But the person who occupies the leading position and controls all this is not him, but Su Liang, a teenager from the Huaguo team in front of him.

Until Su Liang successfully won the final qualification of this group with the first place in the group, Li Zhengtai behind him never found a chance to surpass him.

Underestimated the enemy.

Of course, Lee understands what happened in this performance - although he has already observed the Chinese player in the warm-up stage, he is still wary of the player's 'schemes' on the field.

It wasn't until his toe skate crossed the finish line in second place that Lee Jung-tae gritted his teeth and realized that he was still underestimating the teenager of the Chinese national team, a 16-year-old who possessed not only excellent tactical strategy, but also a strong individual strength that could not be ignored.

After the results of the players in this field were finally displayed on the electronic screen at the scene, when the players in this group left one after another, Li Zhengtai, who was originally in front, was putting on the skate sleeve for his skates, and silently glanced back at Su Liang behind him, and once again deeply engraved the appearance of this Huaguo team player in his mind.

At the same time, in front of the TV of the Huaguo team, all the ice fans and spectators were cheering, congratulating Su Liang for his outstanding performance in the first game of this season's international competition and advancing to the finals again!

Chapter 223

"Well done."

When Su Liang got off the ice, Mu Yuansheng, who passed by him, smiled and left a compliment, then restrained his smile and stepped onto the arena where he was about to fight.

Compared with the state in the preliminaries, the semi-final battlefield that Mu Yuansheng needs to face next is much more difficult.

Not only will he have to face stronger opponents in the semi-finals, but also because his skills and tactics have been exposed to all opponents in the preliminary stage.

Not only that, but in Group 1 of the semi-finals, in fact, the tactics used by Da Lee Jung-tae were the same as those he used in the preliminary stage.

When the opponent became stronger, the tactical ideas were exposed in advance, and some people used the same tactical ideas in the last game, Mu Yuansheng's semi-finals were not easy.

In fact, from the moment Mu Yuansheng stepped onto the ice, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng in the live broadcast commentary room of the domestic sports channel had already discussed the problems he needed to face.

"It's not a good game."

In order to advance to the finals, all the contestants in the semi-finals will do their best, and it is already very difficult for Mu Yuansheng to use his speed advantage in the starting stage to suppress the opponents behind him.

Mu Yuansheng's advantages have been understood by other players, and it is still unknown what tactics other players will choose in this game.

On the short track speed skating section of the Ice and Snow Kingdom Forum in China, with the debut of Mu Yuansheng, ice fans are also discussing the same issue at this time.

137L: [Xiao Mu wants to advance in this game, it's not easy. 】

139L: [Not easy +1]

144L: [Mu Yuansheng's advantage is still concentrated in his forward stage, and his line control ability is also good, but the speed of the rear is not a big problem. In the last preliminaries, the reason why he was able to achieve such a big advantage in the opening stage was mainly because the opponents, including Samuel, did not expect Mu Yuansheng's tactics at first, plus in the preliminaries, Samuel did not need to catch up too much, he just needed to keep his qualification for the promotion - now in the semi-finals, the situation is different. 】

147L: [It can't be said that there is no hope at all, if you can really get enough advantages in the future, and control the follow-up line planning...... Then do a good job of blocking the line of the players behind ......]

153L: [I said earlier that the line blockade of the players behind me was well controlled, did you not consider what opponents Mu Yuansheng needed to face in this game? ] And in front of the leading all the way, this violent way of leading the skating is still more suitable for European and American players with stronger physical explosiveness, and our Asian players are naturally at a relative disadvantage in terms of physical fitness, and those bulldozer players in Europe and the United States are not comparable. 】

157L: [Yes...... In this game, if Mu Yuansheng wants to block it with a route, it is not so easy, Benjamin and Lee Jaeheng, these are not good stubble. Mu Yuansheng's only advantage is the explosiveness in the starting stage, I dare to say, if Mu Yuansheng can't complete the buckle tactics in the starting stage, I'm afraid this game will be directly gone......]

