my soulmate is a free man

The cod in Portugal is also well-known in the volleyball field. I believe that all the players who come to the game will be told by the coach: "Don't eat cod, especially the cod that can be eaten by athletes!"

Look at the end of the Russian team and the Chinese team.

The Chinese team seems to be okay, because they have seven shoppingboys who ran out to press the road during the meal. In the end, these seven gourd babies successfully saved the team's three victories in Portugal. In the competition, a total of 8 wins and 1 loss have been accumulated, which is really a brilliant record.

But the Russian team was a bit wronged, because they were full of expectations to eat cod, but they were wiped out. Fortunately, they still stubbornly took a victory from the Portuguese team, and it was not nothing. , Avoiding the sad ending of three defeats in one stop.

Qin Chunxiao handed Jenner's wedding invitation to Soso before they left. Soso just came out of the toilet at that time, and went to accept the invitation with wet hands: "What is it?"

Qin Chunxiao: "Wipe your hands."

"Oh." Suo Suo wiped his clothes twice, took the invitation, and then burst into tears in front of Qin Chunxiao.

A big man who is almost two meters tall, when Xiao Qin cries like that, Qin Chunxiao actually looks like he's used to it. After all, there are too many big men with a combat power of minus 5 around him, so what's wrong with crying?

Then Suo Suo took Qin Chunxiao's hand, and from the age of 6, he talked about how he met Jenner in middle school, how sad he was when he was injured, and how Nikolai and Yashenka rebuilt him Grace.

The transfer was not what Soso wanted, but he was not under Yashenka. How would he treat his back injury? If he didn't mix with Nikolai, how would he develop a world-class serve?After receiving so much kindness from others, can't he still play games for them?

Qin Chunxiao: "Yeah, ah, so that's the case, it's understandable."

Finally, I used the excuse of catching a plane tomorrow morning to get away, and it was already two o'clock in the morning.

On the second day, the Chinese team boarded the plane in Portugal, the westernmost place in Europe, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and went straight to New Jersey on the east coast of the United States. The next match will be held in a city called Newark, and they will soon face the American team Japan, Canada.

Newton, who had finally healed from gastroenteritis, and the crowd made his wishful thinking: "The Canadian team must win that game, and the second team can go up and practice their hands. When playing against the Japanese team, the first team and the second team will take turns. Don't be under too much pressure when playing, and we can secure a place in the final after accumulating two victories."

There are eight places for this year's VNL finals!As long as there are 10 victories, it is absolutely no problem to enter the finals!

Qin Chunxiao was lying by the window, looking at the blue Atlantic Ocean between the clouds below and the gap between the clouds, and occasionally seeing a vague, very small speck flying out of the water and submerging in the water, he would curiously think, that is Not a whale.

So he pointed down: "Is that a whale?"

The teammates took a look: "What is it? Is there anything else besides the sea?"

Qin Chunxiao was puzzled: "You can't see it?"

If someone else said that, maybe his teammates would think it was a child's fantasy, but Qin Chunxiao is different. As all the athletes in the team have known in their life, the only one who can be in a closed room with no lights on, in a corner The person who found a spider's silk, everyone agreed that Xiao Qin's eyes were a bit beyond ordinary people.

So everyone responded: "Well, maybe that whale has already entered the water, so we didn't see it."

Qin Chunxiao lay on the window, thinking about it, not knowing who to talk to, so she had to wait until the hotel, when Er Leng and Min Yaoyang were huddled together to watch "Happy Death Day", and sent a message to Lu Xuandong.

There is a 5-hour time difference between the United Kingdom and the United States. Qin Chunxiao's 10:[-] pm here is [-]:[-] pm in the United Kingdom.

Qin Chunxiao [That's it. I think I saw a whale, but I can't rule out that it's a speck of dust that drifted past the window during the flight. 】

Lu Xuandong [Dust will not fly out of the water and sink into the water, the probability of whales is higher. 】

Qin Chunxiao [I don’t know if there is a good zoo in New Jersey, but even if there is, I can’t go there. 】

Lu Xuandong turned on his computer and searched. The Six Flags Wildlife Park in New Jersey has lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes, rhinos, ostriches, and zebras. But as Qin Chunxiao said, he has no time to go there, but the Crimea Zoo in Russia more famous.

