Chapter 4: Friendlies

"The rising stars of Chinese basketball are not in the squad for the Asian Championship!" The next day, Meng Xiaohao made headlines for the first time in the sports section of Tenglei News......

"Shocked, the reason why the future star of basketball did not participate in the Asian tournament turned out to be ......" UA Browser Shock Department also put this matter in the headline position.

Meng Xiaohao has long been mentally prepared, this is what the coach said to him when he sent him home last night, so that Meng Xiaohao was mentally prepared for the matter of being in the news headlines. Someone like Meng Xiaohao, who plays in a high school league, rarely gets a chance to make headlines, unless he wins a national championship before.

Meng Xiaohao didn't click on those news, he knew that there would definitely be many people who didn't know who beat him, and they would be disrespectful, and they would be more angry when they saw it, so it was better not to watch it, but to have a clean one, Meng Xiaohao felt that his mother should also find the news that made the headlines, I don't know what she will think after seeing it.

On the way to school, Meng Xiaohao did not meet too many reporters, some reporters have returned to their editorial office, but there are also many reporters who choose to rub the popularity of this headline and want to make a profit, but Meng Xiaohao has avoided it through various methods.

Meng Xiaohao is still the first one in the team to come to school, the basketball team of Zhifei Middle School has morning training every morning, and Meng Xiaohao has been the earliest person to come since he joined the basketball team, and today is no exception.

With a "squeak...... sound, Meng Xiaohao opened the big iron door of the basketball hall that had been rusted, and he was the earliest, only a little after six o'clock, and the sky was not yet bright......

Turning on the lights, changing clothes, warming up, stretching, Meng Xiaohao repeated his exercise day after day, especially in this cold season, Meng Xiaohao needed to warm up his body as soon as possible.

When the second player came to the basketball hall, Meng Xiaohao had already finished his warm-up exercise and started his shooting practice......

"Brother Hao is really hard!"

"Yes! Oh, yes! I can get there at six o'clock every day, and I can't get up at that point! ”

"People are talented and hardworking, and it is natural to win the MVP."

"Eh, did you see the headlines of Tenglei Sports today?"

"I saw it, why did Brother Hao have no way to go to Japan to participate in the Asian Championships because of the pressure from his family......" The two new team members who were warming up muttered quietly there.

Meng Xiaohao, as the school's man of the hour, although his academic performance is average, but his attainments in sports are not beyond the reach of ordinary students, plus Meng Xiaohao helped the school win the national championship, and suddenly made headlines, and was praised by the media as the darling of the new era of basketball, his reputation is even greater, and he is extremely kind, and he is relatively good-looking, so he is naturally respected by everyone in the school, whether it is a student of the same level or a younger student, he must be called Brother Hao.

"Did you hear that? In two days, it seems that our school is going to play a friendly match with another school, and I heard that it will be the last training before going to Japan. ”

"Anyway, since our school slowly gained a foothold in the high school league, a lot of teams would come to us for friendly matches, which I heard was a rare situation before." The two team members are still muttering, they are just new players in the first year of high school, and the previous story of the Zhifei Middle School basketball team is just hearsay.

After the end of the morning training, Meng Xiaohao simply ate some foods rich in whole grains to supplement his physical strength, although he has not yet become a professional player, but Meng Xiaohao's diet has moved closer to that of a professional player, and Meng Xiaohao's mother has no objection, after all, she also knows what to eat will help Meng Xiaohao's body, and Zhifei Middle School is even more powerful, since the school was impressed by Meng Xiaohao's talent and ability, they arranged the recipe for Meng Xiaohao alone, and they wanted to make Meng Xiaohao a professional player. Even Meng Xiaohao's mother didn't agree.

Meng Xiaohao's day at school was to train, sleep, and train...... In this state, Meng Xiaohao's teachers have become accustomed to it, Meng Xiaohao is really not the material to study, in addition to his good composition writing and good history scores, he really has nothing remarkable in his studies, Meng Xiaohao's composition and history are also caused by interest, and his composition and history scores can be ranked in the top five in the school, but other aspects are very miserable.

"I heard there's a friendly match coming up recently?" During the recess, Meng Xiaohao ran into Ah Qiang and asked about the recent friendly match in the team.

"It seems that there is such a thing, but after all, it was not the coach himself, so I am not sure if there is." At this time, Ah Qiang suddenly thought of something, "Huh? Aren't you the boss of the team? Why don't you know about this kind of thing? ”

"What big guy?" Meng Xiaohao glanced at Ah Qiang, "Besides, you don't have to tell me about the coaching staff's decisions, I'm just a player." "However, normally speaking, there is usually such a thing as a friendly match, and the coach will usually tell them directly, and there are few rumors, and this exception makes Meng Xiaohao and the second monk scratch their heads.