……

These ice fans discussed Mu Yuansheng's personal technical characteristics and the technical characteristics of his opponents in the same game, and they couldn't get around the word 'difficult' in the end-because in terms of today's three semi-finals, Mu Yuansheng's group can be said to be the death group in the three semi-finals.

Why? It is mainly related to the same group of players in Mu Yuansheng's group.

In this group, there is another local player from Canada, Benjamin Williams, and a star from the United Kingdom, Adam Thomas, in addition to South Korea's Lee Jae-hyung, who is also in the same group as Mu Yuansheng.

Among the six players, there are three veteran players who have been famous for a long time.

The reason why netizens in the short track speed skating section are not optimistic about Mu Yuansheng's line control ability is very coincidental, these three players have strong talents and abilities in line control and selection of the competition.

As with any other tournament in the past, fans will be excited to discuss their line control or line choices in a particular game, as well as their way of thinking on the field.

It is precisely because of this that when some ice fans mentioned that Mu Yuansheng could block the opponent with the outbreak of the starting stage and the follow-up line control, the only thing left to gain was to shake his head and deny.

"This game is not easy to play......"

***

Su Liang was already sitting in the preparation area of the finalists at this time, and after he sat down, he swept his eyes to Mu Yuansheng, the senior brother who was in the preparation area of the arena.

This game is not easy to play, this is also Su Liang's cognition.

In fact, for his brother, according to the regulations of last season's Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, each player is only allowed to register for two individual events, and he does not have to register for 1500 at all, but this season, with the ISU banning ice points and amending various rules, ISU also announced that this season's World Cup will suspend the rule that 'each player can only register for two individual events' - it is said that it is to prevent the problem of fewer players signing up for the ice after the ban on ice skating......

However, it is clear that although the ice spot style has been banned, in fact, the athletes from all over the world, especially the Asian players who use the ice ice style most widely, are also trying their best to adapt to the new starting method, and the number of World Cup registrations will not decrease because of this absurd reason.

In short, the plan for all players to register for all three events was decided by the national team's coaching staff after discussion, and this plan will be implemented in the next five World Cup tournaments this season.

According to the words of the coaching staff, the intensity of the three individual events is full, and the similarity to participating in the World Championships is higher, and the three individual events are full, which can also better test the mentality and adaptability of the players in the international competition.

It is precisely because of this that his brother also had the opportunity to participate in the 1500m individual event in the World Cup.

Su Liang still remembers that before coming to Canada, his senior brother once said with a smile that the main purpose of participating in the 1500-meter event this time was to experience the rhythm of the 1500-meter race.

However, Su Liang didn't think that what his senior brother said was true.

After all, when he said this, he could feel the glint in his senior brother's eyes that firmly wanted to sprint towards a stronger self.

It is precisely because of this that Su Liang is very sure that no matter how difficult this game is, his senior brother Mu Yuansheng will definitely do his best to fight for a chance to win on the field, even if this chance seems so slim.

***

As the starter at the scene gave instructions in place, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng in the live broadcast commentary room of the domestic sports channel also looked solemn, and solemnly cast their eyes on the field, Mu Yuansheng.

"We can see that the current Chinese player Mu Yuansheng is in the third lane, this is a relatively good way, the lane, on the left side of Mu Yuansheng, the 1st and 2nd lanes are Benjamin Williams from Canada and Lee Jaehyung from South Korea, on the right hand of Mu Yuansheng is the famous Adam Thomas from the United Kingdom, and in the fifth and sixth lanes are a young player from Italy and Kirill Yefimov from Russia."

In short track speed skating, the number of passes played by the competitors is very clear and shows the results and performances of the competitors in the previous competition.

While it's always been said that the number of lanes in the 1,500 distance doesn't make much of a difference, the better rider in the last race was the one who was able to be placed closer to the inside – which still shows to some extent the actual advantage of the inside in short track speed skating.

