In terms of the strength of both sides, even if Li Changgeng plays, the final result of this game is still lost nine times out of ten. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info If Li Changgeng is allowed to play, his poor performance will leave a psychological shadow on the next game. If he performs well, it's even worse! In the group where the youth team is located, the other two opponents in the group, Angola and Turkey, are much weaker than the United States. Angola are considered to be on a close footing with the youth team, but Turkey are favourites to advance from the group, and although they are not as strong as the United States, they are also a traditional European powerhouse. (European Championship Runner-up)

The next opponent of the youth team is Turkey.

To emerge from the group, you have to win all of your remaining two games. In the match with Angola, Geng Xiangzhi is confident that he will fight his opponent with his strength. If you want to defeat Turkey, you can only surprise your troops.

The so-called strange soldier is Li Changgeng's secret weapon. Geng Xiangzhi has not arranged any public warm-up matches, and half of his intention is also for this.

Since it is a secret weapon, it naturally cannot be exposed before it plays a role.

Although he understood Geng Xiangzhi's intentions, Zhao Yu couldn't help the disappointment in his heart. "He's the manager after all, you have to think about the team's record!" Zhao Yu finally smiled bitterly and muttered to himself.

Although Geng Xiangzhi's idea Zhao Yu guessed nine times out of ten, there was still one omission. That is Geng Xiangzhi deliberately suppressing Li Changgeng's desire to compete.

In the garbage time of the last five minutes of the game, Geng Xiangzhi replaced the substitutes in turn, but only pressed Li Changgeng on the bench. Why? (The performance in garbage time is not convincing, there is no need to worry about revealing strength)

After all, Zhao Yu and Li Changgeng have only been together for a few days, and he doesn't know him as well as Geng Xiangzhi. Never admit defeat, never satisfied with the pursuit of victory is his nature, sitting on the bench watching the team fail, etc., if he is put on the stove to bake, add fire under the stove and remove it but press the lid tightly to prevent it from getting angry, Geng Xiangzhi can imagine the scene when the lid of the pot is lifted by the hand that is pressed on the lid, and he is very much looking forward to the scene of Li Changgeng breaking out in the next game.

The location of the youth team.

The training hall of the national youth team during their stay in the United States.

"Pap ......" A figure quickly approached the basket in the sound of rapid dribbling, and jumped up near the free throw line, "Boom! The basket shook violently, and the basketball was smashed into the basket. The figure hanging from the basket let go and landed gently on the ground.

The man who was bent over on his knees panted sharply. After a fierce game, is there anyone in the youth team who can spare the energy to wreak havoc on the basket here? Yes, there is only one, Li Changgeng, the only one in the youth team who sat on the sidelines and watched the game.

It seems that he wants to use all his strength in the game, and it seems to vent all the anger of watching the team lose off the court, after returning to the station, Li Changgeng grabbed the basketball and plunged into this arena, such crazy training has lasted for an hour.

Geng Xiangzhi, who got the report during the period, just raised his eyelids and said lightly: "Let him go!" He bowed his head and went on with his work.

At the door of the arena, Sima Shenji looked at Li Changgeng lightly with his arms in his arms, and said: "There should be a limit to venting, there is a game tomorrow, go back!" ”

"Damn, I'm just unwilling, unwilling!" In the stadium, Li Changgeng grabbed the basketball on the ground and smashed it hard.

Sima Shenji walked into the basketball hall and approached Li Changgeng: "Li Changgeng knows that it feels uncomfortable to sit on the cold bench, and when he entered the professional team, Li Changgeng and Tianfang sat on the cold bench for two years before they sat firmly in the position of the main force. You're so much luckier than we are! ”

"I'm not upset that I didn't play." Li Changgeng suddenly turned his head, "I can guard against him, I can guard against that guy!" ”

"That guy?" Sima Shenji asked, "Do you mean that guard of the American team?" That Chris Hayes! That guy is known as the No. 1 point guard in the United States! ”

"I don't know if he's the 'No. 1 point guard in the United States', Li Changgeng only knows that Li Changgeng won't lose to him." Li Changgeng said angrily, "Although that guy is fast and his skills are also very good, his upper body strength is very poor, and he is not my opponent at all when he competes for the position." Although his breakthrough is very sharp, it is not irregular, although his speed is fast, but the bounce is very poor, even if the speed of a single round is not lost to him! ”

"Indeed!" Sima Shenji thought about it and nodded, "Maybe you are the only one who can defend him!" ”

With Sima Shenji's approval, Li Changgeng's dissatisfaction in his tone became more obvious: "You and I can see it, it's impossible for the coach not to see it, but ......" He stopped the words behind him fiercely.

