Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 13 Question: The key to winning Brazil is to always attack the opponent - an exclusive interview with Wu Sheng, the coach of the Chinese men's volleyball team
Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Jingyu, Lu Xingji, Hu Jiali
Chinese men's volleyball coach Wu Sheng said in an online interview with a Xinhua News Agency reporter on the 13th that the key to the 3-0 upset victory over the Brazilian team is that the Chinese team has always put its position in position and attacked the opponent.
In the fourth match of the World Men's Volleyball League Brazil Station, the Chinese team led by Wu Sheng unexpectedly defeated the world's No. 1 host Brazil 3-0, ending the previous three-game losing streak.
After this game, the Chinese team's world ranking rose to 17th, while the Brazilian team dropped from the first to the second.
Wu Sheng said that due to Jiang Chuan's injury before the game, the team suddenly lost its core players after 50 days of training, which had a great impact and was relatively uncomfortable in the first three matches of the World League.
After 3 games, it's finally back to normal.
"(Against Brazil) I didn't think about winning, I just wanted to give full play to my technical ability. The key today is the second pass (Yu Yaochen) has a clearer idea. He did not concentrate all his attacks on the No. 4 position, but he had strong attacks and vice-versa. The attack is concentrated and scattered. Zhang Guanhua (the player who succeeded Jiang Chuan) also played very well in this game. Since yesterday (the Chinese team's game against Slovenia), his confidence has come out." Wu Sheng said.
In the second and third games, the Chinese team made a comeback after falling behind in the second half, and the second game also reached 31:29 with the opponent.
In Wu Sheng's view, the key to the Chinese team's ability to do this is to correct its position.
"Today we are in a good position. After winning the first game, we still have the idea of attacking the opponent, through serving, attacking, and attacking the opponent in all aspects, and the same is true in the back." Wu Sheng said, "Our technology is similar to Brazil's. There is still a gap. If you don’t get your position right, it will be very difficult. The best thing today is that you didn’t give up attacking the opponent, and used various means to create difficulties for the opponent. You can’t feel how the Chinese men’s volleyball team is doing just because they won Brazil. It’s not objective, we still have a big gap with the strong teams in terms of technology and physical fitness.”
According to Wu Sheng's observation, the main players of the Brazilian team against the Chinese team that day were basically the main players of the Brazil team.
In the victory over Brazil, the Chinese team's first pass was relatively stable, and the Chinese team also took the lead with 9:6 in terms of block scoring.
In addition, because the Chinese team exerted a lot of pressure on the net, the Brazilian team made many mistakes in the offense, and the mistakes in the whole game gave the Chinese team 25 points.
Wu Sheng said: "There is still a difference between serving in domestic training and serving at the game site. After a few days of competition, the players have become more and more used to it. In the previous training, in addition to practicing first attack and serving, we are also learning to strengthen The team's blocking. Today's game is OK, but the judgment of the opponent's offense in the first few games needs to be improved. Blocking is a game between the secondary attack and the opponent's second pass."
Looking back on the first two losses to Iran and Japan, Wu Sheng believes that the team did not perform to the fullest level, and the loss was too heavy a psychological burden.
"The first two games had a certain impact on the Asian teams. On the one hand, the team lost a certain amount of core players. On the other hand, they wanted to win their opponents. The psychological burden was too heavy, and the technical level did not play out. Because of the epidemic, the Chinese men's volleyball team has very few opportunities to participate. In the first stop, we are not very comfortable in all aspects, and I have not done a good enough job as a coach to free the players from difficulties."
The Chinese team ended the first game with a record of 1 win and 3 losses.
In Wu Sheng's view, the Chinese team has basically completed the task at this stop.
In the following games, the Chinese team should put winning and losing second, and constantly learn and exercise through games.
"Use it right away when you see a good one. These are all carried out in the game, and the improvement will be faster. You can't wait for the whole game to finish before summarizing. We must continue to learn and improve our technical and tactical level, and improve our understanding of the concept of volleyball."
The Chinese team will move to the Philippines in the second week of the World Men's Volleyball League, and will face France, Germany, Argentina and Italy on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 26th respectively.