Chapter 288: Final (I)
For many ordinary viewers in the Republic, what they gained after watching a victory of the women's national volleyball team was joy and the sense of national glory that it brought about, and for the women's volleyball national team players who really experienced this game, their gains were not only these.
This match with the Serbian women's volleyball team is the starting point for the young Republic women's volleyball team to really begin to mature, after the test of this game, there will be many young players to build their initial confidence, they began to really realize what Wang Lei, a maverick coach, taught them, these things will be the foundation of their competitive sports career in the future.
Players like Cheng Cheng, Wang Sihan and Liu Jiani will have a complete change in their mentality after this game, and this kind of duel with a strong opponent, and then win the battle can be said to be the real sublimation of the player.
At the press conference after the game, the head coach of the Serbian women's volleyball team did not have much regret about the loss, on the contrary, he also felt that this game had made his players grow, and Serbia abandoned the previous high-flying tactics and began to change to the technical flow, which is their progress.
The head coach who also led the team to reform praised the victor Republic women's volleyball team, he said at a press conference that this young, known by many international media as the second-tier women's volleyball team of the Republic, is actually not as weak as imagined, on the contrary, he believes that this team has the potential to become the strongest team in the world volleyball world, and more importantly, he believes that Wang Lei is the most suitable head coach for this team, and Wang Lei's style of play and tactical changes have taught him a lot.
In the face of the praise of the opponent, Wang Lei also praised the reform of the Serbian women's volleyball team, in any case, such a small country with an area of only 80,000 square kilometers and a population of only 7 million can achieve something in the three major ball events, which has to be said to be the success of the Serbs.
And under the premise of the existing achievements, the Serbian women's volleyball team did not rest on their laurels, on the contrary, they began to reform suitable for themselves, which is a very forward-looking move in the eyes of Wang Lei.
At the same time, in the other semi-final, the Italian women's volleyball team, which is currently ranked first in the world women's volleyball team, defeated the Brazilian women's volleyball team with a difficult score of 3-2 to advance to the final.
Although the Italian women's volleyball team advanced to the finals, from the perspective of the process of the game, they have a very obvious decline compared to many previous games, especially in attack, as Valenna gets older, the Italian women's volleyball team also has to face the situation of replacing the old and the new.
After a two-day break, the final of this year's World Champions Cup will officially begin, and this match has been called by the media as a duel between the old and new kings.
The Italian women's volleyball team has won almost all the major championships in the previous four to six years, and they can be said to have created their own dynasty, in the world, all Italian women's volleyball players are always worth a lot higher than other countries, it can be said that the Italian women's volleyball team dominated the entire world volleyball scene in the previous four to six years.
Although the technical and tactical ability of the Italian women's volleyball team can now be said to have reached a peak state, with the aging of their group of players, coupled with the failure to keep up with the previous youth training, the Italian women's volleyball team has begun to appear in a situation of lack of success.
The young women's volleyball team led by Wang Lei is showing their youthful talent to the world, they may not have been recognized by the public, but in the perspective of those who are more familiar with volleyball and volleyball practitioners, this young women's volleyball team of the republic has some conditions to become kings, and all they lack now is experience and the blessing of championship glory.
Therefore, in this situation, compared with the last World Champions Cup final, this year's final has received more attention, and due to the topicality of the Republic women's volleyball team and the promotion of the World Volleyball Federation, this World Champions Cup final has attracted the attention of many fans and ordinary viewers around the world.
Everyone wants to know whether the old king is still in style or the new challenger stepping onto the championship.
Some countries that were not ready to broadcast the World Champions Cup final began to urgently contact the broadcasters, and in these years, no one will be willing to give up the interests in hand, and now this World Champions Cup final is obviously going to be hot.
In mid-July 2019, the final of this year's World Champions Cup officially kicked off at the Dongying National Gymnasium.
The Dongying National Stadium, which had never been full before, was packed with many fans this time, and even many foreign fans came to Dongying to watch the game, among which the Republic of China was of course the most fans, after all, they were close, and they were still visa-free to come to Dongying.
When it comes to the finals, these little girls under Wang Lei will inevitably be a little nervous, after all, for them, this is probably the first time in their lives that the finals have experienced, no matter what, these players will have illusions about the process and results of the finals, and at the same time, they will also be nervous because of this huge attention, which is inevitable, no one will be an exception, that is, Wang Lei himself is actually a little nervous, although he took the Yangtze River women's volleyball team to play the final of the AFC Champions League, but in comparison, The World Champions Cup is obviously at a higher level than the AFC Champions League.
Wang Lei's two lifetimes of experience have never experienced such a big game, after all, this is a game that represents the glory of a country, so he himself is actually a little nervous, but he restrained his small actions and tried to make himself look ordinary, at least this can make his players feel their relaxation, and they can relax a little.
In the final of the last World Champions Cup, she suffered extremely unfair treatment in the match with the host Italian team, and also suffered a low ebb for the first time in her life, and now she is back after experiencing various turmoil, she wants to get back the glory that originally belonged to her, so this World Champions Cup final with Italy can be regarded as Ma Dongmei's revenge battle.
Yue Min actually has the same mood as Ma Dongmei, six years ago, she led the Republic women's volleyball team to create brilliance, but at the peak of the period, she had to go away to Lijiapo, and the Republic women's volleyball team at that time also completely fell apart, and was overtaken by the Italian women's volleyball team and became the new hegemon of the world women's volleyball world, but now Yue Min has also returned after the storm, she wants to prove to the world that even if she has passed her peak, she can also contribute to the glory of the Republic women's volleyball team.
"It's important, that's for sure, it's the World Championship final, and it's the first major final in a lot of your lives, uh, well, it's actually the first major final in my life."
"I don't want to say that I should not be nervous or anything like that, because I know that this is obviously impossible, after all, even I am actually a little nervous, hehe, this is not a shame, there are many firsts in my life, compared to a little nervousness, sometimes it is not just a matter of face."
"Or like you said in the last game, let go of your mentality, expel unnecessary illusions, those are things that can only be thought about after the game, now all you have to do is focus on the game, don't think about this is the final, don't think about what an important occasion it is, just like in training, like you sweat every day, do what you did when you sweat on an occasion like today, as for the result, it doesn't matter."
"I often say one thing to my players, that is, there is no failure when you are young, I have said this sentence many times, I said it when I was on the border, I also said it when I was in Jinling, and now I still have to say it again, really, youth is the greatest asset, take advantage of it, and play."
Wang Lei's brand "chicken soup" once again showed its great power.