Chapter 228: AFC Champions League Crisis

The successive victories have made the Yangtze River women's volleyball team reach its peak in momentum, and their fans now have higher expectations for the team, originally after the turmoil at the beginning of the season, many people think that the Yangtze River women's volleyball team is successful as long as it is not relegated, but now, even the final league championship seems to be able to impact it.

At the end of the offseason, no one would think that the Yangtze River women's volleyball team could be the championship team, because in the first half of the season of the seventeen rounds of the league, the top two Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce women's volleyball team and Shuzhong Golden Sun women's volleyball team in the league standings only lost one and two games respectively, and the next three to six teams have lost at least four games or more, their respective rankings are based on the relationship between wins and losses or small points, even the most imaginative volleyball commentators do not think that this year's league championship will have a big competition, In the end, it must be the Chaozhou women's volleyball team and the Shuzhong Golden Sun women's volleyball team who are desperate, which has been the trend of the league in the past two years.

However, no one thought that an Olympic Games would completely disrupt the layout of the entire league.

During the Olympic Games, the teams that can be called the big players of the national team have declined, among which the Chaozhou women's volleyball team suffered two consecutive defeats after missing most of the core, and then relied on the excellent performance of young players to win a victory in the twentieth round of the league, but then in the League Cup competition, the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce women's volleyball team lost to the Jinghai women's volleyball team at the bottom of the league, and broke out the biggest upset since the start of the league cup, but this is still the most terrifying for the Chaozhou women's volleyball team. Because in the 21st round of the league after the end of the Olympic Games, they suffered another defeat when the core players returned, and this time it was the Shuzhong Holpe women's volleyball team that gave them defeat.

The Holpe women's volleyball team and the Golden Sun women's volleyball team can be regarded as real rivals in the same city, but they did not expect that they would one day send their rivals to the top of the league standings, and this rather comic plot is talked about by many third-party players.

In the 21st round of the league, the Ganjiang Longhua Metallurgical Women's Volleyball Team also suffered defeat, and they also encountered a counterattack from a weak team after the return of the national team members.

You know, after the Longhua women's volleyball team lost to the Yangtze River women's volleyball team at home, their record has been equaled by the Yangtze River women's volleyball team, but because of the small score, the Yangtze River women's volleyball team ranked fourth in the league, but now, the Yangtze River women's volleyball team officially surpassed the Longhua women's volleyball team to become the third in the league, more importantly, the Yangtze River women's volleyball team is now only two wins away from the first Shuzhong Golden Sun women's volleyball team, and the second Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce women's volleyball team is also only one win, so to speak, The Yangtze River women's volleyball team can really be called a championship team now, and it is no longer a lonely old team at the beginning of the season.

This change in the league was something that many people did not expect, including Wang Lei and the team management, who did not expect such a big surprise for the Chaozhou women's volleyball team with such a strong lineup.

Now there is a new question in front of Wang Lei, whether to go all out to win the championship, or to deal with the AFC Champions League and the league to be played, the Yangtze River women's volleyball team and himself have to make a choice, or be greedy and develop directly in an all-round way, which requires Wang Lei to make the most appropriate judgment, because in the event of an accident, it may be a situation where the whole game is lost.

Although team manager Zhang Sixuan does not interfere with the normal operation of the team, and is only responsible for the team's external liaison and business matters, now, he also has to have a good chat with Wang Lei.

"Da Lei, what should the team do in this situation now, it depends on your decision, originally when you took office, Mr. Su had a word, saying that this season will not put pressure on you, but now the opportunity is in front of you, you see?"

After such a long period of contact, Zhang Sixuan can be said to be very impressed with Wang Lei's ability, so with his approachability, he and Wang Lei have a much closer relationship.

"Brother Ming, what is your opinion?"

Wang Lei did not directly answer Zhang Sixuan's question, but asked Gao Ming.

"I think the team should focus on the League Cup, first of all, the top two Golden Sun and Chaozhou are very strong, but because of the defeat in the Olympics, the mentality of some of their players is unstable, generally speaking, this situation will change after one or two games, after all, we are still behind, the initiative is not in our hands, if you want to win the league title, the chances of winning. Secondly, there is basically no weak team in the AFC Champions League game so far, they are all first-class strong teams, our squad is not fully perfect, the key game experience of the players is also insufficient, and it is difficult to make a difference in the AFC Champions League, and finally, because our competitors are not in good shape in the league now, so they will converge in the League Cup, which is the championship we have the best chance to win this season. ”

Although Gao Ming and Wang Lei are both "laymen", the reason why Gao Ming is smart is precisely because of his decisiveness, he is a person who advocates numbers, so his judgment is always full of rationality, which is why Wang Lei wanted to fool Gao Ming to play with him at the beginning, because Wang Lei knows that with Gao Ming, he will never worry about his will.

