"I knew ......"

When Zhang Han saw the newspaper reporting on him, he had actually guessed their opponent in the next battle, which was extraordinary.

Those media and reporters are all those who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, and they can't afford to be early.

If there is not enough interest, how much water will they put in their brains to promote themselves like this?

The game was won, and Zhang Han lived up to his name.

In case the Qingdao High School baseball team loses, the shame is also Zhang Han's own business, and it has nothing to do with these reporters who write reports.

"That's enough!"

Faced with such a situation, Zhang Han seemed to be able to smile bitterly.

He said, early this morning, why did the big guy have such an attitude?

It's not just that Zhang Han got a new nickname, but the more important reason is that they are full of expectations for the next game.

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are probably already gearing up at this time, ready to fight with the next opponent.

"We have Zhongjing and them in this group, isn't it the group of death?"

Zhang Han asked suspiciously.

"The rest of the team is weaker, plus in the other group, there are four of the world's top clubs. So ......"

Tojo patiently explained.

In Nishitokyo, there are only three of the country's top giants, and the probability of encountering the first two games of the tournament is really minimal.

But Koshien is different.

As representatives of various districts and counties, except for the dark horse teams that suddenly emerged, those who can play here are basically familiar faces.

The smaller half of them are the top giants in the country.

The rest has nothing to do with the word top, but it can be regarded as a giant, at least a powerhouse.

In previous years, there were still some fresh faces occasionally. But in this day and age, the probability of a new face is very small.

So much so that the current Koshien has basically become the back garden of the wealthy.

It's too difficult for an ordinary team to stand out.

Not to say that there is no hope at all, but even if there is hope, I am afraid that it is very little.

Of course, this has created another very amazing phenomenon.

The top giants in the country are placed in any other region, and at any other time, they are all shining golden signboards.

But it is placed on the stage of Koshien, especially the stage of Koshien in summer. There are more than 40 teams participating in total, not to mention more than a dozen or even top giants in their early twenties.

For the rest, the giants also account for the majority.

Even if it is not a national level, in the local area, it is also a wealthy school.

To put it bluntly, the wealthy are worthless here.

Seido High School baseball team, the players are resting in the hall.

Naturally, the friends have also gotten the news and know their opponents for the next game. Because of this, their atmosphere will be particularly strange.

After all, this team, for the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team, the memory is too deep.

Superintendent Kataoka summoned all the giants of the Seido High School baseball team to his resting room, and several people muttered for nearly two hours.

Just looking at their attitude, you can't actually guess it.

How extraordinary was the next opponent that the Qingdao High School baseball team encountered?

So much so that all of them are not calm......

Of course, the biggest reaction was the third-year players in the team.

Compared with the first- and second-year players, any competition in this tournament has a completely different meaning for the third-year players.

After all, once they fail, not only will their journey in Koshien come to an end, but it also means that their high school baseball career will be put to rest.

The third-grade seniors are very open-minded and open-minded on the surface.

In their own words, they have done all the preparations that need to be done in the past few months, and even in the last two years or so.

The next thing they can do is to show everything they have learned on the baseball field.

But this is also on the surface, how can people really be so desireless?

Take the third-year players of the Qingdao High School baseball team, they are extremely important to any opponent.

Before every game, everything is prepared......

In this case, just the second game, I met such a headache opponent.

How can they be as relaxed as they look?

The mustachioed senior held the newspaper in his hand and stared carefully at the name in front of him.

This name, he is very familiar.

Not only is he very familiar, but even baseball fans across the country are basically very familiar with it.

Even people who don't play baseball have more or less heard the name of this school, and even some foreign fans know it.

"When I entered Koshien, I knew that sooner or later there would be such an end."

For the friends of the Seido High School baseball team, the strong teams that scored in Koshien are all opponents they need to pay attention to.

And what they mind the most is the one in front of them.

"I didn't expect to meet it so soon, it's really fate."

The opponent of the Seido High School baseball team in Game 2 was a bye in the first round......

Osaka Kiryu!

In terms of popularity, in terms of baseball schools, they should be the most famous among the more than 4,000 high schools in the island country.

It's called Team Cosmos.

Legend has it that every year, they will set up an all-star team by special recruits.

Historically, they have won Koshien eight times.

This record is the highest and the only one.

The three words of the Universe Team, although there are elements of ridicule, but more importantly, it is the fans' recognition of Kiryu's strength in Osaka.

The relationship between the Seido High School baseball team and Osaka Kiryu is complicated.

First of all, these two teams are not rivals in the traditional sense, or even flatter schools.

In the years when the Seido High School baseball team failed to make it to Koshien, it was schools like Kiryu Osaka that had been silently helping Seido High School.

Not to mention anything else, just being able to play practice matches with such a top-level team in the country is enough to benefit those Qingdao players who have no experience in national competitions.

When I met such an old friend, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team, it should feel very complicated.

However, they don't have mixed emotions. On the contrary, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are very simple now.

When I haven't met yet, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are indeed very complicated. But when they really met, that complicated emotion disappeared, and the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team felt a sense of relief.

This day has finally come!

For the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team, the upcoming game is what they have been looking forward to for a long time.

This brings us to another story.

In addition to being a friendship school, the two teams also have another very important relationship.

Speaking of which, it all started back last summer.

Because of the addition of Zhang Han and Yu Xing, the Qingdao High School baseball team broke through the cauldron, eliminated the old enemy city junior and Daocheng Industry, and entered Koshien.

