So in the process of distributing the small flags in the next step, the news that 'the South Korean audience team sat between row X and row X in Zone X' also spread along with the distribution of Chen Xiaoxing and her little sisters.

***

In the lounge at the back, the Huaguo team, as the host, of course, has some privileges, and the host's lounge is large and spacious, and it is fully equipped.

At this time, the women's 1500-meter group stage has begun, and Su Liang, Ye Kaicheng and Shang Fei, who will participate in the men's 1500-meter distance competition later, have changed their competition clothes and waited quietly in the lounge, waiting for the staff's notice.

Today's men's 1500m event features 36 athletes from 12 countries.

The group stage is divided into 6 groups of 6 people, and the top three teams in each group directly qualify for the semi-finals.

From the group stage to the semi-finals, a total of half of the players can advance, which sounds like it is even less difficult to advance than the national league that Su Liang participated in before - but just look at the players from various countries.

Taking the Huaguo team as an example, Shang Fei, Su Liang, and Ye Kaicheng are placed in the 1500-meter distance event of the national league in China, and all three of them have the strength to win the championship in a single event, and the strength of the players sent by other countries will naturally not be too far behind.

In other words, by analogy from the strength of the players, every match in the World Cup, starting from the preliminary stage, will not be inferior to the competition in the final stage of the national league!

In the lounge, Su Liang and Shang Fei's mood was relatively calm now, but Ye Kaicheng's state was a little tense.

In the preliminaries, among the three members of the Huaguo team, only Ye Kaicheng met South Korea's Lee Zhengtai, and Su Liang and Shang Fei's group did not have South Korean players.

However, on the other hand, Su Liang's group has a Canadian 1500m star and an Italian 1500m star, both of whom have the strength to advance to the finals, and the rest of the opponents will never be better than the South Korean players.

Shang Fei's group is also in a similar situation, relatively speaking, among Ye Kaicheng's group, the strongest is the Li Zhengtai from South Korea, and the rest of the players are not particularly well-known.

Only this Lee Jung-tae, he is one of the top 3 players in South Korea at the current 1500-meter distance, and he has a very high popularity in South Korea.

Ye Kaicheng actually understands that each preliminaries group has 3 places to advance to the semifinals, and compared with him, Su Liang and Shang Fei's promotion is even more difficult, but it is difficult for him to relax for a while, so he can only close his eyes and try to relax himself.

The quiet rest time passed minute by minute, although Shang Fei and Su Liang also felt Ye Kaicheng's nervousness, but at this stage before the start of the game, it was difficult for them to give Ye Kaicheng some effective comfort.

It wasn't until the staff at the scene came over and knocked on the door of the three's lounge that Su Liang and Shang Fei, who had stopped their rest preparations, stood up, and Shang Fei took the lead in giving Ye Kaicheng a hug.

"Brother Ye, come on, see you in the semifinals!"

Then Su Liang and Ye Kaicheng hugged each other and sent the same wish.

Ye Kaicheng, under the comfort of Shang Fei and Su Liang, also tried his best to restrain his somewhat depressed state, and said hello to the two: "See you in the semifinals!" ”

Among the three people present, whether it was Su Liang or Shang Fei, they were all younger than him, and theoretically speaking, among the three, he should be the backbone of the firm, but the result was that he was so tense before the game that he needed two young players to comfort him.

Thinking of this, Ye Kaicheng couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, he silently hugged Su Liang and Shang Fei, and then finally calmed down and stepped into the official waiting area of the competition with the two!

***

At this time, the women's 1500m group stage has just ended, and all 3 women's 1500m players of the Huaguo team have successfully advanced to the semifinals of the 1500m!

This couldn't be better news for the fans on the scene – it at least means that the women's 1500m has a good legacy, and the newcomers to the women's team have withstood the pressure of competing in international competitions and achieved a good result!

On the commentary seat, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei, who had just finished the commentary, were also in a very happy mood, and they chatted quite relaxed.

