On the 11th, Liaoning Strawberry Women's Volleyball lost 0-3 to Tianjin Women's Volleyball at home, with scores of 17-25, 23-25, and 24-26. At first glance, these statistics seem to indicate no issues. If you mention that Ding Xia did not start, it might seem strange, but looking at the scores alone suggests that Liaoning played well.
Some people say that the second and third sets were close because Tianjin played too relaxedly, allowing Liaoning to catch up. These explanations sound convincing, but let's examine the data to see what it reveals.
Tianjin Women's Volleyball statistical results:
Li Yingying scored 15 points, with 27 attacks resulting in 11 successful hits, 5 errors blocked, 2 blocks, and 2 serves. Her attack success rate was 11/27 = 40.7%, which is close to the lowest point in Li Yingying's career. Even during the low point of Tianjin Women's Volleyball at the beginning of this season, their performance was better than this. So, there's no need to look for other reasons; Li Yingying's performance in this match was somewhat abnormal. Let's look at the others.
Chen Boya scored 13 points, with 23 attacks resulting in 11 successful hits, 3 errors blocked, 1 block, and 1 serve. Her attack success rate was 11/23 = 47.8%, which is also one of the highest data points in this tournament for Chen Boya. In this match, Chen Boya played well and her performance can be considered normal!
Wang Yizhu scored 12 points, with 27 attacks resulting in 10 successful hits, 2 errors blocked, and 2 blocks. Her attack success rate was 10/27 = 37%, which is quite low and close to the lower limit of Wang Yizhu's offensive data. Therefore, we believe that Wang Yizhu also underperformed in this match.
Wang Yuanyuan scored 12 points, with 17 attacks resulting in 10 successful hits, 2 errors blocked, 1 block, and 1 serve. Her attack success rate was 10/17 = 58%. Wang Yuanyuan played at her usual level, but compared to her 70% attack success rate, there is still a gap, and she only had one block. The conclusion is that her performance was normal, just with fewer ball rights.
Fetisova scored 12 points, with 9 attacks resulting in 8 successful hits and 4 blocks. Her attack success rate was 8/9 = 89%, which can be considered a highlight moment for Fetisova. Since the Club World Cup, Fetisova's performance suggests that it may be difficult for her to stay with Tianjin Women's Volleyball next year. During the Club World Cup, not only Zhu Ting's agent arrived at the scene, but Fetisova's agent also came. Fetisova comes from Fenerbahçe, so naturally, she has a high value. With Club World Cup champion Conegliano also present, we suspect that Conegliano might have called Fetisova's agent to discuss matters. Therefore, it can be said that Tianjin Women's Volleyball, who initially looked down on Fetisova at the beginning of the league, may not necessarily be able to secure her services next year. Other coaches won't blame the players for poor performance!
Fetisova also had four blocks and ten blocks during the Club World Cup against Milan. This world-class vice attacker, even with good offensive data, never forgets blocking. Look at our domestically trained vice attackers; they sometimes forget their duties while playing!
Since they are so willing to play as main attackers, why did they switch from main attacker to vice attacker in the first place?
Yao Di's performance can be considered good. She tried out everyone's level and distributed the ball reasonably. However, she gave less ball rights to the two vice attackers who performed normally.
Therefore, winning this match solely relying on the performance of one setter and two vice attackers seems insufficient. That is to say, Liaoning Women's Volleyball still had a chance to win.
If Liaoning Women's Volleyball could play at the same level as when they faced Shandong Women's Volleyball, they would have a good chance of winning this match!
However, they chose to almost give up this match, which makes the reasons behind this decision quite intriguing:
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The current hot topic is a bit strange. It's hard to say whether one person will cause some aftermath. Even Ding Xia, the big sister of Liaoning Women's Volleyball, avoided the battle, which can't help but make people think more!
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The situation in Group C is a bit strange. Jiangsu Women's Volleyball is currently very strong. Perhaps Liaoning Women's Volleyball wants to avoid Jiangsu and prefers to face Shanghai. Facing such uncertainty, Liaoning Women's Volleyball chose the more certain second place in the group, so they let Ding Xia rest?
The true reason is known only to the parties involved!