Chapter 1425: Stumbling, Arrogant Iranians
On the evening of August 11, the Chinese team will play against Lebanon in the third game. However, the hottest news is not the game itself, but Ji Feng’s return to the national team after a year and his third appearance in this Asian Championship. Once on the roster.
When Ji Feng, wearing the national team uniform, appeared at the Chinese team's public training session on the morning of the 11th, for the first time, the number of reporters in the arena exceeded the total number of team members. Media that had not been common in the past all appeared one after another. Once here, it is self-evident who the target is.
On the only way for the Chinese team to go to the training hall, there were crazy and enthusiastic fans following Ji Feng holding high their gifts.
The surging reporters, crazy fans, and unfazed teammates made Wang Lei, who was his first teammate with Ji Feng, feel that his world view had been refreshed.
What’s more refreshing is yet to come. As the newcomer and third substitute of the national team, Wang Lei has always been very low-key, although he has not been oppressed. After training, he has been taking the initiative to do chores such as picking up balls and handing towels. Originally, When Ji Feng comes, he is also going to help Ji Feng do this. By the way, he can also see how the people at the top of the NBA pyramid train. It would be even better if he can get involved. This is definitely a chance for him. Something that cannot be asked for.
After all, Ji Feng did not come alone this time. He brought a 5-person coaching team including trainers, physical coaches, and nutritionists. There were more people than the national team coaching staff. In addition to tactical training, Ji Feng also I trained alone.
However, he found that there was no need for him to take action at all. Sun Yue transformed from the aloof young boy into a bastard and basically followed Ji Feng all the time. The same was true for Zhu Bawangqi and other GD gang players, who were basically self-conscious Passing water and towels to Ji Feng, the arrogance in the past is no longer visible, and Zhu Fangyu, the former starting forward, even directly became Ji Feng's sparring partner.
Wang Lei was dumbfounded. When did these guys become so easy to talk to?
What surprised him even more was that Guo Shiqiang, who had always been very strict with them both in training and in life, relied incredibly heavily on Ji Feng. During the break between training sessions, Guo Shiqiang took the initiative to ask Ji Feng when he wanted to play. , I want to play for a few more minutes.
Click~!
Wang Lei felt that his world view had collapsed...
Guo Shiqiang ignored the confused Wang Lei. If he knew Wang Lei's inner thoughts, he would suggest that he install a network on his phone and learn to surf the Internet.
"Ji Feng, when do you think you can return to your best condition? Do you want to go out tonight to find your condition?"
Guo Shiqiang continued to seek Ji Feng's opinion. He was the assistant coach of the Chinese team last year. Winning the Olympic championship with the Chinese team was the most successful experience in his life.
Therefore, he is also very familiar with Ji Feng, and the two have established a good relationship. Guo Shiqiang is very clear that most of the credit for the Olympic champion must be remembered by Ji Feng. Without Ji Feng, he feels that they have reached the end of the quarterfinals. No, there is no chance of standing on the highest podium!
Therefore, Guo Shiqiang knows very well that Ji Feng is the ace and flag of this national team. The Chinese team with or without Ji Feng is two different teams.
In fact, Guo Shiqiang was under great pressure when he added Ji Feng to the squad. Not only did the outside world have doubts about adding Ji Feng, who had played a full season, to the national team, but some people within the Basketball Association also raised objections to this. .
Without him, Ji Feng is the golden signature of the Chinese team. He is the most famous, most successful, and most potential athlete in Chinese history. His status and popularity determine that the Basketball Association cannot treat him as an ordinary athlete. Ji Feng was also used with caution. In a competition like the Asian Championships, many people actually do not advocate calling Ji Feng back.
How can you kill a chicken with a bull's knife?
After all, many people think that the Asian Championship is China's bag, even if Yao Jifeng does not participate.
Guo Shiqiang thought so before, but after replacing Yunus as the head coach, Guo Shiqiang felt that this was a bit outrageous!
Because without Ji Feng, the level of the Chinese team with Dayao and Yao would drop so much! ~
This is not the point, because there is no internal and external dual-core, the decline in strength is visible to the naked eye, but the degree of decline is really beyond his imagination, because although there are not these two people, roughly speaking, Arab League and Sun Yue are also NBA players, and others are also Carrying the brand of Asia's first-class brand, let alone conquering Asia, dominating Asia should be no problem.
However, stumbling along the way in the warm-up match told Guo Shiqiang that no, Asia is no longer what it used to be!
Let’s not mention East Asia. South Korea, Japan, and Chinese Taipei are quite powerful, but the greatest threat comes from the west.
In order to quickly improve their basketball standards and performance, countries in West Asia and Central Asia continue to recruit foreign players. Each country has long been no longer the original Wu Xia Amon, and its strength has improved very quickly. Just like Lebanon, there are more than a dozen teams. These teams are not easy to deal with.
But the most difficult one to deal with is undoubtedly Iran. As the last champion, Iran's lineup has reached its peak period. It has several very strong points both inside and outside, and they even defeated half of them in the pre-match warm-up match. The French team, the main force, suffered a minor upset, winning 7 consecutive games in warm-up matches before the Asian Championships.
"Our goal is to defend the title." Iran's head coach said before coming to TJ.
And Haddadi was even more arrogant. He bluntly said that even if Ji Feng plays, they will defeat China as a team!
"Without Ji Feng, we have no guarantee of victory!" What Guo Shiqiang said to the Basketball Association was not modesty, but Guo Shiqiang's truest feeling. This is also the most real reason why Ji Feng was added to the roster.
The Chinese team has reached the Asian Championship finals 14 times before, winning 14 championships, and has never let the championship fall by the wayside at its home court.
So if we can't win this championship locally, everyone knows what the consequences will be.
Guo Shiqiang's Alexander.
"Now that you are in the big list, you should be ready to play. Coach, you have the final say." Ji Feng didn't know the pressure on Guo Shiqiang. Since he was here, there was no reason not to play, and he didn't let the champion fall by the wayside. reason.
"Okay, let's take a look at this game first and find out your condition. I will probably let you play in the last game of the semi-finals." Guo Shiqiang said. This is also the best arrangement. Let Ji Feng find out the game before the knockout rounds. Feel.
As a result, tonight, the Chinese team encountered the biggest resistance at the start of the game!
Lebanon showed a competitive state that was not inferior to that of the Chinese team, especially their planned interior twin towers of former Hornets player Jackson Froman and CBA foreign aid Frederic. Tower suppression!
The Chinese team has also been unable to open up the situation from the outside. Instead, it has fallen into a trap carefully created by the opponent. If you are given a three-pointer, you just can't make it.
At halftime, the two sides played an ultra-low score of 34-33, with the Chinese team currently leading by 1 point.
The second half of the game was almost the same as the first half. If Lebanon's outside level was not equally average, they would have had a chance to overtake the score.
71-68, the Chinese team finally won with only a 3-point advantage. If Lebanon had not repeatedly missed 3-point opportunities at the last moment, it would have been hard to say whether the outcome would have been!