my soulmate is a free man

Due to the tight schedule of the VNL, the men's volleyball team flies directly from one country to another. There is no way to go back to China to recuperate between the two sub-stations. After the Canadian station, they will fly to Chicago to participate in the United States. Standing game up.

On the plane, Qiao Mingming asked, "When you mention Chicago, what do you think of?"

His good teammates responded one after another.

"typewriter."

"Typewriter +1."

"Typewriter +2."

"Mafia, Al Capone."

"There's a musical called Chicago, right?"

"Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan."

"Chicago is that sin city, right?"

"No, no, Sin City is obviously Detroit."

"There are many sin cities in the United States, and Chicago is one of them!"

Chicago Typewriter was elected No.1 in the "Impression of Chicago by Chinese Men's Volleyball Team" with the highest number of votes.

Qiao Mingming wiped his face: "I originally wanted to ask you if you want to go to Lake Michigan. Chicago is next to Lake Michigan."

The teammates laughed when they heard this.

Deputy Team Ding patted Captain Joe's head: "Obviously, have you forgotten that we will face Serbia, Poland and Iran in this round? After defeating them, we have to go to the next match , where is the time to see Lake Michigan?"

Wake up, Serbia is a well-known strong team, Poland is also a men's volleyball powerhouse with mythical beasts, and Iran is their strongest opponent in the Asian Championships. After playing against them, who has the strength to do anything else?

Qiao Mingming showed disappointment: "I just want to take everyone to adjust their mood. I always feel that there should be more than just balls between us, and there should be many other memories."

Captain Joe, who is more than two meters long, is also a little delicate.

Li Ling: "Don't we often do homework together and supplement each other's English?" Learning together is also a precious memory.

Xiong Wu added: "We were knocked down by Deputy Team Ding together." They still have memories of gang fights.

Qiao Mingming replied dryly: "You are right."

At this moment, Qin Chunxiao turned around and said, "If we want to see Lake Michigan, we can go to Grant Park, and there are many sculptures and large fountains in the park. I remember searching for information there before boarding the plane, and it was said that Grant Park is in There will be an open-air concert by the Perry Band on June 6th at nine o'clock in the evening."

June 6 happened to be the day when they finished playing the Iranian team. The game started at 18:30 pm, but even if the two sides played five rounds and each round scored more than [-] points, they could finish the game in four hours, that is, the game was over. Finally, I dragged my tired body to the park, not knowing whether I would come here or not.

Everyone looked at Qin Chunxiao together, and Newton asked, "Who is the Perry Band?"

Chang Xiaole said that he knew: "It's a country music band who sang "If I Die Young"." He also hummed a few words before everyone realized it.

"Oh, so they sang this song."

It can be seen that the defensive daddy is willing to go to Lake Michigan with Captain Joe to make some precious memories, which makes everyone think about it.

Want to make time to see Lake Michigan?

Tong Shulan whispered to Gao Depi secretly: "Xiao Zai is too fond of Mingming."

Is this the love of the free man Daddy?

Gao Depi: "Didn't you find that as long as he recognizes a friend, he will cover the other party very much?"

For example, Gao Depi, he is a road idiot, so every time he goes out with him, Qin Chunxiao automatically takes over the task of identifying the way. Although Gao Depi is the captain and is 10 years older than Qin Chunxiao, he often has a kind of It's embarrassing to feel that I'm being taken care of.

Tong Shulan thought, could it be that in Xiaozai's cognition, we are also the targets of the quilt?

Liu Yuelou was puzzled: "But you need tickets for the concert, right? It's too late to book tickets after we get off the plane."

Tickets for this kind of concert are usually very popular, right?

Qin Chunxiao: "I have a ticket."

He dug out an envelope from his backpack and poured out a stack of tickets.

"I have a friend who was engaged in music before. He met many North American musicians at the music festival. One of them is the owner of this band. He gave him a lot of tickets, but he was very busy with work. Just before I went abroad The ticket was given to me, saying that I can take my teammates to see it when I have time, and I have been thinking about how to mention it to you.”

Chang Xiaole, Li Ling: Xiaozi, is your friend called Lu Xuandong?

Newton's bull's eyes widened: "There are so many tickets, isn't it cheap?"

Qin Chunxiao: "I don't know, it was all given away by someone anyway, and it didn't cost money."

He asked everyone again: "Going?"

Everyone looked at Newton, and Newton coughed: "If you can get at least two wins in the U.S. Grand Prix, you will be allowed to go."

"We must go!"

The players shouted this sentence together and laughed together.

