Xinhua News Agency, Osaka, October 7 (Reporter Wei Hua, Yan Lei) Chinese women’s volleyball team defeated Thailand 3:0 in the first contest of the second stage of the world championship on the 7th, except Zhu Ting got the highest 20 points in the whole game, gong Xiangyu also became another highlight of the Chinese team’s game with a single 18-point report card.
In this campaign, Gong Xiangyu got the highest individual single score since the start of this world championship, among which 17 out of 21 spiking sets, with a success rate of over 80%, and another blocking score, it well supported the flank attack of the Chinese team. In the game, the player from Jiangsu team became the key figure to decide the game trend several times: from the first game to the 26th time, Gong Xiangyu hit the ball twice, the Chinese team struggled to win the first game. In the final game contest, Gong Xiangyu made a final decision when the team led at 24:23, helping the Chinese team achieve the “opening ceremony” at this stage “.
Gong Xiangyu’s outstanding performance was also praised by Lang Ping, the head coach of the Chinese women’s volleyball team after the game: “Today Xiaoyu played better, and the passing choice of the second pass was good, the height of the block on her side is not enough, so she chose this breakthrough point.”
Although he is only 21 years old, he has experienced many competitions such as Rio Olympics, and the young Gong Xiangyu has now become the main match of the team. With the deepening of the world championship, the Chinese team will face stronger and stronger opponents. If Gong Xiangyu can continue to play like this, it will undoubtedly be a great advantage for the team, lang Ping also gave Gong Xiangyu more expectations: “As a young player, we hope Gong Xiangyu can improve in the tough competition. For example, playing European and American teams, she can have the technology to block through opponents when the online blocking is very high, and she can continue to improve when we are under great pressure on the Internet, accumulate more experience.”
Gong Xiangyu seemed very modest about today’s performance. She said, “I don’t know what’s wrong. The timing of the second transmission today is better. Today, the team played very firmly and the goal was very unified. They still lacked in defense and hoped to improve.”
When asked if he felt his status was improving a little, Gong Xiangyu smiled and said, “it’s okay. I want to save my character.”
In this game, although the Chinese team won 3:0, it was not easy to win. For such a process, Lang Ping said that the team had already prepared for difficulties before. “We have made full preparations for the Thai team today, because the Thai team played very well in this world championship and played five games with the United States and Russia. The Thai team is very characteristic in controlling the ball, cooperating with the ball and serving the ball. Today, we still resist Thailand’s tenacious defense and attack and are happy for the players.”
On the afternoon of the 8th, the Chinese team will welcome the second opponent of the second stage, Azerbaijan, which is also the only match arranged in the afternoon for the Chinese team in this stage. Faced with this contest which was less than 24 hours apart, Lang Ping said, “I will go back to prepare this evening and start playing tomorrow afternoon.”