With just over 20 days left before the opening ceremony of the new Paris Olympic Games, the participating teams have entered the final sprint. The Chinese women's volleyball team, under the leadership of Cai Bin, finally completed the run-in of the lineup and announced the 13-member roster for this Olympic Games in advance. Due to the change of the competition system, Cai Bin gave the only P card to the teenager Zhuang Yushan, and the remaining 12 people are the regular rotation of the Chinese women's volleyball team. This lineup was actually expected by the fans, but there were still a lot of criticisms from the outside world about Ding Xia and Zheng Yixin. Especially in Zheng Yixin, who is in poor condition in the World League, a large number of fans think that it is better to use Zheng Yixin to let Zhang Changning take the receiving position.
For this reason, although the Olympic list of the Chinese women's volleyball team is fair and just, it has also been questioned by some fans. However, it is worth mentioning that just after the Chinese women's volleyball team announced the Olympic list, another Asian powerhouse, the Japanese women's volleyball team, also followed in the footsteps of the Chinese team and quickly announced the 13-member squad. After the success of the World League, the morale of the Japanese women's volleyball team has swelled unprecedentedly, and Masayoshi Manabe has threatened to compete for the Olympic gold medal with all his might. You must know that the level of the Japanese women's volleyball team is at most the world's second-rate ranks, but the defense of the Japanese team is also recognized as a super-first-class level, and they are also known as the toughest shield in the volleyball world.
In this Olympic list, the Japanese women's volleyball team also intended to take the defense to the extreme, and the team rarely brought three free men. The Japanese team not only has two liberos as rotations, but also uses the P card in the libero position, and I have to say that the Japanese team's idea is really unusual. Let's take a look at the list of free men of the Japanese team, Masayoshi Manabe brought Manami Kojima and Emi Fukuru, both of whom are all too familiar faces. Don't look at the short stature of the Japanese team's free man, but the basic skills are surprisingly solid, and the defensive stability of the first pass is a world-class level, coupled with delicate technology, the free man of the Japanese women's volleyball team is indeed their biggest advantage, and the P card winner Akane Yamagishi should not be underestimated, which is enough to see that the Japanese women's volleyball team is going to return to the top of the rhythm.
Let's talk about the main offensive line, Sarina Koga and Mayu Ishikawa, the two top main attackers, and Inoue Arisa assist, this Japanese team is indeed a bit scary. As for the list of secondary offensive lines, it is Yamada Nichika, Araki Sayaka and Miyabe Lanna, and the corresponding positions are Hayashi Qina and Wada Yukiko. Finally, there is the setter position, Iwasaki Mitsuyomi and Seki Nana, both of whom are more familiar faces, and the Japanese women's volleyball team is really star-studded, no wonder Masayoshi Manabe dares to boast about Haikou. Although the Chinese women's volleyball team is not in the same group as Japan, it will inevitably meet in the later games, and we also hope that Cai Bin will not have the idea of underestimating the enemy, and strive to lead the Chinese women's volleyball team to return to the top of the world as soon as possible!