Chapter 216: On-site Lottery
The players of the national youth team felt that time flew by in the hard training, and soon the opening day of the World Youth Championships was approaching. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThey took a flight to Shenyang a day in advance, and once again came to the familiar Chongyin Gymnasium.
But when I arrived at the venue, I felt inconvenienced, and I could only look at Liu Chuan with envy.
The reason is simple - the language barrier!
Liu Chuan and Zebei have lived in the United States for a period of time and can speak fluent English, and Zhu Xingda and Mu Gangxian, the top students, also have certain communication skills. But when it comes to Hanamichi and Cheng Liangtian, these scumbags can't do it. Ikebana was able to get by by memorizing English exams by rote, but when it came to speaking, it was not good at all.
"Liu Chuan!" Hanamichi finally heard a greeting in Chinese, and it was actually called Liu Chuan, which made his teeth itch. When I turned my head, I saw that it was the British player Mark who had studied in China. Jefferson.
"We, this year, England, but, very, strong." Jefferson's Chinese is still not very sharp, but it is understandable.
"We're in the same third gear, and we can't meet each other at all." Liu Chuan replied in fluent English.
"Oh, haha." Jefferson smiled a little embarrassedly: "Ouch! ”
"Old school reunion!" Marat in Russia. Akhmetov slapped Jefferson on the ass vigorously, and the two were in high school in China and knew each other well.
"See you again!" Yang Ping took the initiative to go up and greet the two.
"You speak Chinese like that, can they understand it?" Hanamichi Strange Road.
Yang Ping glanced at him helplessly, pointed to his ears, and then pointed to the door: "There are automatic translation headphones there, and players can get them with vouchers." ”
"Damn, no wonder I saw that you all came over just now, it turned out that I was the only one!" Ikebana immediately trotted over to get the headphones.
"Look, the White Magician is here!" Jefferson held out his hand.
Liu Chuan looked fixedly, the person who came was about one meter tall and in his early nines, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was the captain of Serbia. Bodi Loga. Former Yugoslav legend Dejan. Grandson of Bodi Loga.
"This guy is amazing, our team lost his armor in the previous qualifiers, and he is not his opponent at all." Jefferson was still scared when he said it.
"Hehe, that's because he didn't run into our Russian team." Akhmetov looked confident.
"Didn't you stumble in the group stage and barely qualify?" Jefferson wondered.
"That's because we didn't give it our all!" Akhmetov looked up, as if proud.
"Players are invited to come in and take their seats. The draw ceremony is about to begin! The host's voice suddenly quieted everyone. Soon everyone was in their place.
"Please come forward and draw lots on behalf of the first team!"
Four delegates came forward, and surprisingly the American representative was not the Miracle Generation, but Downey Brownie. Duncan.
"What about the five people of the Miracle Generation?" The reporters looked left and right, but they didn't see their figures.
"I saw the news on Twitter that they were resting in the hotel and didn't come to the lottery at all." A reporter whispered.
"It's so arrogant!" Several Chinese journalists were indignant, but there was nothing they could do. Americans do have a penchant for arrogance when it comes to basketball.
Bodi Loga was the first to show the number in his hand, Group A! Duncan was drawn in Group D, Argentina's long-haired captain in Group C, and Russia's burly man in Group B.
"Is this guy the captain of Russia? I've never seen it before! Jefferson, who was seated next to the Chinese team, muttered to himself, and was clearly heard by the flower arrangement on the tip of his ear.
"Please come forward and draw lots on behalf of the second-tier team!"
An extremely handsome blonde guy stepped forward, and the camera flashed non-stop. The Brazilian lad next to him, with pigtails, seemed very unhappy and looked at him with contempt.
"Alain. Adrian, France's national icon. Shen Hao introduced: "Next to him is the captain of Brazil, Carlos. Lucas, next is the Spanish golden boy Ruhr......"
Adrian, who drew Group A for France, pouted and seemed not too happy with the signing; Lucas was drawn in Group B; Ruhr was drawn in Group C, while the hapless Italians were in Group D with the United States.
Next up is the draw for the teams in Pot 3! The gentry had been waiting in the audience for a long time.
"Notice the big German player behind the gentry, he is the number one superstar in German history, Dirk. Nowitzki's grandson, the German captain Heinz. Nowitzki. ”
Hanamichi stared at Heinz's protruding hooked nose, vaguely feeling that this was a formidable enemy to deal with.
Mu Shen drew Group B, so that the Chinese team was in the same group as Russia and Brazil. Great Britain have been drawn in Group A, while the Italians are in tears, and their other group opponents are Germany after the USA.
By the time the draw has been made for the four teams, the four groups have been divided.
Group A: Serbia, France, United Kingdom, Canada;
Group B: Russia, Brazil, China, Nigeria;
Group C: Argentina, Spain, Australia, Tunisia;
Group D: United States, Italy, Germany, Turkey.
"Our Chinese national youth team is very lucky to draw a good draw!" CCTV commentator Sun Zhengpi said happily: "Russia is a relatively weak team in the first gear, and Nigeria is also a weak team. It can be said that as long as we win any of the opponents of Russia and Brazil, we will basically declare the qualification! What do you think about this? ”
"I also agree that the national youth team drew a good draw, but it looks like Group D is more interesting." Director Zhang explained: "The United States, which is the strongest in the first gear, Germany, which is the strongest in the third gear, and Turkey, which is the strongest in the fourth gear, are in one group, which is undoubtedly the group of death. ”
But in the field, Coach An's face was not good, and he hesitated again and again before he spoke: "This may be the worst sign!" ”
"What do you mean by that?" Coach Fu was puzzled and asked, "The opponent in the group stage is not strong, right?" ”
"In the group stage, it is indeed a good group. But what if we make it out of the group? Coach An asked rhetorically.
"If you qualify from the group, B1 vs. D2, B2 vs. D1, ah!" Fu Chen suddenly realized.
"If we finish second in the group, there is a good chance that we will meet the strong American team. If they finish first in the group, they are likely to meet the German team from the group of death. Shen Hao's eyes widened: "This is really a very bad sign!" ”
"In other words, we have no way out, we must win all three games in the group stage and strive to win the first place in the group!" Liu Chuan's tone was as cold as ice as always.
"Interesting!" Hanamichi was a little excited.