Chapter 132 - Greece Advances

"Audience friends in front of the TV, please remember the present, remember today, August 20, 2008, on this day, the current Chinese men's basketball team they made history, rushed into the final four of the Olympic Games, they brought their own performance to everyone at home, they deserve our pride for them. X" commentator Yu Jia has actually seen the trend of the game in the game, but as a commentator he cannot say his decision when the game is not over, although he is a Chinese, but his profession does not allow him to be too biased. When the final whistle sounded, Yu Jia couldn't bear it anymore and vented her excitement.

"That's right, it has always been said that this Chinese men's basketball team is the strongest in history, and they have also proved themselves to all Chinese fans with their own strength. And the change of the Chinese men's basketball team is obvious, everyone will find that they pay more attention to defense, and the offense has become more reasonable, not only to qualify for the second place in the group, but also to win the first game of the 1/4 finals and successfully enter the semifinals. They deserve our pride in them. Mr. Zhang Lili continued his reasonable theory, but the audience in front of the TV had no time to complain about him at this time, because they had already fallen into the sea of celebration.

"Li Yao, we made history." Da Yao also rushed to Li Yao's side at the first time, hugged him, and shouted with tears in his eyes.

"Brother Yao, I said that we will definitely make history, but today's game is just the beginning, and it is far from the end." Li Yao understands Da Yao's excitement, even if he himself is very excited, after all, this credit for creating history has his contribution.

However, Li Yao did not forget his duty, he is the captain of the Chinese men's basketball team, and immediately greeted all the members who came over, and walked forward together to bow and thank the fans and spectators on the scene, their support is the source of making the Chinese men's basketball team more hardworking.

Of course, now this curtain call after every Chinese men's basketball game has become a ritual of the Chinese men's basketball team under the leadership of Li Yao.

Although many fans have experienced it many times, they are still happy to give the most enthusiastic applause to the Chinese men's basketball team, because the current Chinese men's basketball team is worthy of them.

The post-game press conference was held as scheduled, and the members present were still the players' representatives Li Yao and Da Yao, as well as the acting head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Guo Shiqiang.

"First of all, all our media reporters are here to congratulate the Chinese men's basketball team on its historic breakthrough, do you have anything to say?" The reporter of "Basketball Herald" was the first to ask.

"I was extremely excited at this time, there is one thing you may not know, after Li Yao won the NCAA championship, I called our captain, as we all know, I said a long time ago that this should be my last Olympic Games, I was sincere at the time I hoped that Li Yao could help me and help the Chinese men's basketball team break through history at our own doorstep, at that time our junior captain only said one sentence to me, do you want to know what?" Da Yao was so happy that he even played mystery with the reporters at the scene.

"Yes." Of course, the reporters on the scene would not give Da Yao this face, and they were also very curious about what their young captain said.

"At that time, Li Yao said bluntly: 'Brother Yao, as a Chinese, it is my responsibility to serve the country, and I have no shirk of my responsibility.' Da Yao imitated Li Yao's tone at that time and said solemnly.

The reporters at the scene immediately gave the most enthusiastic applause to Li Yao, the young captain, and a simple sentence expressed Li Yao's ardent patriotic feelings as a Chinese, which moved them.

"So do you want to know what our junior captain said when I excitedly hugged Li Yao just now and told us about our breakthrough in history?" Da Yao continued to play mysterious.

"Yes." For today's news, the reporters on the scene feel that they have written.

"Our captain said: Brother Yao, we have made history today, but this is only the beginning, not the end." Da Yao said excitedly. Although he had already heard Li Yao's original version, when he repeated it himself, Da Yao was still enthusiastic, and he was now full of fighting spirit, and he couldn't wait to start the semifinals immediately.

"Boom." The reporters at the scene were suddenly boiling, they thought that it was good enough for the Chinese men's basketball team to create a historic entry into the top four, but they didn't expect that their junior captain's goal was far more than that, and his goal was even more distant.

At this time, Li Yao looked at the eyes of all the people at the scene with an embarrassed face, and his heart was furious, Rao has always been thick-skinned, and he couldn't bear these glances.

"Excuse me, Captain, what is your goal?" The reporter of "Basketball Herald" once again threw the topic to Li Yao. All the reporters looked at Li Yao with expectant eyes, and they wanted to know what this young captain really thought.

