In the second round of the 2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Basketball Qualifying Tournament, the Chinese women’s basketball team was defeated by the French women’s basketball team 50-82 at home. The result of this game was unexpected by many fans. After the game, head coach Zheng Wei, core player Li Meng, and Huang Sijing both summarized the game, but it still caused a lot of controversy.
In the latest women's basketball strength rankings, the Chinese women's basketball team is in second place, and the French women's basketball team is in fourth place. The last time the two sides met was the quarter-finals of the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup, when the Chinese women's basketball team Winning 85-71, whether judging from the world rankings or previous matches, the Chinese women's basketball team still has some advantages, but the advantage is not big. This also laid the foundation for the disastrous defeat of the Chinese women's basketball team in this game. Foreshadowing. In the last round of competition, both teams achieved a big victory. The Chinese women's basketball team only needs one more win to lock in the qualification for the Paris Olympics. Therefore, the goal Li Meng shouted before the game was also to strive for victory. However, after the game started, the Chinese women's basketball team hit the ground running frequently, making 4 of 16 shots in the first quarter, including 1 of 3 three-pointers. Then the French women's basketball team continued to strengthen their offensive in the second quarter, directly widening the point difference to two. Count, at the end of the first half, the Chinese women's basketball team fell behind 24-44. In the second half of the game, even though Li Meng's efficiency was relatively high, the French women's basketball team couldn't hold back and the French women's basketball team blossomed more. The difference between the two sides further widened. In the end, the French women's basketball team Beat the Chinese women's basketball team 82-55.
After the game, head coach Zheng Wei first apologized to all the fans in an interview, saying that they played a very bad game during the Chinese New Year. Zheng Wei then talked about the reason for the loss. Zheng Wei said that she had prepared for the French women's basketball team before the game, but it was possible that she had not encountered a European team for too long and was not very accustomed to the defensive intensity of a world-class team. The rhythm of the Chinese team was disrupted at this stage, so that the mentality of the players changed and some tactics could not be executed normally. Then Zheng Wei also said that from the data point of view, the Chinese team is a team team, with an average of more than 20 assists, but this game only had 14 assists, and there were many mistakes, plus the shooting rate was very low. , will summarize this game, adjust quickly, and hope that the next game can perform at a normal level. Finally, Zheng Wei also said that many games with the world's top teams will be arranged in the future to train the team.
Li Meng became the only Chinese women's basketball player to score in double figures in this game, scoring 21 points. Regarding this game, Li Meng said that self-confidence cannot be improved or defeated in one or two games. The Chinese women's basketball team We have also come up step by step from the trough. We defeated France in the World Cup and regained the Asian championship in the Asian Cup. Although we lost this game, it does not mean that the whole team will lose confidence. It will only become more clear. You need to deal with your own problems. Another main player, Huang Sijing, said that this game was not played well, mainly because it has been nearly a year since the league to prepare for the window period, and it was not suitable for everyone. , but fortunately it can lay a foundation for subsequent games. In addition, Huang Sijing also talked about the league issue, saying that the French team did not show any discomfort from the league to the Olympic preliminaries. Relatively speaking, the level of the Chinese league is too low, which is not conducive to preparing for international events. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or redistribute it.
