That night, the two of them continued to stay in the hotel and watch Asian Cup.
Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong are still making great progress, giving full play to the strength of Huaping.
Although the gold content of Asian Cup is not high, the quality of Asian Cup's competition has actually surpassed the European Cup over the years.
This is certainly due to the dominance of China Table Tennis Association, but also because the players from Hong Kong Island, whether Sakura Country, Kimchi Country or Bay Island, have extremely distinctive personal characteristics.
For example, the opponent Luo Jiu encountered in eight games and four games was the veteran Mizutori Hato from Sakura Country.
This person has an excellent hand, especially his handling of small balls in the table, which can be said to be unpredictable, and his racket style is ever-changing. When he debuted, he was described by the Sakura Country media as a "once-in-a-millennium table tennis wizard." After more than ten years, he has achieved extremely brilliant results in a series of domestic and international competitions, and is currently the well-deserved No. 1 brother of Sakura Country men's table tennis.
Back then, when Luo Jiu's double-sided loop ball offensive style was just becoming popular in Taiwan, he met Mizutori Hato many times in major tournaments. He won six out of seven games and had a high winning rate. However, if you look closely at the content of the game, Luo Jiu actually had a hard time playing.
Because Luo Jiu himself is famous for his feel, and the feel of Mizutori Hato is not inferior to him. In the stalemate of the loop ball, Mizutori Hato is even better in power.
Luo Jiu was able to beat Mizutori Hato in the early years, mostly because he had more advanced Taiwan offensive technology, and Mizutori Hato has not been able to solve one of his fatal weaknesses for more than ten years: unstable state.
But this time, Luo Jiu 4:0 beat Mizutori Hato. In the last game, Mizutori Hato, who was already in an unstable state, was completely knocked unconscious. He committed suicide by serving three times in one game, which caused laughter in the audience.
Then Luo Jiu defeated a local player the Peacock Country in the semi-finals. The game was lackluster and was basically a hard-power crushing.
And Dragon Team's game was even more devastating. His two battles were fought against old acquaintances. Players like Dragon Team are good at formulating special tactics according to their opponents and have max familiarity. When they met their former defeated opponents, they fought like chopping melons and vegetables. They won 4:0, which also made the international media madly shout: Imperial Destroyer Dragon no longer belongs to this planet! The only thing that can defeat the Dragon God is time!
Outsiders can't see the tragic inside story of Dragon Team "working hard for a year and a half and then retiring directly". They just can't figure out why a scarred veteran has obviously been in a precarious twilight in the first half of the year. Why does he suddenly become so lively in the second half of the year?
Is this a return to glory, or is it really a second spring?
In any case, the results of this day made Chinese fans satisfied, because Luo Jiu finally kept his pace this time, defeated all the strong enemies with a crushing attitude like the return of the king, and finally reached the finals. The backhand rubber skills he displayed in the game made countless people in the industry unbelievable, and foreign media shouted: Shocked! A kind of outdated rubber is back in the popular ranks!
Therefore, tomorrow's final will be a civil war in China.
Luo Jiu vs Sun Tianlong.
On Silver Ball Dance Forum, countless posts have been posted.
"Luo Jiu technical modification is successful, a preliminary exploration of new playing methods"
"On whether the horizontal shot and reverse raw rubber shooting method is suitable for ordinary people"
"Sun Tianlong vs Luo Jiu, who will have the last laugh"
"Seven years of ups and downs, three technological reforms, who is the instigator He Jingping?"
"Goal: The fourth Asian Cup championship, Sun Tianlong is hitting a new world record"
"..."
If you continue to scroll down to the third page of the forum, you will find a small post related to Wang Chao, which is quite popular.
"Spade Q suffered an unexpected home defeat, Qiantang Guanchao head coach: Facts have proved that hard work can create miracles"
Countless people below the post are scolding the head coach of Qiantang Guanchao, because their victory has nothing to do with hard work, it is purely because Geng Shuai and Wang Chao did not play. Tian Zhengguang Gao Ming Lu Jia three unlucky guys played together for the first time, and ended up being bullied while lining up.
Qiantang Guanchao beat Spade Q 3:0. This record can last them a whole year.
This also caused many people to leave messages on the Black Spade Q Club official website, wanting to know what Wang Chao was doing.
