In the next third game, Bai Feng beat Luo Jiu, which was a civil war in China Table Tennis.
The expectations for this game non-Chinese associations are very high, because all foreign fans have always recognized that the Chinese table tennis civil war is the most technical game, and it is often the most beautiful game, not to mention this time there is the gimmick of Luo Jiu's great success.
The game ended up being 4:0, with Luo Jiu winning completely. It was not as intense as the outside world imagined.
But it's still good to look at. Luo Jiu showed amazing offensive ability, fighting Bai Feng forehand, backhand, stalemate, and spin. He is a smart player, but this time he defeated Bai Feng in the most brutal way.
After the fight, Bai Feng's expression looked a little broken. When they shook hands at the end, he looked helpless, which made Wang Chao want to laugh.
Bai Feng's character is very stubborn and one-sided. When Wang Chao defeated him in the imperial capital in early October, he took advantage of his character flaws. Now it seems that Bai Feng did not learn the lesson of losing that day and made a breakthrough in his character.
Because when he played Luo Jiu, everyone in the game was still fighting head-on. The more he couldn't touch, the more he wanted to touch. He didn't even think about avoiding his edge.
If not, he wouldn't have lost so miserably, and after losing, he wouldn't have looked so desperate.
He was forced to break through from his strongest point, which probably fundamentally destroyed his self-confidence and the playing philosophy he has developed over more than 20 years.
In addition, Wang Chao has seen a little more than others.
He could guess that the reason why Luo Jiu was beaten so hard was probably because of the instructions from someone behind the scenes. This person was definitely not He Jingping, but could only be Bai Feng's teacher Wang Lu.
Wang Lu probably had nothing to do with Bai Feng. In order to let his disciple grow up, he directly took a cruel step and wanted Bai Feng to be like Zhu Ding, to "break and then stand up".
But this is a big gamble. It is similar to destroying all the internal skills of a martial arts master and asking him to practice again. Although there is a possibility of reaching a higher level, there is also a possibility that he will become a useless person.
Therefore, Wang Lu, who seems to be silent, is actually a wolf killer.
"It seems that the rise of people like Lin Zijun, Pike, and Hook one after another has really made them feel in danger..." Wang Chao thought leisurely, "Otherwise, why would they use such extreme measures?"
At the end of the day, the Germany Troika were all eliminated as predicted before the game, and they could really fly back home.
And in the last game, Lin Zijun played Hook, but the whole world really guessed the wrong answer.
Lin Zijun won, 4:1. Although it was not a clean sheet, it was definitely a beating.
But it's not that Lin Zijun performed so well, but that Hook suddenly became unable to play ball again.
Just like his sudden power outage in the past years, Hook played very well in the first game today. He was at no disadvantage in the fast-paced close-to-table attack with Lin Zijun. He even beat Lin Zijun to death three times in the backhand stalemate between the two sides. He proved with actual actions that his backhand twist was more dominant and unreasonable than Lin Zijun.
But starting from the second game, he started fighting randomly.
Twist the ball and go straight out of bounds.
Explode and go directly to the net.
Slice the ball and basically take it high.
There were even two service suicides.
The waves of low-level mistakes made the fans feel numb. People who don't know Hook might even think that he is blatantly playing match-fixing. But because he has been in the game for a few years and is known to everyone, everyone knows that he is not cheating, he just... has always been like this.
Hook has a very fierce temper. Even if his condition is in serious trouble, he still refuses to switch to a defensive posture. He attacks desperately, committing suicide one after another, and finally gives Lin Zijun a victory.
Little Lin was stunned because he couldn't find a chance to attack.
Whenever he wanted to attack, he found that Hook attacked one step ahead of time, and then the attack failed.
So even though he made it to the semi-finals in the end, Lin Zijun's expression was blank, and his eyes were even a little vacant. Because of his delicate and immature appearance, his expression seemed a bit natural, and he actually attracted a lot of mom fans.
When Wang Chao is watching TV at home, naturally he cannot see the barrages, but in fact, in Brother Da Ma's live broadcast room, there are already countless barrages saying "son is so good" and "mom hugs", and even more barrages are saying "a stinking rice circle smell" and "rice circle xx, get out".
So the semi-final matchup was determined.
In the upper half, Sun Tianlong beat Pike.
In the lower half, Luo Jiu beat Lin Zijun.
It happened to be two grudge games, both of which were old rivals who were extremely jealous of each other.
The next morning, the Men's Singles semi-finals started, and the fourth episode of "Watching TV Shows with Mom" started.
