At this moment, many viewers watching the live broadcast in front of the screen couldn't help laughing.
The two faces, the big one and the small one, have the same expressions. They really are a good pair of master and disciple.
As for the Swedish fans at the scene, it was even worse.
The smiles that had not yet bloomed on their faces were completely frozen. Their bodies jumped up, flew into the air, and fell down. However, they couldn't shout out the cheers. Instead, their buttocks fell heavily on the chairs, and they couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
"What the hell is going on?" Some fans shouted angrily, but the sound was soon covered up by more other sounds.
The scene just now started to be replayed on the big screen above the venue. The audience clearly saw that the ball hit the table on Wang Chao's side, bounced up, and accidentally hit Wang Chao's racket that was already waiting there.
Because of the high-speed slow playback, the moment the ball hit the racket, the audience could clearly see that the racket was shaken slightly by the huge force, while the ball bounced back along a straight line at a faster speed.
The suspended racket was still shaking slightly, and even the slight deformation of the rubber could be seen clearly, as if to tell all the fans at the scene: Look, this ball is really heavy, very fast, very fast.
Michel is a little confused.
He came with a lot of courage and thought that he had no problem hitting the first two balls. Whether it was his short touch, his flexibility in changing lines, or his ability to find offensive opportunities, they were all displayed vividly.
In fact, he did attack before Wang Chao, which shows that he did a very good job of restricting Wang Chao, but Wang Chao did not do a good job of restricting him.
Especially for the second ball, he actually gave Wang Chao the opportunity to pull back, but he relied on his powerful backhand stalemate ability to turn passive into active.
On both of these balls, he had a chance to hit a winning shot.
But unfortunately, this killing board was blocked by Wang Chao.
This is unreasonable.
The reason why the kill board is called the kill board is because it is used to score points.
If even killing a board will lead to losing points, then why should we fight for the initiative when playing?
Michel got the right to serve. He inhaled hard, lowered his head and quickly thought about what had just happened and what it meant. Finally, he came to a relatively reassuring conclusion: There should be no problem with my playing style. Otherwise, how could I continuously get the initiative and hit the kill board?
If playing kill board can be called a strategic error, then nothing in this world is correct.
All I can say is that he can catch my killing board. This is not my problem, but his problem.
He is cheating.
Of course, Michel has heard the legend about the Hua Ping Hua Ping. It is said that the main players of Chinese National Table Tennis Team originally used the hustle in turns, and whoever competed would use it. Later, Sun Tianlong took advantage of the captain's privileges to forcibly occupy the qiu. It was used for seven years, and the others dared to be angry but dare not speak out.
Later, Wang Chao joined the team and was given the name Unrivaled Divine Dragon by Head Coach Cai. He became the dominant player in the team. He finally snatched this tool from Sun Tianlong and has been using it to this day, maintaining an undefeated record.
Only when Wang Chao played Sun Tianlong, two wall hangings competed to use it. In the end, one of them used it once, and one of them won the game.
From the perspective of consequentialism, no matter how you look at it, this hangup exists.
Michel was originally a staunch materialist, but now he believes in metaphysics.
He decided to try again.
"This person is very strong, head coach. I have a feeling that he will become a serious problem for us in the future."
The speaker is Qin Huachang.
He was not present when Fan Xiaodong fought with Zhang Benkuang, so Wang Chao guessed that he had a heart attack, but he was not.
Wang Chao also speculated that he was being rescued in a certain hospital in Sweden, but that was not the case, because he was already in a tertiary hospital in the imperial capital, and this time it was not a temporary rescue, but a periodic long-term stay.
But he still couldn't sit still, and when Cai Guodong came to see him, he begged Cai Guodong to find a laptop, and then the two of them watched the live broadcast together.
He originally didn't think highly of Michel. In the past few years, even though Michel had reached the highest ranking of 7th in the world, he still felt that this player was full of craftsmanship, only had brute strength but no spirituality, and was destined not to reach the top.
It wasn't until later that he heard that Old Wa was going to help Michel with special training that he paid a little more attention to Michel.
But this time Swedish Open, Michel hit Gao Mingyuan, Qin Huachang really took it in. After reading it, he admitted. "I was wrong."
Today, Michel played Wang Chao. Although he only hit two goals and Wang Chao scored, it really shocked Qin Huachang into a cold sweat.
He saw a very scary prototype from Michel's play style.
