Brazil downs China at volleyball worlds

时间：2006-11-11 05:52:18

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Brazil's Fabiana Claudino (L) spikes2 the ball through China's blocker Liu Yanan (C) as Claudino's teammate Jaqueline Carvalho watches during their second round match at the FIVB women's Volleyball World Championship in Osaka, western Japan November 9, 2006.
 
Nov.10 - Brazil came out unbeaten to reach the semi-finals of the 2006 women's volleyball World Championship as the Brazilians eased past China 3-2 here on Thursday.

 

Brazil, who won their third straight World Grand Prix title and sixth in all at Italy last month, rallied from two sets down to beat the Olympic champion China 24-26, 20-25, 25-21, 25-16, 19-17.

 

"I felt today's game was a really big game, it is just like the final. We blew some winning opportunities, but finally we came through." said Brazil's head coach Jose Guimaraes.

 

Jaqueline Carvalho had 21 points to lead Brazil to its fifth straight victory of the tournament, Walewska Oliveira and Sheilla Castro added 18 and 16 respectively.

 

With the win, Brazil had 10 points and faces a clash with Russia to decided3 the top of the group on Sunday.

 

Russia also had 10 points after defeated the Netherlands 25-17, 25-18 25-16 early on Thursday.

 

Brazil had too many unforced errors and lost the first two sets.But after their injured captain Helia Souza back on court in the third set, the Brazilians began to show their power over the net.

 

Chen Zhonghe, head coach of China, praised his players and said, "My players tried really hard. We played according to our usual style in the first and second set. But in the third and fourth sets, Brazil's serving improved and their receiving improved dramatically."

 

"I could feel a certain amount of difference between Brazil and China. They were good at rebuilding an attacking trend and we had problems on that point."

 

Brazil managed a 5-0 run to take the lead 18-14 and another 4-0 run shortly afterward4 to extend the gap at 23-18.

 

China clawed back to 21-24 but could not stop Fabiana Claudino's spiking5 from the left side and Brazil took one set back with 25-21.

 

China did not improve their attack or defense6 in the fourth set, while Brazil continued their winning momentum7 to made it 2-2 with 25-16.

 

In the deciding set, China again led the game at 8-5, but they made several mistakes in serving and attacking and Brazil leveled the match at 12-12.

 

"I thought we may loss the match when we fell behind at 5-8, but fortunately we finally win the whole match." said Guimaraes.

 

After tying at 17-17, Claudino again helped Brazil to the match point and Claudino and Castro combined to block Wang Yimei's spike1 to seal the victory for Brazil.

 

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1 spike lTNzO     
n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效
参考例句：
  • The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
  • They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
2 spikes jhXzrc     
n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划
参考例句：
  • a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
  • There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
4 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来；以后
参考例句：
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
5 spiking fdfff77f88d75cd4917be2a320cd846e     
n.尖峰形成v.加烈酒于( spike的现在分词 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划
参考例句：
  • High spiking fever with chills is suggestive of a complicating pylephlebitis. 伴有寒战的高热，暗示合并门静脉炎。 来自辞典例句
  • We could be spiking our own guns. 我们可能要遭到失败。 来自辞典例句
6 defense AxbxB     
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
7 momentum DjZy8     
n.动力，冲力，势头；动量
参考例句：
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

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