"Ace, who is your most anticipated opponent? Team USA? ”

"No, Team Japan."

"Why?"

"I want to see Japanese girls screaming at me, Japanese girls are so cute, just like you, listen to your English, you're Japanese."

"Thank you...... You are the pride of our Asians, come on! ”

On August 14, the Chinese national team departed from Beijing, first flew to Tokyo International Airport, and then took the Japanese Shinkansen to Saitama Prefecture.

It took about five hours, less than three hours from Beijing to Osaka, and the transfer took a little time, and the train arrived in Saitama Prefecture in more than 20 minutes.

As soon as I arrived at the hotel arranged by the Japanese side, I was surrounded by reporters waiting for me.

Liu Mang is, of course, the one who is most surrounded by reporters.

Most of the questions, Liu Mang's answer is very official, this is in the national team, not the club, you can't talk nonsense, not to mention that even when he was in the United States, Liu Mang has always been more official and more official about the national team.

Don't try to please them, but don't offend them either.

I'm not afraid of offending a gentleman who has something to say and get angry directly, but the villain ......

When asked by a Japanese female reporter about the country she wanted to fight the most,

However, Liu Mang actually heard a Japanese cheering him on...... When I refueled, I used the Japanese dry bag...... Looking at this female reporter who was committing a who looked like a kawaii, Liu Mang almost wanted to be crooked, and hurriedly called Lian Mei, who helped him with his luggage, to leave.

Ugly in the interview...... Liu Mang thought of the time when he sprayed blue blood...... I was disgusted by the two girls for a long time afterwards, and I guess I will be beaten for this ugly thing...... The kind of doubles......

Although Liu Mang didn't like the Japanese, he didn't forcibly classify him into the ranks of the Japanese, and he was on the side of South Korea...... Yao Ming and Liu Mang, their ancestors suddenly got in touch with the ancient Korean royal family, and they were said to be descendants of a princess who married into ancient China from ancient Korea......

Liu Mang didn't know why, but in the hearts of the fans in South Korea, he had something to do with the ancient Chinese imperial relatives.

South Korea is a little similar to Japan in that they care a lot about blood.

For example, Japan's famous anime "Dragon Ball" attaches great importance to bloodlines, and none of them are earthling......

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The advantage of coming to Japan to play is that there is not much time difference for the Chinese team, Liu Mang has been in China for half a month, and the time difference has long been adjusted.

It may be for the reason of currying favor with Chinese tourists, China is already Japan's largest source country, and this time the Japanese Blue Association prepared a good place for the Chinese team to live.

Japan is small, full of people, smaller than most provinces in China, but there are a lot of people......

Because Japan is not big, so on August 15th, after a night of rest in Saitama Prefecture, the Chinese men's basketball team leader Zhang Gui took the national team players, coaching staff, and staff to the various venues of this World Championships for a round and field trip.

Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Sendai, Matsuhama, Sapporo, five cities jointly hosted this World Championships, the main venue is Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Prefecture, which is the largest American football arena in Japan, is the largest venue, the other five are relatively much worse.

Japan...... Liu Mang and his teammates walked around, it was really small, I went to Kansai in the morning, and I could go back to Saitama Prefecture in the afternoon to see the Saitama Super Arena, and there were trams in most places, which avoided playing in Greece, and I had to take a boat or a plane, which was a good thing for physical fitness.

The national team is not as free as the NBA clubs, and Liu Mang has been a team activity for the past two days.

On the parents of the two cubs, Levia and Alexia took them to visit popular attractions, there are many perverts in Japan, so the national team also has special staff to take care of the families of the national team members.

Although he didn't like Japan, when Liu Mang and the national team went to some famous places in Japan to participate in collective business activities, they saw well-preserved ancient Japanese buildings...... I have to admire this aspect.

Soon, the time came on August 18th, Yao Ming and Director Zhang went to the lottery ceremony together, and the results came out!

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There are a total of 24 countries participating in this World Championships, compared to the Olympic Games, the World Championships is a separate event, so in terms of funding and preparation, compared to the Olympic Games, there are many better competitions, the money is spent on this event, the five arenas have been renovated, the national basketball teams are treated better, and the media attention is also on this one sport......

The total attention is naturally not as good as the Olympics, but the attention of the Olympics is scattered, and the World Championships are more concentrated......

Although that is not right, Liu Mang feels that even if Olympic football allows players over the age of 23 to participate on a large scale, Olympic football will not attract more attention than the World Cup.

That is, the history of basketball is too short, the United States paid attention to it before, at most the two Americas, the North and the South, if it weren't for the Soviet Union to fight the United States in all aspects, basketball in Eastern Europe would not have been able to get up, until Jordan, Magic, and Larry Bird pushed basketball to the world.

Now that basketball is getting better and better, Liu Mang remembers that in a few years, the World Basketball Championship will also change from a championship to a cup! The first Basketball World Cup will be held in 2014.

Liu Mang feels that maybe someone can surpass Jordan in the NBA honor in the future, after all, anything is possible, but in the sport of basketball, it is too difficult to surpass Jordan......

But you have to try everything, and the dream that is difficult to complete in a lifetime is called a dream.

On the afternoon of the 18th, the results of the draw came out, and the 24 countries were divided into 4 groups.

Group A: Argentina, Venezuela, France, Serbia and Montenegro, Lebanon, Nigeria.

Group B: Spain, Panama, Germany, New Zealand, Angola, Qatar.

Group C: Lithuania, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, Australia, United States.

Group D: Senegal, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Italy, China, Japan.

The Chinese team was placed in Group D!

And...... Liu Mang has been looking forward to playing against the Japanese team for a long time...... It's a reality!

The main reason is that the Chinese team is regarded as a seeded team that can compete for medals this time, and the United States, Spain, and Argentina are not in the same group, avoiding the round of 16 or quarterfinals in the knockout stage In order to avoid the four teams meeting early, the result of the draw can be guessed.

In the original time and space, the Chinese team was not a seeded powerhouse, so it was used to abuse the American team...... The Chinese team in the original time and space, no matter which group they went to, they all felt like the group of death......

This time it's different!

China is the seeded team in Group D!

And the Japanese team is the host...... To play the first game......

So...... little Japan! Let the Japanese girl scream!