He even easily associates it with Luo Jiu.
Luo Jiu is a forehand and backhand pull, and Michel is a forehand and backhand pull. They both use both sides of the racket to play two completely different attribute styles, so as to cause strong discomfort to the enemy.
The reason why Wang Chao seems to be at ease is just because Wang Chao is a pervert, proficient in too many technologies, and does not care about any complex changes in technology.
But any other player would be very anxious and make continuous mistakes in judgment due to the constantly changing batting attributes.
Wang Chao is actually the same as Luo Jiu, in that he is afraid that the other party will be unreasonable.
Fortunately, at this moment, Michel, although playing extremely fiercely, the core of his playing style is still very reasonable.
Others can't see how Wang Chao catches the ball, but Qin Huachang can.
In the final analysis, there are still two words: prediction.
Wang Chao talked about defense to Lin Zijun in the restaurant yesterday. He was not just talking about it for fun, but after careful consideration. In fact, he was already doing it himself.
His first two goals against Michel were an absolute defensive victory.
Lin Zijun cannot predict Hook perfectly because Hook is too unconstrained.
However, there are still traces of Michel's playing style. Although his forehand was changed from pulling to shooting, the problem of the landing point being too positive has not been solved, and it is very difficult to solve.
Why?
Or because he is too tall.
Being too tall causes too much sideways movement and inflexible movements, so Michel doesn't turn sideways very much. When he shoots the ball, the angle that his arms and wrists can adjust is bound to be limited. This also makes it impossible for him to play the kind of super line changes that are completely unreasonable.
The direction of each of his attacks can actually be roughly determined. If you carefully observe the details of his movements and the detailed changes in his shoulders and elbows when he touches the ball, and supplemented by his rich experience, you can deduce where he wants to hit the ball.
I can't say it's definitely right, but the success rate is at least not low.
Wang Chao used this method to complete two consecutive predictions, catching Michel off guard and suppressing his high morale at the beginning.
The reason why he kept showing his thoughtfulness was because guessing where Michel's shot would hit in such a high-intensity confrontation was a very mentally draining task.
He was really thinking all the time.
"Wang Chao This kid is really too mature. Sometimes I feel that he doesn't need a coach at all. At best, he needs a nanny to help him with chores outside of the game." Cai Guodong sighed, "He obviously doesn't need this. It's such a thankless way to fight Michel, but he insists on fighting like this. He doesn't take Michel seriously at all. Instead, he is using war to support war and training in actual combat. He is preparing to fight Hook."
"That's not entirely the case." Qin Huachang laughed dryly twice, which seemed to arouse his condition. He coughed several times in succession, and his voice was a little weak. "He probably saw Old Wa coming, so he deliberately wanted to hit him like this... No matter how mature this kid is, he is still a child after all, and there will always be some conflicts of spirit."
Cai Guodong couldn't help but laugh, nodded and said, "Old Wa's lifelong reputation will be ruined today."
Although Old Wa is great, he has not been in the table tennis world for a long time after all. Cai Guodong also competed with Old Wa at the beginning, and has always been at the forefront of the table tennis world in the following decades., his achievements as an athlete were not as good as Old Wa, but one was neglected for a long time, and the other worked hard. Looking at the table tennis market today, he actually sees it more accurately than Old Wa.
Old Wa is a bit wishful thinking.
Old Wa must have carefully analyzed all the videos of Wang Chao since his debut, and also tried to analyze the details of Wang Chao. He was once Ping-Pong God, and he had absolute confidence in his own vision, so after enough detailed analysis, he finally came to a conclusion: Wang Chao's weakness lies in defense.
In fact, this is the conclusion that any insider will naturally draw when analyzing Wang Chao.
Even the Huaping coaching staff had come to such a conclusion before officially contacting Wang Chao.
But only when you really come into contact with Wang Chao will you find that all your perceptions of him can actually be easily overturned by him.
Wang Chao has indeed shown the problem of insufficient defense in all official games so far. This is because he always advocates offense, either through strength, changes, technology, or mind-attacking techniques.
He doesn't emphasize defense, so how strong a defensive ability can he show?
Old Wa came to this conclusion based on his common understanding of table tennis players, that is: every player must have a distribution of strengths and weaknesses, must have shortcomings, and must have technical flaws.
Theoretically speaking, there is no player with perfect skills. Even if he is as strong as Sun Tianlong, he still has problems with his backhand position, but very few people can force out his flaws.
