"You did it on purpose in the game just now?!"

Li Yonghe didn't explicitly say what happened in the game just now, but just asked like this, but whether it was him or Sun Zhiyuan, they all knew what the question was in this sentence.

It's just that Sun Zhiyuan didn't intend to admit it, he pretended to be stupid and looked at Li Yonghe: "Coach Li, what did you say I did on purpose, I didn't understand what you meant?" ”

As a dictator in the South Korean youth team, all the players under Lee Yong-ha, including Choi Chang-hee, are respectful to him, including this Son Zhiyuan who took his instructions during the lunch break before the game, and still expressed his understanding in a serious manner.

But when the game is over, you put on a look that you don't know anything, what does that mean?

Li Yonghe looked at Sun Zhiyuan with a blushing face, gritted his teeth and said, "Are you pretending to be stupid?" ”

Sun Zhiyuan immediately put on a look of sincere fear: "What are you talking about, Coach Li?" Did I just have something on purpose? Are you talking about my foul at the start??? No...... I'm following the instructions of the coach to play the game! ”

Unlike other contestants who talk to Li Yonghe in public and know how to restrain their volume, Sun Zhiyuan is talking so loudly at this time that the whole audience can hear what he is saying.

Even if they spoke Korean, the presence of other translators did not rule out that they would be able to understand the South Korean language.

Sun Zhiyuan's words are almost like leading others to think that Li Yonghe made him deliberately foul - even if this is a fact in the first place, it is not a fact that can be told publicly on the table.

"Shut up!"

Li Yonghe, who was already pale with a blue face, pointed at him with his right hand tremblingly after facing Sun Zhiyuan, who was obviously not stingy, with an angry face but no way to give a more straightforward reprimand.

Sun Zhiyuan is very talkative, Li Yonghe told him to shut up, and then after Li Yonghe ignored him, he went straight to the direction of the backyard lounge with Li Yonghe.

South Korea is a society where social hierarchies and relationships between seniors and juniors are very strict, and Lee Yong-ha, who has absolute authority in the youth team, has never met a player like Son Ji-won before.

Even the South Korean staff present saw this kind of attitude towards the coach for the first time.

For a while, except for Sun Zhiyuan, who had left easily, none of the staff members present dared to look at Li Yonghe, for fear that they would become another victim of Li Yonghe's anger.

At the moment when Li Yonghe was still angry, all the semi-finalists in Group 1 had withdrawn, and the players in Group 2 of the semi-finals also came to the court under the guidance of the staff.

Li Yonghe didn't notice that when he and Sun Zhiyuan were talking, the contestants in the second group of the semi-finals had also arrived on the sidelines and boarded the ice one after another, although three of the four players in the second group of the semi-finals didn't know what Li Yonghe was talking about, but Choi Chang-hee was also between the four people, and he clearly heard the conversation between Li Yonghe and Sun Zhiyuan.

At the same time that Sun Zhiyuan left easily, Cui Changxi's eyes quietly withdrew from Li Yonghe and Sun Zhiyuan.

Cui Changxi has not been familiar with Sun Zhiyuan, more than half a year ago, Cui Changxi was still Li Yonghe's favorite general, at that time what he did in the team every day was to devote himself to training with high intensity, for his teammates in the youth team, he was only familiar with Gao Zaiyong, and the others were just familiar in Cui Changxi's eyes.

However, in the time when he was coldly received for more than half a year, Cui Changxi now recalls that Sun Zhiyuan is one of the very few players in the team who has not had any humiliating behavior towards him in the past half a year.

But even so, Choi Chang-hee and Sun Zhiyuan are not familiar with each other, Choi Chang-hee is not a character who is too good at communicating with people, even if they came to Budapest to participate in the World Youth Championships together this time, Choi Chang-hee and Sun Zhiyuan did not communicate more.

This is the first time he has seen Sun Zhiyuan's straightforward and outspoken character, he originally thought that his resistance to Coach Li Yonghe was already very tough, but after seeing Sun Zhiyuan's resistance, he found that his resistance was still weak and subservient.