"The coach has his ideas on how to arrange the lineup...... Are you angry with the coach? ”

"Yes, Li Changgeng is angry with him, he just gave up the game! If we had sent out the lineup we had rehearsed before, we wouldn't have had a chance to win this game! Li Changgeng replied with his head held high, his face unconcealed the dissatisfaction in his heart.

Sima Shenji stared at Li Changgeng up and down, and smiled dumbly: "You have been angry because of this for half a day?" ”

"Shouldn't you be angry?"

"You little fool!" Sima Shenji lightly hit Li Changgeng's forehead with a burst of chestnuts, "It's for this reason that I stood here with you for an hour!" ”

Li Changgeng held his head to avoid Sima Shenji's possible next explosion: "What is the reason for this?" Did you see it earlier? ”

"Nonsense, this is something that everyone knows, only you idiot is still here to drill the horns!"

"I know it all!" A look of disbelief with his mouth open.

"Haven't you ever wondered why the coach won't let you play?"

sneered: "Li Changgeng is not a stupid person, this is naturally to deal with the next opponent, Turkey." If we want to qualify for the quarter-finals, we have to beat Turkey to have a chance. This should be regarded as a retention of strength. ”

"It's not counting, it's simply that! It's not just that you didn't play, but in the second half, Tianfang and I consciously retained our physical strength. And do you think that only we have retained our strength, and our opponent, the American team, did not use all their strength in this game at all! ”

"What?" Li Changgeng couldn't believe it, and said dissatisfied, "Both sides didn't use their full strength, so is this still a competition?" ”

"Of course it's a game. No black whistles, no cheating, absolutely above board! Sima Shenji paused to look at the still dissatisfied expression on Li Changgeng's face, sighed and continued, "You must know that there is a clear difference between us and the American team in terms of strength. Both sides gave their all, and the final result of the game will not change in any way, and losing both sides will only cheapen others. Our goal is to qualify from the group, the USA is aiming to win the title, and the managers of both sides know that each other is not the main opponent of the other. In this game, the U.S. team wants to win, and we want a decent defeat, which is the tacit understanding between the two sides and the most beneficial result for both sides. ”

Li Changgeng's face turned red all of a sudden, and he said angrily: "Is our goal just to qualify for the group?" Today's game is just for a decent defeat? ”

Sima Shenji sighed, and gently put his hands on Li Changgeng's shoulders: "This is the reality, if we are as strong as the American team, today's game will definitely not happen." With the strength of the youth team, we can only set such a goal. ”

The two sentences hit Li Changgeng's heart hard, and the anger suddenly disappeared and was replaced by deep pain. Staring at Sima Shenji, Li Changgeng saw the same pain in his gaze, and there was even a trace of helplessness.

"It's reality...... With the strength of the youth team, we can only set such a goal. Sima Shenji's words stirred up huge waves in Li Changgeng's heart. Chinese basketball is only at the world's second-rate or even third-rate level, which has long been common sense printed in Li Changgeng's heart. But when facing this common sense at this moment, Li Changgeng felt as if his heart had been beaten hard, and he felt so stinging.

So far, Li Changgeng has always played basketball only because of interest, and challenging strong opponents is his biggest preference. Even if you join the national youth team, the biggest reason is that you can see the world's strongest opponents and challenge stronger opponents. He never associated himself with the important word "Chinese basketball", nor did he think that he might be able to do something for Chinese basketball.

At this moment, when I was associated with Chinese basketball for the first time in my heart, I felt such pain!

"Maybe I should do something for Chinese basketball" After the pain, Li Changgeng gradually had such a clear thought in his heart.

Yes, you can do something for Chinese basketball!

