China News Service, Jiangmen, Guangdong, January 11, at the semi-final of the Asian men’s volleyball qualifying competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games held on the 11th, the Chinese men’s volleyball team defeated the Qatar men’s volleyball team 3:1 to advance to the final, will compete with Iran for the only ticket for the Tokyo Olympics.
There are 8 teams participating in the Asian men’s volleyball qualifier of Tokyo Olympic Games. Only the final champion can win the only ticket for Tokyo Olympic Games. In Group A’s group match, the Chinese team won two wins and one loss, and met the first-ranked Qatar team in Group B in the semi-final.
After the start of the game on that day, the Chinese team continued to impact its opponents with high-quality serve. After the two sides fought to 5 levels, the Chinese men’s volleyball team used several counterattacks to expand the score, and finally 25:22 win the first game.
In the beginning of the second game, Qatar team made a series of mistakes, and the Chinese team’s counterattack was quite quality; In the middle game stage, another wave of high-quality attack was launched, which completely suppressed the opponent at both ends of the attack and defense, and the next city was again at 25:18.
The scores of both sides in the third game have been clenched. After entering the middle game, the two teams made some mistakes in fighting for Serve. At the end of the game, the Qatar team fought back and hit the score in a row to beat the score, bringing back a game at 25:23.
The situation in the fourth game is still glued. When the first technical suspension was suspended, the Chinese team led by 8:7, and then the Chinese team strengthened the block and achieved a leading Of 16:12; Although the Chinese team was once blocked after that, however, after adjusting the status, both sides of the attack and defense were fully blossomed and won at 25:20, thus defeating the opponent with a big score of 3:1 to advance to the final and competing with Iran for the only Olympic ticket in the final.
Jiang Chuan, the core player of the Chinese team, said after the game that this was a victory of collective cooperation. “The third game and the fourth game were a little anxious to deal with the ball, and there were fluctuations in a small range, but we still seized the opportunity to focus on the process, this victory is of great help to the improvement of our self-confidence.”
Shen Fulin, the head coach of the Chinese men’s volleyball team, believes that the Chinese men’s volleyball team members put down the burden on the key session and went all out to hit the opponent. “Although the players were a little nervous at the beginning, they kept calm at the critical moment and acted resolutely without hesitation. In the next finals, we will set our mentality and position to impact our opponents.” (Finished)