"In the women's 1500m group competition just now, the sassy heroic posture and performance on the ice of our Huaguo women's short track team must have conquered the hearts of many ice fans! In fact, from the short track project, the level of the Chinese women's team has always been slightly stronger than the men's team, and it seems that the strength of the newcomers and girls of the women's team is still there, and the next thing depends on the performance of our men's team players! ”

Liao Yuwei smiled: "Brother Fang Zheng, this is adding burden and pressure to the players of our men's team!" However, the strength of the 1500-meter distance players sent by the Chinese men's team this time is indeed very outstanding, and the most familiar to ice fans should be Shang Fei - he was previously known as Qi Wenjun's 1500-meter successor, and has also reached the final of this single event in the 1500-meter distance of the World Youth Short Track Speed Skating Championships three times, and is the best player of Huaguo in the 1500-meter distance of the World Youth Championships so far. ”

"Yes." Lin Fangzheng took Liao Yuwei's words with a smile, although both of them knew that South Korea was menacing against Su Liang and Shang Fei of the Huaguo team this time, but this did not prevent them from promoting the young players of Huaguo first: "In addition to Shang Fei, Su Liang's name must be familiar to the majority of ice fans." He is the youngest player to compete in the World Cup, only 15 years old, but he already has a national championship title. ”

"Compared with the women's team, the men's team has Shang Fei, Su Liang and Ye Kaicheng, three players, who must also be able to bring continuous exciting performances to the majority of ice fans and friends!"

On the commentary seat, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei sang together, introducing the three of them to the audience who knew or didn't know Su Liang before the live broadcast.

In front of the live broadcast screen, there are viewers who are familiar with the short track speed skating event, and there are also viewers who just happen to change the channel here, perhaps Huaguo has always had a longing and expectation for a young genius, many viewers who have changed to sports channels, after hearing that a 15-year-old genius who can win the adult championship is about to appear, they also subconsciously stopped the remote control in their hands, ready to see what this 15-year-old genius boy looks like.

On the field, after the women's team competition, 10 minutes of ice pouring time passed, and then the men's 1500m runners also warmed up in groups.

Su Liang, Shang Fei, Ye Kaicheng and the other three also stepped onto the ice at this time, and on the commentary seat, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng did not hesitate to solemnly introduce the three of them again at the first time.

"Whew!! Somfy!! Somfy refueling!! ”

"Su Liang come on!!"

"Ye Kaicheng !!"

It should be said that this is worthy of the home event of the Huaguo team, and the audience at the scene did not hesitate to burst into warm applause and cheers when they saw the Huaguo players appear, and many people waved small red flags in their hands, enthusiastically cheering for Su Liang and them.

At the same time, at the first moment when Su Liang came on the field, Nuan Nuan, who was hugged by Coach Qin and Coach Lin and sitting in the audience, suddenly became excited, he danced and gestured in a certain direction, and when Coach Qin and Coach Lin didn't notice, he shouted happily first: "Brother!!" Brother Race!! Come on, brother!! ”

There were also many people around who noticed this little bit, and they all had some surprise and kind smiles on their faces - this little group should probably be the youngest support group on the scene today, right?

Coincidentally, the object of his support is also the youngest contestant in this game, Su Liang.

Chapter 56

The 36 players from 12 countries were divided into three groups to warm up, and because the timing of the ice adaptation training of the two teams was staggered, it was only at this time that the players of the two teams really met for the first time.

The three players of the South Korean team, Lee Jung-tae, Kim Hyun-deok and Kang Yeon-ha, all have an unmistakable conceit on their faces, and even if they look at the players of the Hwakook team, there is not much kindness in the smiles they give.

Especially when the three of them saw Su Liang and Shang Fei, the smell of 'you are about to become my defeated general' was so strong that you could smell it from 500 meters away.

Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei through the special screen for commentary on the scene, at this time can see South Korea's careful thinking about the Chinese national team clearly, in the commentary gap before the game started, the two glanced at each other, for the scene in front of them, they were a little worried - Shang Fei and Ye Kaicheng are okay, Su Liang is only the first time to participate in this level of competition, can he really withstand the opposition from South Korea?

However, looking at the preliminaries group table in their hands, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng both smiled slightly bitterly - in fact, before Su Liang can withstand the South Korean player's response to this problem, he still needs to be able to advance to the semifinals.

***

With the end of the group warm-up of the athletes, today's men's 1500m distance group stage will officially kick off.

Su Liang and Shang Fei were in the sixth and fourth groups respectively because of the low order of appearance in the group stage, and the two of them chatted a little in the waiting area.

Just now they also saw Kim Hyun-deok and Kang Yeon-ha in South Korea, although they don't know which of them is which one for the time being, but they also have a preliminary impression of Kim Hyun-deok and Kang Yeon-ha.

