My Soulmate is a Libero
The receiver of You Ziyu’s serve was the key player of this year’s Russian team, their soul, the setter Anton!
While black and tough macho players were popular in the NBA, tall and white players were the darlings of European volleyball, and Russian attackers were renowned for their height and strength.
Brazil had a talent pool comparable to Europe, but most of their talented individuals were drawn to football rather than volleyball.
Anton, a strong and tall setter with a fierce attacking spirit, faced a sad reality. Most of the first setters in their country were mediocre and easily overwhelmed when facing formidable opponents. Anton was an exception, having honed his skills at the Hamster Club.
In many games, Anton, as a setter, did not have a high-quality first pass to back him up. It was already very difficult to just turn the ball from the first pass into a second pass that the attacker could spike. He had to catch the ball himself.
A reporter once asked Anton after the game: “Why do you want to receive a pass as a setter?”
Anton gave an answer that resonated with Chinese netizens: “When you say this to me, it is like the brick family saying to the poor who have no cars and no houses and complain about being too poor. Since you are short of money, why don’t you rent out the extra houses? Then go drive a taxi.”
Poor people couldn’t rent out their houses and drive taxis because they didn’t have a house or a car at all, and he must pick up a pass because their team’s libero could’t do a pass!
Instead of asking him this question, the reporter might as well ask him directly, “Since you are hungry, why don’t you eat cream cake!”
But the setter to catch the ball was not a matter after all. Most of the time, Anton still had a dark face, accepting the mediocre first pass from his teammates, trying to give a decent pass, and most of the attackers of the Russian team were very suitable for playing and adjusting the offense.
Those who knew the inside story felt a bit sad when they saw their performance.
Only the Chinese team was not sad, because no matter how ordinary the opponent’s first pass was, it was ordinary to reach the semi-finals, and the attacker strength of the Chinese team was actually the weakest among the semi-finals!
No matter how talented attackers like Qiao Mingming and Min Yaoyang were, their growth environment, to put it bluntly, had not allowed them to exchange their talents to the limit of their age. The Chinese team could go to the present this year, one was hard work, and the other was the defensive end wa strong, and Qin Chunxiao saved several key goals quietly.
The attackers on both sides couldn’t beat the opponent. In the first game, the Chinese team and the Russian team could only grind each other. The ball flew back and forth for a long time, and finally landed, and then they exploded each other. That was “you get 1 point and I get 1 point. .”
This gave the audience in front of the TV a strong sense of déjà vu, —it seemed that it was the same way when playing Poland.
What the Russian team was most afraid of was this kind of physical strength game that goes down one by one.
Valerie sneered: “I can run 20 kilometers in Siberia in winter!”
Anton was even more proud: “I can run a marathon in November with a volleyball on my back!”
November in Russia was clearly different from November in other countries. One only needed to know that these Russians possessed great physical strength.
In the first game, the Russian team emerged victorious with a score of 28:26.
If it was said that baby chicks were the tradition of parents, then athletic chickens were the tradition of coaches worldwide. Newton sneered, “When it comes to physical strength, there’s no one we’re afraid of except for the Squid!”
Others dare not speak, but Xiaozai and Er Leng possessed the stamina to run a marathon! You didn’t have to worry about them getting tired and losing energy during the five sets. Judging by the current state of this group of boys who have just defeated Iran, their morale was high, and they were brimming with energy.
It was during this game that Newton instructed the players on the field to execute more combination attacks, where multiple players attack simultaneously to cover the true attacker and score points.
Newton didn’t know who the true attacker was; that was determined by Li Ling, the setter. Li Ling’s thought process was known to everyone, making it impossible for both the enemy and us to decipher, except for Qin Chunxiao.
Therefore, in the second game, Qin Chunxiao was almost exhausted by Li Ling because there were several instances where Qin Chunxiao anticipated that the pass was meant for him. Observing Li Ling’s passing posture, he knew that the ball was intended for him, leaving him no choice but to hurriedly rush and execute a spike.
He had no advantage in terms of ball height against the Russian team. He had a total of 6 offensive opportunities, but even with his powerful spike, he only scored 4 points. Two of his attempts were directly blocked by the opponent. When Xiong Wu attempted a block from the back row, the volleyball landed directly without him being able to catch it in time.
