On July 27th, Beijing time, Cao Yaqi, deputy editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, and Lu Yan, sports director of Chinanews.com, participated in the Sohu Sports Olympic special program “From 2008 to 2022” to chat and analyze the performance of Chinese women’s volleyball team at the Tokyo Olympics for netizens. And make prospects for the women’s volleyball follow-up competition.
Moderator: In addition to the dream team, there is another team that is very concerned about the Chinese women’s volleyball team. In the second match of the Tokyo Olympic women’s volleyball match that just ended at noon today, the Chinese women’s volleyball team lost 0:3 to the US women’s volleyball team. Although everyone has a judgment before winning or losing the game, will a score of 0:3 hurt morale?
Lu Yan: Actually, I don’t think so. After watching the game, the first American team is indeed very strong. The entire team and Thompson went crazy. It is normal that the Chinese team failed to make a good response on the spot. We saw a detail: Although Zhu Ting wore a bandage on her hand, she played with injuries. In fact, her performance, including the performance of the whole team, has improved a lot compared with the previous game. The women’s volleyball team is adjusting every game and quarter. To put it bluntly, two consecutive games were not won and six consecutive games were lost. Judging from today’s game, the total score, not counting the last round, the actual total score difference is not particularly large. The performance of the two teams can be said to be a contest between the first and second teams. They all have opportunities, but The Chinese team is not particularly good at grasping the opportunity. The American team may be stronger in some aspects, which led to their victory in the game.
Through two games, the state of the Chinese team is recovering one after another, especially the group stage. Unlike the football group stage, there is no chance if the two games are lost. Although the group matches were lost in two games, there is still hope for making serious adjustments and playing well later. We still don’t want to talk about defending the title all day long. We still set a small goal. We will first qualify safely, and then we will play one after another after qualifying. For the Chinese women’s volleyball team and for the fans of the Chinese women’s volleyball team, This is a more calm and pragmatic choice. This is just a group stage, and there will be knockouts after it is out. From the perspective of netizens, it can be seen that the overall expectations have actually been raised relatively high, and the expectations of the ordinary people of the women’s volleyball team have been raised relatively high. In fact, the women’s volleyball girls are also human beings, and they all have their own ideas and feelings. It is difficult to say whether mentally, including pressure, can be relieved. If we adjust our problems through the group stage, adjust the injury that should be adjusted, adjust the place that should be adjusted, and after a series of group matches, whether there will be a bottoming out or a gradual recovery process is unknown. of. The group stage is to set a small goal. We first steadily qualify, and then play the following matches one after another after qualifying. This is a more pragmatic idea.
Moderator: Teacher Lu mentioned a very important point. The US team Thompson went crazy. There was a similar statement in the first game before, and it was driven crazy by Turkey.
Cao Yaqi: The problem now is that we are under too much pressure. When the U.S. team attacked, there were several times when the offense was organized better, which is equivalent to a score that can be scored easily by opening the net. After their mistakes, the expressions on the faces of the attackers were relaxed. We were a bit too nervous, the pressure was too great, and the celebration after scoring was not relatively relaxed, and the atmosphere was a bit too depressing. Regardless of the pressure that fans and sports fans put on them, what the outside world expects is still the team’s own, because of the pressure brought by the defeat, we must forget this pressure. Regardless of scoring or losing points, don’t show that tightness on the court. If you are always so nervous, you may not grasp the opportunity well, and you may even become depressed or emotionally unhappy, and you may not be able to connect.
Actually, we have a chance to win the first game. I’m thinking that if the first game is won, the United States will be crazy. You will stop the subsidy. If you hold it down, you will die. We used to play American games like this, we can’t let it. Go crazy. You are under too much pressure. Relatively speaking, it is not particularly normal to play. The whole game seems to have countless opportunities in the whole process, which shows that our overall strength is still here. Today Zhu Ting played with injuries and was unable to fully utilize her full strength. The opportunity to grasp other positions was not as good as before. Every detail is interlocking in every aspect. With such a result, we can get rid of this pressure burden and just do it normally. Netizens commented, why do you always rely on Zhu Ting? This is what we said yesterday: it is a team project, no matter whether it wins, it is not Zhu Ting’s own credit, and it is not Zhu Ting’s responsibility to lose. Remove this burden as soon as possible. Two wins and three losses team qualifying, which is equivalent to defeating Brazil in a life-and-death battle, and the mentality is completely relaxed. Playing Brazil also once failed to attack the ball. One of Liu Xiaotong’s substitutes made extraordinary achievements, which made the whole team spirit different. I don’t think we lost to Turkey or the United States in terms of strength, but the score seems to be very different. Why emphasize spirit? In the second game, he was behind 20:24 and was able to chase points continuously, chasing 2 points. If you can chase a few more points in a row like playing the World Women’s Volleyball League, this kind of persistence is contagion. If the situation is continuously chased through timeouts and tactical adjustments at unfavorable times, and one more goal can be continued, the whole situation may be completely reborn. Hope that there will be such a ball or a game, so that the players will kick off all the pressure baggage. I still have great confidence in the performance of the women’s volleyball team.
Sohu Sports: Teacher Lu, you just mentioned qualifying for the group stage. In order to achieve this small goal, what changes and adjustments will the Chinese women’s volleyball team have to make? Is Zhu Ting’s injury a hidden worry for the Chinese team?
Lu Yan: In fact, after analyzing the opponents behind, we found that, including opponents like Italy, it is indeed a barrier that we are not easy to cross. Of course, this is the opinion of the family, is it to use Tian Ji’s horse racing tactics? In the face of Argentina and Russia, which are not too strong, we must try our best to win, try our best to play these games, make time and make room, and ensure that the main players are better adjusted. It feels that it is not feasible in terms of feasibility, but we are just talking on the paper in the rear.
Cao Yaqi: We seldom make arrangements like this in major competitions. There is indeed pressure on results. Moreover, before the competition, if the group has already qualified, this arrangement is feasible. Now the group is not qualified. If this arrangement is made in advance, it may be wrong. The team will have more pressure in the next game. It has been arranged in this way. It is equivalent to giving up this game first and having to win the next game. The pressure on the players is even greater. Don’t think about your opponent now, just play normally. All opponents, even if we lost Turkey and the United States, have won them in many previous games. Facing Italy is a strong player. If you play well and have a few heartily games, you can find a sense before the knockout and achieve a reversal. The key is to see when this node will arrive, and hope that the sooner the better. Tian Ji’s horse racing will only bring more pressure to the players in the subsequent races, which is not feasible. If you call normally, give yourself one more chance. If you adjust, you will give up the hard fight with the Italian team a bit strategically, and you will not be able to retreat when you look back. All the sports fans are very distressed by Zhu Ting’s injury. Today, I did a good job. I want to emphasize that this is a whole. Everyone plays a role in the field, and when screwed together, they can form a combined force and form a huge force. The current mental pressure is really too great, especially after seeing the score, our excitement is not as good as before, and the mental process for people to watch is more tangled. We all feel this way when we watch the ball, and the pressure on the players on the court can be imagined. (Compiled by Jiang Xin from Sohu Sports)Return to Sohu to see more
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