On Sunday, October 22, at 7 p.m., the Parvagen Arena in Stockholm had one of the most exciting fill-outs of the season.

The upcoming ninth round of the league will be the much-anticipated Stockholm City Derby, with the Wolverines taking on the Skiers.

Before the start of the arena, the on-site lighting, scoreboard and other staff are still carrying out the final adjustment.

There was still an hour before the game started, and the gaffer saw that the scene was already full, and some of the additional seats were quickly filled, and he wondered: "Is the Wolverine team really getting so strong?" In the sixth round, the skiers faced off against the top of the league, the Gothenburg Tibetan Mastiffs, and the scene was not so hot. At that time, the main battle was Waldner vs. Persson, which was a World Championships final-level battle, a battle of the world's strongest table tennis king. ”

The staff who debugged the scoreboard said: "Kong Zhendong of the Wolverine team, of course, is not in the same order of magnitude as Persson in terms of strength, but the Wolverine team and the skiers team are more than 30 years of feud in the same city. Waldner vs. Bengersen, which used to be a battle of kings, is now in addition to the same city derby in Stockholm, it will also be Kong Zhendong vs. Zhang Lei, the Chinese derby between the two Chinese national players. With so many topics, the attention is certainly stronger than any other game. ”

Half an hour before the game, the extra seating area in the stadium was also completely full, and the audience in the entire stadium was close to 4,000.

The Wolverines and Skiers began to warm up on Centre Court.

Looking at the blonde player opposite, carrying a bag on his back, and waving to the audience with a faint smile, it is difficult to calm the inner fluctuations with the mind of Kong Zhendong and the two lives.

Waldner, who was so quick to confront him on the field.

Kong Zhendong knows that Waldner in the state of the professional league may be different from the state of the World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympic Games, but without the glory and shackles of the national team, the more comprehensive technical characteristics of athletes can often be brought into play.

Also causing his psychological turmoil was his senior brother Zhang Lei, who greeted him with a smile in the preparation seat of the skier team.

At the national championships half a year ago, Zhang Lei also fought side by side with him, passed all the way, and won the men's team championship with the heaviest weight in the national championships.

At that time, they were teammates who relied on and inspired each other, but now, it is the first time that they have played as opponents in an official competition.

At this time, there were also several pairs of eyes in the stands chasing Kong Zhendong's warm-up figure.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward, together with Victoria and the Madeleine sisters, and the whole family set out to watch the derby.

But in their careful thoughts, who supports whom is only clear in their hearts.

Victoria still used politeness to cover her face slightly, but today it was changed to a light blue top hat.

Madeleine chose a pair of large-framed glasses, which would spoil the beauty on the faces of other girls, but on her face, there was a strange eccentricity.

But after putting on the glasses, there is a world of difference between her and the well-known front-page girl Madeleine.

Because the Victorian sisters and Edward appeared in the audience as a family of four today, the surrounding audience will not pay special attention to the identity of the sisters.

What's more, today, Waldner, Kong Zhendong, Zhang Lei, Sith Pan, and even Coach Bengerson's lineup, anyone may become the absolute hero of tonight's derby, and the audience and reporters have too many hot characters to chase, so naturally no one will focus on the audience.

At 6:50, the Wolverines and the Skiers coaching staff submitted the list of matchups for the first three games.

Before the players duel, the coaching staff of the two sides first engaged in a mental battle of formation.

The list of the first three embankment battles was displayed on the central screen, and as they were displayed one by one, the audience's exclamations rose higher and higher.

Kong Zhendong looked at this duel list, and the second monk was also confused.

Coach Bengersen trusted him and continued to arrange him as the main player to play in the second game, which is understandable. However, Sith Pan, who had performed well in the previous rounds, did not get the first singles position, but played the third singles.

The first singles player of this match by the Wolverines was Ryan Vasley, who had a mediocre performance in the previous rounds.

If the Wolverine's arrangement is just an inexplicable order of the players, then the skiers are a big surprise for the participating team members.

The Skiers arranged for Waldner to play the first race in order to secure the first race first. As a strong team with superior strength, this tactic of overwhelming the opponent in momentum is understandable.

In the second match, the Skiers fielded the team's second singles since last year, Hungarian rising international player Stilla. In the last three rounds of competitions, as Zhang Lei's performance has become more and more stable, within the skiers team, there are constantly voices from time to time that Zhang Lei has replaced Stila and become the absolute second person in the skiers team.

But today, Stella not only got the opportunity to play against Kong Zhendong in the second singles, but Zhang Lei, the king of the Chinese arc circle, who was constantly touted before the game, did not appear in the list of the first three games at all.

The audience was looking forward to the classic Chinese derby being staged in Sweden, but Zhang Lei didn't even make the first three games, and the audience couldn't help but have all kinds of speculations.

In the third game of the Skiers, Boris, a multi-time substitute in the previous rounds, should not replace Zhang Lei's position in any case and qualify for the main singles.

As soon as the list was announced, Kong Zhendong sensed that Bengersen and the opposing coaching staff were hoping to win by surprise in order to increase the outcome of this game. Because the general rule of the European League is that four players can be sent to play, so if the game is played in a stalemate, it is very likely that Zhang Lei will appear in the next two games.

The athletes were still pondering the situation, but the time for the first match came as scheduled.

Wolverine's Ryan Vasri takes on the Skiers Waldner.

Waldner is 27 years old, and in terms of the Nordic movement, no one has yet called him Laowa.

He moves his body and is sharp, and when he blows into the racket, the air flow bounces back, driving a few strands of blonde hair on his forehead.

Ben Gesen said to Kong Zhendong: "I expected that the opponent may send Waldner in the first game, I arranged to play with a lack of spirituality, but Ryan Vasley, who has solid basic skills, played the first game in order to give you more opportunities to watch and get familiar with Waldner at close range." I don't want Ryan Vasri to win, I just want him to push Waldner to do his best. Paving the way for you. ”

Kong Zhendong stared intently at Ryan Vasley's showdown with Waldner.

He thinks Ryan Vasri probably represents the growth path of 90% of young players in Europe, with solid basic skills and excellent physical fitness, but there are few changes in the table and a lack of spirituality in rhythm changes.

Coach Bengerson's expectations may be a little higher~