The film tells the story that in the early 1990s, China men's table tennis repeatedly defeated the Swedish men's team, the European rival, and failed to win the men's team championship for three consecutive World Table Tennis Championships, thus falling to the bottom. The new coaching team headed by Dai was ordered to carry out an all-round transformation of China men's table tennis, with the goal of winning the championship again at the 1995 Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships.
Dai made a brave statement at the new national table tennis men's team coach selection meeting: "Two years, not ten years, not a transition. I believe we can win back the Swahilin Cup in two years." Not only is the new coach controversial, but the new five tigers of the national table tennis men's team are also called "the defeated soldiers."
Under Dai's arrangement, an underrated team was formed. And waiting for them, it will be two years later to realize this unreachable oath.
A Review of Table Tennis in China;
The film quickly attracted the attention of the audience from the beginning. Through an emergency in Italy, Dai's position in the world table tennis was introduced, and the audience quickly entered the plot.
Then Dai returned to China, where he encountered problems such as untidy players, coach's absence, uncomfortable life, waist injury, and dirty water from the media. All kinds of contradictions came together, and he still showed the skill of screenwriter and director.
The strongest part of this film is the true reproduction of details. It is estimated that the director and screenwriter have really made great efforts to reproduce the original scene, which has reached the extreme.