South Korea's two young athletes, one of whom is the same height as 15-year-old Su Liang, is a typical thin short track player, this kind of body player, often more flexible on the track, good at drilling gaps or completing overtaking from the inside lane - overtaking from the inside is also a trick that South Korean players are very accustomed to using, judging from the body, it is about an endurance player.

As for the other one, he is taller and bigger, around 180, obviously more lean, and should take the power route.

When they were just warming up on the ice, Su Liang also secretly observed the state of Jin Jiang and the two warming up on the ice, but he couldn't see much effective information from the sliding and running of the two of them in a relaxed state for a while.

The quiet waiting time was very short, and on the field, Ye Kaicheng of the Huaguo team and the first group of players in the preliminary round had already stepped onto the ice.

When the first group of players got on the ice, Su Liang and Shang Fei also stood up and turned their eyes to the ice.

From the time they were in the lounge before, Su Liang and the others had already felt Ye Kaicheng's nervous state, this nervous state often affects the player's own ability, no matter what kind of strength you have, but if you can't play it on the field, it will be useless - this is also the reason why the national team constantly needs to send players to participate in various non-stop competitions, no matter how good the performance is in training, only if it can be presented on the field, it is the most important thing.

On the commentary bench, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei have also focused their attention on the current game.

"Okay, now the runners in the first group of the men's 1500m have all been on the road, and the six runners in the first group are South Korea's Lee Jung-tae in the first lane, Japan's Naomoto Ueki in the second lane, Ye Kaicheng in the third lane Huaguo, Michael Boll of Germany in the fourth lane, Australia's Arley Brunsland in the fifth lane, and Norris Sp......ike in the sixth lane of Canada."

"Among them, South Korea's Lee Jung-tae just won the men's 1500-meter distance championship in the recent World Cup Chuncheon, South Korea, and is also the bronze medalist in the men's 1500-meter individual at the last short track speed skating World Championships, and is a very strong player, and Canada's Norris Spike in the sixth lane also achieved good results in Chuncheon, South Korea......

With the commentary of Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei, the live broadcast screen is also switching between the 6 players on the field, and the live broadcast is also introducing the countries and names of the 6 players to the audience one by one.

And when the broadcast introduced Lee Jung-tae in the first lane, an area of the entire audience quickly erupted in amazing cheers - these South Korean spectators who arrived at the scene to watch the game have always maintained a high level of attention to the South Korean athletes, and from the previous women's 1500m, they have been cheering for the South Korean athletes with a voice of support that is not inferior to that of the Chinese audience.

Su Liang and Shang Fei couldn't see very clearly in the waiting rest area, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei saw very clearly through the exclusive screen of the commentary, on the third course, Ye Kaicheng was obviously more tense after hearing the cheers of the South Korean audience, and after the Chinese audience at the scene also sent him warm cheers, his nervous state did not seem to be relieved, but became more and more tense.

Not good!

The experienced Lin and Liao commentators both chuckled in their hearts at the same time after seeing Ye Kaicheng's state.

Before the game started, Ye Kaicheng was already so nervous, so when the game really started, Ye Kaicheng's original strength was enough to play fifty percent.

Next to the coach's command seat at the scene, Lin Guobin, who led the team to participate in the competition, also noticed that Ye Kaicheng's state was wrong, and Ye Kaicheng's head coach on the side also frowned.

For example, before these international competitions, the head coach of each player will emphasize to the players that they must find their own state in the game, just maintain the appropriate tension, and the coach will also communicate with the players in advance when they get the group list, so that the players have a bottom of their opponents and the possibility of promotion.

In today's group stage, the coach has already communicated with Ye Kaicheng a lot earlier, and this is not the first time Ye Kaicheng has participated in the World Cup, and there is such an excessively tight state in the game, which is also something that the coach did not expect before the game.

***

In fact, Ye Kaicheng didn't expect that his state would be so bad, when he was still in the lounge not long ago, he still felt that he had regained his mentality, but now as the game was about to officially start, he felt that his mind was like a mess, and the whole person couldn't control his state.

In front of the coach's command seat on the side, his head coach frowned, and wanted to remind Ye Kaicheng, but at this time, the game was about to start, and the starter at this stage was already preparing to issue instructions, and the rest of the people could not interfere with it.

This made Ye Kaicheng's coach couldn't help but be a little anxious, and put his hand on the edge of the mat of the bumper in front of him, trying to use his eyes to make Ye Kaicheng on the ice notice his situation, but this obviously had no effect.