There is also the Moscow Zoo. I heard that there are pandas going there this year as an envoy. The hand doing homework unknowingly ran to start a travel guide. At this moment, the mobile phone moved. to a photo.

The left side of the photo is full of stupefied faces. He opened his mouth wide and looked very surprised. Behind him is the standard pose of William of the American team as a Popeye. Qiao Mingming and Fu Biyang were posing next to him as a bodybuilder.

Based on the lesson of VNL in Portugal in the third week, in the fourth week of the competition, the athletes ate in the restaurant honestly, and there are always so many games to play when this group of happy children get together.

Lu Xuandong stopped writing, he pulled out the dumbbells from under the bed, and prepared to practice a few more sets before going to bed.

After a while, Er Leng posted another video. It turned out that the boys from the Japanese team contributed their collection of horror films, and borrowed a multimedia projector from the restaurant to play a Japanese-style horror film for all contestants, scaring ghosts and wolves howling. .

Qin Chunxiao wondered: "What's so scary? If you believe in science, you don't need to be afraid of these things."

Ding Rong swallowed: "The main reason is that the atmosphere is terrifying."

The captain of the American team, Kaidi, chattered his teeth: "Misha, there are soul mates in this world, what else is there to be scientific about? Especially in your China, didn't you say that there were dragons in ancient times? What is the name of the most famous dragon?" With? Qin Shihuang?"

Qin Chunxiao: "Have you watched too much "Legend of Ghosts and Ghosts"? Dragons are also fantasy creatures. Dragons don't exist in this world!"

Xiong Wu held his glasses calmly: "Not necessarily, I remember that there is a dragon's vein near Wenchang in the South China Sea. By the way, stargazing is good there. The seniors I know in the Stargazing Association all said to go there to organize a meeting."

You Ziyu asked curiously: "What will happen?"

After hearing this, Kaidi also asked: "Do you want to discuss how to believe in Buddha together?"

Xiong Wu shook his head: "The theme of the meeting is to improve the level of the rule of law in religious work and prevent the spread of cults. Taoist, Buddhist, Mazu, and Christian associations will send people to the meeting. After that, everyone will study socialism together. I heard that there are not many places. People within the various associations are robbing."

Both Qin Chunxiao and You Ziyu understand this. They are party activists, the kind who hand in party membership applications as soon as they become adults, but they have to queue up if they want to participate in such activities. Last year, Qiao Mingming posted a random The photo of the team visiting the Party History Museum made them envious.

Caddy was shocked.

The U.S. team is the host of this station, and they are also the old rivals of the Chinese team. In the last VNL final, they were blocked from the top four by the Chinese team, so don't look at everyone playing well, they still remember account it.

On the first day of the US station, the two teams faced each other.

Newton took a special look at the U.S. team when he was lining up: "Their main setter is Tom, the black guy. You also know the second team's setter Jerome. He is the opponent we played in the VNL final last year. Tom has a shoulder injury, he's had surgery, but he has a better bond with the players."

"There is a high probability that Tom will play today. You have to be mentally prepared. This time the US team will be more difficult to deal with, because there is something wrong with Jerome's setter, that is, a pot-throwing pass."

There is a saying in the field of volleyball, given you a few super attackers, the coach bench and others can win the game even if they are dogs.

The U.S. team has a very luxurious lineup of attackers. In addition to William, their secondary attackers John and Bruce are also players with excellent height, strength, and skills. Excellent offensive ability means that sometimes the second pass does not need to be so laborious. Just leave it to the attacker to attack.

Sometimes when Jerome encounters three blocks on the opposite side, he will throw the ball to William to break through, instead of cheating the block on the opposite side and playing tactics. It can be seen that this person will throw the blame when he encounters a problem. Tom is different. He and William are said to be friends. Very good, and I am more willing to help my teammates find a way to break through the predicament during the game, and it is even more difficult to deal with as an opponent.

