As the host country, Australia attaches too much importance to this World Cup.
Grouping can't be grouped with the United States, which is a rigid rule of World Cup grouping, so I won't mention it for the time being. Look at the grouping of the knockout stage. In order to avoid the United States, Australia specially drew lots for China. How badly do you think they want to win?
Australia wants to win so badly for two reasons. First, because it is the host, the contest has been held in front of your home, so it is really hard not to sprint. Second, because Australia has a strong lineup, it is entirely possible to make it to the finals.
There are five WNBA players in this Australian women's basketball team, namely: whitcomb and Allen of new york Freedom Team, Magberg of Seattle Storm Team, Wallace of Atlanta Dream Team and Marley of Chicago Sky Team. Even their head coach is Sandy Blondello, the head coach of the WNBA Freedom Team.
Facing such a team, China women's basketball team has no advantage in paper strength. Because of this, before the World Cup, China was pushed to the third place by Australia.
Worst of all, before this game, Li Meng, the only core of China's perimeter, couldn't play because of high fever. Before the start of the game, it is estimated that all the fans are thinking: "What should China do without averaging 16 points per game?" ? "
Fight, only fight!
Every rebound, every ground ball, every defense, every attack, Miss China tried her best.
Even so, Australian head coach Sandy Blondello caught China's small plait-Li Yueru's opening moving speed and shooting ability.
In the opening stage, Sandy Brondello, an Australian 13 black girl, took advantage of her footwork to win many singles against Li Mengru. China's height advantage on the court instantly turned into a speed disadvantage.
In addition to the proper arrangement of the offensive end, Australia compressed the defensive formation on the defensive end and kept 3-4 people standing on the edge of the penalty area. As long as Li Yueru gets the ball, he will help the defense kiss up. Once Li Yueru leaves the penalty area, her offensive threat will be greatly reduced due to her limited shooting ability, which makes it impossible for Li Yueru to stay on the court for a long time.
However, there are always people in China who come forward to save the day. The previous sessions were Li Meng, and this session is Han Xu, Yang Liwei and Wang Siyu.
Han Xu played 26 minutes and 28 seconds, twice as much as Li Yueru.
What killed Han Xu the most was not her height, but her middle distance. In the second quarter, she made three consecutive mid-range jumpers, which changed Australia's defense, stole the inside players and sent them home to lauren jackson, an old Australian artist.
With Han Xu's restraint, the pressure on Yang Liwei and Wang Siyu has been reduced a lot. As they hit three points in turn, China beat the Australian team by 23:/kloc-0: 3 in a single match, and we survived.
Australian head coach Sandy Blondello figured out one thing at half-time 15 minutes: Is it inside defense or outside defense?
Australia's defensive arrangements in the second half told everyone the answer.
In the third quarter, after Han Xu struggled to the position, it was not one person, not two people, but three people waiting for her. Australia abandoned China's perimeter defense and piled up the strong ones.
Life and death are in an instant. After all, Blondello killed his disciple Han Xu. Defend the double team, attack and chase her.
Have to say, Blondello's bet was right, and China was chopped to pieces at both ends of the offense and defense in the whole third quarter.
At the decisive moment, Han Xu's physical strength dropped obviously, and the China team was about to capsize. Wang Siyu's here!
At the last minute, China was still two points behind. Wang Siyu's steal helped China equalize the score. Then the Australian attack was not allowed, and China grabbed the rebound. In the last attack, Wang Siyu intercepted the ball and caused a foul. Two free throws, and China won!
Twenty-eight years later, we are once again standing on the stage of the World Series finals.