Chapter 373 - The National Table Tennis Quota is Determined [2/3 More Requests for Pursuit]
However, the distraction of Victoria, Madeleine and the Wolverines fans was only for a moment, and then Kong Zhendong gave him even more enthusiastic applause.
Because they all realize that Kong Zhendong is still young, and he has a more fantastic future!
Losing this game, Kong Zhendong had no resentment in his heart, and he was able to score nineteen points against Waldner, who was in a super-god state, which was beyond the reach of his twenty-year-old self in his previous life.
Kong Zhendong took the initiative to step forward to shake Waldner's hand, and Waldner hugged him with a smile.
When hugging Kong Zhendong, Waldner said in English: "Young man, you are great! The era of the future is yours! ”
Kong Zhendong replied with a smile: "Washen, your era is far from over, you will always be the benchmark in the hearts of our generation of table tennis people!" ”
The two walked off the court smiling. This pinnacle duel has lowered the audience's expectations for the next decisive match.
However, fans who are concerned about the battle for the top of the league are still nervously watching the final matchup.
Now the Wolverines and the Skiers are tied 2-2, and both sides have already earned a league point.
Whoever wins the tiebreaker gets the second point.
Ahead of this round of the league, the Skiers are the top of the league, one point ahead of the Gothenburg Tibetan Mastiffs and two points ahead of the Wolverines.
If the Wolverines win and the Tibetan Mastiffs take all three points against the weaker team, the top spot in the league will be the Tibetan Mastiffs.
On the contrary, the skiers won at least the same number of points as the Tibetan mastiffs, and continued to be at the top of the table by virtue of the advantage of game points.
In addition to the fans who pay attention to the battle for the top of the league, those who pay more attention to the outcome of this game are the national table tennis coaching staff such as Mi Xingbang.
Zhang Lei has already lost to Kong Zhendong in the first game. But there are factors that are too familiar with each other's playing styles and Kong Zhendong's playing system is more compatible.
They really want to see Zhang Lei, who has the European two-sided arc technology, what is the situation in the face of European players other than Kong Zhendong?
Today's Sith Pan also ranks in the top 20 in the league in terms of winning rate, and the gap with Zhang Lei is not big, plus he also saw Kong Zhendong use Bengesen's fast arc play to play Zhang Lei seems to have a clear advantage, so he also hopes to win the tiebreaker for the Wolverines and counterattack to kill Zhang Lei.
It was only after the start of the match that Sith Pan finally realized that facing an opponent is always several times more terrifying than watching his match.
Today is also Zhang Lei's assessment night, and the coaches of the national table tennis coaching staff are in the stands. Mi Shuai overrode public opinion and gave the rare European exchange quota of the national team to himself who is older and about to retire, which is his trust and expectation.
He has lost to Kong Zhendong, and this ball must be won to declare that his European career has been transformed and successful.
Zhang Lei, who has the belief of winning, also made Sith Pan realize that it was the same Bengesen fast arc play, and Kong Zhendong's system of integrating his own technology was completely different from the system he had improved through hard training.
Zhang Lei didn't lose to Bengesen's fast arc play at all, he just lost to Kong Zhendong, who has a more complete comprehensive technical system.
In the end, Zhang Lei won Sith Pan with a clean 2:0 and won the final victory for the skiers.
This victory is the best answer Zhang Lei gave to the loyal fans of the Skiers. Because of the first round of the two sides, Zhang Lei lost to Kong Zhendong in the deciding game, making the Skiers a historic loss to the weak chicken wolverine.
Now this ball is like the reincarnation of fate, Zhang Lei used victory to bring the skiers to the high-speed track to impact the league championship.
This victory is also the perfect answer sheet that Zhang Lei handed over to Mi Xingbang and the national table tennis coaching staff. Although Sith Pan is not a first-class player in Europe, Zhang Lei's easy victory over Bengersen's fast-arc play style has made the coaching staff really see his growth, and his huge advantage in this game has also made the coaching staff feel that even if they face first-class European players, they will still be in an advantageous position.
At the end of the game, the fans left the arena in a state of limbo.
This ball, everyone got a huge gain from it.
Kong Zhendong won the Chinese derby, although he lost to Waldner, but he accumulated experience against Waldner, and won the evaluation of the fans who were almost evenly matched.
Waldner won both games and became the biggest contributor to the team's victory, and the pinnacle battle with Kong Zhendong also defended his position as the first player in the league.
Although Zhang Lei lost the Chinese derby, he completed redemption in the final tiebreaker and became the key to the skiers' victory.
Although Sith Pan lost both fights, he gained experience in facing god-level players like Waldner, and also added experience in the decisive match to decide the fate of the team.
Kong Zhendong and Zhang Lei did not participate in the team's activities, but asked for leave to go to the hotel selected by Mi Xingbang for supper.
Mi Xingbang and other coaches chose the Chinese dumpling restaurant that Kong Zhendong and Zhang Lei chose when they got together on Chinese New Year's Eve.
In Stockholm in March, the temperature is still a little cold, and eating a bowl of hot dumplings is already an extremely delicious late-night snack for them in a foreign land.
After eating dumplings, Kong Zhendong and Zhang Lei followed the tea talk with the three coaches.
