Chapter 35: Meeting is Fate!

The answer to this question, Sun Hao is afraid that he will not have a chance to know.

After visiting Venice, the embassy had already helped him get a travel permit.

At this time, the motherland was not as strong as it was in the future, but the efficiency was already very high.

After returning from Italy, Sun Hao put this "unforgettable experience" aside, and then began to prepare for the new season.

Last season, the team played part of the semi-finals, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in his personal strength.

Not to mention, his ultra-long three points, the first step is to continue to improve.

Training, coupled with the occasional outing with Prigioni, more than two months have passed, and the new La Liga season is about to start.

At this time, Sun Hao received a message.

It's not from Italy, and his case seems to have become an unsolved case and has never been resolved.

The news was released by the European Basketball Association.

After a year's hiatus from the European Super League, some of Europe's top basketball teams and leagues can't sit still.

They created a new sporting event across Europe in the private sector, with a name that Sun Hao is all too familiar with.

UEFA Champions League, abbreviated as Champions League.

La Liga is one of the "top leagues in Europe".

According to the rules of the competition, there are a total of 24 teams participating in the first Champions League, and there are three places in La Liga.

In other words, Real Madrid, as the top team in the regular season of La Liga last season, will have the Champions League in addition to La Liga in the new season.

This is undoubtedly great news for Sun Hao.

Because of the uniqueness of Europe, the Champions League is the equivalent of a mini-World Cup or Olympics.

Playing cross-border competitions, the tournament is interspersed between national leagues, and there can also be foreign aid to participate in the balance of strength, which makes it very competitive and interesting.

Because of this, its exposure and influence will be leapfrogging.

Take the most direct broadcast as an example, there were 15 large European media in the first Champions League, which is completely incomparable to La Liga.

Calderon was a sensation last year, but in the end, he was not actually drafted by an NBA team.

Instead, Ginobili, who plays in Italy, was selected at the end of the second round.

This shows that La Liga's influence is still limited across Europe.

Sun Hao wants to run next year, and the Champions League is undoubtedly the best stage.

A week later, the curtain opened on La Liga and Real Madrid began the new season.

Their first match was against Team Radar.

Facing the opponents eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last season, Real Madrid played a bigger gap in strength than last season.

71 to 51, a 20-point massacre.

Compared to last season, the team also showed a higher tacit understanding, especially between Prigioni, Sun Hao and Gabajosa.

Sun Hao had 12 points and 2 assists, Gabajosa had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Prigioni had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

After a season of running-in, plus training and playing together in the off-season, they already have a faint feeling of Real Madrid's trident.

Winning the radar team is just the beginning, and in the following nearly half a month, the Real Madrid team has not tasted defeat in consecutive games, starting with a wave of 8 consecutive wins.

Sun Hao averaged 9.6 points per game in eight games, second only to Gabajosa's 10.5 points.

And he shot 52 percent from the field and 40.3 percent from three-point range.

These numbers are a significant improvement from last season.

It was also at this time that Real Madrid played their first Champions League game against Bologna Vitus from Italy.

In the first game of the Champions League, Lasso paid special attention.

The night before he left for Italy, Lasso organized the team to watch the video together in the video room.

At this time, the technology was still relatively backward, the video was basically based on video tapes, and the Champions League was the first time, and the understanding of the opponent was also limited.

As soon as the video began, Lasso directed the team's attention to the central defenders of the Bologna Vitus team.

Sasha Danilovich.

Former NBA star, top scorer.

Although he only played two seasons in the NBA, his first season, 95~96 season, averaged 13.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

In the playoffs that year, although the Heat team he played for was out of the first round, he played three playoff games and handed over an astonishing average of 25 points and 4 assists per game.

The following season, he switched to the Mavericks and averaged 16.6 per game in the regular season.

It was only then that he chose to return to play in the Europa League, and now he is 29 years old and in his prime.

Sun Hao's previous contacts, whether it was Gasol or Navarro, and even Fernandez and Gabajosa around him, were all young versions.

Danilovich, who will face in the next game, is the real star of fame.

And they are both defenders, and the two will inevitably be in position on the field.

The first game of the Champions League is a hard bone!

The next day, Real Madrid boarded a plane to Sicily, Italy, where Bologna Vitus was home.

This is also Sun Hao's second trip to Sicily.

When he arrived at Palermo Airport, Sun Hao still felt familiar.

It's only been four months since he last came here.

When he got on the team bus, he encountered a police patrol, and Sun Hao consciously quickened his pace to get on the bus.

