Xinhua News Agency, Nanjing, July 5 (reporter Xu Zheng, Wang Hengzhi) in the 2019 World Women Volleyball League matches finals held on the 5th, the Chinese women’s volleyball team resisted the Italian team’s counterattack and defeated the opponent 3:1, became the last team to break into the top four.
The Chinese team lost to the Turkish team in the first game on the 3rd, so they must beat Italy in this game before they can advance to the top four. In this game, the Chinese team sent the main attacking Liu Xiaotong and Liu Xiaoxiao, and the deputy attacking Zheng Yixin and Wang Yuanyuan, receiving Gong Xiangyu. The second story was that Yao Di and the free man ni extraordinary lineup.
The success rate of the Chinese team’s attack in the first game was very high, while the Italian women’s volleyball team continued the “sleepwalking” state that lost to the Turkish team in the last game. Soon, the Chinese team entered the first technical suspension with a lead of 8:4 and expanded the lead to 16:10. The Italian team made frequent mistakes on the court and could hardly organize effective attacks. With Italy’s Luisa out of the world serve, the Chinese team won the first game at 25:17.
The strong match of the Italian team in the second game egnu began to show its power, scoring frequently in spiking sets, serve and the back row, leading by 4:1. However, the state of other players in the Italian team has not been adjusted well. In the state of glue, the Chinese women’s volleyball team has gained a weak advantage and leads by 19:15. Later, Liu Xie scored 4 points in a row and led the Chinese team to a 5:1 climax. Gong Xiangyu made a final decision. The Chinese team won the second game at 25:21. After losing two games in a row, the Italian team began to recover, strengthening the threat of serve. After the battle between the two sides in the third game to 17:17, the Italian team scored one after another with excellent online offensive strength and pulled back a game at 25:22.
However, in the next fourth game, the Italian team’s offensive fire was still very strong, but there were also many mistakes simultaneous action. The Chinese team played steadily and steadily, scoring several times in the round-trip competition, and gained a leading edge of 3 points. In the end, Wang Yuanyuan won spiking sets, helping the Chinese team win the fourth game at 25:22, and won the final victory with the total score.
In this game, the Chinese team Liu Xiaotong and Liu Wei each scored 18 points, Gong Xiangyu and Zheng Yixin respectively scored 11 points. The Italian team egnu got the highest 38 points in the game, but the Italian team only made a mistake and gave the Chinese team 28 points.
After the game, the coach of the Chinese team, anjiajie, said that the defense of the Chinese team in this game was relatively tenacious, especially at the end of each game. He said: “The Chinese team scored better in the round-trip game today, which is related to the emphasis of the same second pass in yesterday’s training.”
In the semi-final on the 6th, the Chinese team will face the US team. The US team defeated Brazil 3:1 in another group match on the 5th and won the first place in the group. Anjiajie said: “The game is not over yet. We have the chance to compete in the semi-finals today. I hope the players will not feel satisfied and prepare for the next game.”