Tired and angry, Qin Chunxiao won the second game, and didn’t even care about taking a break before the third game. He directly shook Li Ling’s collar: “Don’t you know how to buckle someone else? I’m tired of catching the ball!”
Two years later, Qin Chunxiao’s body gradually reached its peak state. He could withstand Li Ling’s actions. But, it was really exhausting for a 16-year-old body to be so defensive and offensive!
When Li Ling saw his partner getting angry, he immediately grabbed his ears and squatted down very conscientiously. He didn’t care about his appearance at all, and just yelled: “At that time, you are the only one who has the best hope of scoring! I can’t help it either!”
As the only setter in the team, Er Leng was also under pressure, right? And he was under a lot of pressure, and Qin Chunxiao, who was most trusted by Li Ling, had to take on more responsibilities.
After realizing this, Qin Chunxiao put his hands on his hips and looked up, sighed, and finally waved his hands helplessly: “Then you don’t have much pressure in the third round, right?”
Li Ling gave a thumbs up: “Okay, I will try to give as many balls as possible to Mingming and Xiaoji.”
Russian team coach Popov adjusted his tactics, watching what happened on the bench of the Chinese team, his eyebrows twitched.
Although he knew that Misha Qin was good at fighting when he attacked Newton while drunk, but seeing him bullying a 1.9-meter tall man like Erlan still felt a great visual impact.
Anton sighed, “When Misha Qin bullied his teammates, the others didn’t make a sound, even the coach didn’t see it.”
Is this kid a team bully?
Popov poked him: “If you were on his team, would you be able to hold him down?”
Anton stared at him in disbelief: “What are you kidding? Bobo, I can’t even beat you!”
Popov’s father is a well-known wrestler, and Popov also inherited part of his family education, but had he passed a round in front of Misha Qin?
This was the end of the discussion about combat effectiveness. In the third game, Qin Chunxiao was finally able to catch the ball in peace, but he was exhausted by the second game, and he started panting halfway through the game. Turning to the front row, he felt that he couldn’t attack.
Fortunately, Lao Niu also felt that it was inhumane to ask Qin Chunxiao to block the blocking wall made up of muscular Russian men, so he replaced him and took a rest for a few rounds.
Qin Chunxiao wiped his sweat frantically with a towel, took a couple of sips of water, and placed a bag of ice water on the back of his neck. Newton squatted down with a tactical board and fanned him carefully, fearing that the wind would make the child catch a cold. The child couldn’t cool down.
“You can rest for a maximum of three sets. Xiao Xiong isn’t familiar with the position. Xiaofeng can handle it, but he lacks endurance.”
Not far away, Popov glanced over and noticed the sight of Lao Niu squatting and talking to Qin Chunxiao. Although he knew that Newton had injured his spine while playing basketball in his early years and usually didn’t like to bow his head, seeing Misha Qin sitting while Lao Niu squatted and conversed with Qin Chunxiao, it was clear that his neck would get sore from speaking. Emotionally, he felt that he could make a coach squat and fan the wind, so Misha Qin was truly a bully within the team!
However, Popov also agrees that Misha Qin had the capital to be a team leader. In view of the fact that the Hamster club he serves had always been short of a strong first pass, and Misha Qin’s level of first pass had been recognized as the best in this World Youth Championship.
If he hadn’t applied for the support position, he could get the “best libero” before returning to China.
The film crew of Provincial H TV still pointed the camera precisely at Qin Chunxiao, and the scene of him training Li Ling and talking to Lao Niu was also sent to the domestic screen.
This was not a big problem. Since the opening of the World Youth Championship, H TV Station had upheld the spirit of Face loving fans and hac been focusing on Qin Chunxiao. The fans were used to this kind of lens.
As long as they hadn’t seen Qin Chunxiao’s combat prowess in group fights, with his face, the masses still firmly believe in his tenderness and slenderness, as well as his strength when struggling in front of tall and strong players.
In the third game, the Chinese team and the Russian team reached a score of 35:33, and the Chinese team regrettably lost the game with 2 points.
In the fourth game, Li Ling started to play superbly, swaying the opponent’s block several times, and gave a wonderful pass that made it easier for the attacker to score, prompting the Chinese team to lead by 4 points at the beginning.