It is true that they are athletes, but they are also young people. Their lives not only have volleyball, championships, and huge dreams, but also music, fountains, parks, and vast lakes.

So in order to have more good memories, they have to play harder.

On June 6, the VNL American sub-station officially started in Chicago.

On the first day of the game, the Chinese team faced the Serbian team.

Before the game, both teams entered a state of unity, tension, seriousness and liveliness.

Jiang Xiaohai, as the assistant coach, once again emphasized the tactical points against Serbia to the players: "The Serbian team is the successor of the former world men's volleyball team Yugoslavia. It’s easy to deal with, so everyone should be careful in this round.”

When Jiang Xiaohai said the second half of the sentence, he deliberately looked at the rough guys in the team. They were the type most likely to be targeted by delicate players.

Min Yaoyang, who lit up his defense in the Japanese league, proudly stood up beside Jiang Xiaohai and nodded repeatedly, probably because he felt that he had already left the ranks of rough men.

Xiong Wu patted him on the back: "Listen carefully!"

As the setter, Li Ling followed Jiang Xiaohai to read the data with Ding Rong and Mao Xunfeng, and now he also analyzed it: "Yes, but their offense is not as fierce as Maozi's. The main reason is that their skills are fine and the attackers The ball is very rich and varied, and the figure-of-eight line is very open."

The so-called figure-of-eight line generally means that when an attacker jumps to attack in front of the net, his ball can be hit to the left or to the right. These two ball paths are the figure-of-eight lines.

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The wider the offensive range of a player, the greater the angle of the figure-of-eight line, and the richer the ball path. The ball's landing point is not as easy to guess as those offensive ball paths, and it is more difficult to defend.

Relying on Li Ling's natural flexible shoulders and imaginative brain circuits, after training in the Russian Super League, his offensive balls are much richer than before. Players such as Roman and Alexander also have this characteristic, which belongs to the defensive players. The more strenuous type.

Contrary to them is Min Yaoyang. This kid's offensive line is very simple, and it is easy to guess. A seasoned free man like Qin Chunxiao knows where his ball is going to hit as long as he watches him take off.

The coaching staff said the reminder many times, but when the game really started, everyone was still in a hard fight.

In the words of Lao Niu, they are definitely stronger than the Japanese and South Korean teams, but they are at most on par with first-class teams like Argentina and Serbia.

After Sebastian led the Polish team to beat Iran 3:1, he learned that the Chinese team and the Serbian team had only entered the fourth game. The two teams are currently 2:1, and the Chinese team is one game behind.

He asked curiously, "How did they delay the previous three rounds for so long?"

The current head coach of the Polish men's volleyball team is Elliott. He is a 40-year-old middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He is tall and thin. The defense is tight and the ball is hard to land."

Sebastian remembered the first time he saw the past of the Chinese team through the World Youth Championship, and couldn't help complaining: "Are they addicted to tug-of-war?"

When this team meets a strong team in the World Youth Championship, it will drag the game to the fifth game. It is the same in the Asian Championships. It is still the same in the VNL. Does it mean that the Chinese have some extraordinary talent in endurance?

Sebastian's teammate, setter Fabio thought for a while: "I think this may be because one of their tactical cores is defensive. According to my experience watching the Asian Championships last year, their strength is relatively strong compared to many teams. None of them are strong, but the defensive players can catch the ball, as long as the ball does not land, they can grind with the opponent until the victory."

This style of playing by wiping the floor and grinding the opponent to the end is a bit like the Japanese team, except that the Chinese team's offense and blocking are stronger than Japan's.

But this kind of opponent is actually very annoying, because even if you can win against them, you have to peel off your skin.

The hearts of the Polish players were turbulent. Driven by curiosity, they went to the arena where the Chinese team vs. the Serbian team, and found that the Iranian team was actually there. When they saw the Polish team coming, the Iranian players even moved. They make room.

Coach Elliot thanked him kindly, and found that the two teams were still in the fourth inning, and the score had become 24:24.

Asan of the Iranian team said: "The Serbian team almost won this round just now, but their free agent made a mistake, allowing the Chinese team to get 1 point back to life."

Sebastian: "What mistake?"

Asan: "The free man jumped from outside the three-meter line and launched a second attack, but he didn't grasp the height well, and was sentenced to the height of his hand exceeding the net."

Serbia's liberos are of a high level, they catch the ball very desperately, and their physical fitness is much better than that of Qin Chunxiao, a minor. He has solid muscles and quick reactions. Looking at the liberos in the world, he is also number one. The only thing that is not good The best part is that this buddy is from the main offense and has a strong desire to attack. Obviously the Libero is a full-time defensive position, but when the team is in crisis, he will always have the idea of ​​helping his teammates through offense.

