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Team China came back from two sets down to clinch a 3-2 victory against Germany on Monday in the fourth round match of the 2021 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women’s Volleyball Nations League in Rimini, Italy. With scores of 20-25, 19-25, 27-25, 25-21, 15-9 in five sets, China’s captain Zhang Changning and Germany’s top scorer Hanna Orthmann both got the game’s highest 23 points.
“In the third set we started to lose this control and China got back, they are a strong team,” said Orthmann. “It was not China playing very differently, it was our mistakes. We were not so aggressive anymore,” she added.
The FIVB Volleyball Nations League kicked off in Rimini, Italy, on May 25. Team China clinched their opening victory with a 3-1 win over South Korea. However, the reigning Olympic champion suffered a 3-0 loss to Japan in the second round and then gained a 3-0 win over Thailand in the third round.
(With input from Xinhua)