The American Dream Six team that competed in Athens this time was actually mixed, with the five superstars of O'Neal, Kobe, Maddie, Ray Allen and Kidd not participating in the Athens Olympics.

However, the lineup of the Dream Six team is still luxurious. Iverson, Marbury, Duncan, LeBron, Wade, Anthony, Boozer, Marion, Stoudemire, Odom and Richard Jefferson are all NBA stars above the top line, including superstars and future superstars.

Sitting in the car and idle, Zhang Guan began to analyze the American Dream Six team.

I saw Zhang Guan stretch out a finger and said, "First of all, Kidd didn't come, who organized this Dream Six team?" Count on Iverson and Marbury? ”

Iverson and Marbury, as guards, are not unorganized, but their style of play is not the style of organizing guards.

Zhang Guan stretched out his second finger: "Second, Kobe, Maddy and Allen didn't come, the outside firepower of the Dream Six team is bound to be insufficient, and when they encounter a three-point opponent, they are likely to hit the street, which everyone must know." ”

Dream six degrees of outside shooting problems, this everyone knows, none of the guards in this team shoot particularly accurately, the current 03 golden generation has only played in the NBA for a year, and the technology is not as comprehensive as in the future.

"Third, the inside line of the Dream Six team is too weak." Zhang Guan continued.

"Wait, I don't agree with that. The U.S. team has Duncan, Stoudemire, Boozer, and Okafor on the inside, but they are not weak. Bartha said.

"Don't forget that this is the Olympics and it's an international rule. Don't forget that there is no three-second defense in the international rule. Zhang Guan then stretched out his fourth finger and said: "Next is the fourth point, there is no reasonable collision zone under international rules, and the interior line must be full of people, which is equivalent to abolishing James and Wade's offensive means, and Iverson and Marbury can only choose to jump shots." I think this U.S. team is mainly relying on individual ability to play singles. ”

What Zhang Guan said can be analyzed by ordinary basketball coaches and even senior fans. However, because the men's national basketball team was divided into Group A, and the Dream Six team was divided into Group B, the two teams could not meet, so the coaching team of the men's basketball team did not analyze the Dream Six team, and the players did not know the real situation of the Dream Six team.

The car was full of basketball players, and mentioning basketball seemed to open the conversation.

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Although the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics will not be held until August 13, many sports have already started early, such as football.

On the evening of August 10, Athens time, the group stage of the Olympic football project officially started, and the women's event was held that night, including the women's group F game, the women's national football team was beaten by the German women's football team 8:0, you must know that before that, the spinach company gave the national team women's football team a 1:3.5 odds to win the championship, and the 8:0 fiasco, which was completely unexpected by everyone.

The next day, the men's football match also began, the first to start is the men's group A and C team competition, this day's game is not upset, the winner has won, the strength gap is not very big team is also a handshake.

On August 12 at 8:30 a.m. Athens time, the men's group B and group D matches will begin, with Italy and Portugal the two favourites in action.

William Hill, UK.

Thomas, deputy director of intelligence analysis, and his colleagues sat in front of four televisions showing four matches of the Olympic men's team in groups B and D.

Thomas used to be a scout for a small British football club, and later the club was acquired, Thomas also left, with his football knowledge and technical analysis skills, he successfully entered the well-known British spinach company William Hill, and now has risen to the position of deputy director of intelligence analysis.

There is a three-hour time difference between the UK and Greece, and it's August, and the UK implements daylight saving time, so it's not time to get off work yet, but it's the Olympics, and Thomas and his colleagues are doomed to work overtime, their job is to watch the group stage of the Olympic football event, analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each team, and write an intelligence analysis report to send to the data department to formulate the odds for the next game.

In Paraguay's match against Japan, Paraguay scored against Japan in just five minutes, which made Thomas feel that the game should quickly lose suspense. Costa Rica vs. Morocco, the two teams are grinding and testing each other. In the match between Italy and Ghana, the two teams quickly entered the state as soon as they came up, and it was also a fast-paced game. As for Portugal against Iraq, it was selectively ignored by Thomas.

"The athletes in the Ghana team were very positive, which is not what we expected. I thought that the Ghana team had declined, but now it seems that this young Ghana team is still very good and is likely to become the dark horse of this group. Let's pay more attention. Thomas spoke to his colleagues.

Thirteen minutes into the game, Portugal led Iraq 1-0, and it was Iraqi backfielder Jabbar who scored a goal for Portugal, which was an own goal.

On TV, the Iraqi team looked depressed, and the Portuguese team did not see too much joy and did not even celebrate much after the goal. For Portugal, taking the lead against Iraq was a matter of course, and it was still an own goal, so what was there to celebrate.