For the Seido High School baseball team, which has not been able to make it to Koshien for several years, it was a performance of the return of the king.

Originally, they fought smoothly, and even caused a huge sensation across the country.

The sound of the return of the king of the Qingdao High School baseball team is heard one after another.

It was in the quarterfinals that year that the Seido High School baseball team met Kiryu Osaka.

In the end, it was a pity to stop in the quarterfinals!

The script of the return of the king was cut off by someone.

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team, of course, are unwilling. From a very early age, they had been hoping for a battle for revenge.

Even if it's a practice game......

However, Kiryu Osaka, who is a member of the Seido High School Baseball Team Friendship School, has changed his attitude towards the Seido High School baseball team very much since then.

In the past, they treated the Seongdo High School baseball team as a little buddy who was in trouble, and when they could, they didn't mind reaching out to help at all.

But now, their attitude has changed dramatically.

The Qingdao High School baseball team is no longer the little buddy who fell back then, but has become a direct competitor.

In this case, even in the practice games agreed in previous years, Kiryu Osaka did not play with the Qingdao High School baseball team.

So much so that it has been delayed until now, and the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team have not been able to avenge last year's one-shot revenge.

Now they have finally waited for this day.

Regardless of the players in Kiryu Osaka, are they willing or unwilling?

In such a game that has been allocated, there is no way for them to escape.

Both sides have to fight for themselves.

Those who win move on, and those who lose take a taxi home......

"Finally met!"

"I can't spare these guys if I say anything this time, otherwise, I won't be able to explain to Senior Dong."

The seniors who graduated last year called one after another to express their concern when they knew that their opponent was Kiryu Osaka.

The most positive of these is still the Eastern Qing Kingdom.

Dong Qingguo is now the core player of the professional team, and it stands to reason that he should be very busy.

But he seems to be very free.

When he learned that the opponent of the Qingdao High School baseball team in the next game was Kiryu Osaka, Senior Higashi made three phone calls and called Zhang Han, Chris and Yuuki respectively.

The tone sternly admonished these juniors.

"It doesn't matter if you can dominate the whole country, you definitely can't lose to Kiryu Osaka. We on the Qingdao High School baseball team can't trip over a rock in the same pit twice. ”

As for Kiryu Osaka, how did it become a stone in a pit?

Dong Qingguo did not say.

Zhang Han was very sensible and didn't ask too much.

Meetings are held in the evening.

Rei Takashima gave a detailed account of Kiryu's information in Osaka.

"Osaka Kiryu has a similar style to the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team, with five or six star players alone. Although last year's core players are no longer there, the core players who have come up this year basically have the strength that is not inferior to the star players. ”

A special recruitment team is called up each year.

The top wealthy families are also classified.

The top giants in the country combined, there are a total of thirty or forty teams.

Compared with ordinary teams, the teams of these top giants are all gods, and all of them are powerful symbols.

But this does not mean that the strength of all the top giants is the same.

It's like the opening game that has just ended, the Qingdao High School baseball team, which is also the top giant in the country, and Zhongjing University Zhongjing.

The Qingdao High School baseball team, while retaining the real trump card, still abused the body of Zhongjing University and Zhongjing.

And the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team, the team known as Team Cosmos, is a top-notch existence even among the top giants in the country.

Its strength is reflected in all aspects.

On the surface, there seem to be only five or six star players, and three or four are not so famous.

But this does not mean that the three or four less famous players are much worse than the star players who are already famous.

Quite the opposite.

The reason why they haven't become famous yet is that they haven't met the right opportunity yet. When given the opportunity, they will also show extraordinary potential and strength.

After all, these people are all star players who have been famous since middle school. In addition, the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team has been cultivated for more than two years......

The strength they possess cannot be inferior in any way.

Rei Takashima also discovered this when he introduced these people.

In the past, when introducing other teams, in addition to introducing each player, it is necessary to highlight the core of several teams.

The performance of these core players will determine the performance of their teams to a great extent.

For these powerful core players, control their attack strength and look for flaws in them.

It is also an important policy for the Seido High School baseball team to formulate tactics.

But now, Rei Takashima doesn't know which Kiryu player in Osaka to focus on?

It's not that there isn't, but all the players are strong. If you want to determine the core, almost all the players must be determined as the core.

Coach Ochiai touched the mustache on his chin and looked at the opponent lineup in front of him.

Worthy of the Cosmos Team!

The champion of Koshien last summer.

To be honest, last year's Seido High School baseball team lost to such a team, and it was really unjust.

They are really, too strong!

Weakness is largely invisible......

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team also clearly felt this.

Although it is a friendship school, if you really want to talk about it, they haven't fought each other for a long time.

There has been no head-to-head confrontation, no careful study.

The Qingdao High School Baseball Team's understanding of the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team is basically the impression left on them by Osaka Kiryu last year.

I have to say that that impression is really outdated......

The current Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team is not the same type of team as the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team in their memory.

Last year, Osaka Kiryu, who had an absolute ace, has changed to a new ace pitcher this year.

The style of the ace pitcher alone is completely different......

There was no word all night, and today it was the day of the game.

The Seido High School baseball team played against the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team, and there was still half an hour to go.

The bus of the Qingdao High School baseball team came to the stadium early in the morning to prepare.

The friends got out of the car one after another, squeezed through the crowd, and prepared to go in.

At this time, a group of people happily waved at them.

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