But Qin Huachang and Cai Guodong knew very well that there was no problem with Wang Chao's defense.
They have seen the old video of the team entrance examination when Wang Chao first joined Jiangcheng City Team.
Now that Wang Chao has become famous, the video of the team assessment in July last year has become a real top secret. It has been sealed tightly by Luo Zhihong. Only Cai Guodong and Qin Huachang, the top players of the national team, are qualified to watch it.
It can be seen from that video that in fact, when Wang Chao first entered the industry, he had already perfectly mastered the supreme essence of defense: anticipation.
On that day, when his physical strength was completely exhausted, he used the preset position and tilt angle of the racket to resist the strong attack of the city team players, and achieved excellent results.
No one can defend perfectly in hindsight.
All incredible god-level defenses must come from prediction.
Yesterday, Wang Chao suggested that Lin Zijun play regular ball for Hook and tempted Hook to also play regular ball. In fact, he was trying to set up a predictable situation.
It's just that this level of thinking is already beyond the reach of ordinary city and provincial team coaches.
And what he is showing on the court at this moment is the true master-level defensive art.
Michel, who got the right to serve, directly served Bullet Serve, a forehand baseline.
He tried not to fight with Wang Chao, hoping to lead to a stalemate.
Wang Chao pulls the ball sideways, the ball speed is very fast, and goes straight to Michel's backhand position.
Michel steps back and pulls back.
Wang Chao continued to pull the forehand, but he didn't want to end up in a stalemate, so he changed the line to the forehand at a wide angle.
The ball was pulled very awkwardly and the landing point was extremely difficult. The ball flew out from the side of the table.
But Michel's height advantage showed again. He crossed the vast space in just two steps, walked around to the side of the table and gently pushed the ball back to the table.
If it had been him before, he would have closed his eyes and directly hit the board with this kind of ball. If he hit it, he would score, but if he couldn't, he would knock it down.
But in the two months he spent with Old Wa, he learned a lot, and even improved his character. He understood a very simple truth that many professional players don't understand: If the offense can't kill someone, then it's better to defend carefully.
So he pushed the ball quite well. In addition to not turning, it was close and low, and it also flew at a long diagonal angle, directly from the far right side of the net to the far left side of the net. It was equivalent to giving Wang Chao a big angle.
It has to be said that this was a stroke of genius that even Wang Chao didn't expect. So when the ball flew over the net, Wang Chao had to go around half of the table to catch the ball.
Fortunately, the ball was not very fast. Wang Chao hurriedly caught up to the end. Before the ball was about to hit the ground, he used his racket to hold it up. With his excellent touch, he picked up the ball and just flew over the net.
This is completely the ultimate performance of Microscopic Precision.
In fact, when encountering this kind of ball, it stands to reason that a normal player will not be able to take into account so many details on the defensive end. He just wants to return the ball safely. As for things like taking the ball too high, not enough rotation, and the landing point is too right, these issues have no time to think about.
But the difference between super-class and first-class is here. It is obviously a super passive situation, but Wang Chao can just rely on its excellent feel to make the return of the ball without any flaws.
As a result, after the ball had experienced stalemates in the middle stage and mutual hangings, it actually returned to the short stage. This rapid change of the rabbit rising and the falcon falling made the audience couldn't help but applaud vigorously.
In the blink of an eye, there were several short rounds, and Wang Chao returned the ball slightly higher.
Michel immediately seized this opportunity, stepped forward, and slapped hard.
In a ward far away in the imperial capital, Qin Huachang and Cai Guodong leaned forward at the same time, wanting to see this moment more clearly.
Michel may have thought that this time he had won the battle of shortcomings and seized on Wang Chao's flaw.
But the two bosses knew in their hearts that this was just because Wang Chao still wanted to try defense, so they deliberately sold a flaw.
(As for the example of Jian Zong and Qi Zong in "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" mentioned in yesterday's chapter, I must explain. I am talking about Jian Zong having the last laugh. This last, of course, refers to the situation at the end of the book. Linghu Chong is one of Nine Solitary Swords with Jian Zong. He stood until the end, and the Huashan School of Qi Sect was completely abolished under the leadership of Yue Buqun. In the end, even Yue Buqun himself went to learn Bixie Swordplay, which is equivalent to embarking on the path of Sword Sect. So I did not give the wrong example. Brothers who raised questions are your own fault.)