At six o'clock the next day, Shiraishi came to the gathering room after exercising. There were already a lot of people inside, but Shiraishi noticed that the atmosphere was a little wrong. At first, he thought that everyone had a problem with his farewell yesterday, but after everyone glanced at him, no one spoke. It's weird, even the phoenix's face is not quite right.

"What's wrong?" He pulled up a chair and sat down, asking.

Phoenix didn't speak, just handed him a note. Bai Shi took it and looked at it twice, his brows furrowed suddenly, and he asked, "Is this the result of yesterday's draw?" ”

Phoenix nodded, but her face was a little darker. Shiraishi understood the reason for this strange atmosphere, and his face was not good-looking, because on the list that came out yesterday, Japan was divided into a disgusting group.

"France, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia? Hehe, the organizers really look up to our Japanese team! A teasing voice sounded, and Shiraishi turned his head to see that the person who came turned out to be Taneshima.

Seeing Shiraishi's surprised expression, Taneshima came over and sighed, "Alas! Yesterday someone didn't know where he had gone, and he didn't even know that I was back! ”

Shiraishi's face suddenly fell, and he didn't answer Tanejima, because this guy belonged to a normal person who only had one sentence in three sentences. At this time, the team members came one after another, and what made Shiraishi curious was that the trace department looked a little tired, as if he had stayed up all night.

The last to appear were the three coaches, and Saito, who walked at the back, was obviously a little embarrassed, after all, he drew the lot yesterday. However, there is no opinion on this, because only the weak will shift the blame to luck.

Mifune came to the main seat, sat down with the golden sword, and scanned everyone with his eyes like a torch, and he asked, "Do you know our grouping?" The crowd nodded, and he asked, "Are you afraid?" No one spoke, but the strong fighting intent in everyone's eyes was seen by Mifune.

"Good! Very good! With a satisfied smile on his rugged face, Mifune continued, "In that case, let's have a big fight!" Remember, there are no invincible enemies, including Germany! ”

After hearing the head coach's words, everyone laughed. That's right, there is no such thing as a king, and even if there were, it was because there was no Japanese team like us! No one was afraid of the German team, especially after the breakthrough of Shiraishi and the return of Taneshima, the strength of the Japanese team has far exceeded other people's expectations.

Mifune nodded and said to everyone, "It's all ready, I'll go over after breakfast." ”

Eight o'clock, Melbourne Park. The crowd was full of voices, and from a distance, there were dense crowds of people, several times more than on the day of the warm-up game. Suddenly, a bus with the logo of the Japanese team drove by, and the crowd around it began to boil.

"Coming, coming!!" A reporter hurriedly shouted to his photographer where the runway bus stopped in a hurry. The others reacted as well, and gathered in droves.

Someone asked, "What's going on?" Which team is that? Someone next to him replied, "Don't you know?" That's the Japanese team! ”

"Team Japan?" This man was even more confused, he had thought that he had seen it wrong, shouldn't that be a phenomenon that can only be caused by a team like Germany? seemed to see the person's confusion, and the person next to him explained: "The previous Japanese team was naturally not so popular, but this time, Japan has a super genius who is not inferior to the king Germany!" ”

"Super genius?"

"Alas! Looks like you really don't know about the game the day before yesterday! Forget it, I'll tell you more about it."

The person next to him spat and introduced the situation of the game that day, and under his introduction, this person gradually grew his mouth and looked at the bus in disbelief.

The door opened, and the leader was Phoenix, who walked past the group of reporters with a calm face as he looked at the flickering camera. Perhaps it was taken by his aura, and the reporters on both sides separated into a one-meter-wide passage and watched the team walk over.

The phoenix was followed by Taneshima, and although they couldn't understand why a stranger would line up in front of him, the reporters held back.

"Step!" Footsteps rang out, and a third person got out of the car.

At the moment of "click, click", countless cameras began to shoot frantically, and more than a dozen microphones were handed to Baishi at the same time. "Shiraishi, I'm a Reuters reporter", "I'm Xinhua News Agency", "Time Magazine"

Looking at so many world-class media in front of him, Shiraishi was stunned, but quickly recovered. He didn't take the microphone, just looked at the crowd with a smile and followed Tanejima unhurriedly. The reporters were stunned for a moment, and then reacted that this Baishi had not lost his proportion. Of course, there are also people who feel that Shiraishi is too arrogant and will suffer a big loss sooner or later.