To be able to lead by 4 points against a strong team like the Russian team was already a remarkable record. In the eyes of scouts, Er Leng really looked good.
He was taken aback, realizing that his 16-year-old teammate’s body was finally exhausted from frequent high-intensity games. He started to receive the ball, but often sent it directly into the net. He adjusted his attack, trying to deliver a stable pass so that his teammates could attack even with their hands!
At that moment, Qin Chunxiao was positioned in the front row, in position 3. As soon as he extended his legs, the height of his palm instantly rose from 1.77 meters to 3.46 meters.
Anton and Valerie raised their hands to block without hesitation, but witnessed Qin Chunxiao’s precise second pass, as Er Leng lunged forward to set up the blocked ball again. It was a high-quality block follow-up!
Qin Chunxiao passed the ball to Fu Xiaoji who was waiting on the right side of the net, and the long black ape arm swung a graceful arc in the air, and directly smashed the ball to the opposite floor.
When Fu Biyang landed, he thumped his chest again and let out an angry roar, like King Kong on the top of the Empire State Building flying a plane. His aura was so amazing that he almost took two steps back.
At this point, the Chinese team pulled back the fourth game.
Domestic fans only caught the beginning of the game at 23:00 in the evening. By that time, the national youth team and the Russian team had already played four sets, and two hours had passed in China, meaning it was already one o’clock in the morning. Many people couldn’t stay awake and ended up going to sleep.
Mei Xuandong was still following the game in real time, with supper at hand – boiled cabbage drenched in light soy sauce, with a pen in his hand, writing lyrics on a sheet of music from time to time.
That was his new song composed for Qin Chunxiao.
In fact, when the competition reached the rematch, he had already written a song for the other party, and even sent the demo to the boss, who also posted it on the Internet to accumulate popularity and gimmicks for his new album.
Then for some reason, the weak but strong image of Team Xiaoqin became even more popular.
Knowing Qin Chunxiao’s domineering style of play, Mei Xuandong thought to himself that this song should describe Qin’s true spirit.
In order to achieve this goal, he specifically referred to the tone of “Superstar in a Chaotic World”.
My Soulmate is a Libero
The receiver of You Ziyu’s serve was the key player of this year’s Russian team, their soul, the setter Anton!
While black and tough macho players were popular in the NBA, tall and white players were the darlings of European volleyball, and Russian attackers were renowned for their height and strength.
Brazil had a talent pool comparable to Europe, but most of their talented individuals were drawn to football rather than volleyball.
Anton, a strong and tall setter with a fierce attacking spirit, faced a sad reality. Most of the first setters in their country were mediocre and easily overwhelmed when facing formidable opponents. Anton was an exception, having honed his skills at the Hamster Club.
In many games, Anton, as a setter, did not have a high-quality first pass to back him up. It was already very difficult to just turn the ball from the first pass into a second pass that the attacker could spike. He had to catch the ball himself.
A reporter once asked Anton after the game: “Why do you want to receive a pass as a setter?”
Anton gave an answer that resonated with Chinese netizens: “When you say this to me, it is like the brick family saying to the poor who have no cars and no houses and complain about being too poor. Since you are short of money, why don’t you rent out the extra houses? Then go drive a taxi.”
Poor people couldn’t rent out their houses and drive taxis because they didn’t have a house or a car at all, and he must pick up a pass because their team’s libero could’t do a pass!
Instead of asking him this question, the reporter might as well ask him directly, “Since you are hungry, why don’t you eat cream cake!”
But the setter to catch the ball was not a matter after all. Most of the time, Anton still had a dark face, accepting the mediocre first pass from his teammates, trying to give a decent pass, and most of the attackers of the Russian team were very suitable for playing and adjusting the offense.
Those who knew the inside story felt a bit sad when they saw their performance.
Only the Chinese team was not sad, because no matter how ordinary the opponent’s first pass was, it was ordinary to reach the semi-finals, and the attacker strength of the Chinese team was actually the weakest among the semi-finals!
No matter how talented attackers like Qiao Mingming and Min Yaoyang were, their growth environment, to put it bluntly, had not allowed them to exchange their talents to the limit of their age. The Chinese team could go to the present this year, one was hard work, and the other was the defensive end wa strong, and Qin Chunxiao saved several key goals quietly.
