Kong Zhendong won the first game, and the Wolverine team fought at home and finally handed in a satisfactory answer.

In the second game, the Wolverines Vasri faced off against the Hungarian Rangers Rankpal.

Because in the previous life, Rankpal had already retired in the era when Kong Zhendong and Liu Guobang were rising.

At that time, there were many competitors in China, and the playing style and skills were changing with each passing day, so there was no one to guide Kong Zhendong to watch the previous Rankpal playing videos.

Although Kong Zhendong didn't know the specific style of play of Rankpal before, he was familiar with this name.

This time, in order to prepare for the Champions League training camp, Kong Zhendong saw Rankopal in the video for the first time.

When I first saw Lan'er Parr, I really couldn't associate his appearance with his playing system that shined at the pinnacle of the entire table tennis world.

Rankpal's appearance is first and foremost a tall, strong man.

There are many masters in table tennis, Persson, Samosonov, and Wang Dali, all of whom are 187 close to 190 tall.

But most of them belong to the slender body, even if it is the muscular Wang Dali, it has nothing to do with the majesty.

Klampal was not only tall, but also strong. His strength is not only reflected in his muscles, but also in his thick chest and shoulders.

When he doesn't move on the court, he looks like a stacked rockery, like a gorilla about to go berserk.

No one could have imagined that such a bulky wrestler-like body was the pioneer of creating a multi-technique guerrilla fighting style in the horizontal board.

It's such a sturdy guy who can play a catfish-like slippery offensive and defensive transition, which is crazy.

Waldner, who was born in Sweden, a powerful country in table tennis, has a lot of Swedish players at the level of the king of the ball, but he has said frankly many times that his idol is Rankpal, and this guerrilla-style slippery attack, although the use of technology is the introduction of the fast attack of China and Japan, but the essence of tactics is still from Rankpal's game.

Therefore, in addition to the reputation of the European champion in the 70s, Rankpal is also nicknamed the idol of the football god Waldner.

To be able to become the idol of table tennis artist Waldner, the hill-like Rankopal naturally has his prominence.

Against Vasri, who was twenty years younger than him and had a stronger impact, Rankpal barely moved on his feet.

But there's the magic of him. His arms and wrists seemed to have their own magic. There is no need for foot coordination, just relying on the switching and combination of hand movements, which has already exhausted Vasri.

In the end, Rankopal played almost in a stumbling style, but it was extremely strange and varied, and easily defeated Vasley 2-0 to equalize the score for the Rangers.

Bengersen pushed Vasri to the second matchup against Rankpal and had all but given up on this one. For Vasri's loss, he only encouraged and spurred, and did not blame.

His goal was simply to get Sith Pan to play at full strength and defeat the Hungarian Rangers' third singles.

The third singles of the Hungarian team completely exposed the problem that Hungary needs to strengthen the training of young players suggested by Kong Zhendong.

No matter how strong Hungary Jonir and Rankpal are, they have already exceeded 40 years old, so if the training of young players is not strengthened, even if they regain the highest glory in the world table tennis arena, what will they do, and will the young people behind them be able to hold on?

Sith Pan won the third game, and the Hungarian Rangers were pushed to the edge of the cliff to decide who would face each other in the next two rounds.

The Rangers' choice was so sharp.

The list of the last two matchups is displayed on the large central screen.

In the fourth game, Kong Zhendong faced off against Rankpal, and in the fifth game, Sith Pan faced off against Yonier.

Through the strength shown by Sith Pan in the third game, and the fact that Yonier rested long enough that he would not have fitness problems, all the viewers judged that the chances of Sith Pan counterattacking in the fifth game were extremely low.

Therefore, the fourth matchup between Kong Zhendong and Rankpal is, in everyone's mind, the victory or defeat that determines the fate of the two teams.

In the fourth game, he entered the sparring to adapt to the new ball, and Kong Zhendong has not woken up from the second game.

Time is indeed too tight, and the shock brought by Rankpal's second continuous hand movement Kong Zhendong didn't think of how to crack it, and the game officially began.

Fortunately, it was Kong Zhendong who started the five goals.

Kong Zhendong started with a forehand short ball, Rankpal cut sideways, and the movement of the whole body obviously looked passive, but the return ball was so crisp and fast.

Kong Zhendong scored five goals in the first game, or mainly to test Rankpal's skills, he made five balls, and changed the position and offensive line of the five shots.

Cranpal is tall and has a large hand guard, so he avoids the lack of footsteps.

In the service round, Kong Zhendong scored 3 points, which is decent.

Getting into the return wheel is the real test. Kong Zhendong couldn't make a quick forehand grab because the continuity and line control of Rankpal's backhand combos were too good.

