BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — In the early morning of the 12th Beijing time, the Chinese women’s volleyball team lost to the Italian women’s volleyball team 1:3 in the 1/4 final of the world championships and failed to advance to the semi-finals. Summarizing the journey of this world championship, Cai Bin, the head coach of the Chinese women’s volleyball team, said that although there were regrets, the players showed a good mental outlook in the competition and could see their bright spots and potentials, through this world championship, we have also found the direction of the future efforts of the new Chinese women’s volleyball team.

In the 1/4 final with the Italian women’s volleyball team, the Chinese women’s volleyball team played the main role. Facing the pressure given by the Italian women’s volleyball team in the process of blocking, the Chinese women’s volleyball team members actively adjusted. Under the unfavorable situation of losing two games at 16:25 and 22:25, the Chinese women’s volleyball team tenaciously pulled back one game at 25:13. However, due to ups and downs, the attack of the Chinese women’s volleyball team was suppressed by the opponent and finally lost 17:25 in the fourth game.

Cai Bin said that the players worked very hard in the game that day and showed a good effort. However, because this game was a knockout match that decided the top four, although the young players were expecting to go further, they were slightly timid at the beginning of the game, not completely released, and their play was not particularly stable. However, Cai Bin also affirmed the performance of the team members in the third game. He believed that the team members including veteran Ding Xia and Deputy attack Yang Hanyu played smoothly when the team offensive tempo, it has played a very good role.

The Chinese women’s volleyball team played four games with the Italian women’s volleyball team in the World Women Volleyball League matches and women’s volleyball world championships this year. Cai Bin believes that in the face of the world-class strong team of the Italian women’s volleyball team, the young members of the Chinese women’s volleyball team need to adapt to the characteristics of the opponent’s style of play from actual combat and find ways to defeat the opponent in order to improve. On the same day, the blocking and key blockade of egnu, the top scorer of the Italian women’s volleyball team, also improved compared with the previous games. Under the pressure from the Chinese women’s volleyball team, egnu has made more active mistakes. “egnu’s bounce and explosive power are the world’s top level. We need to find a way to deal with her, we must make a summary, including the blocking rhythm when we stop her.”

Cai Bin said frankly that although it was a pity that he failed to go further in this women’s volleyball world championship, the young Chinese women’s volleyball team members well implemented the requirements before the competition, in the face of the World Championship, each opponent has made full preparations for difficulties, to fight for each opponent, to play his own level and good spirit, the overall performance is moderate, “we face different difficulties, it is the harvest of this world championship that we can rely on the strength of the team to compete with various world teams with different styles and characteristics step by step.”

Cai Bin also said that through this world championship, he saw the flash of the players and their future potential, and also found the direction of the Chinese women’s volleyball team’s next efforts. He said that the Chinese women’s volleyball team will make a good summary of this world championship, make greater efforts to develop in an all-round way at the technical level, and strive to raise the balance of attack and defense to a higher level. (Finished)