On the evening of August 4, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the Olympic table tennis men's team, Germany defeated Japan 3-2 thrillingly, and the Chinese men's table tennis will face off in the final. It is worth mentioning that the last goal was Niwa Takashi signaling Ochalov to wipe the side, so that after Germany advanced to the final, the German players rushed into the field and pounced on Ochalov, but the latter did not celebrate too much, but instead folded his hands to thank the Japanese opponent for his move.
In the previous four matches, the two sides drew 2-2, the process can be described as ups and downs, the first men's doubles, the German combination of Bohr partner Francesca defeated Mizutani Hayabusa / Niwa Takashi 3-2 to get the first point. In the men's one-man showdown in the second game, Zhang Benzhi and 0-1 to 3-1 defeated German veteran Ocharov to win back a city for the Japanese team.
In the third leg of the two sides, the 40-year-old veteran Ball defeated mizutani Hayabusa, Germany once again overtook, and the crucial fourth matchup, 18-year-old Zhang Benzhi and the second time, in the 0-2 set behind, achieved an incredible earth-shattering reversal.
In a life-and-death battle, Ocharov fought against Takashi Niwa, and the two had previously met in the men's singles match, when the German defeated Takashi Niwa 4-1, and one of the sets was mercilessly 11-0. In this game, the two sides played hard in the first set, and the key point Ochalov held the bench advantage and went down 11-9.
In the second set, the two sides continued to clench the score, 5-5, then Ochalov's backhand turned straight to score, 6-5, followed by the German taking advantage of the chase, 9-5 to open the score difference, a drum to win, the total score of 2-0 lead. In the crucial third set, Ocharov did not give Niwa Takashi any chance to turn the tables, although he was chased to 5-9 by the opponent, but the German veteran still stabilized his mentality in time to get the match point.
Quite unexpectedly, Ochalov's last goal was to wipe the side ball, and the opponent Niwa Takashi also signaled to the referee for the first time, indeed wiped the edge, this game is very personable, although he lost the game, but won the respect, after the game Ochalov also folded his hands to thank the Japanese opponent!