"Next class, your class is a physical education class!" Cuong asked.

"yes!"

"It's time for you to show your strength again and attract the shouts of countless girls......" Ah Qiang said with some envy.

Meng Xiaohao just smiled and ignored it.

Meng Xiaohao actually didn't really want to take physical education class, not because he didn't want to play with low-tech classmates, in fact, Meng Xiaohao enjoyed that time very much, he didn't have to fight for victory or defeat, he could play basketball happily for a while: what gave Meng Xiaohao a headache was the little girls who shouted on the side of the basketball court, after all, they were the school's heroes, and they didn't look bad, every time Meng Xiaohao finished playing, there would be little girls in the past, which made Meng Xiaohao very embarrassed, not that Meng Xiaohao was young and not close to women, It's just that there are some people Meng Xiaohao doesn't know who also come to get close, which also makes Meng Xiaohao feel a headache.

But even if he is embarrassed and has a headache, Meng Xiaohao has to go to physical education class, which is one of the few courses he can be sober......

Rumors have gradually spread not only among the basketball teams, but also among the ordinary students, and in Zhifei Middle School, every move of the basketball team of Zhifei Middle School will attract a lot of attention from the students.

"I'm sure you've all heard about the friendly game we're going to play...... "During the basketball team's afternoon training, the coach mentioned this issue that all the players are concerned about.

All the team members nodded.

"Actually, I didn't deliberately hide this matter, but I still wanted to wait for this matter to be completely settled before I told you, but I was still blown out." The coach smiled.

"So......" Meng Xiaohao spoke, "is it true that there is a friendly match?" ”

The coach nodded.

Hearing the news, the old players didn't have any expression, after all, the friendly game, the old players have played more or less, but the new players who have just joined the team are not as calm as the old players, they began to cheer, after all, they just entered high school, just joined the team, and just in time for the national competition, but because they are newcomers, there is no chemistry with the team, and there is no chance to play, but this friendly game, the newcomers can really show it.

"But ......" Suddenly, the coach's sentence made the cheers stop abruptly, after all, they all knew that once the coach said it, it was not a good thing, which made the new players swallow their saliva a little nervously.

"The team that came here for a friendly match was extraordinary." The coach said it word by word, with a hint of seriousness in his eyes, "This team is from abroad,"

After the coach said the word "foreign", everyone present was surprised, including Meng Xiaohao, although Meng Xiaohao is known as unmatched in the same age in China, but this is the first time to play against foreign opponents.

"Could it be the team participating in the Asian Championship?" Meng Xiaohao thought in his heart.

"This team ......" the coach's words were not finished, "this team is from ......"

The coach paused, "From the United States!" ”

As soon as the coach's words fell, all the players exploded......

"The United States? Is it real? ”

"Although it is said that basketball on all continents in the world now has the ability to play a game, if you have to talk about one of the best, the old North American team is still unshakable, and the coach can even invite the American team, our coach is too good!" A lot of the team members had a lively discussion below.

"Ahem!" The coach looked at the excited and uncontrollable appearance of the players in front of him, coughed violently, and the following suddenly fell silent.

"I'm not done yet." The coach said lightly, "The team we invited is the state champion of Pennsylvania in American high schools this year. ”

As soon as the coach's voice fell, the entire basketball court fell silent, and Cuong muttered to himself at the bottom: "Pennsylvania champion...... It's not a small one! ”

The high school league in the United States is based on the state, because in the United States, there are many more teams that can reach a high level than other countries, so it is really difficult to arrange national competitions, so their games are competitions within states, and the Pennsylvania division can be ranked in the top three in the gold content of the United States.

The group of players who were still cheering and praising the coach just now were silent, and they felt the strong pressure just by hearing the name......

Meng Xiaohao's eyes looked at the coach deadly, when the coach said that the team was from the United States, he felt a little wrong, when the coach said that it was the champion of Pennsylvania, Meng Xiaohao knew that he guessed correctly......

"Coach, are you going to start your plan for me so early?"

When the coach's gaze met Meng Xiaohao's, the entire time and space seemed to stand still, and the coach certainly knew that Meng Xiaohao had seen his thoughts, and smiled faintly at Meng Xiaohao......

"Xiaohao...... The road you thought was still some distance has begun! ”