On the field, with the release of the starter's instructions, the on-site starting gun sounded, and the six players started at the same time - but the whistle of the next second rushed to the scene sounded again.

Ye Kaicheng's coach frowned, and the player who just ran was Ye Kaicheng on the third track!

Luckily, this rush made him realize that he was too tight, so he slapped his cheeks with both hands as he returned to the ice to prepare, trying to relax himself.

After seeing Ye Kaicheng realize what his problem was, his coach breathed a sigh of relief.

The second start, Ye Kaicheng finally did not start again when his own state was relaxed, and the 6 runners on the ice finally officially started this time, and this group of races also began!

In the commentary seat, Liao Lin and the two commentators were also nervously paying attention to the situation on the field, and for the first time to introduce the real-time changes on the ice in front of the audience in front of the live broadcast screen.

"On the first lap, the outlier of Canada, Norris Spike, chose to take the inside lead! In the current arena, my country's Ye Kaicheng grabbed the third position, and behind my country's players is South Korea's Lee Jung-tae......! ”

On the ice at this time, it is indeed as Lin Fangzheng said, in addition to the first rush, after the official start of the race, Ye Kaicheng's state seems to be quite good, from the start to the control of the slide is remarkable, the current third position can be attacked, retreated and defended, in the 1500-meter distance is a relatively ideal position, if you maintain the current state, this promotion should not be a problem.

But on the third lap, the second-placed Australian player Yarebrunslan suddenly provoked the competition for this race at this relatively early stage, and Su Liang and Shang Fei, who saw this scene in the waiting area, followed with a low cry of 'not good'.

Originally, Ye Kaicheng was nervous before the competition, and he finally controlled his state, but now in the tense skating process on the ice, it is the most tense moment for Ye Kaicheng's spirit.

If the current stage has entered a relatively late lap, then even if someone starts to provoke disputes and starts to compete on the field, it is nothing, but now the 1500-meter race is only in the third lap, with Yalei's overtaking, Ye Kaicheng, who is nervous, also began to follow Yalei to start overtaking and accelerating.

Suddenly, Yalei surpassed the first place, and Ye Kaicheng also chased to the second place, and the two obviously opened a considerable distance from the players behind, but this does not mean that they have an advantage.

In the 1,500m race, the sooner the rider to the front of the skater is the shortest in the overall race.

Unfortunately, Ye Kaicheng did not escape this rule, after the third lap of the following skating overtake, the field was calm for a while, and the distance between the players was stable, and at the beginning of the seventh lap, the field began to change, and the continuous overtaking from the rear opponents came in turn, this time, Ye Kaicheng failed to find the opportunity to complete the overtaking, and finally ended the game with the fifth place in the group.

It wasn't until he finally crossed the finish line that Ye Kaicheng's chaotic mind and state in the race seemed to wake up, but the race was over at this time, and Ye Kaicheng, who had only come to his senses now, had completely lost the qualification for the 1500-meter distance race.

In the audience at the scene, the ice fans were inevitably a little disappointed with this result, but they still gave serious applause and encouraged Ye Kaicheng on the field.

On the other side, the South Korean audience cheered loudly and shouted Lee Jung-tae's name to celebrate Lee Jung-tae's advance to the semi-finals of the men's 1500m distance with the first place in the group.

Coach Qin and Coach Lin, who were sitting in the front row at the scene, saw that the Huaguo players in the first group failed to advance at this time, and their faces were a little worried.

Coach Qin's face was serious: "In today's game, I'm afraid our players will not be able to play." ”

Coach Lin also nodded.

Although the two of them are not familiar with short track speed skating, after all, they have been coaches for so many years, and they still know a little about it, although they don't know about South Korea's Chinese team, just looking at Ye Kaicheng's tight game state, they know that the pressure on the Chinese players in this game behind this should be not small.

"Xiao Liang encountered this situation for the first time in the international competition, I'm afraid it won't be easy......

The two veteran coaches knew that Su Liang was talented, but they also knew that no matter how talented the players were, it would be just as difficult to encounter difficult games.

Nuan Nuan, who was held in Coach Qin's arms, was about the small antenna that received the keyword 'Xiao Liang', and immediately raised her head to look at Coach Qin and Coach Lin, and then clapped her hands vigorously: "Brother game!" Brother Champion! ”