the tianjin women's volleyball team defeated the strong with the weak
2024-09-23
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original title: the weak defeated the strong, tianjin women's volleyball team played to the utmost in a last-ditch battle
china sports daily reporter su chang
"because the opponent is very strong, we have no way out today!" said wang yizhu, a member of the tianjin bohai bank women's volleyball team after the game. in the final of the liaoning dandong phoenix mountain cup 2024 national women's volleyball championship held on the evening of september 21, the tianjin women's volleyball team, which had no way out, staged a good show of winning the championship from the eighth place in the group stage. the successful defense of the title seemed unexpected, but it was actually a natural thing...
tianjin women's volleyball team's three national players yuan xinyue, li yingying and wang yuanyuan, as well as the main setter yao di, were absent from this national championships. tianjin women's volleyball team, led by chen fang, sent a lineup of young players including main attacker wang yizhu, receiving chen boya, main attacker liu meijun, deputy attacker zhang shiqi, xia sijia, etc. to participate in the competition, and veteran yang yi served as a substitute. in the starting lineup, only the setter meng dou and the two liberos liu liwen and meng zixuan are older and have richer competition experience. such a lineup made the outside world question whether the tianjin women's volleyball team could defend the title in the national championships before the game. after they unexpectedly lost to the beijing women's volleyball team 0-3 in the first group match, this "doubt" spread from the outside world to the hearts of the players. "after losing 0-3 in the first group match, we had some doubts at the time. can we do it? but later everyone gradually found their form." wang yizhu said.
the first defeat made the tianjin women's volleyball team embark on a road of first depression and then rise in this national championship. then they narrowly defeated zhejiang 3-2, henan 3-1, and jiangxi 3-0, and entered the knockout stage as one of the two best third-placed teams in the group stage. in the quarterfinals, facing the well-organized shanghai women's volleyball team, the tianjin women's volleyball team unexpectedly reversed the situation by winning three consecutive games after losing the first game, and then reversed the fujian women's volleyball team in the semifinals. in the final, facing the jiangsu women's volleyball team led by five national players, zhang changning, gong xiangyu, diao linyu, wu mengjie and ni feifan, the tianjin women's volleyball team adjusted their mentality and fought hard for five games with their opponents to win and stand on the highest podium.
wang yizhu revealed after the final that the tianjin women's volleyball team "called out" at the preparatory meeting before the final. the coaching staff told the players that the tianjin women's volleyball team should have the mentality of being weaker than their opponents and less experienced, and learn from the olympic champions of the jiangsu women's volleyball team in this final. "no one is allowed to be nervous on the court, and they should do their best to play their own things." therefore, the tianjin women's volleyball team that appeared in the final maintained a momentum and fighting spirit from beginning to end. even though they were tied by the jiangsu women's volleyball team in the third and fourth games, the young players of the tianjin women's volleyball team did not flinch or lose their composure. "in the third game, we wanted to win a little, so we took on some things." wang yizhu admitted that after being chased by the opponent for two games in a row, chen fang told everyone in the deciding game not to think too much. "the coach told us, 'if you still have ideas, you may not even score 10 points in the deciding game.' so we prepared wholeheartedly at that time, treating the deciding game as the first game and starting over again. in the fifth game, everyone of us really played very relaxed."
after winning the championship, the players of tianjin women's volleyball team were very excited and happy. these young players were trained and tested through this national championship, and gained confidence for the new season of the league that will start in a month. "everyone found their form little by little in this national championship, and it was unexpected to get such a good result in the end, but it also deserves our training at home during this period." wang yizhu was quite emotional. as the offensive core of the team in this national championship, wang yizhu said modestly that this championship was hard-won, and teammates gave a lot of support, while her performance was not very ideal. she hoped to adjust her form better in future games.
source: china sports daily