"Coach Gao is right, but this is an opportunity after all, if we really win the league championship this season, and then win in the AFC Champions League or League Cup, then we will definitely be able to call it a legend, three newcomers, you and me, think about it, it's beautiful."

Zhang Sixuan thought that if he could win great glory with the team in his first season in office, it would undoubtedly be extraordinary for his future.

"Brother Xuan, I also know that it is beautiful, but I don't agree with you, my thoughts are similar to Brother Ming, the League Cup is the most chanceful, and we don't have much chance of the rest, but we still have to prepare for both, it is inevitable to have a proper harvest in the league, and I will definitely send young players to exercise in some less critical games, and the AFC Champions League game is still to be played one by one, it is best to be promoted, and we are basically satisfied if we can't be promoted, but our opponent in the next AFC Champions League is not so easy to deal with, The local tyrants in Southeast Asia are still really rich. ”

Although Wang Lei agrees with Gao Ming's opinion, he still intends to make comprehensive preparations, things are developing, no one can guarantee that competitors will make mistakes, he does not have a fluke mentality, but he must be fully prepared, as long as there is change, the Yangtze River women's volleyball team is not without the slightest chance.

But now the next opponent that the Yangtze River women's volleyball team has to face is really not an ordinary team.

Li Jiapo Shengshi women's volleyball team, the real champion team of the Southeast Asian Women's Volleyball League, can even be said to be a hegemonic team, in the entire 30-year history of the Southeast Asian Women's Volleyball League, they have won 16 final championships, and in the 17-year history of the AFC Champions League, they have won four of them. Pocheski, the best player of the last Olympics with setter Karen? Ors, and the former European Women's Volleyball Grand Prix Athlete of the Year and libero Safina? Agrives.

Such a lineup is a proper core squad of the first team in any country.

Although the women's volleyball team of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce has repeatedly set the salary record of the world's women's volleyball players in recent years, two years ago, all these records were held by the Shengshi women's volleyball team.

Although in the AFC Champions League last season, the Shengshi women's volleyball team was defeated by the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce women's volleyball team in the semifinals, but the two sides fought hard until five rounds in that game, and the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce women's volleyball team played until 20-18 before narrowly winning.

In the face of such an opponent, although Wang Lei has his own confidence, he also has to scratch his head and be distressed, which is really difficult to deal with.

The AFC Champions League has been played so far, and none of the remaining teams are weak teams, but to really say it, almost no players are willing to face Li Jiapo Shengshi women's volleyball team in the eight-in-four game, because no one dares to guarantee that they will not be timid in the face of such an opponent, they are not just a simple local tyrant team, but a local tyrant team with a championship tradition.

After playing the 21st round of the league against the Fumin Changle women's volleyball team, the Yangtze River women's volleyball team can go back to Jinling for a day of recuperation, and then set off for Central Asia, where the matchup with the Shengshi women's volleyball team was held in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, in Central Asia.

In order to deal with the next opponent, Wang Lei had to let go of some thoughts in his heart and devote himself to preparation.

Gao Ming also started a new round of overtime, he had to make the data analysis and statistics of the prosperous women's volleyball team in accordance with Wang Lei's requirements, not for anything else, but to make a reference, with the opponent's data model as a reference, through the analysis of big data to judge the opponent's tactical defects, this sounds like a very responsible job, but there is no way, all the AFC Champions League knockout matches are drawn four days in advance to determine the two sides and locations of the game, although this avoids a lot of dark box operations, but also increases the difficulty of each team's preparation for the game.

However, since the opponent has been determined, the Yangtze River women's volleyball team is not ready to give up because the opponent is too strong, the game still has to be played, and it is necessary to strive to win, even if it loses in the end, it is necessary to let the players grow up more rapidly through such a game.

The Yangtze River women's volleyball team is facing a crisis in the AFC Champions League, but the crisis crisis, there are both dangers and opportunities, and the young team will never lack the courage to fight, which is the idea that Wang Lei has always instilled in the team, as he said in the frontier youth team, there is no failure when young.