Shiraishi didn't know what these people thought, and of course, even if he did, he would only smile. Media reporters are certainly an indispensable mouthpiece, but his heart is currently only in the World Cup, and as long as he performs well in the World Cup, will there be any media to promote him? He already has the heart of a strong man, and all he lacks is fighting in the professional arena.

However, the players behind them are not so calm, they are okay, they have experience in world-class competitions, and they naturally have no stage fright. But those junior high school students, even those who grew up in England, stayed there. "Reuters! This is the mouthpiece of the British state, Xinhua News Agency, Time Magazine tsk, "Even those who have seen the big scene have to admit that the weight of these media in front of them is amazing." More than a dozen media outlets, almost representing the most heavyweight public opinion in the world, did not expect the Japanese team to be so popular. Thinking of this, he quietly glanced at the person walking in front of him, although he was the same age as him, he had already reached an incredible realm.

"I'm not going to give up, though. Whether it's Tezuka or you, you will be surpassed by me! ”

The group rushed to the central venue of the park, adjusted for a moment, and slowly entered with the hostess holding the sign. At the same time, the host's voice also sounded: "The next one to enter is the Japanese team!" ”

"Roar!!

"Oh yes!!"

"Japan! Japan! Japan! ”

Suddenly, the whole stadium was boiling, and compared to the previous warm-up matches, the Japanese team now received almost no less cheers than the former champion Germany. People chanted the name 'Japan', and some shouted Shiraishi's name.

Everyone, except for the confident players such as Phoenix, Shiraishi, and Ghost, felt a rush of blood surging into their hearts, and goosebumps rose. This is not the previous warm-up match, but the real World Cup, a top-level event that is stared at by countless pairs of eyes around the world. Just imagine, the world's billions of eyes are staring at you, how can you not be nervous.

However, everyone looked at the Phoenix people in front of them who did not change their colors and were calm, and their hearts gradually calmed down. Miss Manners leads the crowd to the Asian procession area. Shiraishi looked, and on the left was South Korea, and on the right was China. When he looked up, he saw that the Chinese player named Chen Lejia was winking at him.

Shiraishi ignored him and looked at the surrounding scenery curiously. There was no change from the day before yesterday, but there was an extra rostrum in the empty space in front of him, and he thought about it, it should be the place where the person in charge of the event announced various matters for a while.

About half an hour later, 32 teams gathered on Centre Court. After a while, the host began to explain the history of the Tennis World Cup, as well as the spirit of the game. After that, a middle-aged man in his fifties came to the stage and announced the rules of this World Cup.

"Due to this World Cup, there are more second-tier players in the teams of various countries, so the rules of the game are as follows!" After a pause, he said: "Each team must send four players from the first army and four players from the second army (one is a backup) for each game." ”

Wow!

There was an uproar at the entire stadium, and this kind of distribution method was the first time in the history of the World Cup. In particular, the selection of four players from each of the first and second armies is a test of the head coach's overall view, and the slightest mistake will change the direction of the entire game.

The middle-aged man didn't care about the reactions of others, and continued: "Below, is the grouping of this competition, everyone, please look at the big screen!" Countless pairs of eyes suddenly looked at each other. On the frequency screen, the lists of the four groups A, B, C, and D are all printed on it.

Group A: China, South Korea, Denmark, Australia, India, Brazil, Malaysia, Netherlands!

Group B: United States, South Africa, Canada, Thailand, Russia, Greece, Iran, Israel!

Group C: Germany, Ukraine, Italy, Egypt, United Kingdom, Monaco, Portugal, Arabia!

Group D: Japan, Czech Republic, France, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey!

Looking at the grouping list on the screen, the audience suddenly fell silent. The next moment, it erupted like a volcanic eruption, and the whole audience was boiling! Shouting, questioning, exclamations, the audience was in chaos.

"Shady! There must be shady !! ”

"It's too fake, no one believes it if you want to say that you didn't do anything in this grouping!"

"Damn the organizing committee, the tennis world needs justice, tennis will not allow you filthy guys to defile !!"

Everyone was frightened by the list, and Australia, as the host, was divided into a group of Asian and South American teams. The only European team is still Denmark's weak chicken, can this be convincing?

Also, Japan, which defeated former champion Germany 3-1 the day before yesterday, was placed in a group composed of the world's strongest tennis countries! It couldn't be more obvious, as if they were saying, 'We're just trying to beat Japan, we want to get out of the group, we want to get to the semi-finals?' Not negotiable! ’

No matter how strong the Japanese team is, they may not be able to make it out of the group. Even if you barely get out of the group and become the top four, you have to face the recuperated German strangulation, which is to kill the Japanese team!

A veritable group of death!