Chapter 798: Expedition to a Foreign Land
The level of basketball in Asia, looking at the whole world, is not first-class, in terms of physical fitness, it is not comparable to the United States, as well as some national teams in South America, and in terms of tactical literacy, it is not comparable to Europe, and it may be able to compete with Asian teams, that is, African national teams. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
And this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that this situation has always been like this after basketball has been popularized all over the world, and the development of Asian basketball seems to have come to a bottleneck~~
Not only have they failed to narrow the gap with the teams of world-class countries, but they are also getting bigger and bigger, and every time there is a World Series, as long as there is a group stage of an Asian team, there will definitely be a "tragedy" ~~~
In order to narrow the gap with the world's top teams as much as possible and improve the level of Asian basketball, under the joint organization of FIBA and the Asian Basketball Federation, the Asian Basketball Champions League, the competition between the strongest clubs in Asia, officially began~~
Shortly after the start of the new season in the national leagues, the group groups and schedules of the AFC Champions League have also come out~~
Judging from the grouping of the group, the four teams representing Jba in the first quarter of the AFC Champions League are two teams in Tokyo: Tokyo Great White Sharks, Tokyo Rising Sun and defending champion Mito Electronics and the old powerhouse Kagoshima Antlers ~~
Because this is a brand new league, any team must not know enough about the opponent, so now, there is no distinction between the "Group of Death"~~
However, because these teams are the best in each league, the game is destined to not be simple~~
With the appearance of the group, there is also the announcement of the venue, in order to allow the participating teams to avoid the games of their respective leagues, the match day is not so concentrated, and the teams participating in the AFC Champions League have also obtained a lot of rest time in their respective leagues~~
Defending champions Mito Electronics will not play their second game until 10 days after their opening game, as they travel to Asia during this time.
Because the group stage is played at the same time, the first matchday will be the teams from Group B and Group D.
The specific matchup situation is as follows:
Group B: Xinjiang Flying Tigers - New Delhi Indians, Tokyo Rising Sun - Taipei Beer, Manila Victory - Ulsan Hyundai.
Group D: Singapore Stars - Cebu Thundering, Perth Wildcats - Guangdong South China Tigers, Seoul Roses - Mito Electronics (front team is the home team)
The reason why the Rising Sun team was allowed to participate in the first quarter of the AFC Champions League was that JBA also took a fancy to the strength of the Rising Sun team and the spirit of Shenke Industry's active dedication to basketball~~
In the first season of coming to the JBA, the Tokyo Rising Sun team will face the arduous task of "fighting on two fronts", although players with rich experience and good physical reserves like Eiji Sawakita and Masashi Kawada will not have much of a problem, but rookies like Nozomi Nakajijo and veterans like Katsujiro Yasuko may not be able to adapt ~~ They need to allocate their physical strength well, otherwise, it will be easy to "lose on both lines" ~~
The defending champion Mito Electronics, which has already clearly proposed the "double crown" in the pre-season mobilization meeting, is about to travel to Seoul, South Korea, to challenge the winning division of the Korean league, the champion of the Korean league last season - Seoul Roses.
The Japanese league champion against the Korean league champion is indeed a "peak matchup".
And the highlight of this game is not just the showdown between the "champions", don't forget, the core of the electronic team, Rukawa Kaede, but has half Korean blood, and Rukawa Kaede's grandmother's family also happens to live in Seoul, so this away game, if there is time, Rukawa Kaede can also just "complete the family visit", but as an opponent, Rukawa Kaede can also be regarded as "facing the old master" ~~
So there are too many stories to speak of in this game~~
Moreover, through this "expedition to foreign lands", Sony once again showed its "local tyrant quality" and absolute dedication and absolute "money" to the team.
Sony chartered a special plane directly from Misawa Airport in Mito and went straight to Seoul~~
"I'm so excited~!! I actually want to go abroad to compete~!! Ha ha~!!! I really didn't expect it to come so quickly~!! ”
At the airport, Hikoka Aikawa, who was waiting for the plane, said.
In those big crystal clear eyes, there is a real sense of excitement~~
"Cut, no, it's just going abroad~~"
Gao Ye said in a thunderous manner.
"But when I think of those Korean beauties waiting for us, I'm still very excited~!! Haha, it's like in a Korean drama~!! Ha ha~!!! ”
But after a few seconds, Takano continued, with a very "evil" and "lewd" smile on his face.
"Cut, you're not as excited as you are~~"
Ai Chuan, who was next to him, looked at Gao Ye and said with a look of disdain.
"Bell bell bell ~ !!"
Here, Rukawa Kaede's phone rang.
"Katori~?? What is she calling for~?? ”
Rukawa Kaede looked at the phone screen and said.
"Hey, Katori, what's wrong~??"
Rukawa Kaede quickly connected the phone, after all, he was going to get on the plane in a while and couldn't call anymore~~
"I wanted to meet you before you went to Korea, but I didn't expect you to go so fast~~!!"
Katori said.
"Oh, yes, go early, I can get used to the atmosphere over there in advance~~"
Rukawa Kaede said.
"Be sure to pay attention to safety when you compete outside, I will cheer for you~!!"
Katori encouraged.
"Well, I'm going to get on the plane, let's not talk about it~~"
Rukawa Kaede hung up the phone.
Although the two are not currently in a relationship, Katori always sends encouraging text messages and phone calls when Rukawa Kaede goes to the away stadium or some key games.
However, since the tattoo "K", the two of them have not had much intersection~~
But then coming to Seoul, maybe Rukawa Kaede will remind me of those fates and chance encounters with Katori in Seoul~~
Then the team members boarded the plane ~~~
"Seoul, I'm going back again, but this time, I don't have the same relaxed feeling as before~~, is it because of the game~~?? Who knows~~"
Rukawa Kaede sat in the plane, looked at the white clouds outside the window, and said.
Originally, every time the plane flew normally, Rukawa Kaede slept with an eye patch, perhaps because the place he went to was Seoul, which made Rukawa Kaede's heart more or less excited and uneasy~~
But after thinking about it for a while, Rukawa Kaede put on an eye mask again and fell asleep~~
After more than three hours of flight, Sony's special plane arrived in Seoul~~
Because this is also the first AFC Champions League home game in the history of Seoul Roses, and the opponent is still the Japanese champion, there are still a lot of Korean media in the terminal~~
"Where's the beauty~?? What about the beauty~?? ”
As soon as he got off the plane, Takano couldn't wait to look for the terminal like someone he was looking for, because he was wearing sunglasses, so others couldn't see Takano's "busy" eyes at all.
"This guy, is there a problem, this will definitely be distracting~~~"
But Aichuan can be seen clearly from the side~~