Qin Chunxiao put on the knee pads and put on a red jersey, while his teammates all wore yellow jerseys, which means that Qin Chunxiao will play as a free agent today.

Newton's registration form: "Junelou, Min Yaoyang, Li Ling, Aizmaiti, Fu Biyang, Qin Chunxiao."

This time he came up with a different lineup from the last time he played against the US team. The coach of the US team smiled: "Newton knows that we have thoroughly studied their main team, so we changed the lineup on purpose."

But the U.S. team has also changed, can the Chinese team catch it?

Tom put on the jersey with a smile, and his white teeth stood out.

Can the Chinese team beat the US team again?This is the biggest question in the minds of all fans who follow this game.

The Chinese team's victory over the US team last year was a miracle brought about by sadness, and it was also the sweet fruit of the players' hard work.

The Chinese team, which has become stronger this year, has a faint ability to hit higher ground, and defeating the US team will once again prove their ability.

With the referee blowing the whistle, You Ziyu threw the ball and took off without hesitation.

Meng Yuqing also turned on the TV at this time, and heard the huge hitting sound together with all the audience.

In the black and white world, the round, familiar volleyball fell to the ground.

The Chinese team scored 1 point first!

Meng Yuqing laughed and clapped happily. Beside her, Mei Xiangnan was wearing earphones, lying on the coffee table, doing homework.

Relying on You Ziyu's serve advantage, the Chinese team scored 3 points first.

Newton laughed: "Let Dundun teach the US team well. Although a strong attacker represents their upper limit, the lower limit of a team is defense!"

This time Newton sent out all the team's defense is not bad!

The dismounted U.S. team is not discouraged either. They also have excellent servers. As long as they have the right to serve, they may not be able to reverse the score, so they try to grab the right to serve on the fourth ball.

William knows that the big attackers of the Chinese team are generally very good, but the coach also said that their defense is not good, so in this ball, he deliberately directed the ball in the direction of Min Yaoyang, but Min Yaoyang squatted down and took the ball He stood in front of Li Ling.

Li Ling shouted happily: "Aha!" He swung the ball to the opposite side of the net, and was rescued by Kaidi's desperate punch.

William was surprised: "Yangyang...the defense is very good."

Min Yaoyang, who had honed his defense in the Japanese league, got up and stared at the US team seriously.

After several rounds, the U.S. team finally scored the fourth goal, which was their first point of the day. The coach of the U.S. team also understood Newton’s sinister intentions. But use defense and serve to gain an advantage first.

The coach of the US team pondered for a moment, replaced the free agent, and let another powerful secondary attacker, John, play. The Chinese team has to defend, right?It's going to be fancy, right?Then he will use simple and rude strong attacks and high-speed fast breaks to smash the opponent's defense!

Qin Chunxiao raised his trouser legs, his blue wolf eyes sharpened.

This is the offensive and defensive battle between the strong spear and the strong shield, and it is also the second challenge of the emerging strong team to the old strong team.

In the first game, the Chinese team failed to withstand the strong attack of the US team and lost the first game 23:25.

Qin Chunxiao returned to the sidelines and sat on the bench with his elbows propped on his knees, his upper body lowered, his head hanging down, unable to see his expression clearly, as if he was thinking about something.

No one bothered him.

Newton pondered for a moment, let Li Ling and June Lou come down first, and Mao Xunfeng and Tong Shulan were ready to go.

Tong Shulan and Min Yaoyang said: "Don't be stingy with your strength. Even if I take off, you have to be ready to attack. Don't forget that the coach reminded you to cooperate with your teammates to attack three-dimensionally."

Mao Xunfeng dragged Fu Biyang and Ai Zimaiti to Qin Chunxiao's side, and the four discussed tactics.

Kitty is the person who has the deepest research on tactics in the entire team. He said: "The US team's offense has a pattern. Because they have a luxurious offensive team, their coach specially arranged suitable offensive routines for them. We You have to remember these routines in order to defend better."

Qin Chunxiao finally raised his head: "I've been observing and memorizing, but the opponent's attack speed is too fast, and I can't defend against it every time."

