Win 3 consecutive wins in the group stage! On the evening of August 4, Beijing time, in the third round of the Paris Olympics 2024 women's volleyball group stage, the Chinese women's volleyball team vs Serbia, the Chinese women's volleyball team is not afraid of strong opponents, shows super team strength, reverses opponents, wins 3 consecutive group wins, and advances to the top 8, score: 21-25; 25-20；25-22； 29-27。
Cai Bin, head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team: According to the current competition system, it is difficult to judge who the opponent of the knockout match is, so we still prepare well, take it seriously, and play every game well.
Starting lineup: Chinese women's volleyball team, main attack Zhu Ting (replaced by Wu Mengjie in the middle of the second game) + Li Yingying; deputy attack Yuan Xinyue + Wang Yuanyuan; Answering Gong Xiangyu; setter Diao Linyu; Free man Wang Mengjie. Serbia women's volleyball team, the main attack on Busa + Uzelać; secondary attackers Alexic + Stevanovic; Pick up Boskovic; setter Ognienovic; Free man S. Popovich.
In the first game, the two sides came up and started hand-to-hand combat, and the score rose alternately, but at the end of the game, Serbia suddenly made a strong effort and took the lead 25-21.
In the 2nd game + 3rd game, the Chinese team adjusted its state in time, stabilized its mentality, grabbed the attack on the right + strong attack on the left + fast attack in the middle, 25-20, 25-22 pulled back the two cities, and the big score overtook it.
In the fourth game, the Chinese team once determined its advantage in the middle game, leading by 5 points at 19-14. Just when the Chinese fans online and offline breathed a sigh of relief, Serbia's No. 18 strong response Boskovic suddenly made a force, scoring four points in a row, 19-19 draw. The Chinese women's volleyball team hurriedly called a timeout, rearranged tactics, and at the critical moment, Li Yingying stepped forward and attacked the straight top and bottom board, 20-19, and finally withstood the pressure. After that, the two sides fought to a 23-23 draw, and the Chinese women's volleyball team scored a counterattack to score 24-23 and get the match point. The Serbia team forced the bottom line, and the audience stood up and cheered!
At this time, there was a strange picture in the arena, the Serbia team challenged, but the live slow motion showed that the Chinese women's volleyball team was not touched by the blocker, but there was no close-up of the challenge, and the referee changed the verdict, 24-24 draw.
Don't be compromised, stay focused! Coaches + players remind each other! The Chinese women's volleyball team stabilized its position and won 3 match points in a row, Li Yingying attacked the hand + pressed the bottom line, the close-up shot was clear + clear! Win! 29-27, the Chinese women's volleyball team reversed Serbia 3-1.
Scoring statistics: Li Yingying 28 points (47 deductions, 25 shots, 2 blocks, 1 shot); Gong Xiangyu 17 points (32 deductions, 15 shots, 1 block, 1 shot); Wang Yuanyuan 11 points (15 deductions, 8 hits, 3 blocks); Yuan Xinyue 9 points (18 deductions, 7 hits, 2 blocks); Zhu Ting 7 points (21 deductions, 5 hits, 2 blocks); Diao Linyu 5 points (14 deductions, 2 shots, 3 shots); Wu Mengjie 5 points (12 deductions, 4 shots, 1 shot). The two sides smashed the ball and scored: China 64-61, blocked the net 12-9, served 6-4, and the opponent made a mistake to send 18-20. Serbia took Boskovic to 39 points and still fell short.
In fact, in the first game, the Chinese women's volleyball team vs the old rival United States women's volleyball team, fought fiercely for 5 games, and won the first game in the Olympic arena again after 12 years + ended the 4-game losing streak against the United States team in the Olympic Games. In the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team vs the host France women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the opponent 3-0.
The Chinese women's volleyball team locked the 1+ place in the group with 3 consecutive wins and advanced to the top 8. The matchups for the round of 8 are as follows:
The top 8 women's volleyball rankings at the Paris Olympics: 1st Brazil, 2nd Italy, 3rd China, 4th Poland, 5th United States, 6th Turkey, 7th Serbia, 8th Dominica.
Paris Olympics women's volleyball top 8 matchups:
Top half: Brazil vs Dominica, United States vs Poland
Bottom half: Italy vs Serbia, China vs Turkey