Before this, he had always thought that obedience to the teacher was a matter of course, even if the teacher's attitude was strict to the point of being like Li Yonghe, he was still the elder he had to respect - this was the etiquette he had learned since he was a child.

Even after learning that coaches and players in other countries may not always have such a strict subordinate relationship, Choi Chang-hee still believes that this is a traditional relationship that South Korea must follow.

But this idea has been attacked by Sun Zhiyuan at this moment today, including Sun Zhiyuan's resistance, including Sun Zhiyuan's attitude, including Sun Zhiyuan's refusal to make malicious fouls in the game.

All this made Choi Chang-hee feel that he was not an outlier, and there were also more deviant existences than him in the South Korean team.

The traditional morality that Choi Chang-hee has adhered to for many years has been chiseled open at this moment.

However, he didn't show his attitude obviously, and after getting on the ice, Choi Chang-hee refocused his attention on the field in front of him, and at this moment, he needed to give himself all in this race to fight for a place for his country to advance to the final 1,000 meters.

On the ice, Choi Chang-hee is in the same group as Zhao Zimo of the Chinese national team, Eliezelle Page of Canada and Vladislav of Russia.

Zhao Zimo was also looking at the ice in front of him seriously at this time, concentrating his attention and adjusting his competitive state.

He had not made it to the semi-finals of the 500m the day before, which was one of his biggest regrets at the World Junior Championships.

In today's 1,000 meters, it's what he does best – and he doesn't want the regret of the previous day to carry over to this day.

From before the start of the game, he has been silently telling himself in his mind, don't be nervous, go all out - you can!

——One thousand meters is the event you are best at, Su Liang can advance to the finals, Mu Yuansheng can advance to the finals, Zhao Zimo, you can too!

On the coach's seat of the Huaguo team next to the field, Pei Jing and Zhang Dongcheng were also nervously looking at Zhao Zimo on the ice waiting for the start of the game outside the crash wall.

"Do you think Zimo, this kid, can do this?"

“…… Definitely! ”

Pei Jing and Zhang Dongcheng both saw that Zhao Zimo was trying his best to adjust his state, and in today's field, his pre-race state at the moment was much better than in the 500m quarterfinals the day before.

"After all, it has reached the semi-final stage, and no matter which of these three opponents on the field is difficult to deal with, but as long as he can play his full strength, there is definitely hope!"

Pei Jing felt like nonsense when he said this, but this was the truth in front of him.

At this time, among the three opponents of Zhao Zimo in the second group of the semifinals, Vladislav and Eliezellepec are good at breaking in the future, Choi Chang-hee is balanced in strength, and he has the explosive ability that South Korean players are good at in the back.

Among the four competitors in the same field, Zhao Zimo seems to be a relatively unskilled player, but his individual strength in the 1,000-meter distance is by no means inferior to the other three.

At this time, in the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng were also discussing this topic.

"There is a rare balance of strength among the four players in this group, and it is difficult to easily tell who will advance to the final stage from their individual strengths."

"This should be a very exciting battle for the next qualification, let's look forward to which two players can successfully win the final qualification!"

Chapter 158

"It's on!"

With the sound of the starting gun at the scene, the men's 1,000-meter semi-final Group 2 event also officially kicked off.

There was no one in the group of four who were timid, and there were no players who would deliberately influence their opponents by fouling them at the start, so the start of the race was exceptionally smooth - when the starting gun sounded, the four players quickly kicked the ice in front of their respective starting lines and sprinted quickly.

The path of the four players is in the order of Choi Changxi, Vladislav, Zhao Zimo, and EliezelePage from the inside to the outside, and Zhao Zimo is not too advantageous in this race, especially in the face of one left and one right, Vladislav and Eliezelepage, two explosive players, which make Zhao Zimo slightly disadvantaged in the starting stage.