The idea must be good, but if there is a problem with the operation, it is to give points to the opponent.

Qin Chunxiao also had this problem when he was a free agent in his previous life. He was of average height, but his wingspan was much higher than his height. When he first tried to take off from the three-meter line for the second attack, he always accidentally let the height of his hand exceed the net. After suffering several losses, he became cautious. If the height cannot be guaranteed, he would rather just pass and not attack.

For example, when playing against the Serbian team, Qin Chunxiao never played like this. He just kept staring at the ball and running, making it harder for the Serbian team to score a point than to lay an egg.

The Serbian team obviously studied the Chinese team beforehand, and they were not impatient when they failed to win the fourth game immediately. Instead, they played patiently with the Chinese team.

Their thoughts are also easy to guess. The Chinese team has the worst record among all the teams participating in this station. If they can’t even win, it will be even more difficult for the Serbian team to play against other teams. Why not fight today? Take this one down.

China's idea is simpler: In order to go to Grant Park to watch the concert together, rush!

Relying on strong fighting spirit and tenacity, the Chinese team successfully won the game 27:25.

Now even the commentators are excited.

In the Volleyball Frontline column, Wu Di yelled into the microphone: "After losing two games in a row, the Chinese team came back and completed a wonderful counterattack!"

Li Laiheng looked at the statistics given by the program team, and exclaimed: "Qin Chunxiao saved several key shots today. Coach Newton is really right to let him play free agent."

Without Qin Chunxiao's saves, the Chinese team would have lost today.

Sebastian also noticed this: "Mishaqin played very well today, and he was calmer than the Brazil game."

Good liberos also have the ability to dispatch teammates. Whether their ball height is suitable for a second pass, and whether it is convenient for them to cheat and block with a second pass are all details that test the libero's vision and overall situation.

Although he only watched a few balls, Sebastian has already found that Qin Chunxiao has done these details very well. In the short tenth of a second when the ball passed from the Serbian attacker's palm to the opposite side of the net, Qin Chunxiao could instinctively He jumps to catch the ball and sends it to the most suitable place for the second pass.

His golf quotient and sense of the ball must be very high!

Sebastian made a judgment: "I don't know who will win the two teams in the end, but Mishaqin is better than Carl."

Karl is the free man of the Serbian team.

Sebastian seldom praised others in volleyball. When his teammates heard that he gave Misha Qin such a high evaluation, they all showed surprise expressions.

Only coach Elliot agreed with his face: "If Mishaqin is 20 centimeters taller, he must be a stronger attacker than Sebastian. His reaction, speed, and explosive power are all too good."

Sebastian immediately changed his face, and shouted aggrievedly: "Coach, let's not push back when we say we are good at complimenting!"

Elliott coughed: "I'm sorry, I'll pay attention next time."

During the conversation, the game entered the fifth round, which was the most exhausting round in this tug-of-war. After a long tug of war, both sides were exhausted.

But what is surprising is that the Chinese team, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, broke out in a mental state of fighting more and more bravely when their physical strength bar bottomed out. Work extra hard, and as long as you get 1 point successfully, you will beat your chest and roar immediately.

Their contagious power was so strong that even the audience was moved and began to cheer up loudly.

With the addition of this amazing morale, the Chinese team added Serbia to the list of defeats!

At the moment when the game ended, the group of boys lifted up the free man and lifted it around the field, and the audience also screamed, and the scene was magical for a while.

In the arena full of excitement, Coach Elliott pushed his glasses and exclaimed: "What a bunch of hunks."

This game was pretty good, with passion, offense and defense, but it was a bit noisy, especially every time the players of the Chinese team yelled out words pronounced "woding".

After watching the Chinese team's game, Coach Elliott had already memorized the pronunciation of this word.

After Qin Chunxiao finished the game, he sat down on a chair and drank half a bottle of water first, then Mao Xunfeng came to poke him: "Xiaozi Xiaozi, look at the auditorium."

Qin Chunxiao looked back: "Huh? Isn't the Iranian team here to watch the game?" Isn't it normal for the opponent to watch the game?

Mao Xunfeng: "No, look next to the Iranian team, the Polish team is also here, and Sebastian is also here. He should be the biggest star in this tournament!"

There are only three men's volleyball players with an annual salary of more than one million US dollars, and Sebastian is one of them!

Qin Chunxiao came to his senses: "Oh, it's Sebastian, the one who was bitten by a snake on his butt, hid the ring in the cake to propose to his girlfriend, and ended up eating the ring himself."