Perhaps because good things were about to come, Qin Huachang also lost interest in shopping. He and Wang Chao stayed in the hotel together and spent the whole day bored. It was not until Asian Cup started live broadcast that the two cheered up and started watching football.
The first place was the third and fourth place competition between Men's Singles and Women's Singles. In the end, a female player from Hong Kong won the bronze medal for Women's Singles, while the Men's Singles player of Kimchi Country won the bronze medal for Men's Singles.
Then came the Women's Singles finals, with both teams competing against players from China.
This game was actually very exciting, with extremely fast transitions between offense and defense, but after all, it had nothing to do with them, so Wang Chao and Qin Huachang looked a little distracted.
The advantage of women's table tennis in the world is too great. Although Sakura Country women's table tennis shows signs of rising, at least at this stage, at least three people can be picked out from the women's table tennis, and each of them has beaten all the invincible opponents in foreign countries.
Then, the real highlight comes.
At this moment, even the the Peacock Country official was a little more passionate when announcing the curtain, shouting the names of Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong, letting them appear one by one, and warm applause broke out in the stands.
Although all the Peacock Country players have been eliminated in the finals, the audience is still full of expectations because they know that the battle between Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong is very likely to be the most exciting game this year.
With the strength shown by Luo Jiu and Asian Cup this year, many professional players in the world table tennis world even publicly said that Luo Jiu has a chance to "slay the dragon".
Mizutori Hato, who just left the Peacock Country and returned to Sakura Country yesterday, also said in an interview with the media, "This time I played against Luo Jiu, and I felt unprecedented pressure. This kind of pressure was something I didn't feel on Sun Tianlong. I think Luo Jiu has at least a 70% chance of winning the championship."
Mizutori Hato has always liked to talk nonsense and sensationalize in the media, but his words have received rare support from many professionals in Sakura Country.
Wang Chao also asked Qin Huachang a question at this time, "Actually, I'm quite curious. Sun Tianlong is going to play Asian Cup. As the head coach, can you not accompany him?"
Qin Huachang smiled slightly, "If it is Lin Li, I will go, but if it is Sun Tianlong, there is no need."
This was said in a calm manner, but there was a stench of pretense that permeated the air.
After all, any coach would be proud to be able to teach a disciple like Sun Tianlong.
"Then you mean, Dragon Team will win today?" Wang Chao asked.
Qin Huachang smiled and said nothing.
Wang Chao Ask again.
Qin Huachang still smiled and said nothing.
Wang Chao asked for the third time.
Qin Huachang had no choice but to smile, "Let me tell you this."
"According to my observation, Luo Jiu has indeed made a leap in strength after its technical transformation, but if you want to win against Sun Tianlong, haha..."
He stretched out two fingers, raised them in front of Wang Chao's eyes, and shook them. "In two years, there will probably be a 50% chance."
At this time, a very strange scene appeared on the screen.
Luo Jiu shook hands with Sun Tianlong and entered the venue. There were low cheers in the audience because many spectators found that Luo Jiu did not have a racket...
Then Wang Chao saw Luo Jiu on the screen turning his head to look somewhere.
That place was originally the place where on-site coaching should be provided, but because today is the civil war of Chinese table tennis, according to the long-standing civil war rules of Chinese table tennis, the coaches of both players will not come out to provide guidance, and it will all depend on the players themselves.
But this time Wang Chao caught a glimpse of He Jingping sitting in the row behind the coach's seat.
After Luo Jiu looked over, He Jingping stood up and threw the racket in his hand directly towards Luo Jiu on the court.
The technique of throwing a flying saucer is used, and the racket is spinning in the air, which is really beautiful.
A second before He Jingping threw the racket, Wang Chao clearly saw Luo Jiu's lips move, as if he said a word.
The auditorium was several meters away from the center of the court. As soon as He Jingping threw the racket, many spectators screamed, and even officials ran over to prevent accidents, such as Luo Jiu being injured.
But Luo Jiu stood there motionless, with his body upright, nodding his thanks to He Jingping, as if posing a pose, without looking in the air, and stretched out his hand, just in time to catch the rotating racket flying over in his hand, waved it twice, like a sword dance, then turned around, looked at Sun Tianlong on the opposite side of the table, stretched forward with one hand, meaning: please take action.
This scene is actually somewhat handsome.
Qin Huachang was stunned and had no idea what was going on. He turned around and said, "Boy, can you tell me what is going on?"
Wang Chao had a strange expression, shook his head, suppressed laughter, and remained silent.