Choi Chang-hee, who is in the innermost lane, although he is not as good as Vladislav in the starting explosion, he has his own advantages in the inner lane, and at the same time, Choi Chang-hee's skills in the starting stage are also very good, from the starting ice pedaling to the sprint and the straight running into the corner, Choi Chang-hee locked his position in real time in the innermost lane, even Vladislav on his right hand side failed to take the leading position into his pocket for a while in the starting stage.

"We can see that in the lead position for the time being, South Korea's Choi Chang-hee is in the lead position, and behind him is Russia's Vladislav, who is now sliding on the outside track, looking for an opportunity to overtake him!"

"In third place is Canada's Eliezelle Page, and China's Zhao Zimo is currently in the last place for the time being."

"Although Zhao Zimo is temporarily lagging behind, I hope Zimo will not be too anxious." Lin Fangzheng looked at the live broadcast monitoring screen in front of him, seriously and nervously introducing the game situation at this time

"Yes, I hope Zhao Zimo can stabilize his state during the game, don't worry." Liao Yuwei took Lin Fangzheng's words and said, "Although Zhao Zimo is now in the last place, this does not mean that he is at an absolute disadvantage. ”

"Vladislav and EliezelePage are both explosive players, Zhao Zimo's personal characteristics are his stability and mid-to-late explosion in the 1,000-meter distance, after Vladislav and EliezelePage began to slow down, it is Zhao Zimo's best chance, I hope Zhao Zimo can stabilize, not affected by the rhythm of other players in front!"

***

On the ice arena at this moment, Zhao Zimo is also reminding himself not to be affected by the rhythm of the opponent in front of him.

Steady!

Compared with Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng, he lacks competition experience, and the most important thing for a player is to ensure that players can fully exert their strength in the competition, and will not cause violent fluctuations in their level due to the level of the competition and the level of the opponent.

Another thing that a wealth of tournament experience can bring to players is knowing how to deal with such high-level competitions and high-level opponents.

In the 500m race the day before, Zhao Zimo was anxious because of his lack of experience in high-level races, and his anxiety and pressure greatly affected him in the race.

After a day, the picture and pressure of the previous day's game are still vivid, but although the experience of the previous day was a failure, it also brought Zhao Zimo enough experience and experience, so that he would not have an unknown fear of the game.

Zhao Zimo is indeed not a super genius like Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng, who can withstand the pressure and give the best results even if they participate in the world's top events for the first time, but as a player who can represent the Chinese youth team in the 500m and 1,000 meters distance individual events of the World Youth Championships, he has definitely defeated 99.99% of the young short track speed skaters in China.

The unstable mentality and nervousness of the previous day brought him enough lessons and learned enough experience - the so-called failure is the mother of success, at least in today's 1,000-meter semi-finals, in an environment where the pressure was greater than the previous day's 1/4 finals and the opponent was stronger, Zhao Zimo steadily played his strength.

Although he is temporarily in the last place, Zhao Zemo is still constantly reminding himself - there is no problem, Zhao Zimo, you have no problem, your current performance is your normal state!

It's absolutely impossible for Vladislav and EizellePage in front of you to maintain this explosive pace until the end of the race, and in the middle and late stages of the race, when Vladislav and Eliezelepec slow down, that's your chance!

Although his heart is indeed still full of anxiety, but this anxiety has not broken the firm belief in Zhao Zimo's heart, under the goggles, his eyes are looking at the front resolutely, staring steadily at the two opponents in front of Vladich, Slav and Eliezelepage.

He thought, he'd beat them!

***

On the Huaguo coach's seat next to the field, Pei Jing and Zhang Dongcheng both grabbed the edge of the sponge crash wall of the arena with both hands, and they could feel the tension in their hearts at the moment from the degree of force in their fingers.

But it's not just nervousness, Pei Jing and Zhang Dongcheng couldn't help but shout hello after seeing Zhao Zimo's stable gliding performance on the ice.

"Well done! That's right, Zimo is like this, continue to keep !! ”

"Lao Zhang, Zhao Zimo, this kid is really good!"