Half an hour later, Sun Tianlong 4:0 defeated Pike.
The last time Pike took two games from Sun Tianlong, it was because Sun Tianlong did not predict and understand him well after the super evolution. However, this time, Sun Tianlong was familiar with the game and beat him without the ability to fight back.
His super evolution was as if it didn't exist at all in front of Sun Tianlong, and his defeat was no different from the past years.
This game made everyone at non-Chinese associations feel cold.
Dragon Team is really good at "killing people".
So they began to expect Lin Zijun to continue to create miracles.
But half an hour later, Luo Jiu 4:0 defeated Lin Zijun.
Facts have proved that Lin Zijun was able to beat Luo Jiu last time purely because Luo Jiu had not yet completed its technical transformation. This time, Lin Zijun still used the same idea of playing Luo Jiu as in the last match, focusing on Luo Jiu's backhand position, and then was bounced by Luo Jiu's raw rubber, which made him doubt his life.
But Lin Zijun is different from Hook. After being bounced to death in one round, he changed his strategy and went to play Luo Jiu's forehand position.
Then he discovered that Luo Jiu's forehand arc was actually very strong, at least, much stronger than his own.
Lin Zijun also tried to play rhythm, speed, line changes, and short balls on the table, but in the end he was defeated one by one.
Luo Jiu has a subtle talent. His short ball in the table has not been lost to anyone except Sun Tianlong.
Although he is not as fast as Lin Zijun, he has a way to slow down the rhythm and prevent Lin Zijun from hitting fast balls.
After all, he is so smart and his style is completely opposite to Hook.
So the final matchup was determined: Sun Tianlong beat Luo Jiu.
Fans all over the world have mixed emotions at this moment. They really don't want to see Chinese table tennis players meet in the final again.
It's too boring, too repetitive, it happens every time, it's really boring. If there is no suspense about who will win the gold medal in competitive sports, you might as well just play it by yourselves.
But they knew very well that this time was different from the previous meetings.
In the past, Huaping's meetings would always end with Sun Tianlong winning.
But this time, they are really evenly matched.
Moreover, it is very likely to be the most high-level and valuable civil war in Chinese table tennis since the table tennis event began.
This is another pinnacle showdown between two ceiling players who stand on top of the world and on top of history, following the Asian Cup finals.
I have never seen the ancients before.
He was never seen again.
They were standing on the highest mountain.
cannot be defined.
It cannot be compared.
Unimaginable.
Even German Table Tennis Association Chairman Rohlskov, who has always been somewhat unconvinced by the coaching staff of China Table Tennis Team, admitted in an interview that evening. "I don't know how they will play... Really, I can't imagine, because I have never led such players, nor have I played against such players. I don't know how many levels of tactical games they have had in their minds when two equally outstanding players meet again. I think this is beyond my understanding."
But he was still unconvinced by the coaching staff of China Table Tennis Team, so he continued, "I believe that Mr. Qin Huachang and Mr. He Jingping at this time also don't know how to arrange tactics for their players. Those two people are their disciples in name, but in fact they are not inferior to them even in terms of strategic thinking. What's more, China Table Tennis Team has always had a rule that there is no off-field coach in the civil war, and it all depends on the players' own performance."
"You see, what a perfect rule, it just allows them to be lazy and not have to do things they simply can't do in a game that really requires a lot of mental calculations, but to hide and watch the fun."
Counting from the draw date, the year-end finals finally entered the fourth match day.
This is also the fifth episode and the finale of "Watching TV Shows with Mom".
The first place is the third or fourth place match, Lin Zijun versus Pike.
This game was actually very exciting. In a sense, it was a competition between the new generation of young players to compete for each other's ranking in the next ten years.
But because the final was so anticipated, no matter how intense the game was, the audience always felt that they couldn't concentrate.
They applauded, cheered, and stood up step by step, which was very honorable, but while applauding, they still glanced at two other places outside the stadium from time to time.
That's where Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong are warming up in advance.
The bronze medal battle lasted for 67 minutes, and Pike finally won Lin Zijun 4:2.
But this does not mean that Pike is better than Lin Zijun, but because Pike is already 23 years old and his body has fully grown. He is 183 centimeters tall, has long legs and long arms, and is full of strength. Even regular hitting has strong spin.
He was at the strongest physical level of his life.
However, Lin Zijun is still continuing to grow. He will fully grow in the next three to four years, with a huge increase in speed and strength, and his combat effectiveness will also increase simultaneously. In the long run, he will still pose more of a threat to China Table Tennis Team than Pike.
