While many national championship volleyball tournaments in the world are only taking place in the group stage, China's tournament has found two names participating in the final of the 2021-2022 season.
The two strongest names of Chinese women's volleyball continue to be Tianjin and Jiangsu, which are also two clubs participating in the final last season. Both are also the cradle of many of the best athletes in China over the years.
While the reigning champion of Tianjin asserted the absolute strength of Li Yingying and Vargas, despite the absence of captain Zhang Changning as well as launching two new assistants 16-17 years old, Jiangsu girls still won Shanghai in the semi-finals.
This is probably the result that many people surprised because before the tournament started, perhaps the goal of Jiangsu was only the top 4 when changing blood to more than half of the young squad and Shanghai did not hide the ambition to compete in the championship.
Before the starting season, this rich team broke up with many pillars to welcome the two stars, Kim Yeon Koung and Jordan Larson. These are the world's top two owners with excellent performance in the recent Tokyo Olympic Games.
Not only that, this is also the two broken hands to win the MVP title of the London Olympic Games and the Tokyo Olympic Games. These two foreign soldiers of Shanghai are expected to help them to be a counterweight with Tianjin champions.
However, as soon as the season started, the Chinese volleyball federation ruled that each club had only one foreign athlete on the pitch. This means that only Kim Yeon Koung or Jordan Larson is on the field.
Because of this regulation, all the calculations or investments of Shanghai are broken. Spending a large amount of money to get these two stars but there may be only one person on the pitch, this two famous team of attacking also officially went bankrupt and had to find another team that conforms to the regulations.
As a result, Shanghai performed the ineffective poor gameplay, Kim Yeon Koung or Jordan Larson alone could not “weigh” the team in front of an overall opponent like Jiangsu, causing this team to be eliminated in the semi -finals.
A full -time failure of the rich and bitter team before the regulations were somewhat confusing before the starting season of the Chinese Football Federation. After the shock this season, many teams will probably be more careful in hiring foreign soldiers in the next seasons.