The attackers on both sides couldn’t beat the opponent. In the first game, the Chinese team and the Russian team could only grind each other. The ball flew back and forth for a long time, and finally landed, and then they exploded each other. That was “you get 1 point and I get 1 point. .”
This gave the audience in front of the TV a strong sense of déjà vu, —it seemed that it was the same way when playing Poland.
What the Russian team was most afraid of was this kind of physical strength game that goes down one by one.
Valerie sneered: “I can run 20 kilometers in Siberia in winter!”
Anton was even more proud: “I can run a marathon in November with a volleyball on my back!”
November in Russia was clearly different from November in other countries. One only needed to know that these Russians possessed great physical strength.
In the first game, the Russian team emerged victorious with a score of 28:26.
If it was said that baby chicks were the tradition of parents, then athletic chickens were the tradition of coaches worldwide. Newton sneered, “When it comes to physical strength, there’s no one we’re afraid of except for the Squid!”
Others dare not speak, but Xiaozai and Er Leng possessed the stamina to run a marathon! You didn’t have to worry about them getting tired and losing energy during the five sets. Judging by the current state of this group of boys who have just defeated Iran, their morale was high, and they were brimming with energy.
It was during this game that Newton instructed the players on the field to execute more combination attacks, where multiple players attack simultaneously to cover the true attacker and score points.
Newton didn’t know who the true attacker was; that was determined by Li Ling, the setter. Li Ling’s thought process was known to everyone, making it impossible for both the enemy and us to decipher, except for Qin Chunxiao.
Therefore, in the second game, Qin Chunxiao was almost exhausted by Li Ling because there were several instances where Qin Chunxiao anticipated that the pass was meant for him. Observing Li Ling’s passing posture, he knew that the ball was intended for him, leaving him no choice but to hurriedly rush and execute a spike.
He had no advantage in terms of ball height against the Russian team. He had a total of 6 offensive opportunities, but even with his powerful spike, he only scored 4 points. Two of his attempts were directly blocked by the opponent. When Xiong Wu attempted a block from the back row, the volleyball landed directly without him being able to catch it in time.
Tired and angry, Qin Chunxiao won the second game, and didn’t even care about taking a break before the third game. He directly shook Li Ling’s collar: “Don’t you know how to buckle someone else? I’m tired of catching the ball!”
Two years later, Qin Chunxiao’s body gradually reached its peak state. He could withstand Li Ling’s actions. But, it was really exhausting for a 16-year-old body to be so defensive and offensive!
When Li Ling saw his partner getting angry, he immediately grabbed his ears and squatted down very conscientiously. He didn’t care about his appearance at all, and just yelled: “At that time, you are the only one who has the best hope of scoring! I can’t help it either!”
As the only setter in the team, Er Leng was also under pressure, right? And he was under a lot of pressure, and Qin Chunxiao, who was most trusted by Li Ling, had to take on more responsibilities.
After realizing this, Qin Chunxiao put his hands on his hips and looked up, sighed, and finally waved his hands helplessly: “Then you don’t have much pressure in the third round, right?”
Li Ling gave a thumbs up: “Okay, I will try to give as many balls as possible to Mingming and Xiaoji.”
Russian team coach Popov adjusted his tactics, watching what happened on the bench of the Chinese team, his eyebrows twitched.
Although he knew that Misha Qin was good at fighting when he attacked Newton while drunk, but seeing him bullying a 1.9-meter tall man like Erlan still felt a great visual impact.
Anton sighed, “When Misha Qin bullied his teammates, the others didn’t make a sound, even the coach didn’t see it.”
Is this kid a team bully?
Popov poked him: “If you were on his team, would you be able to hold him down?”
Anton stared at him in disbelief: “What are you kidding? Bobo, I can’t even beat you!”
Popov’s father is a well-known wrestler, and Popov also inherited part of his family education, but had he passed a round in front of Misha Qin?
This was the end of the discussion about combat effectiveness. In the third game, Qin Chunxiao was finally able to catch the ball in peace, but he was exhausted by the second game, and he started panting halfway through the game. Turning to the front row, he felt that he couldn’t attack.