When they left the stage, the much-anticipated showdown finally took place.
In this game, the live commentators on all platforms around the world were very silent.
Because they know that they cannot decipher the intentions of these two players.
Even if they saw certain actions of the players that seemed to be about to do something, they did not dare to speak out boldly.
Because even German Table Tennis Association's head coach Rohlskov publicly said that he didn't understand it, so how could other large and small online commentators and official TV commentators have the courage to say that they understood it?
In fact, even Grasshopper was quiet during this game.
Yi Jing no longer thinks divergently. She very much hopes that she can explain the game well to prove her professionalism and fight back against the black haters on the Internet who have been shouting "Yi Jing is dismissed" for many years.
But she only said a few words on the first pitch and then gave up.
As the former World Doubles Champion of Chinese Women's National Table Tennis Team, she has actually seen more than most people.
But precisely because she understood better, she discovered that there were countless calculations behind the parts she understood, which she could not express.
She was afraid that if she continued to speak, she would be laughed at by the experts, so she spoke in silence.
In fact, this game was not as exciting as the fans expected.
Both Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong played very cautiously and patiently. No one attacked directly, but they were pulling each other to look for opportunities. If the opportunity was not good, they would never take action easily.
There is a saying in the art of war: if you cannot win, you must defend; if you can win, you must attack. What it means is that you must not attack easily when you can't clearly see the enemy's reality. You must defend first, so Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong are competing on the defensive to see who is more watertight.
This is somewhat different from Asian Cup.
At the time of Asian Cup, Luo Jiu had just achieved great success and made a stunning appearance. Sun Tianlong was actually very unexpected. At that time, Luo Jiu thought he had reached the invincible state, and did not expect that Sun Tianlong, who was forced to do so, could also reach this state.
Therefore, both sides were re-adapting to the new opponents and constantly adjusting their strategies. It is also because of this that there are those extremely exciting offensive and defensive transitions.
But now, both sides know the basics. In the past few months, they have quietly analyzed each other hundreds of times, so when they make a move at this moment, there is no flaw at all.
In the huge stadium, only the crisp bounce of the ball could be heard, and it was surprisingly quiet.
Even spectators who think this game is not good-looking will never yawn, look at their phones, or whisper out of boredom, because professionals around the world have told them that this game is very high-end and difficult to understand.
Therefore, the more ordinary fans are, the more they open their eyes, trying to get some clues from this game to prove that they have a better vision than professionals.
——This is a common feature of human character.
Wang Mei clearly felt the changes in his son.
During the bronze medal match, my son was still talking non-stop and making various comments. However, as soon as the final started, my son became very quiet, staring at the screen intently, and did not bother to say a word anymore.
She also noticed that her son's body was very tight and seemed very nervous. He was obviously watching a dull game, but his expression kept changing slightly.
Wang Mei was a little intimidated by this momentum and did not dare to interrupt Wang Chao's viewing of the game.
She just vaguely felt that her son should have understood, otherwise, why would he put on such a posture as if he was facing a powerful enemy?
In the end, the game ended after 42 minutes.
The score was not 4:3 as expected before the game, but a rather disparity of 4:1, with Luo Jiu winning.
The expressions of both sides of the game seemed very calm, but during the interview, the speeches of both sides confused many people.
Luo Jiu said, "Oh, it's so exciting, Brother Long is really strong. I took such a huge advantage, and I thought I had a huge advantage. But in the end, when we actually fought, we were completely evenly matched. I can only say that I was lucky to win."
Sun Tianlong's character is much calmer, but he also inadvertently revealed the arrogance in his heart. "I want to say that today's failure does not mean anything. The battle between me and Luo Jiu has just begun."
The last gluttonous feast of the year came to an end, and the final interviews of the two contestants were also circulated, triggering a lot of discussion.
The fans didn't understand. The score was obviously very different and the process was obviously not thrilling enough. Why did both of them express a sense of "win or lose is only a matter of millimeters" after the fight?
If it's really only a matter of millimeters, shouldn't it be 4:3?
Why is it 4:1?
Wang Mei couldn't help but ask after Wang Chao returned to his soul, "Son, what are you looking at?"
Wang Chao smiled, actually looking a little tired. That was because he was too immersed in watching the game, which led to excessive mental consumption. "I just want to see if I can find some way to deal with them."
Wang Mei was shocked because she now knew what level of players Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong were, and her son actually wanted to find problems with these two people. So what level of player was her son?
So she asked cautiously, "Have you found it?"
Wang Chao's eyes were bright and he nodded steadily. "Found it."