At 7:30 this evening, 2008—2009 season WCBA will open in Yinzhou Gymnasium. Defending champion PLA Guangbo stationery women basketball team will meet Shenyang women basketball team having strong advantages. For the PLA Guangbo stationery women basketball team which has recently changed head coach, the first match will be a tough fight. Whether they'll have a successful beginning, it matters the confidence and morale in later matches.
Guangbo bases itself on striving
Now in PLA Guangbo team there’re only Chen Nan, Zhang Xiaoni, Sui Feifei, Chen Lixin, Wang Fan and Fu Chi entered the last season’s match. Five lead-off will appear among them. Chen Nan, Zhang Xiaoni and Sui Feifei these three players’ state is still uncertain. After all they’ve experienced Olympic Games, they couldn’t be excited at once. This could be noted from the training before match, detachment competiton against substitute lineup mainly with young players, the lineup of the top players don’t account for significant advantage.
Besides, other players of PLA Guangbo team dodn’t attend last season league. Four of them attend WCBA for the first time. The total number of PLA Guangbo players is only 12, barely make up for the sign up number. This condition has never appeared in the previous three seasons. Bai Hua, 35-year-old veteran player, may play a greater role. She performs actively on the training ground, can still cast distance three-point ball.
Compared with signing the contract, this time Wu Xinci’s smile becomes less. She is very strict during the training. It can easily find that she’s somewhat tired. When interviewed, Wu Xinci shows her resolution, “Striving is the most important thing in this match. To see who fights more and fierce.”
Shenbu neat lineup
Yesterday afternoon, Shenbu also had pre-competition training in Yinzhou gymnasium. They had neat lineup. Except Jiang Xun retired and gave birth to baby, last season’s lineup is still kept, and add one insider strong player, that is, Song Liwei, power forward of previous Ha Erbin team. Because of injury, Song Liwei didn’t play much in last season. But from yesterday’s training performance, she showed good status. If Song Liwei can play the level in season 2006-2007, it can greatly lift the overall strength of Shenbu team.
Having Liudan and Zhang Hanlan internal and external, having forceful players in every position, as well as valiant playing style, tonight Shenbu team will cause problems to PLA Guangbo.
After playing with Shenbu, Guangbo’s following three opponents are strong teams, Hayao, Beijing and Liaoning. The beginning stage of the season is the most di