Like Mu Yuansheng at this moment, the path he is in is very illustrative - theoretically in the preliminaries, Mu Yuansheng successfully achieved his buckle tactics by virtue of his explosion in the starting stage, and advanced to the finals with the first place in his group, but in fact, in the final ranking, his results are only considered to be above the middle among the directly promoted players.

"What about the path that Mu Yuansheng is currently in, we have just analyzed, mainly in the last game, his speed in the second half of the race has not been raised, from this point it can actually be seen that Mu Yuansheng's current speed and endurance have improved, but this is still his weakness."

"Yes."

Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng chatted briefly, and then set their eyes on the field.

At this time, on the field, the 6 contestants were already ready for their own competitions, and Benjamin Williams in the innermost lane and Lee Jae-hyung in the second lane both glanced at Mu Yuansheng before the official start of the game.

However, this glance is not too much attention, they just pay more attention to Mu Yuansheng's state, after realizing that Mu Yuansheng does not have any confusion and anxiety because of the exposure of his advantages, both Benjamin and Lee Jaeheng seem to have more strength in preparing for the action.

"Next, the game is about to begin!"

With the command of the on-site starter, after a 'bang' gunshot, the six players on the field started to kick the ice at the same time and started the expedition of this game!

Among the six runners, there is no doubt that in the starting explosion stage, the one with the biggest advantage is still Mu Yuansheng of the Huaguo team - as a top athlete in the 500-meter event in Huaguo, Mu Yuansheng's starting stage, whether it is the connection of personal skills or the explosiveness of the starting stage, is enough to be called world-class.

Even if he lost the explosive blessing of the point ice start, Mu Yuansheng had already found the most suitable starting angle for him with the efforts of himself and the coaching staff during the summer training, coupled with the enhancement of basic qualities such as personal explosiveness and strength, so that he had enough to achieve more than ninety percent of the starting efficiency of the point ice style.

The smooth start-up and keen insight into the route gave Mu Yuansheng a great advantage in the start-up stage.

But at the same time, his other 5 opponents in this match are by no means easy!

In particular, Canada's Benjamin Williams, who is also a Canadian star with a good score in the 500m event, has the physique of a European and American athlete, but also has a keen sense of the route, unlike most of the pure explosive European and American athletes known as 'bulldozers'.

Benjamin Williams and Samuel Adams are known as double stars in Canada, and the reason why they have risen is precisely because they are different from the average Canadian player.

As for South Korea's Lee Jae-hyung in lane 2 - although Chinese fans always complain about South Korea's black hand in the stick, when it comes to the strength of South Koreans in the 1500m distance, there is no doubt about it.

Especially when it comes to line control and selection, South Korea seems to have a unique approach to training that allows their fighters to always have their own way of thinking about the ever-changing situation on the field.

And in South Korea, Lee Jaehyung's keen talent for routes can be called one of the best.

In the door of the live commentary room of the domestic sports channel, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng mentioned a point when they introduced Lee Jae-hyung.

"Lee Jae-hyung is best at extremely fast speed changes and lane changes in the competition, which has a high similarity with my country's player Su Liang."

"Yes." Liao Yuwei nodded: "I have the impression that Lee Jae-hyung has deliberately chosen to enter a corner at a large angle more than once when entering a corner - he will choose a larger angle approach route before entering a corner, but quickly switch to a small angle when entering a corner. ”

"Not bad." Lin Fangzheng also nodded in agreement with Liao Yuwei's comment, and added: "In such a situation, the players who follow Lee Jae-hyung, if they do not have a clear understanding of the choice of route, will easily be led astray by Lee Jae-hyung when cornering - Lee Jae-hyung has the technical strength to quickly switch angles and change lanes, while the players who follow Lee Jae-hyung may not have such ability." ”

The rest of the words Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei did not speak.

