[Sports Road Hangzhou Direct Attack]The Hong Kong women’s volleyball team played in the final group match of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games tonight (2nd), facing the weaker Afghanistan. It only took 44 minutes to defeat 25:2, 25:7, 25:3. A triumphant victory, qualifying for the ranking match with one win and two losses in third place in the group. Hong Kong team captain Chien Ying-lin said after the game that yesterday’s 0:3 loss to Kazakhstan was a heavy blow to the team. This big victory helped the Hong Kong team calm down and hoped that the team could affirm itself with its performance in the subsequent ranking matches.
Hong Kong team captain Zhan Yinglin
“Yesterday was the most important game for us. I was sad because I felt I lost without trying my best, and I didn’t play well enough. Even today, I still haven’t settled down.” The Hong Kong team in Group D’s first game: 0: 3 lost to Japan. Yesterday’s match against Kazakhstan was originally the game that Hong Kong players most hoped to win, but they ended up losing at 13:25, 12:25, and 15:25. Hong Kong team captain Chim Ying-lin said that this year’s team has been together for five years, and some members have been in love with each other for more than 10 years. This year’s team hopes to compete for the top 8 seats and “fight for their breath”, but their hopes were shattered when they lost to Kazakhstan. I really wanted to win, but I was slow to adjust and failed to adapt to some of the changes made by the coach. As the captain, I didn’t express my thoughts to the coach, and then the game didn’t go well from the first game.”
The next day after the defeat, they will face Afghanistan, which has also lost both games, to compete for third place in the group. Zhan Yinglin said that the team held a special meeting before the game to express everyone’s thoughts, “At the same time, remind everyone that yesterday’s game is over.” It has something to do with strength. In the match against Afghanistan with a huge gap, the Hong Kong team won a 3-0 victory in a straight-line manner, losing only 12 points in three games. She said it was a game that helped the team calm down and calm down in preparation for the subsequent ranking match.
The Hong Kong team will compete with the third-placed Mongolia, India, Nepal and the fourth-placed Afghanistan in other groups for positions 9 to 13. The first game will be against Mongolia at 10:30 am on October 4. Zhan Yinglin said that the three teams are all relatively close in strength, “so the ranking match is a game to affirm yourself.”
picture:Brian Ching
Text: He Ziyuan
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “【Hangzhou Asian Games．Direct attack]The Hong Kong women’s volleyball team recovered from the defeat and swept Afghanistan to advance to the rankings」
2023-10-02 13:53:00
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