On November 3, Beijing time, in the game of wtt Slovenia, the main player of the Chinese team, Zhou Qihao, broke out of the cold goal, and finally lost 2:3 to the Belgian player Kossolski, missing the final main match, which is the biggest cold goal since the start of the game, such a cold goal will undoubtedly have a further impact on the next plan of the national table tennis.
In this game, Zhou Qihao faced Kossoluski, who was ranked only 385th in the world, the opponent was unknown in the world table tennis world, and the result was that the main force of the Chinese team finally lost to the opponent 2:3, especially in the battle for the decider, after the two played 14 draws, Zhou Qihao's key points did not come down, and finally lost to such an opponent 14:16, and did not reach the final main game, which would be more or less unacceptable within the national table tennis.
Zhou Qihao is the key player cultivated by the Chinese team in the current Paris cycle, not necessarily to let him play in the final Olympic Games, but it is necessary to form a healthy competition within the national table tennis, especially among young players, because in the plan of Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian, there is no doubt that the two veterans Ma Long and Xu Xin will not be able to represent China in more games in the future. The Chinese team must achieve upgrading, so that the 5 Mesozoic players led by Fan Zhendong must get more training.
Zhou Qihao not only has to participate in this Slovenia game, but also participates in the next World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, USA, which is the player that the Chinese team will focus on cultivating next, so such a fiasco, I believe that not only will not shake Liu Guoliang's confidence, but will strengthen his plan, that is, in the future games, more opportunities for young players to play, so that they can get full training. It should be known that because of the epidemic, in the past two years, the number of Chinese team members going abroad to play games has decreased significantly. If this situation continues, it will only have a negative impact on the growth of young players in the Chinese team.
Therefore, based on this, I believe that in the future employment, Liu Guoliang will further compress the number of appearances and opportunities for Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen. The three major Olympic champions, even if they do not want to retire, I am afraid that they cannot be avoided.