At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, top athletes from around the world will take to the action, and the hot matchups in women's volleyball are particularly eye-catching.
Among them, a match that is currently in high profile is about to be staged: at 03:00 Beijing time on August 2 (Friday) (note that it is 3 o'clock in the morning), the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against the host France women's volleyball team.
According to the competition system, the 12 teams are divided into three groups to compete, and the Chinese women's volleyball team in Group A is in the same group as the host France, the defending champion United States and the world champion Serbia women's volleyball team, which can be described as the "group of death".
According to the rules of the competition, the top two teams in each group (counting points) advance directly, plus the two third-place finishers with the best records in the three groups, a total of eight teams will enter the knockout round.
The Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the United States women's volleyball team 3-2 in the first match of the group stage, while the host France women's volleyball team lost 0-3 to the strong Serbia.
The France women's volleyball team may not be outstanding in terms of strength as the host, but the Olympic stage may always bring out the potential of the team. Despite this, the win rate prediction and the general belief that France have little hope of qualifying.
On the contrary, although the Chinese women's volleyball team is in the stage of alternating the old and the new, the team showed good strength and tenacious fighting will in the game against the United States women's volleyball team, and it can be seen from the points system of the world ranking that the gap between the two sides is too wide.
Looking back on the game against United States, it is enough for Cai Bin to see how to play next, Zhu Ting's start has put huge pressure on the United States team, forcing the opponent to adjust their tactics to focus on her, thus providing more passing options for the setter of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In addition, Zhu Ting's performance in the game can be called all-round, she not only attacked effectively, but also showed efficient performance in a pass and defense, specific data show that Zhu Ting successfully attacked 17 times 36 times in this game, the success rate of smashing reached 47.22%, the efficiency was 38.89%, and the other pass was 25 times, the efficiency was 44%, and the defense was 13 times, and the effective number was 8 times.
Such an all-round performance made Zhu Ting a key figure in the game, although Zhu Ting is no longer at the peak of her career, but as long as she is on the court, the diversion role is great, which is conducive to the team to develop more offensive routes and strategies.
The Chinese women's volleyball team has also greatly affected the opponent's layout and strategy in terms of offensive and defensive conversion, and now the diagonal combination of Zhu Ting + Li Yingying is undoubtedly the strongest offensive end of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
As long as the next game defeats the France women's volleyball team 3-0, the Chinese women's volleyball team can ensure the group qualification in advance and steadily move towards the quarterfinals.
Head coach Cai Bin will not change in terms of starters, Li Yingying and Zhu Ting will continue to serve as starters, and will first give the opponent a sense of pressure and widen the point difference before it is possible to make fine-tuning.
At 03:00 on August 2 (Friday), CCTV5+ will broadcast the game live to witness the Chinese women's volleyball team advance to the quarterfinals in advance.