"This game is over, and the difference in strength between the two teams is too big. Guess what the final score will be? 5:0？ 6:9？ 7:0？ Or is it 10:0? Poor Iraqis, who have just experienced a brutal war, will be bloodied by Portugal on the football pitch again. I think Portugal should let the poor Iraqis go and score a few fewer goals. Thomas said, sympathetic

An own goal was scored in just 13 minutes against a strong Portugal opponent and no one thought Iraq could win. Some people even feel that it will be a great torment for Iraqi players to stand on the field at this time.

Three minutes later, while Portugal fans were still reminiscing about the own goal just now, Iraq's Amad Mohammed actually broke through Portugal's goal to equalize for Iraq.

"Iraq has scored!" Thomas was only slightly taken aback, then relaxed.

"The Portuguese let their guard down because of the own goal just now, but it's okay to let the Iraqis score a goal in the World Cup, which can be regarded as an account for the Iraqi people." Thomas thought to himself.

The Portuguese team that was equalized looked very impatient, especially Ronaldo on the front line, who frequently asked for the ball, and the Portuguese team's attack also frequently caused huge pressure on the Iraqi goal.

"At this pace, Portugal should be about to score! The game will still be one-sided. Thomas once again focused his attention on the Italian team.

In the other game, on 22 minutes, Japan's Shinji Ono scored a goal to help Japan equalize, and just four minutes later, Paraguay's Cardoso scored the Japanese goal, and Paraguay led Japan 2-1.

"Paraguay is ahead again, Portugal is about to score!" Thomas looked at the match between Portugal and Iraq, only to find that Iraq was countering with the ball.

"Huh? What's going on with Portugal's defenders? This should be guarded against quickly! Keep up! Foul! Not good! Thomas yelled.

Portugal's goal was breached again. It was Iraq's Hawar who scored the goal, who led Portugal 2-1.

"Iraq is actually ahead? What's going on. It was only then that Thomas began to watch the performance of the Iraqi team in earnest.

"Although the technique of the Iraqi team is rough and the coordination is very average, they are very fast and the athletes are running all the time. Tactically speaking, the Iraqi team played a very simple style of play, and there was no very complicated coordination. Thomas wrote down the situation in Iraq in his notebook.

Portugal, which was behind the score, launched a fierce attack, and the core of the Portuguese team, Cristiano Ronaldo, was also extremely active. Unfortunately, luck doesn't seem to be on Portugal's side.

"Cristiano Ronaldo has the ball, he breaks through, shoots! Oh what a shame, hit the goalpost! ”

"Cristiano Ronaldo's long shot from the edge of the penalty area! Ah, yes. ”

"Ronaldo broke into the penalty area, the Iraqi team did not dare to foul, the goalkeeper attacked, shot! Nice save! ”

For the remainder of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo showed his superb skills and talent, hitting the post more than once.

In other matches, Ghana opened the scoring for Italy in the 36th minute. In the 37th minute, Paraguay's Cardoso scored twice, and Paraguay led Japan 3:1, and the game basically lost its suspense.

Towards the end of the first half, Bosingwa finally equalised for Portugal. On the other side, in stoppage time, Ghana's Pirja helped Ghana lead Italy 2:0.

Thomas leaned back in his chair, the small notebook in his hand had been recorded densely, but his expression was very solemn.

Iraq drew 2:2 with Portugal and Ghana led Italy 2:0, which exceeded Thomas's expectations and can be said to be an upset. For intelligence analysts like Thomas, being unpopular means that they have to do more intelligence gathering, which increases their workload.

After a short break, the second half began.

In the 49th minute, Italy's Pinci pulled a goal back, and Italy still trailed Ghana 1:2.

On 51 minutes, Portugal's Boa Moore received a red card.

Boa Mott plays in the Premier League, so Thomas is also very familiar with him, Thomas knows that Boa Mott is famously short-tempered, and at the moment Boa Mott has also paid the price for his recklessness.

"It seems that the Portuguese team has a bit more fouls, and now there is one less person, so the situation is not good." Thomas spoke.

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Athens, Olympic Village.

In order not to disturb the rest of the other athletes, Zhang Guan ran to the athletes' activity center in the Olympic Village to watch the match between Iraq and Portugal.

Looking at the TV, the referee pulled out the red card, and a smile appeared on Zhang Guan's face.

"History hasn't changed, and sure enough, the Iraqis are going to win. But what is more important is the indomitable will and the spirit of daring to fight in the heart, which is the spirit that athletes should have! Zhang Guan suddenly remembered the football team that he would always support unconditionally but would always let him down, and sighed helplessly.

"Forget it, don't complain, let's think about happy things!

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