The total score is 3-0, sweeping the Shanghai Women's Volleyball Team and reaching the final of the Women's Volleyball League for the first time

The third match of the semi-final of the 2018-2019 Women's Volleyball Super League made many fans shout surprise. BAIC Women's Volleyball Team, which has no experience in the semi-finals of the league for six years, won the match point key battle 3-1 at the home court of Shanghai Women's Volleyball Team, and defeated the opponent 3-0 overall score, reaching the final of the women's volleyball league for the first time in history.

Looking back on recent seasons, BAIC Women's Volleyball Team is often strong but missed opportunities. What did BAIC Women's Volleyball Team do correctly this time when it was able to turn over the runner up of the last league tournament in a crisp manner?

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Everyone focuses on the interests of the whole team

In the first game of the semi-final, BAIC women's volleyball team swept Shanghai 3-0 at home. This achievement inspired the BAIC fans who watched the match on the spot, and also surprised the Shanghai Women's Volleyball Team. After the game, the Shanghai players vowed that they would come back here and compete again.

Unfortunately, in the twinkling of an eye, after losing two away games in Shanghai, they handed over their qualification for the final, although the BAIC Women's Volleyball Team was not favored before the semi-final. In fact, since reaching the semi-finals, BAIC Women's Volleyball Team has shown a different morale. From top to bottom, the team members hope to help the team further.

For example, in the BAIC women's volleyball team, only 30 year old Zeng Chunlei and 29 year old Liu Xiaotong played in the semi-finals six years ago. Although they played in the finals on behalf of Tianjin and Shanghai through the introduction of foreign aid, Zeng Chunlei said that it was different from playing in the semi-finals on behalf of his own team. "I especially hope to help Beijing team play well," Zeng Chunlei said.

Liu Xiaotong celebrated his 29th birthday in the second semi-final of BAIC Women's Volleyball Team. After winning the championship on behalf of Tianjin last year, Liu Xiaotong became the only league champion in the team. However, she believes that the good performance of Beijing this year has something to do with the unity and morale of the whole team, "The reason why we can stick to the end is that we are all united. No matter who is the main force, who is the substitute, who plays the first round or who plays the substitute, we do not consider our personal situation. Instead, we focus on the interests of the whole team, and the desire to win is much stronger than in the past. This is very important for winning."

Ding Xia, who just arrived at Beijing Team, also felt that "I feel that Beijing Team is outstanding in cohesion and the spirit of not giving up. There are young people in the team, as well as players from the national team. There are many foreign players, and everyone integrates quickly. In Beijing Team, I feel like a national team. Everyone works hard and hopes to contribute to the team."

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Strong configuration of domestic and foreign aid teams

In the first game of the semi-final, the on-site MVP was awarded to Ding Xia, a new domestic player of BAIC Women's Volleyball Team. In the last game of the semi-final, the MVP belongs to Rachel, a BAIC foreign aid. In terms of recruitment, BAIC Women's Volleyball Team completely defeated Shanghai Team.

As early as the beginning of the season, the configuration of the team of BAIC Women's Volleyball Team has been eye-catching. Including Dixon, the best sub attack in the 2015 Japan World Cup, and Rachel, the best foreign player in the former league, BAIC Women's Volleyball Team has a total of three foreign players, while the league only allows two foreign players to play at the same time.

However, head coach Zhang Jianzhang is still worried about the running in of the team, and the league goal announced to the public is just to strive for the qualification of the group. However, the fans found that the team of BAIC Women's Volleyball Team was super luxurious in the semi-final stage.

The depth of the bench of BAIC Women's Volleyball Team is not only reflected in the main attacking position, but also in the secondary attacking position. BAIC Women's Volleyball Team has Li Weiwei, a member of Henan Women's Volleyball Team who has been selected into the National Youth Team. In the second pass position, Chen Xintong and Sun Wenjing have their own characteristics, while Wang Lin, a former national women's volleyball libertarian, takes the lead.

In addition, during the second recruitment, Beijing invited two national players Ding Xia and Wang Mengjie to join the team, making up for the last weakness of the team. In the semi-final, the two players greatly enhanced the strength of the Beijing team. Wang Mengjie has a great coverage in the back court and plays very well in the defense.

Ding Xia deserves to be the first two setters of the national team. Zhang Jianzhang said that although she had less than ten days to run in with the team, she tried to get familiar with the team and her teammates. It can be said that she is a very dedicated player and deserves to be our Chinese women's volleyball player. "

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Young players grow up in the league

As a team that was not favored before the semi-final, but eliminated the hot players in such a crisp way to advance to the final, BAIC Women's Volleyball Team said that it was because the players' clothes were black, so it became a big dark horse. Looking back on the past seasons when the semi-finals were lost, they also accumulated valuable experience for victory.

Just last season, the BAIC club invested as much as it did. It introduced the best foreign aid on the court today, Australia to support Rachel and the American vice attack Warpat, and introduced domestic aid, such as Chen Xintong and Wang Chen. In the middle of the season, it also introduced two national players, such as Wang Mengjie.

Unfortunately, many players suffered injuries on the way to the league: the main sub attack Qiao Ting had a heart problem, the foreign aid Rachel had a recurrence of waist injury, Wopat had neck injury, and Liu Xiaotong's shoulder injury and waist injury were difficult to heal.

That period was also the hardest time for head coach Zhang Jianzhang. Although the paper lineup is strong, it can't be used. Zhang Jianzhang has to employ a group of young players such as Liu Mengyao, Zhang Yu, Ren Kaiyi, Jin Ye, etc. Although BAIC Women's Volleyball Team failed to reach the semi-finals for the fifth consecutive season, the whole team still experienced training. In particular, young players grew up in last year's league and matured in this year's league, becoming the main force.

It can be said that this historic promotion to the final of the league is of great significance to the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team. The home away system was first implemented in the volleyball league since the 1996-1997 season, and the Beijing team participated in the Group A league for the first time in the 1999-2000 season. The ranking of the team was not high due to the restriction of funds. With BAIC Group funding the club, the team finally made a historical breakthrough. Next, BAIC Women's Volleyball Team needs to wait for the winners of Tianjin and Jiangsu teams to determine the final opponents of the league. No matter what the final result is, after nearly 20 years of ups and downs, Beijing women's volleyball players will have the opportunity to launch an attack on the league championship.

By our reporter Chu Peng