Chapter 374: Sprinting to the Champions League Final Four [3 More Pursuits]

Kong Zhendong knew that if he revealed that he wanted to take the initiative to compete for the quota of the national table tennis team competition, Mi Xingbang would definitely override the public opinion for his own strength, and finally forcibly stuffed himself into the squad in the dissatisfaction of all the coaches.

But this year's national table tennis team, it is one thing to enter the squad, but only three people can be played in each game. really arrived at the World Table Tennis Championships, there was no such thing as training newcomers.

With the current situation of the national team, it is definitely Ma Wenhua, Wang Tao, and Lu Ning who are playing soy sauce with Liu Guobang.

If the three main players have strong strength, then playing soy sauce in the team competition is also the easiest way for young players to win the world championship, commonly known as lying on the crown.

However, this year's national table tennis men's team, no matter from which level, does not have the strength to win the championship.

It's not that Kong Zhendong sees the strength of the national team is weak, and he is afraid to meet the challenge of the world's strongest teams.

Kong Zhendong is not afraid of challenges, nor is he afraid of defeat under the battle, but he is unwilling to become a scapegoat for the defeat of the national table tennis with Mi Xingbang.

Once the national table tennis Gothenburg World Table Tennis Championships loses, domestic fans will not think that it is a gap in strength, but that the doubts about the composition of the participants will be pushed to the top.

Liu Guobang and Kong Zhendong seem to be two newcomers deliberately cultivated by Mi Xingbang, so that they occupy the positions of other stronger and more impactful players.

It was they who caused no one to be available on the final field of national table tennis, overstretched, and finally lost.

Such remarks, fueled by the coaches who were originally opposed to Kong Zhendong's selection of the squad, will define Mi Xingbang, Kong Zhendong, and Liu Guobang as the sinners of the defeat of Gothenburg's men's table tennis.

Kong Zhendong feels that the trip of the national table tennis men's team to the World Championships in Gothenburg is like Mi Xingbang operating a domestic machine to work in a very harsh and difficult working condition for the machine.

And Kong Zhendong, with those athletes with old qualifications and experience in competitions, is like the difference between the new accessories of a private company and the old accessories of an old state-owned factory.

It is also unable to withstand bad working conditions, and the machinery and equipment are broken. But if Mi Xingbang uses mature products with a reputation from a large state-owned factory, even if something goes wrong, everyone will think that it can only be like this, this is the limit.

But if Mi Xingbang chooses a small private factory, a new product that has not been tested internationally, no matter how outstanding the performance parameters are, once you use it, even if there is no problem with this part.

In the end, the machine stopped, no one will think that it is caused by extreme working conditions, but will only investigate, why did Mi Xingbang choose a new product from a small private factory?

This is an inevitable situation, therefore, the use of Zhang Lei, no matter whether he wins or loses, is safer than the use of Kong Zhendong, which is not only the sorrow of Mi Xingbang, but also the sorrow of the domestic atmosphere, and the sadness of the thinking of the Chinese people.

Seeing Kong Zhendong take the initiative to back down on the group quota, Coach Peng and Coach Li immediately praised him easily.

Mi Xingbang made a comprehensive comparison, coupled with the regret of brushing off Zhang Lei in the Olympics last year, he also felt that it was more appropriate to choose Zhang Lei for the team competition.

Mi Xingbang patted Kong Zhendong on the shoulder and said, "Very good, Zhendong, you have not only improved your skills, but also matured your thinking." This season's Swedish league and Champions League should also end in May, right? Let's go back to China when it's over! It's time for you to fight for your national team on the real international stage. The national team needs you to grow up as soon as possible. ”

Coach Li and Coach Peng immediately chimed in.

Kong Zhendong heard that several coaches seemed to be embarrassed that they did not choose the men's team quota, and he had an idea, so he naturally asked Zhang Lei for a favor, so it was better to ask for a big one.

Kong Zhendong looked at the three coaches and said: "Mi Shuai, Coach Peng, Coach Li, I think the training of young players of the national team should not only be limited to participating in the team competition under the wings of the old players, but also let him gain the experience of being in charge of the singles field." Since the national team focuses on cultivating the national baseball this time, I think in addition to the team competition, he should be given another singles place! ”

Liu Guobang plays the men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships? Even if many celebrities in national table tennis praise him, no one dares to take such a big step.

After all, Liu Guobang is only 17 years old, and the significance and intensity of participating in the team competition and occasionally playing a singles match are worlds apart.

However, it was up to Kong Zhendong to make this suggestion, Coach Peng and Coach Li were really difficult to choose for a while.

This suggestion is also a strong support for Mi Xingbang. Mi Xingbang strongly advocated the use of Kong Zhendong and Liu Guobang in the national table tennis team competition, which is the embodiment of reform and upgrading.

However, due to the huge resistance within the national table tennis, this personnel arrangement was forced to run aground. This is also a big setback for the cultivation of new people in Mi Xingbang. However, Kong Zhendong immediately suggested that Liu Guobang's singles quota be increased, which is a step bigger than the two newcomers in the team competition.

The national table tennis diehards represented by Coach Li and Coach Peng have just blocked Kong Zhendong's quota in the team competition, and it is definitely not good to stop Mi Xingbang's proposal for a singles quota again.

Otherwise, if the head coach's quota is rejected once, and then it is rejected again, it is to defy the authority of the head coach and have to leave.

Although he missed the World Table Tennis Championships team quota, for himself who is less than 14 years old, the Tianjin World Championships two years later is the dream stage for his strong rise.

A late-night snack and everyone was happy. Zhang Lei even got the quota for the World Table Tennis Championships at the end of his career, but on the way back, he was desperately grateful to Kong Zhendong.

The next day, Mi Xingbang and his entourage returned to China to announce the list of team and individual participants for the World Table Tennis Championships.

It has been less than two months since the preparation for the World Table Tennis Championships, and all players have been called up for closed training.

Zhang Lei also found Kong Zhendong, he needs to return to China for training in advance, and in the next month or so, Kong Zhendong will become the only Chinese player in Sweden.

When the national table tennis players made the final sprint for the World Table Tennis Championships in Gothenburg, Kong Zhendong and the Wolverines were sprinting for the league championship and the Champions League semifinals.

April's schedule was not easy, but as Sith Pan and Vasri grew, the second leg of the Wolverines and Ape Allen, and the Karlssons' team, were all expected to be easier before the game.

With the consecutive league wins, the Wolverines and Gothenburg Tibetan Mastiffs, and the Skiers entered a situation of alternating to occupy the top of the standings.

The league is smooth, but the Champions League is turbulent, and the strong ones who stand in the way of the Wolverines from advancing to the last four of the Champions League are the Hungarian Rangers.

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