina in turn, and will need to win at least two of the matches in order to keep their hopes of advancing. The current record and team strength show that eliminating Russia is the most pragmatic strategy for the Chinese women's volleyball team at this stage, and the July 29th battle with Russia is especially crucial.
Despite the decline of the formerly glorious Russian volleyball into the Tokyo Olympics cycle, with veteran Kosheleva and best first-passer Parubetz not competing, the young attacker Fedorovtseva has been amazing in the World Women's Volleyball League. At only 17 years old, she not only has excellent bouncing and high point of attack, but Coach Lang Ping also praised her. At this year's Olympics, Fedorovtseva's performance was also not bad, leading the Russian Olympic team to a 3-0 sweep of Argentina in the July 27th match to get a win.
If the Chinese women's volleyball team can beat Russia on the basis of a light win over Argentina in the final game, the number of victories will reach two, and there is still hope of advancing to the knockout rounds. However, if the U.S. or Turkey unexpectedly lose to Russia or give away points by default, the Russian Olympic team may also get two wins, and the points will then be compared. According to volleyball rules, a team that wins 3-1 or 3-0 accumulates three points, while a team that wins 3-2 accumulates two points and the losing side gets one point. This requires the Chinese women's volleyball team to not only strive for victory but also score as many points as possible in subsequent matches.
At this point, the surest way for the Chinese women's volleyball team to advance is to win all three of their next matches. This requires them to beat not only Russia, but also Italy, which has a strong setter in Egnu. In the first two matches, the Italian team first beat Russia 3-0, and then beat Turkey 3-1, the strength and form is evident. Facing the severe group situation, Chinese women's volleyball team is not unprepared. Captain Zhu Ting said: "Group B is the group of death, we have been psychologically prepared, and we have to play one game at a time." Head coach Lang Ping also said: "To face reality, one game at a time, the latter game, we have to let go a little more, the first two games players a little nervous."
In the match with the Chinese women's volleyball team, former women's volleyball player Wei Qiuyue talked about the team's prospects for the line when she was a guest on a program, saying, "The Olympic Games are all equal opportunities for us, and although we suffered two consecutive defeats in the group stage, it's good to know that the Chinese women's volleyball team's passion and emotions came out in the battle with the United States. Now we don't have to count the points, the fight is over, Russia, Argentina, Italy we have to fight down."
The unfavorable situation of the Tokyo Olympics can't help but remind fans of the ups and downs of the Chinese women's volleyball team at the Rio Olympics. At that time, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Netherlands, Serbia and the United States in the group stage, and finally barely advanced to the fourth position in the group, but in the knockout rounds afterward, the Chinese women's volleyball team became more and more courageous, and finally stood on the highest podium. Five years later, the Chinese women's volleyball team is again facing a similar dilemma. But in the case of the captain Zhu Ting can not play full force due to injury, the team pass problem can not be solved, as the defending champion of the Chinese women's volleyball team can once again put on a good show against the wind to turn the tide?
