In a recently concluded matchup, an extremely rare situation occurred - the Düsseldorf club had no one to use, resulting in the 51-year-old coach and former German national team star Hirst having to play in person, and was swept 3-0 by the junior Duda (the main player of the Active German National Team).
The reason for this situation is that Bol, the number one player of the Düsseldorf team, is injured and has just recovered from the new crown virus and cannot play for the time being; and another main player, Carlberg, was also infected with the new crown a few days ago, so there was a shortage of personnel in the team, which made the old coach more and more than a substitute: it is really sad!
Düsseldorf is a strong team in the German table tennis world, after all, there are world champions Pol, K. Carlsson, plus Carlberg and other young European rising stars to assist, the strength is very strong, has been in this season to win 11 consecutive wins, it can be said that the scenery is unlimited, but no one expected them to suffer the blow of the virus.
At the end of 2021, Pol was infected with the new crown, recovered from other injuries, and the result has been truce until now; on January 13, 2022, Karlberg was diagnosed in Poland again, and then hung up the exemption card for isolation treatment. On January 15, the German league continued, and Hirst really had no choice but to become an athlete.
Born in 1971, Hester is older than Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui, but he has always been active in the arena, and at the age of 47 in 2018, he also represented the German team in the team world table tennis championships, and then gradually faded out of the international arena to focus on coaching at the Düsseldorf club.
Probably because of the late retirement time, So Hirst still has a certain confidence in his combat effectiveness, so he decided to personally go out and fight with the active main player of the German team, Duda, but the result was not satisfactory - Hirst did not win a round, and the direct 0-3 defeat was swept away: it is really afraid of the young and strong!
However, although he lost the game, Heist's professionalism is still worthy of praise: the 51-year-old can still play back and forth with the juniors, which in itself is awe-inspiring. And if there was no way, how could he make such a decision? For the sake of the team, Hirst has tried his best.
Finally, I wish Pol can return to the field, and I also hope that Karlberg can be cured as soon as possible, and I also hope that everyone can get rid of the disease and return to normal life as soon as possible: come on, the world!