He's really afraid of meeting the same cop before, and if that offseason thing is known to his teammates, he's afraid he's going to be laughed at for a season.

"Sun can't wait, I think he's going to have a good performance tomorrow night."

Looking at Sun Hao's vigorous figure, Prigioni turned his head and said to Gabajosa.

"Hopefully he's in a good mood so we can have a good meal."

Gabajosa nodded in agreement.

Prizioni laughed when he heard this.

To say that they got along very well with Sun Hao this offseason in the past.

This is also an important reason why Real Madrid has made a perfect start to the new season.

But then again, who doesn't love to be friends with someone who knows how to cook?

Like Spain, basketball is not the number one sport in Italy, but the atmosphere is much stronger.

This is all thanks to the recent performances of the Italian team in the international basketball arena.

They finished sixth at last year's World Championships, and they won the European Championships just this summer.

Real Madrid's first game in the Champions League is also the first game for Italian teams in the Champions League.

The next night, the 6,000-seat Sicilian Stadium was packed.

The success of this model of the Champions League can also be seen from the attendance, even if it is only the first game, which has such a great appeal.

The Real Madrid team warmed up at the stadium an hour early.

After practicing for half an hour, Sun Hao felt that his body was open and sat on the sidelines to rest.

It was at this time that the players of the Bologna Vitus team arrived belatedly.

Sun Hao saw Danilovich at a glance.

Yesterday Lasso really emphasized it too many times, and it was really hard for people not to pay attention.

From the beginning of Danilovic's warm-up shot, Sun Hao's attention has never left him.

After reading it, he felt that it was really difficult to play tonight.

Danilovic is really unusual, he is even more adept at three-point shooting than he seems in the video.

Yesterday Lasso said the man shot 43.6 percent from three-point range in his first season in the NBA.

Although it was not included in the NBA statistics because of the lack of games, it was an exaggerated shooting percentage in the era when three-point shooting was not popular.

And judging from the warm-up, his hit rate is not lower than Sun Hao's.

Sun Hao was thinking that Danilovic had already rested.

At this moment, his gaze was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then there was an incredible expression on his face.

Danilovic didn't pay attention until the latter came off the court, and he didn't notice that there was another guy on the court shooting three-pointers.

And the man in the first three points, with a straight nose, a handsome and handsome face, and Prigioni......

It's Ginobili!

The board head that is extremely inconsistent with the image of long hair fluttering in his impression is really eye-catching!

Ginobili, playing for Bologna Vitus?

No, he remembered that when he was at the police station, Larticki had said that Ginobili should have played for the Lezzo Calabry.

Did he remember it? Or did Ginobili change teams?

Sun Hao turned his head to look at Danilovic again, and not long after the latter sat down, a young player next to him handed him a towel.

He suddenly felt that the latter was more likely.

Although he didn't say anything about what happened in the police station at the beginning, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and most of the Italian teams know about it.

This kind of thing is never a good thing, especially for an overseas player, although it didn't happen, but the impact is definitely there.

Otherwise, there is really no way to explain it, and the players who are playing well and are selected by the NBA will suddenly change teams.

And in the team that has changed, the core of the house is still a scoring guard like him.

But this also made Sun Hao more and more curious.

The butterfly effect brought about by the self-crossing did not affect Ginobili.

In other words, the historical Ginobili was also played in this environment.

After the warm-up, the scene entered the opening ceremony.

First the away team, then the home team, and all the players of both teams were introduced.

Sun Hao is the penultimate appearance on the Real Madrid side.

At this moment, at the other end of the court, Ginobili was stunned, and there was a feeling of instant petrification.

Because the time is not far away, he still has a deep impression of Sun Hao.

The guy he met by chance at the police station turned out to be a basketball player?

Moreover, why did you meet him in the Champions League?

This is not only magic, but more importantly, he will have to shake hands with each other later, and he doesn't dare to think about it anymore.

But the time to come is still coming.

At the end of the ceremony, the players on both sides gave a final handshake.

When Sun Hao and Ginobili shook hands, the two looked at each other, and Sun Hao could remember the latter's expression for a lifetime.

It was an expression that was more uncomfortable than constipation, and I was afraid that it would make him wake up laughing when he fell asleep.

If Ginobili were Chinese, he would definitely have to sigh at this time.

There is no chance to meet on the other side, but there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away!

Looking at the magic of Ginobili, Sun Hao actually wanted to say a word.

Meeting is fate! Don't worry about the past!