Kong Zhendong unexpectedly won the third game, and the capital team led 2:1, and for the capital team with two national players in the last two games, victory was in sight.

It's a pity that domestic competitions in table tennis are often more likely to cause upsets than international competitions, or national players are more likely to be picked off by provincial team masters.

In the fourth game, Chen Zhibing of the capital team played against Sun Hu of the Jiangbei team.

Judging from the strength on paper, Chen Zhibing has an absolute advantage.

It's a pity that Chen Zhibing was obviously affected by the second loss, maybe it was the style of play that the young substitutes in the team could win, but he failed miserably?

Such a gap affected Chen Zhibing's performance. On the contrary, Sun Hu was highly motivated. Because he knows that as long as he can drag the game into the fifth game, Wang Long's new straight board play still has a chance.

After eliminating the other's strengths, Chen Zhibing lost the fourth game with a score of 1:2.

Chen Zhibing lost, Coach Li Muhua's face was particularly ugly, Chen Zhibing, as the flag-bearer in the team, appeared four times in two rounds of group stage, one win and three losses, this result is too cold.

In the fifth game, Zhang Lei in the capital faced off against Wang Long, who occasionally played with a straight backhand.

Originally, Wang Long still had some opportunities, but Zhang Lei cleverly borrowed Kong Zhendong's playing style to win against Shen Boling. Kong Zhendong's style of play is not mysterious, it is nothing more than the power to vigorously press the backhand and fight the opponent's backhand.

Zhang Lei continued to follow this path, and sure enough, Wang Long's occasional horizontal beatings that were not yet unstructured were easily cracked. Won the duel.

In the end, the Capital team defeated the Jiangbei team, which is considered the weakest team in the group, 3:2, and retained the chance to qualify.

Although the result was a victory, the performance of all the players in the first two rounds, except for Kong Zhendong, was really lackluster.

The schedule is intensive, and the third round of the group stage will be held in the afternoon, that is, the battle against Inner Mongolia, for the second place in the group.

The coaching staff of the capital team hastily finished eating at noon and began to discuss the lineup for the life-and-death battle in the afternoon directly at the dinner table.

Coach Hong poured cold water first and said: "Chen Zhibing played four times, one win and three losses, Zhang Lei won two wins and one loss in three games, and Xiong Ke only played one game, which was also lost." Kong Zhendong, the substitute, occasionally wins a game, which is already a miracle, can you still count on him? ”

Head coach Li Muhua said categorically: "Kong Zhendong's performance cannot be erased, and he is still ready to arrange for him to play the third singles in the afternoon." ”

Coach Li Muhua's words instantly shocked the audience.

Isn't Kong Zhendong, the substitute who said good, an inconsequential game to exercise? The afternoon is a battle of life and death!

Coach Pei worried: "The young players occasionally come in form, and it is possible to shine a game. But just let him be the main force? It's still too child's play! ”

Coach Hong echoed: "Xiong Ke only plays once, and he will be hidden as soon as he loses, isn't this appropriate?" Lao Wa and Persson come to our country to play such a dense game, and it is impossible to win them all, right? ”

Coach Li Muhua said: "I won't hide the bear family, in this game, the bear branch is the second singles, Chen Zhibing's performance in the first two rounds is too poor, let's rest in the third round!" ”

Coach Hong thought that Coach Li Muhua was talking angrily, and he said: "Zhibing has really played too stinky in these games, but he is a veteran of the national team, and he should be able to adjust well." ”

Coach Li Muhua said: "Zhibing has been adjusted four times, after his singles performance was not satisfactory, he has not adjusted, I know that he will eventually adjust, but the game will start after two hours, I can only choose the players who performed well in the morning to participate in the afternoon game." ”

Coach Hong argued: "Coach Li, our capital team is on the verge of elimination in the group stage for the first time in history, we are not a remote provincial team, we lose, the capital sports committee, the national sports committee will smash the big stick." If the strongest player participates and loses, and you can still argue that the national player is in a low personal form, we will be held accountable, but it will not be miserable. But if we don't use the main force of the national team, we will send a 12-year-old player to carry the banner, and if we lose, the responsibility will be on our heads. ”

Of course, Li Muhua knows the risks of such an arrangement, and he doesn't believe in the state adjustment ability of the national player, is it worth betting on the short-lived appearance of a twelve-year-old boy?

Thinking of Kong Zhendong's winning style of play, he finally brought Zhang Lei inspiration to win. In fact, in the second round, the boy's miraculous performance has saved the capital team, why not gamble again?

Li Muhua looked around the audience and said loudly: "The personnel arrangement is so decided, I will be held accountable for losing!" "Although there is a coaching staff in this era, the head coach can still be independent in terms of participants and playing style.

During the break after dinner, Kong Zhendong and Li Jun were on a table on the sidelines, pushing and practicing at will.

Kong Zhendong is also eager to participate in the afternoon life and death battle, and he also hopes to reminisce about the enthusiasm of the team competition in his last life.

But he also knows that his age and qualifications are shortcomings, and he has not yet grabbed the power of the class and is qualified to play the main force.

After practicing a few balls at random, I found that the coaching staff came out of the cafeteria, most of the coaches had heavy faces, only Coach Hong seemed to have a trace of excitement hidden in the heaviness.

When Coach Li Muhua saw Kong Zhendong, he deliberately made himself look more relaxed, and beckoned Kong Zhendong to come over with a smile.

Although Kong Zhendong is not a slippery person, his experience in his previous life makes him at least a skilled person. He didn't ask Coach Li why he was under pressure, but just followed him silently.

Coach Li Muhua likes Kong Zhendong's temperament, he smiled: "Zhendong, I will continue to arrange for you to play the third singles this afternoon, you don't have pressure, just play steadily." ”

Kong Zhendong was a little surprised, but he didn't ask about the arrangements for other participants, he knew that what he had to do was to win the third game he was responsible for.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the third round of the group stage of the Table Tennis National Championships started simultaneously.

The Subei team, which won all the first two rounds, faced off against the Jiangbei team, which lost both rounds, this is a game with no suspense and nothing to do with the qualifying situation, and there are fewer fans.

The capital team and the Inner Mongolia team, which are also one win and one loss, will face off to produce the second place in the group, and this life-and-death battle has attracted the attention of most fans and many media.

Ye Ying turned on the camera and urged Hong Lang to start explaining.

Hong Lang just learned about the capital team's platoon from his father, and actually gave up the national player Chen Zhibing? Kong Zhendong sits firmly in the No. 3 singles? Is this disarming and surrendering?

Hong Lang was pessimistic about the outcome of this match, so he went further and further on the road to elevating his opponent.

Red Wolf explained: "Friends who have just come into contact with table tennis may not realize the strength of the Inner Mongolia team, after all, they only have the national player Chen Weixing. However, Chen Weixing is a rare king of forehand arc and backhand chipping in China, and he can steadily ensure that he wins two points, and the other two players in Inner Mongolia only need to win one of the remaining three games. For example, Kong Zhendong, the third singles player of the capital team, is only twelve years old and is a short board that is easy to score. ”

Ye Ying immediately glared at him and interrupted: "Let's introduce the characteristics of Chen Weixing's playing style in detail!" ”