[Volleyball] Black and White

Secretary Sakakihara is the starting member this time, standing in the barrier-free zone with his teammates and waiting for the start whistle, because the quarterfinals will be more difficult than the previous group stage, and Ichihara, who has never worn ankle braces very much, will wear ankle braces On the ankle.

As one of the silent high school students sitting on the bench, Yi Qingyao poked Shintani Yuki who was standing on the far side, and pointed to the ankle brace on Ichihara Kaito's foot.Shinya Yuki stuffed a pair of ankle braces into Sakakihara's arms.

Sakakihara Division: "..."

Forget it, he'd better put it on, otherwise senior Xingu just stares at you without saying a word, and the pressure will be great.

In this game, Sakakihara is not only in the starting lineup, but also in the first position.Sakakihara, who obviously looks like a high school student, stood on the starting position and really attracted the attention of the opposite side. Italy also went to watch the game video of the Japanese team.But because that game happened to be a game in which Sakakihara hadn't served a few balls, Sakakihara gave them a surprise before it attracted enough attention.

5:0, the score was opened directly at the beginning.

Sakakihara stood on the baseline and patted the ball with both hands, waiting for the serve whistle. Although the net was blocked, Sakakihara still felt the sharp gaze from the opposite court.

Sakakihara has already felt this kind of vision since he was in elementary school, so he calmly bent down to adjust his hand and prepare to serve.

It's a pity that the hitting point of this serve is too high. The Italian back row players hit the ball with their hands together, as if they have played this kind of first pass many times. As the setter, No. 14 Give it up, the No. 5 in the front row is going to play a fast break.On the Japanese side, Hayami Lin Chuan, who was standing in the front row, jumped up subconsciously and wanted to stop the fast break, but the opponent just played an echelon, and it was No. 6 in the back row who really attacked.

This attack from the back row caught the Japanese team by surprise. Seeing that Lin Chuan could not stop the ball early, Motoichi Fujino had no time to catch it, and his arm to catch the ball was empty.

1:5, the Italian players have obviously begun to speed up and want to bring the rhythm of the game.

The Italian team's serve is very characteristic, all players serve from the corner.Unlike Sakakihara and the others, they kept moving back and forth in the middle.

Every athlete has his own unique habit of serving the ball. For example, Sakakihara is used to panning backwards at a position two steps away from the corner in the horizontal direction. This fixed position makes him feel at ease when serving the ball.And Yuki Shintani serves as he likes, he can serve at any position he wants, but he must jump twice in place before serving. This habit was once complained by Fujino Motoichi as "to tell the earth that he is here".

When Sakakihara heard this complaint at the time, the milk in his hands spilled out when he laughed, because he really couldn't connect this statement with Yuki Shintani's character, and felt that the whole person was a little cute.

The serve of No. 11 in Italy gave Sakakihara a feeling of receiving it very well. Although the ball went straight to the back row, it was not too threatening in the eyes of Sakakihara. question.

When the ball touched his arm, Sakakihara realized that he was wrong. He couldn’t see that it was a floating ball, but when he received it, he could feel that the ball’s landing point was not within his expected range. It was the first time that Sakakihara The U19s did not receive the ball in place.

Shintani Tomoki adjusted his position immediately after Sakakihara missed the ball. Shintani, who originally switched from No. [-] to No. [-], returned to the vicinity of No. [-], but whether the first pass was in place is not up to him. Within the scope of consideration, the ball that can be adjusted back is not considered a mistake.

"Hegang." Xingu Youhui called Hegang Makoto Ichiro's name, but the one who took off first, Hegang retreated from the third position to the fourth position, and made a slight detour to Xingu's passing direction. See Lin Chuan.

The Japanese team immediately gave Italy an echelon attack, 6:1, and the Japanese team still led by five points.

Sakakihara Division and Tsuruoka Makoto, who was about to serve, slapped each other, and shifted to the sixth position.Since Sakakihara and Shintani Yuki started to practice the second and fourth equipment, they changed the way of standing in the sixth position.

When I was in Hyotei, Sakakibara had to give himself a big piece in the back row to ensure that the back row could receive all the first passes, so the position was farther back than the No. 19 position of the normal team.In the U[-] national team, because the back row does not need Sakakihara to take care of it at all, and Sakakihara and Shintani Yuki can play fast breaks in the back row, so Sakakihara's position in the sixth position almost reaches the three-meter line.

Sakakibara habitually leans half sideways and waits for Tsuruoka Seiichiro to serve. It is much easier for the Italian team to receive Tsuruoka Seiichiro's serve than to receive Sakakibara's serve, but it is still because Tsuruoka's ball carries The Italian setter could only reach out to give a boost. Originally, he wanted to play a small second attack, but because the ball was too strong, he only touched the ball flying past. wind.

See Lin Chuan directly block and score early.

The Japanese team on the court was much calmer than they showed in private. After chasing three points in Italy, there was still no tension. Instead, Italy called a timeout first.