In the first game, Qin Chunxiao received a total of 7 attacks from the opponent. For any free agent, this is a pretty good number. The problem now is that his teammates' defensive efficiency is not good.

Mao Xunfeng said succinctly: "When I am in front of the net, I can judge the approximate attacking ball with Xiaoji and Mai Ti."

This can greatly reduce Qin Chunxiao's defensive pressure.

Qin Chunxiao nodded: "Then try."

In the second game, the American team obviously felt that China's defense was getting tighter, and their ball path seemed to be spotted by the opponent, and the blocking was obviously not easy to deceive.

Tom looked at Mao Xunfeng's face, and smiled at his colleague: "It seems that the key is you."

The athlete's victoriousness made Tom choose the second attack when he got the ball from the free agent again!

Mao Xunfeng seemed to have expected it, rolled on the spot, caught the ball with his wrist, and reacted as fast as a real cat!

His kitten is also someone who has honed his defense in the Japan League.

The second pass catches the ball, the big guys don’t panic, Qin Chunxiao has already rushed to Min Yaoyang, and entrusted the ball to Min Yaoyang: "Yangyang!"

Min Yaoyang: "Aww!"

Relying on extraordinary willpower, the Chinese team withstood the second round of the US team's attack and won the second game.

In the third game, the Chinese team seemed to be more and more familiar with the American team's offensive routine.

A Brazilian volleyball commentator praised: "The Chinese team played very tenaciously. Facing the opponent's strong offensive, their formation did not mess up. Instead, they kept calmly observing their opponents. Even the players on the sidelines kept watching the field. , like a group of observers."

Another commentator agreed: "Yes, although the coach Newton is not well-known, he is actually a key figure in the rise of the Chinese men's volleyball team this year. He encourages his players to learn and evolve their own advantages, so that Veterans are rejuvenated, and the potential of young players is stimulated."

The commentators concluded that the coach Newton is very good at finding suitable training methods for players.

[The Chinese team played very smartly this time, ah, Lao Niu has started to challenge! 】

[At this juncture of 25:24, if the challenge is successful, wouldn't we win this round? 】

[I saw my wolf gesturing to the old cow. They challenged William to step on the three-meter line when the last three attacked. 】

[The challenge is successful!My wolf eyesight is gone!Awesome! 】

[Coach Niu is also awesome!Especially his trust in the athletes is amazing, every time the athletes apply for a challenge, he will stand up! 】

Relying on the challenge, the Chinese team won the crucial third game, which means that even if the US team can get the fourth game, they will inevitably be dragged into the fifth game, which is recognized as the "Chinese field". As long as the war of attrition is started, it is the most familiar style of play for the Melon team.

But how can the US team be easy to deal with?

The coach of the American team told Tom from the beginning of the fourth inning: "Remember, you have William, John and Bruce behind you. You are the setter with the most offensive firepower. Go, forget about tactics, and seize every shot Opportunity to help them attack!"

Tom listened.

The black player kissed his pendant before playing. He loves volleyball, because volleyball gives a poor boy who is born in a chaotic neighborhood and doesn’t know his biological father a serious job—playing volleyball allows him to support his grandmother and mother without having to be like Childhood neighbors also died in street shootouts.

That's it, if a black kid like him from the bottom of the society wants to get ahead, he must either join gangs, talk about rap, or practice sports. He has everything he has now through volleyball, so he loves volleyball more than anything else.

Maybe he is not the kind of super setter who is full of flamboyant ideas. In order to memorize tactics, he even has to hold a notebook in the bathroom, and it took a whole month before he reached the "qualified line" in the coach's mouth, but he has a natural talent. Flexible wrist and trust his teammates.

Tom said to Mao Xunfeng in a rap tone: "Hey, man, do you know? I'm also the top five setter in the world now."

Mao Xunfeng raised his eyebrows, and followed Tom's words: "I know, you are one of my goals."

"Really? I'm so honored!" Tom gritted his white teeth again, "After all, I'm the setter with the lowest education in the world. I only started to read after I played volleyball, because William and I were in the national team. Some people say that our coaches prefer mentally handicapped people."

