Original title: Olympic experts talk: Chinese women’s basketball is expected to win the medal Xu Limin has a good discipline
Yesterday night, the Chinese team played against the Australian team in the second round of the Tokyo Olympic Women’s Basketball Team, and finally beat the opponent 76:74. After the match, Sohu Sports connected with senior basketball reporter Wu Di, please analyze the women’s basketball team’s performance in this game and the subsequent personnel rotation issues.
Wu Di: Everyone knows that Australia is a traditional strong team in the women’s basketball team, ranking second in the world, second only to the United States. In the 2018 World Cup three years ago, Australia had beaten China by nearly 40 points, making it a very strong team. Today we saw that the Chinese women’s basketball team still had the advantage on the scene during the entire game. Two points difference had reached 10 points. In the end, Australia made a strong counterattack and hit two big hearts with 3 points to equalize the score. Fortunately, the women’s team at a critical moment The basketball players withstood the pressure and succeeded in the last two sideline tactics. In 0.6 seconds, Li Yueru made a free throw to kill the opponent. This game was very difficult to win, but at the same time we also saw that the women’s basketball tactics were indeed very mature, and the style was very tenacious. For example, Wang Siyu collided with his opponent in the opening 3 minutes, and the blood in his forehead had dripped down. After just 3 minutes of dressing, he went on the court and finally scored 20 points, which is also the highest score of the Chinese women’s basketball team in this game. Of course, other players, such as the oldest Shao Ting, set an example and finally played a few floorballs. There were other players who worked very hard defensively. You can see that this women’s basketball team delighted the fans in terms of tactics and style. Especially when the men’s basketball team failed to come to the Olympics, the fans felt very excited when they saw the women’s basketball team.
Sohu Sports: Since the women’s basketball qualifiers in early 2020, the Chinese women’s basketball team has been defeating strong opponents, including Puerto Rico, which won the previous game with a big score. This time, it won Australia, giving people a feeling that this women’s basketball team is in The temperament of the coach Xu Li Minzhu has changed a lot, including the very good execution of several tactics at the end of today’s game. In addition, our team did not panic after being shot by the opponent for two consecutive three-pointers. The tactical command of the head coach went to fight and all finished. What kind of temperament and spiritual changes do you think Xu Limin has brought to this women’s basketball team?
Wu Di: Xu Limin took over Australian Mach as the head coach of the women’s basketball team. He has played in major tournaments including the 2018 World Cup and previous Olympic qualifiers. Because the women’s basketball team is different from the men’s basketball team, the men’s basketball team is the first place in the Asian region of the World Cup to directly enter the Olympic Games, and the rest of the teams will lose the qualifier. From these competitions, it can be seen that the women’s basketball team has gone through a wave of blood changes after Xu Limin took office. For example, the average age of the Olympic players is less than 25 years old. They are quite young and have played in the 2016 Olympic Games. There are only three players, Shao Ting, Huang Sijing, and Sun Mengran, which are equivalent to nine athletes who have never played in the Olympics. They are relatively young teams.
Xu Limin’s coach is a very strict coach in training and competition. The women’s basketball training class has also been opened to the media several times before. It can be seen that the training intensity is very high. Although the media can only take a look at them in public classes, they also feel that the intensity is very high, and they train like this all year round. Everyone can see from the tactical execution of the final women’s basketball team, such as sideline serve and free throws. The girls usually train very hard, and the last four free throws are steadily hit. One is the technical pass and the other psychological pass. . This one is due to the usual accumulation, and the other is the confidence given to them by the coach. We have time-outs in this game. Hearing Xu Limin’s guidance has been encouraging the players, such as making mistakes or failing to make a three-pointer and being chased by the opponent, we did not blame it. Players, I have always encouraged and said, I believe you can win, you will definitely win Australia. Xu Limin usually has strict requirements, but at critical moments he still encourages and trusts the team members so that they dare to act and assume responsibility.
Last time we played the Asian Games, there was such a scene. The team members lived in the Asian Games Village. Xu Limin guided the team members to the activity room at night. Many athletes were there. At that time, “Little Apple” was played. In private, I have a closer relationship with the girls. There is no pretension. The coach sings and dances with the team members. In fact, the age gap between him and the players is quite big.
Sohu Sports: Two-game winning streak qualifying team, the third game is Belgium, Belgium is also a relatively strong women’s basketball team in Europe, will there be a personnel rotation in the third game, so that the players who play less will find the feeling of the Olympic Games?
Wu Di: This women’s basketball team has a lot of rotations, basically reaching a rotation of 9-10 players. Maybe Mach used 6-7 players at that time. Now compared with before, the number of rotation players is still increasing. Xu Guiding has very high defense requirements. The number of rotations increases and the defense intensity increases. More people have better physical fitness and increase greater intensity. Now that 9-10 people are almost the same, it should still be this general lineup. Now the women’s basketball team has won two consecutive victories and has advanced to the quarterfinals. Is it possible for the 11th and 12th players to feel the intensity of the Olympic Games? I think it is also possible. But Belgium is also a very strong team, winning 15 points against Australia in the first game. It was ranked sixth in the world before. In fact, it is not as good as Australia, but from the first game, it is still quite strong. Although these European teams have high and low rankings, they are all very strong. The teams of Belgium and France are still quite strong and cannot be taken lightly. After the third game, we will play the quarter-finals knockout. The third game allows the team to find the status and the players to find the status. The continuation of the status is also a very important coaching job.
Sohu Sports: The last question is, our women’s basketball team once won the silver medal in the Olympics. Will this women’s basketball team be among the top three in this Olympics? Is it possible to win medals?
Wu Di: The women’s basketball team broke into the quarter-finals last World Cup and lost to Australia in the end. In recent years, in the World Series or warm-up matches, the women’s basketball team has beaten the strong teams of Australia, France, and Canada. For these teams, the women’s basketball team can play against other European teams including Canada and Australia, and the Japanese women’s basketball team is also very strong and is definitely one of the best teams in the world.
Now the US women’s basketball team is in the first gear, and the Chinese women’s basketball team can be said to be in the second gear. You can also play against other strong teams, especially after playing the world’s second-ranked Australia, although this team does not have Campbell. , But there are still five WNBA players. The Chinese women’s basketball team was suppressed on the court, and the score reached 10 points several times, which means that the absolute strength of the women’s basketball team has the upper hand. Moreover, the women’s basketball team is playing against the European and Australian teams. You can see that there is absolutely no loss in physical confrontation, and there is absolutely no loss in confrontation. There are now two world-class players inside, Li Yueru and Han Xu, one offense and one defense. In the case of relatively strong insiders, he did not fight for the inside. If there is a fast break opportunity, he will also seize the fast break opportunity. Like defenders Yang Liwei and Wang Siyu, those who have the ability to break through will also make breakthroughs by themselves. The striker Shao Ting is very experienced. , Li Meng is very impactful and also has the ability to shoot outside. It can be said that the overall three lines of the women’s basketball team are relatively balanced. There is no shortcoming. There is a certain degree of reliance on fast breaks and positional battles. It does not say which link to focus on. In addition, the overall is relatively young, there are more players in rotation, and it can maintain 40 throughout the game. Everyone can look forward to the intensity of the minute game. Of course, it is not easy to play in the United States, but other teams can play a game, and it should be expected to hit the medals. (Sohu Sports Li BozhenReturn to Sohu to see more
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