"First of all, being able to make history is the result of the joint efforts of all our men's basketball team members, and secondly, I think we should not just be satisfied with the current situation, I think our Chinese men's basketball team should not be far away from gold and jade." Originally, Li Yao didn't want to put himself in an arrogant image, but after thinking about it carefully, what about arrogance? There is a good saying: young people are not frivolous, why should they talk about autumn when they are old. The modesty of the Chinese has become a fixed image, so let yourself be a special case.

"Boom." The reporters at the scene fell into a frenzy, what does it mean that you shouldn't stay away from gold and jade? Isn't that their junior captain still wanting to touch the piece of gold inlaid jade that belongs to the men's basketball team?

"Excuse me, Captain Li Yao, will you look a little like this," the reporter didn't know how to continue, after all, the Chinese men's basketball team had just made history, and he was embarrassed to hit Li Yao.

"Won't it seem arrogant? Defiant? Li Yao helped the reporter finish his words.

The reporter nodded subconsciously, in his opinion, Li Yao's goal was indeed a bit excessive. He doesn't want this young captain who led the Chinese men's basketball team to create history and bring changes to the Chinese men's basketball team, because after creating history, he became arrogant and unsightly.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't think I'm arrogant and unsightly, journalist friends, I want to ask you, what are all the athletes gathered for the Olympics? You must know that there is only one gold medal, and you know that you may not be able to compare with others, but you still have to come, is it for tourism? Li Yao did not answer directly, but threw the topic to the reporters present.

Li Yao's words immediately caused a sensation, indeed, athletes from all over the world gathered together to win the gold medal that belonged to their competitive event, why can't the Chinese men's basketball team? Although there is a gap between the Chinese men's basketball team and the world's top men's basketball team, this does not mean that they can't even be enterprising.

"And I'm not saying that as an excuse, you'll find out until August 24." After Li Yao finished speaking, he silently abdicated and left the seat, today he felt that he had said enough, everything should wait until after the final game, and it would be just nonsense to say more now.

Da Yao also followed Li Yao away from the press conference.

"Eh, that, Li Yao, did I do something wrong?" Da Yao found that it seemed that in the end, things were not going according to his expectations, and it seemed that this press conference had shaped Li Yao into an arrogant image.

"Brother Yao, you haven't done anything wrong, it's just that we have been humble in China for too long, and people can't accept the youthful frivolity they should have." Li Yao is also helpless, this is the failure of Chinese-style education, although humility is a virtue, but it does not mean that you can't be young and frivolous? When did youthful frivolity become a fault?

Da Yao didn't know how to comfort Li Yao, so he could only gently pat Li Yao's shoulder.

"Brother Yao, believe me, I want to prove to them that being young and frivolous is not a derogatory term, it does not mean that there is no one in our eyes and we are arrogant, but that we have crazy capital." Li Yao said solemnly to Da Yao, and he also secretly made up his mind in his heart that the next semi-final match would let the world have a good look at what it means to be truly young and frivolous.

Li Yao didn't know that the headlines of major media and the Internet that night were occupied by his remarks in the afternoon.

The opponents believe that Li Yao has begun to swell after leading the team to create the best results in history, arrogant and arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes, while the supportive side believes that there is nothing wrong with Li Yao's statement, and the soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers, they have no dreams and no pursuits, and what is the difference between them and salted fish. The two sides quarreled over this discussion, and it almost led to an online war.

Li Yao returned to Wukesong Gymnasium after leaving the press conference, because the next game is the Lithuanian men's basketball team against the Greek men's basketball team, and the two sides will also decide the right to qualify for the next top four, and the opponent for this right to qualify will be their Chinese men's basketball team.

Not only Li Yao came, but all the members of the Chinese men's basketball team were also present, and they learned about the press conference from Da Yao's mouth, and they wanted to support their captain in action, because they also wanted to continue to make history.

This matchup between the Greek men's basketball team and the Lithuanian men's basketball team inadvertently turned into a matchup between Jasco Visius and Spanoulis, two European kings who were frustrated in the NBA.

Both sides played offensive basketball under the leadership of their own point guards, which made the fans at the scene enthusiastic. It also made the fans shout back the ticket price, you must know that the tickets for the Chinese men's basketball team and the American men's basketball team are really hard to find, so some fans retreated to other games, but the performance of both sides in this game made the fans very satisfied.

When Spanoulis's three-pointer pressed the final whistle and drilled the basket, the matchup between the two European kings finally ended with Spanoulis's three-point strike to give the Greek men's basketball team an 84-82 victory and become the second team to reach the Final Four.

This also made the corners of Li Yao's mouth in the stands show a smile,