But in the fourth game, the US team was activated by Tom, who was once illiterate.

The volleyball fans at the scene stood up excitedly, and look what they saw!The team they supported, when dealing with the mere Chinese team, actually showed the strongest state in the Rio Olympics!

At that time, the U.S. team was not as strong as it is now. After all, William was only a young player in the Rio Olympics in 16, and his skills were very immature. Tom was only discovered a few years ago.

And three years after the Rio Olympics, many of the main players in the U.S. team have grown again. They usually laugh and laugh, but they always trust each other during the game. They are extremely united. Outsiders even say that they play "brother volleyball."

In fact, when the Chinese team observed the US team, Tom was also observing his opponents.

This team is very good, compared to the Japanese team, they have a stronger attack, but for the US team, the volleyball game is not about who loses fewer points, but who gets 25 points in a game first !

Tom: "William!"

The young mythical beast leaped up, its slender and strong arms waved like a whip, and hit the volleyball.

boom!

To be honest, the U.S. team that has entered this state is even qualified to touch the Russian team (the version without diarrhea) and the Brazilian team, or their coaches just pulled up such a team in order to defeat these two dominant teams. a team.

Newton crossed his hands on his chin: "The old man of the US team formed the current team for the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics."

The coach of the American team also looked at Newton: "Tsk, that kid's goal is definitely not only to make the Chinese men's volleyball team a first-class team, what he really wants is a gold medal!"

The players don't know what the coaches are thinking.

The Chinese team continued their tenacity and entangled with the US team. Both sides felt that the opponent was difficult to deal with, and felt that this difficult game was really hearty.

Qin Chunxiao can catch 7.5 balls in one round on average, that is, he can create 7.5 counterattack opportunities for his team in each round, and his teammates can always seize 4 of them to score.

So from the audience's point of view, they don't know which team will win in the end.

[However, I can be sure that no matter who wins, they all deserve this victory! 】

[The Chinese team is really bullish this year. If the victory over the Russian team is only based on luck, they and the US team have reached this point, it all depends on their strength. This is the explosive US team! 】

[Tulengchka was replaced, and he started to score!God!He also started to explode in the fifth game! 】

[I can't get enough of the fast break with Fu Jiwang and Er Lengzi!It's so exciting, and don't you feel that their fast break is a bit like the American team's fast break?Good guy, is this the copying method passed down from the rabbit's ancestors? 】

Although the fifth game can be over as long as you score 15 points and lead the opponent by 2 points, the Chinese team insisted on not giving the US team this opportunity.

As the last ball landed, the American team hugged each other and shouted happily. William even raised Tom and shouted: "This is my brother! The best setter!"

William is fair-skinned, so every time he stands with Tom, he sets off his teammate like coal, which is the same as Fu Biyang's unwillingness to stand next to Qin Chunxiao when taking a group photo with the team.

But Tom didn't care so much, he threw back his head and laughed, and then he and William yelled, and they were as happy as children.

The handsome chocolate guy Min Yaoyang was extremely depressed at the moment. He wiped his tears and walked back, constantly apologizing to his teammates: "I'm sorry, if I get 2 more points, we would have won today."

"It doesn't matter. This is not the last time we will play against the US team. We will just win next time." Qin Chunxiao raised his hand and patted Min Yaoyang's back, then took off his shirt and wrung out the sweat.

He played all five innings today, the only one of the 12 players on the field who hasn't been rotated and rested, and he's really exhausted right now.

He breathed out, looking for a towel, Li Ling pressed a blue towel embroidered with cartoon huskies on his head, and laughed: "You will rest tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"

Qin Chunxiao: "Well, the coach said to let Brother Xiong and Xiaofeng be the main defensive players against the Japanese and Canadian teams." Newton made such an arrangement so that Qin Chunxiao could devote all his energy to the United States team.

"I lost." He puffed his cheeks under the cover of the towel, and then Fu Biyang and Aizmat pressed the cold water bag on his shoulders from left to right, freezing him to death, like a frightened snow leopard jump up.