The 2024 Women's Volleyball World League has completed two weeks of competition. In the first two weeks, the Chinese women's volleyball team only achieved a record of five wins and three losses. In the three games lost, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 1-3 to Canada, 1-3 to Japan, and 0-3 to Italy.
These three defeats have caused the Chinese women's volleyball team to suffer heavy losses.
The Chinese women's volleyball team participated in this year's World Women's Volleyball League with an important task, that is, to achieve good results and qualify for the Paris Olympics.
But after the Chinese women's volleyball team lost these three games, it was a bit difficult to achieve this task.
The Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Canadian team by 11.01 points, lost to the Japanese team by 8.96 points, and lost to the Italian team by 9.3 points. The Chinese women's volleyball team lost three games, and there were more points lost; Five games won, not much plus.
After eight games, the world ranking of the Chinese women's volleyball team slipped to seventh place, surpassed by the Japanese women's volleyball team. The three opponents that the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to happen to be the team's main competitors for the qualification of the Paris Olympics. After the Chinese women's volleyball team slipped to seventh, the Olympic qualification was a bit hanging. Although the initiative is still in the hands of the Chinese women's volleyball team, there is no guarantee that it will be able to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
In this World League, the Chinese women's volleyball team slipped from the first place shortly after the start of the tournament to the seventh place. The Chinese women's volleyball team is likely to fail to enter the finals and miss the opportunity to train the team.
Therefore, the majority of fans are not optimistic about this Chinese women's volleyball team. Many fans believe that even if the Chinese women's volleyball team enters the Paris Olympics, it is impossible to achieve good results.
When the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Japanese team, many fans were indignant. Whoever loses can't lose to Japan, Cai Bin dares to lead the team to lose to the Japanese team. Cai Bin is not the best player in the world, Zhu Ting, but the useless Wang Yunrui. Wang Yunrui gave back to Cai Bin and scored 1 point. How can the Chinese women's volleyball team win?
In the match with the Italian women's volleyball team, Cai Bin asked Zhu Ting to send a ball. The Chinese team lost badly to the Italian team, and the process was extremely ugly. If Zhu Ting is on board, the Chinese team will not lose so ugly, and it is possible to win. But Cai Bin was reluctant to do so.
The Chinese women's volleyball team now has many problems, not just Zhu Ting.
Cai Bin is unwilling to train newcomers, only willing to pick peaches, which is a big problem, and it is also the worst thing Cai Bin has done.
In the case of this Chinese women's volleyball team, Li Yingying, Zhang Changning, and Zhu Ting on the main offensive line were all trained by Director Lang. Wang Yunrui couldn't get into Director Lang's eyes at all, but was regarded as a treasure by Cai Bin. Facts have proved that Wang Yunrui is embarrassed by the big task and cannot be cultivated at all. Wu Mengjie is not young anymore, and Cai Bin doesn't dare to use it. Zhuang Yushan can't even make it into the 14-man squad.
Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, and II-VI of the secondary offensive line were all cultivated by Director Lang. Gong Xiangyu was also the main force in the Lang Dao period. Zheng Yixin couldn't stand firm during the period of Director Lang, and Cai Bin used it again, but it was difficult to make a difference.
The second setter Ding Xia was the main force in the Lang Dao period. Diao Linyu also entered Director Lang's national team.
The free man Wang Mengjie was also the main force in the Lang Dao period. Ni Feifei was also selected for the national team during the Lang Dao period.
The only one who was cultivated by Cai Bin and took it seriously was Wang Yunrui. Wang Yunrui is 28 years old, he is about to retire, and he has not grown at all. Such a player cultivates a loneliness.
Back in 2013, when Director Lang was the head coach of the national team, he was looking for young players with potential.
Zhu Ting entered the national team in 2013 and was only 18 years old. Lai Yawen felt strange why Director Lang chose Zhu Ting. Because she didn't have much impression of Zhu Ting.
Zhang Changning was selected for the national team in 2014, and he was only 18 years old, and he just switched from beach volleyball to indoor volleyball.
Yuan Xinyue entered the national team in 2013 at the age of 16. Lang Ping selected her directly from the national junior team to the national team and staged a triple jump.
Gong Xiangyu was selected for the national team in 2016 at the age of 19. That year, Gong Xiangyu participated in the Rio Olympics. This is not only Gong Xiangyu's rapid growth, but also shows Director Lang's vision and courage.
Li Yingying was selected for the national team in 2018 at the age of 18.
Lang Dao served as the head coach of the national team in 2013, led the team to win the runner-up in the World Championships in 2014, the World Cup champion in 2015, the gold medal in the Rio Olympics in 2016, the third place in the World Championships in 2018, and the World Cup champion in 2019. The young players she selected became the backbone of the team and became world-class superstars.
Cai Bin is reluctant to recruit young players under the age of 20, so he wants to recruit the group of people trained by Director Lang.
Now it's okay, Zhang Changning and Ding Xia both want to retire, and they have been recruited by him again. Zhu Ting's strength has declined a little, and he is reluctant to use it, for fear of stealing his limelight. Gong Xiangyu's strength has declined a lot, but there is no one to replace. Wang Yunrui's strength is mediocre, but he has become the absolute main force in his mind. And how can this team do well?
All this is the evil result of Cai Bin's eagerness to succeed and his reluctance to cultivate new people. In fact, there are many good seedlings between the ages of 16 and 20 in China, and Cai Bin is unwilling to recruit into the national team.
No wonder after the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Italian team, the audience shouted at Cai Bin in the stadium to get out of class. When the team was about to leave the stadium by bus, the fans gathered outside the stadium also shouted angrily for Cai Bin to leave class.