Overcoming difficulties Zhejiang men’s volleyball team wins over Shandong_General Administration of Sports

When Jin Zhihong scored a spike, all the Zhejiang men’s volleyball players ran onto the court, cheering and celebrating, as if they had won the championship. It was too difficult for them to win this game. On the evening of August 17th, in the final stage of the adult men’s volleyball team of the Shaanxi National Games, Zhejiang men’s volleyball team beat Shandong men’s volleyball team 3-2 after more than two hours of fierce battle.

Before the game, Shandong team won 3 wins and 1 loss, Zhejiang team 2 wins and 2 losses. For both sides, this is an important duel to advance to the semi-finals. “At the last few key games, every team wants to go in. Everyone must be prepared to encounter various difficulties.” At the pre-match preparation meeting, Zhejiang team coach Wu Sheng told the players.

The course of the game was as expected by Wu Sheng. The younger and more impactful Zhejiang team will be tied every time the lead is tied by the experienced Shandong team. In the fourth game, they even lost a bit when they took the lead for a while. The game was overtaken by the opponent and dragged the game into a decisive game.

The battle for the deciding game has become fierce. When the Shandong team took a 14-13 lead, they seized the opportunity to score a counterattack and originally celebrated the victory of the game, but at this time the Zhejiang team raised the Hawkeye challenge. Hawkeye showed that the Shandong Men’s Volleyball team touched the net and the game restarted and fell into a stalemate. Since then, the Zhejiang team also once won the match point, but also because they touched the net, they did not end the game. After a 20-20 tie at the final moment, the Zhejiang team’s two main offensive forces, Zhang Jingyin first attacked and scored, Jin Zhihong seized the opportunity to counterattack in the 4th position and smashed the ball. The victory was locked 22 to 20 and won the tug of war that lasted more than two and a half hours. “It’s too hard to win!” Wu Sheng sighed as he walked off the court.

In the first four games, Zhejiang team played five games against Shanghai and Sichuan, but they all suffered losses. This frustrated the boys of Zhejiang Men’s Volleyball Team, but this time they achieved a breakthrough. “Our two teams played very well. We reached 22 points in the final game.” Looking back at the game, Zhang Jingyin said, “Today we are prepared for difficulties and win in unity. We will compete with our opponents in an attitude of attacking our opponents. I and Zhang Guanhua and Jin Zhihong All three offensive points played well, and our defense was also the best in these few games. Our offensive points were better arranged for the opposite block.”

There was no danger to win this victory, Zhejiang men’s volleyball team had 3 wins and 2 losses with 10 points, and the losing Shandong men’s volleyball team had 3 wins and 2 losses with 8 points. (Reposted from the 04 edition of China Sports Daily on August 13)