Kong Zhendong and Zhang Lei talked about the competition and training in Sweden, and also talked about the little anecdotes in life and the thoughts of his family and teammates.
After chatting, Mi Xingbang went straight to the topic: "Zhendong, we came here this time mainly to inspect the venues of the World Table Tennis Championships in May, as well as the situation of our main opponent, the Swedish team. Our team quota for the World Table Tennis Championships has been set for Wang Tao, Lu Ning, Ma Wenhua, Liu Guobang, and the fifth place has not yet been determined. Zhendong, what do you think? ”
Hearing Mi Xingbang suddenly mention the quota of the National Table Tennis World Table Tennis Championships, the hearts of Zhang Lei, Peng, and Li seemed to be so nervous that they missed a beat.
Kong Zhendong was happy for him because he heard that Liu Guobang was selected for the team list of the National Table Tennis World Table Tennis Championships, and he couldn't help but admire that his steps were always one step faster than himself.
Although the two entered the national team in almost the same batch, the subsequent trajectory was that Kong Zhendong crossed the ocean, and Liu Guobang entered the main lineup of the national team.
In the eyes of Coach Peng and Coach Li, Liu Guobang, who was obviously entrusted with a heavy responsibility, was more favored than Kong Zhendong, who crossed the ocean and was almost exiled here.
However, Mi Xingbang tried his best to override public opinion this time, and he never forgot to reuse Kong Zhendong, which gave several coaches a new understanding.
Compared with Liu Guobang, who Mi Xingbang and many retired celebrities and old leaders of the national table tennis are concerned about, Kong Zhendong may be the secret killer of Mi Xingbang's heart and the revitalization of the national ball in the future.
Kong Zhendong has no resentment towards Liu Guobang being one step ahead of him, but has an understanding beyond the vision of a coach in this era.
Liu Guobang's ability to enter the main force of the national table tennis team before the age of 17 is inseparable from the push and influence of many straight board celebrities behind him, but what plays a more decisive role is the advantage of Liu Guobang's straight board and fast attack style itself.
Straight plate positive rubber fast attack is a style of play that can be quickly achieved and can be improved quickly. Although it can't be said that the sergeant should be impressed by each other for three days, even if it is only three months apart, Liu Guobang will have a reborn growth.
What's more, he has been in Sweden for half a year, and Liu Guobang's strength must have been greatly strengthened.
Compared with the quick speed of the straight board fast attack, the horizontal board two-sided arc circle play is definitely the most test of strength, the most test of the perfect system, and the most test of basic skills, so even talented players like Linde, Waldner, and Persson were beaten full of loopholes when they faced the Chinese team in their early twenties.
Their current technical and flawless playing system has gradually taken shape after five or six years of beating and abuse.
Kong Zhendong is a human being in two lives, with physical talent and tactical experience far beyond ordinary people.
However, he was able to rely on special tactics to defeat European stars in one or two games, but he still couldn't change the iron law that the all-round offensive style of play on both sides of the horizontal board could not be achieved quickly.
In fact, in the eyes of all outsiders, the growth of Kong Zhendong's transverse plate technology has become a law that is difficult to achieve quickly beyond transverse plate technology. Of course, it is not enough to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 14.
Kong Zhendong has a clear positioning of his strength, and looked at Zhang Lei who showed a look of hope next to him, and he replied seriously: "Mi Shuai, I always want to wear the national team's jersey and fight for the honor of the national team in the World Table Tennis Championships." If the coaches choose me, I'm going to give it my all. He said and looked at Coach Peng and Coach Li.
The two of them looked embarrassed. They were originally resolutely opposed to Kong Zhendong's participation in the World Table Tennis Championships, but today's perfect performance of Kong Zhendong made their reason for opposition extremely pale. The only obstacle now is probably that those diehards in China think that Kong Zhendong lacks experience in international competitions, and he can't play in form and strength in one step to the sky, and I'm afraid that this pot is collectively carried by the coaching staff.
Seeing the embarrassed looks of the two coaches, Kong Zhendong changed his words and said: "Of course, if the coaching staff needs to consider the selection, I also recommend my teammate Zhang Lei in the capital team." Lei Ge's horizontal board skills were originally outstanding, he did not participate in the Olympics last year, it is a pity, and now he has a unique understanding of the two-sided arc technology in Europe, whether it is his own improvement, or as a military advisor to the European players, he is the best candidate. ”
Hearing Kong Zhendong recommend himself to the coaching staff, Zhang Lei immediately threw a grateful glance.
Zhendong, that's interesting!
Coach Li and Coach Peng also praised Kong Zhendong's character and general style.
From the performance of today's game, Kong Zhendong defeated Zhang Lei, and was almost evenly matched with Waldner, such strength, but took the initiative to recommend Zhang Lei, who lost to himself today, this open-mindedness is really not like a young man who is less than fourteen.
Kong Zhendong's regret about Zhang Lei about the Olympics also touched Mi Xingbang's weakness. Before the Olympics last year, after formulating the task of hitting the doubles gold medal, Lu Ning and Yu Shenbao were selected to participate in the Olympics as doubles partners, but Zhang Lei, who was stronger in singles, was given up.