Xinhua News Agency, Xi'an, February 10 (Reporter Yao Youming, Cao Yibo) On the 10th, in the Xi'an Division of the Women's Basketball Qualifying Tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the French team 50:82. In the face of this rare big loss, Zheng Wei, the head coach of the Chinese team, said that the girls will find and solve problems from this defeat and learn more from the defeat.
On February 10, Li Meng (second from left), a player of the Chinese team, communicates with his teammates on the sidelines of a match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yibo "Last year, our opponents were basically Asian teams, and they did not adapt to the intensity of the world's strongest teams. In the beginning, the French team disrupted all the continuity of our cooperation. The ball went through the midfield, all our cooperation could not continue, they cut off the link between our inside and outside lines, the players changed their thinking, and the attack and defense could not go smoothly. We used to have more than 20 assists in the whole game, but today we only had 14 and 22 turnovers. Zheng Wei said.
As early as the training and preparation process for this competition, Zheng Wei has realized that the high-intensity defense of European and American teams will bring trouble to the Chinese women's basketball team, which has been accustomed to the rhythm of Asian basketball games for some time. In order to solve this problem as soon as possible, she even invited the men's basketball team to be a sparring partner during the preparation process.
Today's game is still a little more difficult than we expected, the talent of the French team is very good, their players run, steal, just like men's players, the next step we must communicate more with the international community, play more international games, and better adapt to the intensity of European and American teams. Zheng Wei said.
On February 10, Chinese player Huang Sijing (second from right) broke through with the ball during the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yibo French team member Bognes introduced that the team made a special tactical arrangement and arrangement for the Chinese team before the game, that is, to enhance the aggression of defense as much as possible. She commented that Han Xu and Li Yueru of the Chinese team are the best players in the world. "Once you get them comfortable receiving the ball inside, then it's very difficult for us to stop them. ”
In Zheng Wei's view, this big score loss will definitely have some negative impact on the players in terms of psychology and emotion. 'But a good team adjusts very quickly, we have one game tomorrow and we will adjust very quickly and play at our level. Zheng Wei said.
Li Meng, who scored a game-high 21 points, said that the defeat would not hit the players' self-confidence, "The Chinese women's basketball team came out of the trough step by step, we won the World Cup runner-up, and also regained the Asian Cup championship." We will not lose faith and will continue to do our best. ”
On February 10, Li Meng (second from right), a player of the Chinese team, attacked during the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yibo With the Puerto Rico team defeating the New Zealand team 69-67, the official website of FIBA confirmed that the Chinese women's basketball team has qualified for the Paris Olympics.
Zheng Wei said that the Chinese women's basketball team will solve the problems found in this game through training and preparation. "This defeat is a wake-up call for all of us," she said. ”