What happens when you don't have such ability, but you are taken into the pit by Lee Jae-hyung?

If you are lucky, you will at most slide on the outer road after entering the customs at a large angle, and if you are unlucky, you may fall off the track or even get injured in the process of rapid angle change.

Among the South Korean players, although Lee Jae-hyung cannot be said to have never played black, he is indeed one of the players with fewer black hands and cleaner hands and feet among the South Korean players, but at the same time, among the players competing with Lee Jaehyung, the proportion of players who fall off the track and get injured remains high, which is related to Lee Jaehyung's technical ability that is enough to lead people astray.

Regardless, Lee Jae-hyung is still in third place for the time being in the Circle, and has no intention of leading the way – it's clear that he's hibernating, waiting for his time to overtake.

On the field at this moment, Mu Yuansheng has indeed occupied the leading position with the explosion of the starting stage, but at the same time, as everyone expected, in this race, his starting explosion did not allow him to gain an absolute advantage.

Not far behind Mu Yuansheng, Canada's Benjamin Williams is sliding steadily behind him, no matter how Mu Yuansheng accelerates in the starting stage, he can't get rid of the famous player from Canada behind him.

Mu Yuansheng, who was in the leading position, soon realized that he couldn't get rid of Benjamin Williams, so after a short period of calm, he gradually reduced his speed and no longer spent extra physical energy.

On the field at this time, Mu Yuansheng also clearly knew that his advantage in the 1500-meter distance was insufficient, and the explosive speed in the starting stage was his strongest item, but this strongest item had lost at least 80% of the effect at this time.

Unable to complete the lap in the starting explosion, his speed advantage will decrease as the number of laps in the 1500m increases, and even in the second half of the race, his speed and endurance will change from an advantage to a disadvantage.

All he can do now is try to maintain his advantage at the start as much as possible – whether it's through speed control, route blocking, or whatever, to extend his advantage as much as possible.

A ...... A near-impossible task.

First of all, his physical fitness is not as good as Sun Ruixiang, and he is basically unable to achieve the goal of leading the whole course, and secondly, with the accumulation of lactic acid and the decline of speed, there are also Benjamin Williams, Lee Jae-hyung, Adam Thomas and other players with a keen sense of smell in this game......

But no matter what, the heart for victory never stops!

***

In the final preparation seat at the scene, Su Liang was looking at Mu Yuansheng on the field intently at the moment.

Of course, he can see that his senior brother's situation at the moment is not very good - the race is now in the 6th lap of the race, and Mu Yuansheng is still in the leading position for the time being, but with Su Liang's acumen, of course, he can see that in the process of the race just now, Benjamin and Li Zaiheng and others behind his senior brother have at least 4 chances to surpass.

But they did not choose to go beyond, but chose to continue to exert psychological pressure on his senior brother in the rear.

6 laps, 666.72 meters.

That's more than the 500m range that his brother is best at, and after six consecutive laps of high-intensity collaring, his brother's lap speed has gradually slowed down.

As can be seen from this slowdown, his current speed does not match the speed distribution of 1500 meters.

The long-term leading of the door consumed a lot of Mu Yuansheng's physical energy, coupled with the pressure brought by the chasing of the players behind, even if Mu Yuansheng was a determined player, but under the influence of high-intensity pressure, it would still subconsciously affect his game rhythm and sliding speed.

The long-term condensation of the door not only consumes a lot of its physical energy, but also the passage of a large amount of physical energy also directly affects his next ice pedaling momentum, his own coordination and the stability of his skating posture.

To put it simply, his senior brother's ice kicking efficiency has shown a downward trend, which is not obvious at this stage, but according to Su Liang's estimate, the series of effects brought about by this decline in physical fitness will roughly be maximized in the eighth and ninth laps.

According to Su Liang's judgment, Benjamin and the others behind his senior brother should also be waiting for the time gate node when his senior brother's rhythm is completely unbalanced.