Chapter 156 Women's Volleyball Spirit
The Japanese team did not recognize Liu Hongmin, but when they saw someone cheering for the women's volleyball team, they laughed disdainfully.
"We are just defeated. You are just dreaming if you want to win against us."
"We will beat you again, just like we did in the Asian Championships."
Listening to the Japanese team's shouting, the anger in the women's volleyball team's hearts grew stronger.
At the beginning of the game, the women's volleyball team was very angry and a little irrational, and made mistakes one after another.
Coach Yuan sensed the girls' anger, so he called a timeout and said loudly to the girls, "Being angry is a good thing, but you can't become irrational because of being angry. Keep the anger in your heart, but also keep your mind calm, so that you can perform beyond your normal level."
The women's volleyball team slowly calmed down, and after returning to the court, they started with defense to ensure that they did not make any mistakes. They quickly stabilized the situation and slowly caught up with the score.
The Japanese team was anxious. They wanted to replicate the results of the Asian Championships, but they were unlucky at the beginning. The Japanese team was eager to widen the score, became risky and greedy, and took many risky smashes.
The women's volleyball team immediately seized these opportunities, overtaking the score and widening the gap.
"yeah!"
As the score gradually widened, the morale of the women's volleyball team was greatly boosted. They played smoothly, because they were angry, and the force of their hits was greater than usual. This resulted in many balls being caught by the Japanese team, but because they underestimated the force of the ball, they made mistakes and lost points.
The Japanese team's lead at the beginning became their only lead today.
Soon, the women's volleyball team won the first game with 15:10.
Trailing by a large margin, the Japanese team looked at the celebrating women's volleyball team in disbelief.
"How did they become so strong?"
“During the Asian Championships, their strength was not that great.”
"Could they be using stimulants?"
The coach of the Japanese team said: "I will bring this up to the Olympic Committee after the game. Now you all need to focus on the game and don't let your mind wander."
However, in the minds of the Japanese team, they have already determined that the women's volleyball team used stimulants. They are just ordinary people, how can they be the opponent of technological monsters. Once the morale is low, it will be difficult to improve it again.
At the beginning of the second game, the women's volleyball team scored several points in a row, widening the score. The Japanese team wanted to catch up, but they couldn't catch up.
The Japanese team coach was yelling anxiously on the sidelines, and adding several timeouts was of no avail.
The women's volleyball team won the second game 15:7.
During the break, the coach of the Japanese team said angrily: "Come on, everyone, cheer up! Have you forgotten your oath? You are going to defeat them forever. How long has it been? Have you forgotten it?"
The Japanese team did not forget, but they had already given up psychologically.
The third game started even easier than the second. The women's volleyball team scored consecutively and eventually eliminated the Japanese team with a score of 15:4.
Liu Hongmin came to the sidelines with a notebook and said to the women's volleyball team with a smile: "You are really awesome. Can you sign an autograph for me?"
The women's volleyball girls looked shy, but in fact they wanted Liu Hongmin to give them an autograph.
Coach Yuan also came over and said, "Comrade Hongmin, thank you very much for what you did just now."
Liu Hongmin waved his hands quickly, "What are you talking about? I should be the one thanking you. Your victory over the Japanese team is like helping me vent my anger." After a few pleasantries, Liu Hongmin asked, "We will play against the American team the day after tomorrow. Are you confident, Coach Yuan?"
Coach Yuan said: "The American team is a very strong opponent. Although we are not sure of winning, we will definitely go all out."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said: "That's right. The courage to challenge strong opponents is the spirit of our women's volleyball team. After returning to China, I will write an article and publish it in the People's Daily, so that people all over the country can learn this spirit of courage to show their swords."
Director Yuan was stunned. He is indeed a writer, his words are so pleasant to the ears.
The women's volleyball players blushed, and they felt a sense of mission. If they couldn't win the championship, they would be sorry for Liu Hongmin's article.
"We will beat Team USA!"
"Yes, we will definitely win!"
"Must win!!!"
Seeing the girls were so excited, Coach Yuan looked at Liu Hongmin deeply. Writing articles is very tricky, and a few words can make these girls confused. However, he was happy to see this happen. The morale of the women's volleyball team was mobilized, which was indeed helpful for winning the championship.
Liu Hongmin did what he said and started writing articles immediately after returning.
On the day of the match on August 8, he brought the article to the stadium and showed it to the women's volleyball team. But the girls didn't dare to look at it because they were not worthy of the article at the moment.
With the determination to win, the women's volleyball team stepped onto the court.
The first game was very tense, with the scores of both teams climbing and neither team able to pull away. The score was 13:13. The American team scored a point on the block, and they only needed one more point to win the game.
At the critical moment, the women's volleyball team used the "Iron Hammer". They smashed the ball three times in a row, leaving the American team with no chance to fight back. They won the first game 16:14.
After winning the first game, the women's volleyball team saw hope of winning and their morale soared.
In the second game, the women's volleyball team scored 3 points at the beginning, directly widening the score. The American team finally caught up with one point, but the women's volleyball team scored 5 points in a row, which immediately stunned the American team. After two timeouts, no solution was found.
The women's volleyball team made great progress and won the second game with 15:3.
Victory was just around the corner, and the women's volleyball team had already seen the dawn of victory. At the beginning of the third game, they scored three points again and beat the American team 3:0.
The American team changed their tactics and tried to catch up, but the women's volleyball team was unstoppable and eventually won the third game 15-9, winning the championship with a score of 3-0 and completing their third consecutive world championship.
"what--"
The women's volleyball team screamed and hugged each other to celebrate this great achievement.
The American audience at the scene clapped helplessly. The Chinese women's volleyball team was in very good shape today, far surpassing the American team. They accepted the defeat with full conviction.
Liu Hongmin led Chen Yu and others to the sidelines quickly, and then invited the women's volleyball team to take a group photo. After the game, he found a photo studio, attached the group photo of the women's volleyball team to a manuscript, and handed it to the reporter of Renming Daily.
A few days later, an article titled "Dare to Challenge - The Sword-drawing Spirit of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team" was published in the People's Daily, which immediately set off a trend of learning the spirit of the women's volleyball team across the country.
When the women's volleyball team returned home, they were greeted with overwhelming praise, which made them fall into happy troubles.
(End of this chapter)