Fortunately, Lao Niu also felt that it was inhumane to ask Qin Chunxiao to block the blocking wall made up of muscular Russian men, so he replaced him and took a rest for a few rounds.
Qin Chunxiao wiped his sweat frantically with a towel, took a couple of sips of water, and placed a bag of ice water on the back of his neck. Newton squatted down with a tactical board and fanned him carefully, fearing that the wind would make the child catch a cold. The child couldn’t cool down.
“You can rest for a maximum of three sets. Xiao Xiong isn’t familiar with the position. Xiaofeng can handle it, but he lacks endurance.”
Not far away, Popov glanced over and noticed the sight of Lao Niu squatting and talking to Qin Chunxiao. Although he knew that Newton had injured his spine while playing basketball in his early years and usually didn’t like to bow his head, seeing Misha Qin sitting while Lao Niu squatted and conversed with Qin Chunxiao, it was clear that his neck would get sore from speaking. Emotionally, he felt that he could make a coach squat and fan the wind, so Misha Qin was truly a bully within the team!
However, Popov also agrees that Misha Qin had the capital to be a team leader. In view of the fact that the Hamster club he serves had always been short of a strong first pass, and Misha Qin’s level of first pass had been recognized as the best in this World Youth Championship.
If he hadn’t applied for the support position, he could get the “best libero” before returning to China.
The film crew of Provincial H TV still pointed the camera precisely at Qin Chunxiao, and the scene of him training Li Ling and talking to Lao Niu was also sent to the domestic screen.
This was not a big problem. Since the opening of the World Youth Championship, H TV Station had upheld the spirit of Face loving fans and hac been focusing on Qin Chunxiao. The fans were used to this kind of lens.
As long as they hadn’t seen Qin Chunxiao’s combat prowess in group fights, with his face, the masses still firmly believe in his tenderness and slenderness, as well as his strength when struggling in front of tall and strong players.
In the third game, the Chinese team and the Russian team reached a score of 35:33, and the Chinese team regrettably lost the game with 2 points.
In the fourth game, Li Ling started to play superbly, swaying the opponent’s block several times, and gave a wonderful pass that made it easier for the attacker to score, prompting the Chinese team to lead by 4 points at the beginning.
To be able to lead by 4 points against a strong team like the Russian team was already a remarkable record. In the eyes of scouts, Er Leng really looked good.
He was taken aback, realizing that his 16-year-old teammate’s body was finally exhausted from frequent high-intensity games. He started to receive the ball, but often sent it directly into the net. He adjusted his attack, trying to deliver a stable pass so that his teammates could attack even with their hands!
At that moment, Qin Chunxiao was positioned in the front row, in position 3. As soon as he extended his legs, the height of his palm instantly rose from 1.77 meters to 3.46 meters.
Anton and Valerie raised their hands to block without hesitation, but witnessed Qin Chunxiao’s precise second pass, as Er Leng lunged forward to set up the blocked ball again. It was a high-quality block follow-up!
Qin Chunxiao passed the ball to Fu Xiaoji who was waiting on the right side of the net, and the long black ape arm swung a graceful arc in the air, and directly smashed the ball to the opposite floor.
When Fu Biyang landed, he thumped his chest again and let out an angry roar, like King Kong on the top of the Empire State Building flying a plane. His aura was so amazing that he almost took two steps back.
At this point, the Chinese team pulled back the fourth game.
Domestic fans only caught the beginning of the game at 23:00 in the evening. By that time, the national youth team and the Russian team had already played four sets, and two hours had passed in China, meaning it was already one o’clock in the morning. Many people couldn’t stay awake and ended up going to sleep.
Mei Xuandong was still following the game in real time, with supper at hand – boiled cabbage drenched in light soy sauce, with a pen in his hand, writing lyrics on a sheet of music from time to time.
That was his new song composed for Qin Chunxiao.
In fact, when the competition reached the rematch, he had already written a song for the other party, and even sent the demo to the boss, who also posted it on the Internet to accumulate popularity and gimmicks for his new album.
Then for some reason, the weak but strong image of Team Xiaoqin became even more popular.
Knowing Qin Chunxiao’s domineering style of play, Mei Xuandong thought to himself that this song should describe Qin’s true spirit.
In order to achieve this goal, he specifically referred to the tone of “Superstar in a Chaotic World”.
