"Meng Xiaohao burst into the inside, attracted the defense, and passed the ball to Li Mulin on the outside, Li Mulin passed the ball to Wang Shengqiang, Wang Shengqiang made a feint, jumped and shot, and hit a three-point shot!"

The Chinese team showed a very terrifying dominance in the game against the Venezuelan team, slaughtering Venezuela by a full 27 points.

You know, Venezuela only lost 18 points when they came to play France, and 27 points against the Chinese team, and it is hard to imagine that they are facing a team that lost to France by 20 points before.

But this big victory did not make the outside world less suspicious of the Chinese team, and the voices of doubt still exist.

The simplest reason is that because Venezuela is not strong, it is very simple for the Chinese team to defeat them, which does not prove that the contradictions within the Chinese team have been resolved.

The real test for the Chinese team is the upcoming match with the Spanish team.

After the victory over Venezuela, the Chinese team ranked second in the group with a record of two wins and one loss and entered the knockout round.

They are in Group A, where the first place in Group A will face the second place in Group B in the knockout round, and the second place in Group A will face the first place in Group B in the knockout round.

Spain's group is also very relaxed, Iran, Mexico and Chile.

In the entire Group B, Chile may still have a fight with Spain, but as soon as Spain exerts a little force, Chile will collapse, and it can be said that Spain has no opponents at all in Group B.

Of course, facing the Chinese team, it was the first difficult opponent of the Spanish team.

And the Chinese team also especially hopes to defeat the strong team of the Spanish team to silence those doubts, after all, only by taking practical actions can those keyboard warriors and trolls shut up.

Another highlight of the knockout rounds is the United States against Germany and Argentina against Brazil.

The U.S. team is in a group of death, with the United States, Argentina and the Netherlands all having the potential to appear, with only Japan having a lower level and no competitiveness.

As the defending champions, the United States team naturally showed very good form, against Argentina and the Netherlands, both showed a very terrifying dominance, despite the very stubborn resistance, but in the end the United States team won the game, with a record of three wins to enter the knockout stage as the group leader.

The match between Argentina and the Netherlands was the most brutal game of the men's basketball competition at the 2024 Olympic Games, with three overtime games between the two sides, setting a record for the longest men's basketball game at the Olympic Games.

A total of four players from both teams left the court with six fouls, which also made Olympic men's basketball history.

In the end, the Argentine team took advantage of the physical exhaustion of the Dutch team, seized the opportunity of their food, and struggled to widen the score gap and win the final game.

The Dutch team unfortunately lost, and one after another, the Argentine team qualified as the second in the group.

There is basically no suspense in the group of Germany and Brazil, and it is definitely these two teams that qualify, and it is true.

Argentina and Brazil are also considered hometowns to fellows, they are both the face of South American basketball, and the South American derby is still worth looking forward to.

As soon as the playoff schedule came up, ESPN did a survey to select the most anticipated playoff matches.

China vs. Spain and Argentina vs. Brazil are the two most popular matches, not because of the big names like the United States, but because they are similar enough to be very interesting.

……

"In the next game, we will face Spain, who are the runners-up of the last Olympic Games, and their quality should not be underestimated......

Wang Deming, who got the list of opponents, gathered all the players together at the first time and held a strategic discussion meeting.

"Their strength is very strong, after all, they can play back and forth with the American team."

"And their newcomers have also shown very strong strength and talent, and they are not lost to Meng Xiaohao and Li Mulin at all, so the Spanish team is very tricky."

Wang Deming helped his forehead, he didn't want to see such an opponent.

Not only him, but even the American team doesn't want to see the Spanish team, after all, no one wants to meet such a hard bone.

The players of the Chinese team also nodded one after another, they still know Spain quite well, after all, it is a world-class team, even if they don't fight, they must do their homework.

Meng Xiaohao's expression is not very good-looking now, of course he also knows the strength of the Spanish team, and there are many players from Spain in the North American League, and they are also playing well in the North American League.

Meng Xiaohao knew that facing the Spanish team, it would definitely be a vicious battle.

"But we can't back down, we have to beat Spain to break the rumours around us and shut up those trolls and keyboard warriors completely!"

"Team China!"

"Rise up!"

……

"I'll be in Paris on the day you play against Spain, I'll be there for that game!"

Li Xueqing contacted Meng Xiaohao and told her plan.

"Why can't it be a day......" Meng Xiaohao coquettishly like a child.

"Well, I want to come early, too, but the leader won't let me go, let me finish that interview before I can come."

As she spoke, Li Xueqing paused......

"It's a bad battle against Spain."

Meng Xiaohao also sighed: "Alas, yes, this is even more tricky than the previous game against the French team, I don't know if we can cope with it." ”

"Trust your teammates!" Li Xueqing said to Meng Xiaohao, "They are all your teammates and your brothers, you have to believe them, after all, basketball is a competitive sport, and the whistle at the end of the game has not sounded, and no one knows what the ending will be!" ”

Meng Xiaohao smiled slightly: "You're right. ”

"Then I'm going to watch you play, I'm sitting in the front row, don't embarrass me!"

"Got it, got it!"

In fact, Meng Xiaohao had long wanted to arrange Li Xueqing to the front seat, but Li Xueqin said that it was too troublesome to find Meng Xiaohao, and she took advantage of her convenience at work to easily get the front seat.

"I'll cheer you on then."

"I know, you'll see how I perform then!"

……

Meng Xiaohao hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and then slowly spit out......

"The next game is not easy to play, I didn't meet the United States team, if I was beaten by the Spanish team, then I would be embarrassed in front of Brooke."

Meng Xiaohao's mind already appeared with Brooke laughing at him......

"In the next game, you must not lose!"

(End of chapter)