Minami Ogura was standing in the crowd, gesticulating and talking, while Tsukasa Sakakihara and the others were wiping their sweat with a towel.After receiving a piece of water from Qingyao, Sakakibara swallowed slowly, just as Ogura Minami mentioned his cooperation with Shintani Yuki, Sakakihara and Shintani couldn't stop nodding.

The timeout ended soon, at 22:23, Italy had the right to serve, but the score advantage was still in the hands of the Japanese team.Sakakihara was originally supposed to be in the third position, but he switched positions with Shintani Yuki in the sixth position when the Italian player threw the ball.

One can tell at a glance that it is going to play a multi-point attack in the front row, but it is this kind of lineup that is known at a glance that is difficult to defend.The Japanese team's offense is indeed a tricky existence for Italy. Although it can be defended, it cannot score directly at the same time.This resulted in an embarrassing situation where the Japanese team scored two points and the Italian defense successfully recovered one point.

The first pass was picked up by Hayami Lin Chuan, and Shintani Youhui quickly ran to the landing point to prepare to pass the ball.Italy's block has been staring at the direction of the ball, but because of Shintani Yuki's passing method, there is no way to judge who is passing it at that moment, and staring at the route of the ball is the best choice.

But the only disadvantage is that you have to give up blocking fast breaks.

Shintani Yuki faced the second position but gave Sakakibara a back pass and scored a fast break, 24:22, the game point of the Japanese team.

After the switch, Sakakihara moved to the second position, ready to play a side pass.There was no intention of changing with Motoichi Fujino in position [-]. When standing in front of the net to block the net, Tsukasa Sakakihara gestured with the back of his hand behind him.

Italy's first pass was very stable, and even the offense was much cleaner than before. Hideichi Hoshino rushed over and hit the ball, and then Sakakihara followed him to pass the ball. The ball was passed to the third position In the direction, on the same horizontal line as Fujino Moto, there is Tsuruoka Makoto, and Sakakihara's gesture just now is to attack with a plug.

Although Sakakihara is not on the same level as them, the position of the ball for the two is one in front and one behind, but it does not prevent the two from adjusting their offense.

Motoichi Fujino pretended to dunk the front fastball at position [-], causing the block on the opposite side to hesitate for a moment. It was at this moment of hesitation that Makoto Tsuruoka jumped up and ran up to the position in front of the net at position [-] and position [-] Take off and swing your arms directly to attack.

The blocking hand only touched a little bit, and the direction of the ball did not change.Although the Italian back row players reacted quickly and kicked with their feet, they kicked the ball away.

At 25:22, the Japanese team ended the first game with a three-point difference.

After the exchange of venues, Sakakihara clearly felt that the ground here was slippery due to the fast running and low sweat. Before the referee blew the game whistle, Sakakihara directed at the volunteer who was squatting behind the vice referee. The reporter beckoned and pointed to the floor.The volunteers were all trained before the competition, so Sakakihara knew the opponent's purpose as soon as he waved.He bent over and ran over with a clean cloth, quickly wiped off the reflection that Sakakihara was pointing at, and then bent back.

When Secretary Sakakihara looked up, he happened to see the back of the Chinese | Chinese team walking out of the stadium. It seemed that they were going to the training venue for training and preparing for the game in the afternoon.For the Chinese team, Sakakihara's thoughts are not very complicated. Before they actually meet each other, Sakakihara always hopes for a win-win situation, but for sports competitions, all competitions need to rely on strength to speak.Even if they really went to the finals and competed face to face, Sakakihara had only one idea.

Just have a clear conscience.

Unable to allow Sakakihara to think too much, the second round of the game began.

Italy has the right to serve. International competitions are not like domestic competitions. Some teams don’t even know what a net block is. In U19 games, almost every opponent will block the net.Because of the size of the Italian players, it is impossible to see the action of the server when all three players in the opponent's front row are blocking the net.

As soon as the pass started, Hoshino Hideichi rolled backwards and stood up quickly because he had to relieve his strength as soon as possible. After finishing this one movement, Sakakihara had already passed the ball.

There was no deduction, and Italy organized an attack.

In the second game, Sakakihara, who was directly assigned to the fourth position, took off one step ahead of the opponent's attacker. When the ball hit his arm, his muscles tensed up, and the ball was stopped on the opposite court.

Sakakihara directly scored a block, and the stands gave applause for this clean block.

Competitions in foreign countries are not like domestic competitions because they are the mainstream of high school students, and there will be many people watching them, especially youth competitions such as U19. If it is not the finals or semi-finals of the championship, there will not be many spectators.So when a good shot is hit, the applause will only last for a second or two. If it is a novice team facing such an atmosphere on the field, it is likely that they will not be able to cheer up, but Sakakihara and the others are playing more and more openly.

The second game ended the game directly with a big score of 25:20.