Serbia, located in the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, has only been established for a decade, and this region, known as the powder keg of Europe, has been plagued by wars in the last century, from the division of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and then to the Kosovo War, and it is not until the beginning of the 21st century that the situation in this region has stabilized, and Serbia is a country established on this land that is almost in ruins.

The entire land area of Serbia is less than 90,000 square kilometers, and the population is only more than 7 million, but it is such a small country, and their sports are developing very well, especially in the three major ball sports, Serbia has achieved very good results in recent years, and I have to admit that the foundation left by the former Yugoslavia is too good, and several countries that have split out have very good results in various sports, such as Croatian football, Serbian basketball and volleyball.

The Serbian women's volleyball team was the second place in the last European Women's Volleyball Championship, only lost to the very strong Italian women's volleyball team, their players have very good physical conditions for Eastern European players, and they also uphold the discipline of European volleyball.

This time the World Champions Cup Serbia and the host Dongying women's volleyball team were divided into Group A, and there were almost no teams in the same group that could pose a threat to them, so Serbia was easily promoted, and in the eight-in-four game, Serbia faced the usual European opponent The Netherlands team played easily, and the Dutch team was aging and could not stop Serbia's high-flying attack at all, and was defeated by Serbia 3-1.

Now Serbia is facing a strong Republic women's volleyball team, and they are looking to prove their strength with results, and the proud Serbs have always felt that their national team is the best team in the world.

The war-torn Serbia has grown rapidly through economic development in recent years, and their citizens also hope that their country can reproduce the demeanor of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, so they are very concerned about the various competitions in which their national team participates.

Needless to say, the women's volleyball team is a very popular team with domestic audiences, they have their own championship heritage, and they also have their own spiritual heritage, so although it can't be compared with the national sport, the women's volleyball team is really very concerned among the people of the republic, coupled with the hype of the foreign media now, as well as the follow-up of the domestic media, more and more young people have begun to join in, after all, this women's volleyball team is different from the previous one, The news of head coach Wang Lei alone is enough to arouse the attention of many young people, not to mention Ma Dongmei, Yue Min and other players who are both beautiful and capable, as some netizens said, they don't support the wall, they just rely on their appearance to eat, and they also have skills.

So this World Champions Cup semi-final against Serbia has really received a lot of attention.

On the day of the match, more than 10,000 spectators poured into the Dongying National Stadium to watch the game, which is definitely a large number of people for a women's volleyball match, and this is not a match for the host country.

Today's starting lineup of the women's volleyball team of the Republic has sent the strongest lineup, Wang Lei does not dare to be careless in the face of such a world-class team, although the young players have adjusted their mentality now, but the gap in experience cannot be made up in a short time.

The Serbian women's volleyball team has a lot of players who play in the Italian women's volleyball league, and their players are very popular in the European professional arena, and of course there are also a large number of Serbian foreign players in Southeast Asia.

Therefore, the Serbian women's volleyball team is not unfamiliar with the Republic women's volleyball team, but they are not very familiar with the Republic women's volleyball team now.

At the beginning of the game, the Republic women's volleyball team tried to open up the situation according to Wang Lei's arrangement, on the one hand, this can boost the momentum, and on the other hand, Wang Lei also wanted to try to win the first game, so that the later games could be calmer.

However, Serbia's front-row players are not so weak, on the contrary, their defense is very good, and the point of blocking the net is very accurate, which is aimed at Ma Dongmei's point.

It is undeniable that Ma Dongmei does have absolute strength now, but she is not a superman, without the cooperation of the setter, Ma Dongmei cannot defeat the opponent alone, compared with the comfortable smash and the difficult adjustment of the attack, it is obvious that the former is more efficient, and what the Republic women's volleyball team lacks now is a setter with rich game experience and tacit understanding at the same time.

Therefore, Wang Lei's pre-game arrangement did not have an effect in this game, Ma Dongmei's attack came to a standstill, and the score was suppressed by the opponent.

Liu Jiani can be regarded as the best among young players on the side of the secondary attack, but it is a pity that her height is only 1.95 meters, which makes Serbia's main attacker Rania find an opportunity, Liu Jiani's blocking position is good, but in the face of Lania's violent attack, Liu Jiani's strength is much worse, which makes her blocking not very effective.

8-4, the Serbian women's volleyball team entered the first official timeout with a four-point lead.

The game did not go well, and the expressions on the faces of the players when they left the field looked a little dignified, Yue Min played the role of captain, trying to use high-fives to boost the morale of his teammates, but it was obvious that the players seemed to be a little out of shape today.

Wang Lei noticed that the team's state was not good, and the hype of the media in recent days has made the mentality of these players a little fluttery, including his wife Ma Dongmei, she played too impatient at the beginning of today, although Wang Lei arranged a strong attack at the beginning, but the kind of ball Ma Dongmei who has obviously lost the opportunity to smash has to fight, which is a little impatient.

Not to mention the young players, Wang Lei is to let them pluck up confidence, but now their confidence is a little excessive, which leads to the team playing very relaxed after the game, feeling that the opponent is very easy to deal with, but the result is that the opponent came to the first shot, and now the mentality of the players on the field is obviously a little lower.

Wang Lei was a little depressed, but he couldn't show his depression at the moment, there was no way to do it, he had only been practicing with the team for less than a month, even if he wanted to make some changes, he lacked enough time, after all, he was just a person, not a god.

"Girls, look at me, look at me, now the pressure is on me, not on you, throw away all the baggage on your own back, the game has just begun, this is not the last game, it is the first game."

"Put aside all the distractions in your mind and concentrate your mind on the game, I have said many times, I will deal with the outside things, and the things of the game depend on you, we can also be regarded as a clear division of labor and bravery, but we must be smarter, use your brains to play, rather than relying on instinctive reactions."

"After the next round of transitions, Ma Dongmei will play more back-row attacks, and the front row will also pay attention to covering, of course, the specific situation will be treated on a case-by-case basis, and there will be more changes, so that the opponent can not touch our offensive point, so that our attack can be effective."

"Alright, remember what I said, clear your minds, and concentrate on the game."