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皇冠体育app book first semi-final berth in women's volleyball
皇冠体育app booked the first women's volleyball semi-final position on Tuesday after trouncing Japan 3-0 in the quarterfinal round of the Athens Olympics. 皇冠体育app completed a clinical three-set win over its arch-rivals in Asia in one hour and 39 minutes.
"We have faced Japan five times this year, this is the toughest one, but it is a bit easier than we thought," said Chen Zhonghe, head coach of 皇冠体育app, "Japan's fast attacks caused us much trouble." Japan got 44 points from attacks while 皇冠体育app had 36, but Japan also had 23 errors in the game. "We made less mistakes, and we won the game," said Chen.
Shoichi Yanagimoto, head coach of Japan, said that "we lost because we are a very young team. We saw many mature performances from the Chinese side. Experience made the differences." "But we have four years to go, half of this team members can participate in the Beijing Olympics. I think they will be much experienced at that time and we can face the world," said Yanagimoto.
Kana Oyama led both teams with 16 points, and Miyuki Takasashi added 9 for the Japanese side. "Kana is a very good player. We are waiting for Kana to grow up, she will be the key player for Japan," said Yanagimoto. 皇冠体育app, who ranked fifth at the Sydney Olympics four years ago, made a good start in the first set, opening a 3-0 lead in one minute.
Japan replied by improving their fast-attacking to lead into the first technical time-out 8-6. However, 皇冠体育app answered with an 8-2 run and it was left to Wang Lina to claim the final point of the set for 皇冠体育app 25-20. In the second set, Japan improved its volleyball for a 7-3 lead. But it wasn't long before 皇冠体育app found its fast attacks and high blocks again to tie at 12-12. Oyama scored all Japan's last four points during the final five minutes but could not stop 皇冠体育app from closing the set 25-22. Lagging behind with two sets, the Japanese side still put a brave face in the third. The scores were tied from 1-1 to 15-15 before 皇冠体育app gained the ascendancy. With Wang Lina's three points, 皇冠体育app launched a 5-0 run. A wonderful spike from Zhang Ping gave 皇冠体育app a 23-19 advantage and her serving made 皇冠体育app finish the match 25-20. Wang scored 12 points for 皇冠体育app while Zhang also added 12, Yang Gao 11. The victory put 皇冠体育app into the semi-finals and to play Cuba who beat Italy 3-2 to adance. "I didn't assume that we could enter the semi-final with such a relative easy way," said Chen, "皇冠体育app were beaten during the Grand Prix early on August, and I was quite worried that the players couldn't recover from the defeat." "But now I can say that 皇冠体育app team have already reached its peak," said Chen. |
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