China’s men’s volleyball team lost against the Netherlands in straight sets (29-27, 25-12, 25-13) in Wednesday’s game of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Gdansk, Poland. China played vigorously in the first set, surging to level at 24-24 from 22-17 down but the Netherlands had the final say. In the first set, Zhang Jingyin turned out to be China’s leader in attack as he scored nine. The Dutch side, coached by Italian Roberto Piazza, took control in the next two sets and captain Nimir Abdel-Aziz led the team to victory by scoring a game high 30 points. Zhang Guanhua and Zhang Jingyin did their best to pour 12 points each while Thijs Te Horst scored 14 for the winners.