On the coach's commanding seat, Pei Jing nervously watched the arena give instructions to Zhao Zimo's direction, and turned his head to praise Zhao Zimo to Zhang Dongcheng.

On the field the day before, Zhao Zimo was so nervous that he missed his opportunity, even if Pei Jing and Zhang Dongcheng comforted themselves in their hearts, they also gave Zhao Zimo psychological counseling, but according to their experience, players like Zhao Zimo have to go through at least two or three more international competitions before they can gradually stabilize their state.

Although they all said to Zhao Zimo that today's 1,000-meter distance individual event is his advantageous event, and it is good to seize today's opportunity, in fact, in their hearts, they have already prepared that Zhao Zimo will not be able to play his best in today's 1,000-meter distance individual event.

But Zhao Zimo completely gave them enough surprises in today's game.

Zhao Zimo on the field did not be overly nervous before the game, nor did he give up hope of advancing at the beginning of the game because of temporary behind.

For a young player who is making his debut on the international stage, such a performance is impressive enough to compete for qualification to the semi-finals.

Although it may not be able to be compared with Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng, who are naturally stable and even better in the game, Zhao Zimo's performance is definitely better than that of all the players participating in the World Youth Championships - far from it, it can be said that compared with the Japanese player Kobayashi Shoichi who was also in the semifinals in the last game, Zhao Zimo's performance has been too good.

At this time, Zhang Dongcheng was also nervously grasping the edge of the sponge wall next to the arena, and there was a faint look of excitement on his face: "Lao Pei, you said that this time in the men's 1km event, will there be three more players in our Huaguo team to advance to the finals at the same time?" ”

Pei Jing's eyes were firmly fixed on Zhao Zimo, who was gliding on the ice, and after hearing Zhang Dongcheng's question, he paused, and a smile full of anticipation appeared on his face: "...... It was hard to say before, but now, I see a chance! ”

***

Zhao Zimo on the ice didn't know that Pei Jing and Zhang Dongcheng on the sidelines of the arena had already placed such high hopes on him.

His eyes were fixed on the front, and at this time, the 1km race was halfway through, and on the second lap of the race, Vladislav had already managed to overtake Choi Chang-hee to become the leader of the race, and shortly after Vladislav passed Choi Chang-hee, Eliezelepec also completed the overtake of Choi Chang-hee from the outside.

From laps 3 to 6, Vladislav and EliezelePage alternated between first and second positions, with Choi Chang-hee sliding steadily behind.

As the race entered the stage of the 7th lap, Vladislav and Elizelepec obviously had a stronger vigilance towards the rear, but because of the physical consumption and the lack of speed and endurance of the two, Vladislav and Elizelepec had a significant decline in speed at this stage, and after the speed dropped, the two of them had significantly tighter control of the route in the rear.

But Vladislav and his roughness in skating skills are similar, even if they are not compared with Su Liang and Choi Changxi, even Zhao Zimo can clearly see the weaknesses of the two of them.

In the last three laps of the race, Choi Chang-hee took the lead in initiating a process in which Zhao Zimo reversed the positions of the players before and after him.

First of all, Choi Chang-hee seized the opportunity on the straight, completing back-to-back overtakes over EliezelePage and Vladislav.

Then Zhao Zimo, who was in the last place, also followed the route opened by Choi Chang-hee, and completed the overtaking of EliezelePage first-but after overtaking Eliezelpec, Zhao Zimo encountered resistance from Vladislav.

Although the Russian athlete lost his speed advantage in the second half of the race, it was not too easy for Zhao Zimo to successfully overtake him.

After he managed to overtake Eliezelepage, Zhao Zimo was locked in a clash with Vladislav on the final lap, and he kept trying to find an opportunity to overtake him, but his opponent was desperately blocking the route from behind.

It's just that the technical roughness is difficult to completely overcome.

In the last corner, Zhao Zimo successfully seized a Vladislav corner error, and with this last opportunity, he completed the overtaking process from third to second!