women's volleyball team "Zhu Yuanzhang" became a swan song! The official confirmed that Zhang Changning is close to retiring, and the new team has taken over
In the latest interview about the Chinese women's volleyball coach Cai Bin, the recent situation of the Olympic champion Zhang Changning was mentioned, which attracted everyone's attention and aroused discussions among fans. The article wrote: "Zhang Changning, who was able to make outstanding contributions in both the main attack and support positions, is basically in a state of close to retirement."
This is also the first time that an official media has used "close to retirement" to describe Zhang Changning's current situation. In fact, it has long been a consensus that Zhang Changning has basically retired. After the National Games, she did not return to the team for training, but only occasionally posted videos of running in the gym. According to the standards of athletes, Zhang Changning's physical fitness has already declined and he cannot meet the requirements for playing.
Looking back on Zhang Changning's career, it is still very colorful. At first, Zhang Changning was a sand volleyball player, and then switched to indoor volleyball, so her serve has always retained the movement of sand volleyball turning the ball to remove sand. After returning to indoor volleyball, Zhang Changning was a member of the second team at the beginning. With his outstanding performance, he won the favor of Lang Ping, successfully entered the first team, and won the World Cup and Olympic champions with the team.
Zhang Changning can play both the main attack and the support position. The Rio cycle is the panacea for the team. If the main attack is difficult, she will be the main attack. In the Rio Olympics, Lang Ping made full use of Zhang Changning to make the team's 12 players play their biggest role. On the gold medal point, Zhang Changning's performance allowed the opponent to pass the net, which directly created Hui Ruoqi's classic moment.
In the Tokyo cycle, Zhang Changning became Zhu Ting's opposite corner, and together with Yuan Xinyue formed "Zhu Yuanzhang", becoming the iron triangle of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Today, with Zhang Changning's basic retirement, the "Zhu Yuan Zhang" combination that has made countless military exploits has been disbanded and has become everyone's memory. Although "Zhu Yuanzhang" has become a swan song, the new group has taken over, that is, the brand-new troika-Li Yingying, Wang Yuntuo and Gong Xiangyu.
According to the current technical and tactical system, the side attack has become an important scoring weapon for the team. Li Yingying, Wang Yuntuo and Gong Xiangyu will all speed up and grab points to break through the opponent's block. Through the training of the last World League and World Championships, Li Yingying not only improved significantly in offense, but also polished her first pass defense very well. She has become the core of the team and an indispensable member.
Gong Xiangyu is now the absolute main force in the support position, and also one of the key cores in Cai Bin's technical and tactical system to achieve both wings. Compared with the heavy first-pass tasks of the previous cycle, Gong Xiangyu’s back-row support tasks have been reduced this cycle, and many offensive tasks have been added. She will tear apart the defenses of the strong teams through lightning-fast back-level play, slowing down the fourth position. offensive pressure.
Although Wang Yuntu has been criticized for her strength, at this stage, there is no player whose strength can replace her. She can protect herself with one pass in 6 rounds, and she doesn't waste the ball in offense. She gets all the points she should get, and occasionally has a flash. Looking forward, the new Trident can continue to shine on the field.
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@CHN_HRQ_FAN I don’t know if she retired or not? It just rumor, wait for confirmation from the news.
@VincentKong I understood the article. If She comes back, I'll be doubly happy, but at the level of the Chinese national team, this task is almost impossible.
@CHN_HRQ_FAN all right. it make sure that.