Many veteran table tennis fans must still remember the defeat of the national table tennis in the 2004 Olympic Games, and Wang Hao, who was optimistic before the game, lost to Liu Chengmin, who was red-eyed, and lost the gold medal in the men's singles final of the Olympic Games for the first time. Wang Hao then reached two Olympic singles finals, but lost to Ma Lin and Zhang Jike respectively, and missed the Olympic men's singles gold medal in his career. The duel between Wang Hao and Liu Chengmin will continue to be mentioned many years later, and a few days ago, Wang Hao was taken up by the South Korean media. The Korean media "Jingxiang Sports" gave the national football team a trick: learn the training method of national table tennis and see how they deal with Liu Chengmin.
Wang Hao is definitely a tragic figure in the history of national table tennis, he has reached the Olympic men's singles final for 3 consecutive times, but he has won the silver medal for 3 consecutive times, and many people have compared him with The Malaysian badminton star Li Zongwei. Both are famous Sanya kings in the history of the Olympic Games, but Wang Hao's career is better, after all, Wang Hao has won the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup, but he lacks an Olympic singles gold medal. Wang Hao, Wang Liqin, and Ma Lin were born against each other, and none of the three of them could complete the great cause of the Grand Slam. Now all three have retired, Wang Hao and Ma Lin are coaches in the national table tennis, and Wang Liqin is the vice chairman of the Table Tennis Association.
Wang Hao's defeat to Liu Chengmin in the 2004 Olympic final has always been a source of resentment, and before that match, Wang Hao's record against Liu Chengmin was absolutely dominant. However, at that time, Liu Chengmin killed the red eye, and the fighting style of play made Wang Hao very uncomfortable. Until the end of the game, Wang Hao did not find a way to restrain Liu Chengmin, so he lost the game in a vacuum. Many people say that if Wang Liqin had advanced to the final, the result would have been different. But in fact, even Wang Liqin, who ranked first in the world, could hardly say that he could defeat Liu Chengmin in that state at that time.
A few days ago, the South Korean media "Jingxiang Sports" once again took out Wang Hao to say something. South Korean media commented on the performance of the Chinese national football team, arguing that they should learn from the Chinese national table tennis, which has a high level of training methods and sparring system. South Korean media believe that if the national football team can learn from the national table tennis, then it is possible to advance to the World Cup in ten years. The Korean media also did not forget to praise Liu Chengmin, they said that after Liu Chengmin won the Olympic Games, China's national table tennis soon found a solution, and the national football team should learn more from the national table tennis. The South Korean media seems to be praising the national table tennis, but in fact, it is still praising Yoo Seung-min for beating Wang Hao.
The training system of table tennis is very different from football, and the Chinese Football Association has also used Cai Zhenhua as the chairman, but it has not brought any substantive changes, and it is still difficult for the national football team to enter the World Cup. Liu Guoliang and other people in the national table tennis circle have also talked about the national football team many times, obviously as Olympic champions and world champions, the national table tennis players still have a very sense of superiority when talking about football. However, what the South Korean media said is not realistic, after all, football is a team sport, and table tennis is more of a personal sport, the national football team may be difficult to move the national table tennis training system over, Wu Xi They are also difficult to learn Ma Long, Fan Zhendong.
However, the national football team can still learn the fighting spirit of national table tennis, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Wang Chuqin, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen, Wang Manyu, they are fighting bravely on the field to win glory for the country, if the national football team has this spirit, it may also be able to get closer to the World Cup.