If he hadn't been in contact with Luo Jiu, he would definitely not be able to figure it out.
But now.
He feels...
He probably...
Maybe...
maybe...
I know.
The two words Luo Jiu shouted just now, judging from the mouth shape, it seems to be "shoot"?
Then the racket was thrown by He Jingping.
Luo Jiu picked it up so easily, it was obvious that he had practiced.
He Jingping throws so accurately, it's obvious that he has practiced.
So, this is actually a self-designed willful appearance in the international arena by a severely addicted online novel enthusiast?
I just don't know, who can get it?
The shocking glimpse of He Jingping just now came to Wang Chao's mind.
At that moment, did Senior He have a helpless smile on his face?
Well, it seems to be true...
Thinking of this, Wang Chao suddenly understood why Luo Jiu always identified with He Jingping as the coach.
Of the entire Huaping coaching staff, only He Jingping can do this kind of fooling around with his disciples, right?
Senior He seems to have a serious personality, but he is indulgent towards his disciples, just like how he indulged Zhu Ding back then.
Qin Huachang may seem humorous, but he is strict with his disciples. Otherwise, there would not have been the tragedy of Fan Pingnan breaking his leg while practicing football.
But the officials of the Peacock Country did not know the truth. After a brief period of confusion, the host began to talk desperately, trying to make things right, but the referee at the table had already blown the whistle, and the game officially started.
As soon as the first game started, it gave everyone a huge surprise.
It was Dragon Team who got the right to serve. When he succeeded in guessing the coin, everyone thought that Dragon Team would score first.
Because Dragon Team has had the glorious tradition of "the first to serve must be the first to score" for many years.
His tactics are too rich and his experience is too rich, so every serve is designed. If you want to compare, it is just like two people playing chess. When you take one step, you have seen the next three steps, instead of just passively dealing with his first step.
Therefore, Dragon Team's serve, in a sense, is not just a single serve, but the first step of a set of combined tactics. Every move, step by step, affects the whole body. Often you are inexplicably beaten to death by Dragon Team before you feel that you have made any mistakes.
But this time something unexpected happened.
Dragon Team serves and directly throws the ball high. According to Wang Chao's understanding, the subsequent handling of the ball is nothing more than to see whether the opponent will be successfully attacked when receiving the ball, whether he will take a high shot, and whether he will receive a long ball from the baseline.
In any case, it is easy to create active offensive opportunities with high throws.
But Luo Jiu made a swerving motion at this time.
Three months after the technology was launched, very few people use it in the professional table tennis world. Luo Jiu is showing it to the world for the first time.
Pivoting is not an action that many Gao Ming makes, but most professional players lack experience in dealing with it, so they are always a little surprised when they first encounter it. So in this case, Luo Jiu's pivot successfully brought the ball to an unexpected location.
Dragon Team failed to form an active attacking posture and was forced to make a short transition.
Then Luo Jiu directly Forehand Flick. This ball was extremely difficult, but he succeeded.
Dragon Team didn't panic and steadily retreated and pulled back.
Luo Jiu pulls forehand again.
Dragon Team continue to pull.
Luo Jiu suddenly moved to the right and turned the forehand ball into a backhand ball. The back of the racket bounced hard.
It is the most classic rubber bullet shot.
Compared with the previous pull, the rhythm of this ball was completely different. In an instant, it changed from slow to fast, and from an arc to a straight line. It was extremely abrupt. However, in this case, Dragon Team's super awareness and almost perfect footsteps still allowed him to complete the position in advance, and took the ball with him with a reverse tear.
Luo Jiu plays again, this time faster than the previous two times, and there is even an almost weird line change.
Even with Wang Chao's understanding of raw rubber these days, he couldn't tell whether this line change was Luo Jiu's initiative or an accidental effect caused by the uncontrollable deformation of the granulated rubber.
But this time Dragon Team finally couldn't keep up with his speed. He could only give up his footwork, forcefully swing his arms away, and try to save the ball.
The save was successful, but the quality of the return was shoddy.
Luo Jiu played again and this time successfully penetrated the backhand position of Dragon Team, winning the first point 1:0.
Just this first ball made Qin Huachang unable to sit still on the bed. He dragged a wooden chair from the side, sat in front of the TV screen, and stared at the screen, trying to see every detail.
Thanks to "Shi Zhang Shi Xi" for the 500 coin reward.
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