It is this perfect control that allows Rankpal to move only twice in a small area, but he has not been able to win the offensive initiative.

In the first ten goals, 5:5, Kong Zhendong did not find a way to crack Rankpal, but he was not at a disadvantage.

In this way, the situation of score entanglement continued, and several service rounds were exchanged in a row, and Kong Zhendong and Rankpal could only maintain a one-point advantage in their own service rounds.

In the stands, Madeleine asked Sir Edward beside him: "Uncle, do you think that in Kong Zhendong's current game, this kind of score entanglement situation is getting more and more." When he used to play against famous players like Ape Allen and Persson, he also had a five-or six-point lead and a four-five-point advantage to end the game, but now these European veterans are stronger? ”

Unlike Victoria and Madeleine, who accompanied Kong Zhendong throughout the road trip, Sir Edward had many away games of the Wolverines that he did not watch.

It is precisely because Sir Edward has watched the game for a longer time that he has a more obvious feeling about Kong Zhendong's form and performance in the game, as well as the difference in more than half a year.

Sir Edward said: "It is not a question of which opponent is stronger or weaker, but the opponent is paying more and more attention to the study of Kong Zhendong. When Kong Zhendong first arrived in Sweden, in the face of many famous players, in the middle of each game or near the end of the key ball, suddenly resorted to new tactics or a way of playing against weaknesses, and often took a few points ahead. ”

Both Victoria and Madeleine nodded, remembering the days of a few months ago.

Sir Edward went on to explain: "At that time, Kong Zhendong was still a newcomer with an uncertain playing system and immature playing style, so he could hit the nail on the head and kill with one hit. Now, with his phenomenal performances in the Champions League and the league, all teams and opponents are starting to look at him. In terms of studying opponents and choosing a style of play to restrain them, the experience of veteran athletes and their ability to read the game play a crucial role, so the more veteran players and experienced opponents are, the more they can use the simulation training before the game to find ways to restrain Kong Zhendong. The game also fell into a stalemate of mutual restraint and change. ”

Madeleine nodded and said: "I understand, that is to say, Kong Zhendong has changed from studying opponents, targeting opponents, and impacting opponents in the past to being studied, targeted, and impacted by others, and the score will be stuck to the end." ”

Victoria nodded: "I think this kind of game is also a good thing, every game is the last two balls of the game, you can exercise Kong Zhendong's experience in handling the last key ball, this experience, from the physical to the mental state is a very rare embodiment." ”

But Sir Edward shouted at this time: "Look, this ball has an idea!" ”

At this time, the score on the court had come to 15:15, and Kong Zhendong served.

After so long of stalemate and friction, it has come to the last round of serve in the first game.

In this serve, Kong Zhendong changed to focus.

His goal is very clear, serving a sharp forehand, fast and running.

Rankpal's return has been honed and tempered, and all European power players are deterred.

In their opinion, Rankpal's return is the most harmonious rhythm.

Only Kong Zhendong, who came through the 21st century and is also an expert practitioner of the all-forehand power to grab the offensive play system, has a sense of discord after observing Rankpal's game and facing it in person.

Because all of Rankpal's return actions, although there are various changes and all kinds of fluidity, Kong Zhendong found that at the root, all the serves are brewing changes in the big backhand return technical system.

It's no wonder that Rankopal was the culmination of the arc circle combined with the fast attack style of play in the 70s, and the cross-board return service tactics inherited at that time were basically backhand over-boarding, adjusting the physical condition, and seeking opportunities to hold each other.

The European's initial disdain for return has improved here in Rankpal. He improved the randomness of the European's backhand and added a lot of variations and surprises.

This improvement amazed the traditional return-to-serve opponents of the same era.

But Kong Zhendong looks at it from the perspective of future generations, and Rankpal will never deviate from his roots. Rankopal has not changed the habit of only receiving the serve with the backhand, so he will definitely be able to hit the weakness of the forehand.

With a clear target, Kong Zhendong's five serves were fiercer than the other, all of which slammed into Rankpal's forehand with an air-tearing explosion.

Rankopal also used some small movements of the backhand, with sideways, retreat, etc., to use the backhand to catch the forehand ball.

But such a passive posture to return the ball, the quality of the shot is very poor, so that Kong Zhendong can calmly attack the third board.

In this round of the service game, the snake hit a seven-inch onslaught to Rankpal's unsuitable forehand serve, and won four points in the service round.

At 19:16, although there was only a three-point advantage, Rankpal faced a three-point disadvantage and the final five-serve shot, and he couldn't find Kong Zhendong's return serve for a while as huge as his own backhand habits, so his serve could only be decent.

In the final serve, Kong Zhendong and Rankopal each scored two points, and Kong Zhendong won the first game 21:18!