How can the national competition finals be compared with the regular season?
Before the start of this game, everyone in Qingcheng knew that today's final was bound to be a bloody battle, but truth comes true. As a school with a newly built team, Qingcheng's volleyball club has no history in the history of the finals, let alone the finals.
There has never even been a record of participating in a national competition.
Therefore, even Nobuteru Irihata doesn't know what kind of weight the word "bloody battle" represents.
Before the game, Qingcheng said that this would be a desperate game, but this statement was actually a bit exaggerated.
Because the game is a game, risking your life is still too exaggerated.
But apart from risking one's life, everything else can be used as a bargaining chip in the finals of the national competition. This is the true meaning of the word "bloody battle".
It was precisely because of his carelessness that Qingcheng suffered a big loss in the second game.
After trailing by two points, Nobuteru Irihata sent Akashi Asuka onto the court in time. Akashi Asuka lived up to expectations after coming on the court and showed off his power, scoring five points in a row.
But even so, the score difference between the two sides still did not narrow.
Because in the second game, Outai directly put on a "fighting" posture, fighting for every point with all their strength.
What tactic?
What formation?
What physical distribution?
They seemed to have forgotten all these things, not even caring about their own safety.
When the score between the two sides reached 16:18, Akashi Asuka knocked down Hoshikai Korai with a heavy shot, but Hoshikai Korai caught the ball just before falling to the ground.
However, due to the angle, the volleyball floated over the auditorium on the first floor.
Generally speaking.
Such a ball will basically be considered a dead ball by default.
Because if you want to catch this kind of ball, the distance is secondary. The main reason is that the location of the auditorium is not flat enough. If you rush over, it is easy to hurt not only the players, but also the audience.
But this time, Odai High School's captain and setter Suwa Aikichi didn't care. In order to save the ball, he pounced directly and hit the audience.
Three or four spectators were knocked down on the spot, and after he stood up, a stream of blood flowed from his forehead.
But even so, Suwa Aiji still didn't relax. He got up and ran towards the field. It wasn't until he saw Odai successfully winning the point that he seemed to finally notice the injury on his forehead.
The referee temporarily called a timeout.
But this pause only lasted less than a minute, and Suwa Aiji returned to the game with a bandage on his forehead.
In such a short period of time, it is difficult to complete even a preliminary examination, so there is a high probability that Suwa Aiji did not perform an examination at all, but simply treated the wound and immediately returned to the arena.
This is not terrible at all.
What is really scary is that even the 68-year-old coach of Odai High School has acquiesced in Suwa Aiji's approach. This is what really shocked everyone in Qingcheng.
Because of this.
It completely made Qingcheng understand what a tragic battlefield the finals of the national competition was.
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"It seems that starting next year, we will have another troublesome opponent in the national competition."
College players such as Idayama, Inarizaki, Kotani, and Kusaka were all watching the game in the audience at this moment. When they saw Suwa Aiji playing injured, they were not surprised at all.
Because for students from these top schools, doing this in the finals is a matter of course.
Rather, it would be a surprise to them if Suwa Aiji really ended up just now for examination and recuperation!
In comparison.
They were more interested in Qingcheng at this time.
Qingcheng, with Akashi Asuka, actually already has the "cornerstone" to build a top powerhouse in the country, but just having a "cornerstone" is not enough.
Still the same sentence.
High school is not a career. No matter how good you are, you will graduate in two years.
If you want to build a strong school that can be passed down from generation to generation, you need many things. The material foundation is one aspect, but the more important thing is the spiritual foundation.
Style, concept, spirit, experience...
These are the ingredients for building a top school in the country.
But before that.
All players from the top schools in the country must understand the most basic and basic threshold.
That is what a cruel battlefield the national competition is.
In fact, for many teams, this threshold should already be understood almost when they participate in the national competition for the first time.
I don't know whether I should call it lucky or bad luck.
Qingcheng's experience is completely different from that of most teams, because it was the first time Qingcheng participated in a national competition and won the quarterfinals, and the second time it even made it all the way to the finals.
Since then.
All Qingcheng players have felt the hardships and difficulties of the national competition, but to say how cruel it is, their experience is not that deep.
However, after this battle, Qingcheng will probably be able to complete its final transformation.
As a local powerful.
Qingcheng's volleyball club already has a complete philosophy, spirit, style of play, etc.
Asuka Akashi is only in his first year this year and has two years left in high school, which is enough for him to create an excellent incubator for the juniors of the Qingcheng Volleyball Club.
Therefore, in the future, it is basically a certainty that Qingcheng will become one of the top universities in the country.
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After awakening, Qingcheng truly realized the cruelty of the finals.
So in the next game, even if the game never catches up with Outai, Qingcheng still fights to the death.
In the final second game, the score between the two sides continued until 29:31 before the winner was finally decided.
Outai pulled back the game.
The two sides were tied one to one.
Return to the rest area.
The players of both teams were panting violently, with their chests heaving and sweat dripping from their chins. Even the spectators outside the court could feel their exhaustion.
However, in comparison, the physical fitness of everyone in Qingcheng is still slightly better.
Because in the second game, Outai fought to the death throughout the entire match, while Qingcheng slowly woke up and started fighting with Outai after almost two-thirds of the match.
"It seems that Outai will be in danger in the next third game!"
"In terms of physical strength, Outai is indeed at a disadvantage, but no one can determine who will win in the end until the last minute."
In the finals, physical strength, tactics, skills... these are all important factors that affect victory or defeat, but they are not the decisive factor.