Basketball is no longer just a hobby. For the first time, Li Chang Gung linked the mission of revitalizing Chinese basketball with himself. Unconsciously, Li Changgeng's psychology has completed a sublimation.

Sima Shenji saw Li Changgeng standing there for a long time, knowing that it was still a little difficult for him to face up to such a fact. Patting Li Changgeng on the shoulder, with a sigh, he turned around and prepared to walk out of the basketball hall.

"Tomorrow's game, we must win!" Li Changgeng's voice suddenly sounded behind him. Sima Shenji turned his head, and behind him, Li Changgeng clenched his fists with a firm face.

"Of course, we will win!" Sima Shenji smiled.

"And then we have to win the game against Angola!"

"Of course! Beat them and we'll be out of the group! ”

"No matter who the opponent is in the future, we will do our best to win one game at a time!" Li Changgeng's clenched fist was raised in front of him, and his expression seemed to be more determined.

Sima looked at him in surprise.

Clenching his fists, Li Changgeng continued to take care of himself: "As long as the U.S. team doesn't lose, as long as we can win one game at a time, we will always meet the U.S. team again in the following games." When the time comes, we will no longer have to retain our strength. When the time comes, let's have a real showdown! His determined gaze looked at Sima Shenji.

Sima Shenji's hand tightly grasped Li Changgeng's clenched fist, "When the time comes, I will definitely not retain my strength!" ”

The four eyes met, and the eyes of the two shot the same firmness!

On the second day of the World Youth Championships, it was also at 9 o'clock in the morning, on the same court, the Chinese youth team ushered in the second opponent of the group - Turkey!

Turkey had beaten Angola in the first round and are currently top of the group with the United States, who beat the youth team. For the youth team, only a win over Turkey in today's game will keep the possibility of reaching the quarter-finals after the group stage.

Most of the previous debates about this year's youth team will be answered after this game.

In addition to whether he can win today's game, another suspense is whether the sixteen-year-old player Li Changgeng, who was called by Geng Xiangzhi, will play in this game, and whether he can have the same wonderful performance as Song Liuming, another player called by Geng Xiangzhi.

Because it was a battle of life and death, fans were obviously paying more attention to today's game than the situation when they knew they were going to lose against the United States team last time. Also due to the good performance of the youth team in the last game, the number of fans watching the game in front of the TV today more than doubled.

Among these spectators sitting in front of the TV waiting for the game to start, Selena, Chen Ang, Yu Mengjiao, Mozart and other people who pay attention to Li Changgeng will naturally not be less.

There are still twenty minutes left in the official game. On TV, the live commentators and consultant guests were speculating on the lineup of the youth team. speculated whether Geng Xiangzhi would continue to use the main lineup that performed well in the last game. Naturally, by the way, I guessed whether Li Changgeng would appear. The two men agreed that Geng Xiangzhi had no reason to press him to the bench for two consecutive games - to bring in a player without letting him play, and any coach would be tantamount to slapping himself in the face.

In the quiet bedroom, Selena nervously clutched the corner of the sheets and stared nervously at the TV screen. The narrator's remarks on TV made her more and more nervous to listen. She was expecting to see Li Changgeng in the game, but at the moment, she hoped that he would not play.

Ten minutes before the game, players from both sides entered the field, and Li Changgeng's figure appeared in the queue of the Chinese youth team.

Players from both sides enter the pitch to warm up. Geng Xiangzhi, the head coach of the Chinese Youth Team, easily cocked Erlang's legs on the sidelines, with a relaxed smile on his face, and turned around to talk and laugh with Selena beside him. The camera landed on the TV screen, and the question immediately arose in the minds of the fans waiting in front of the TV: Are they confident or pretending to be calm? Concern is chaos, and any shot on the TV screen can cause a fierce psychological struggle among fans. In a tense game, they are not stingy with all kinds of reasons to boost their confidence. Geng's smile appeared on the TV screen for two seconds, and the winning percentage of the U.S. team on the website immediately soared by two percentage points.

Compared with the gains and losses of the fans, the young and middle-aged players on the court showed surprisingly calm, lukewarm, neither nervous nor particularly relaxed. On TV, the consultant exclaimed: "This is the best state of the athletes before the big game, and this state is the most conducive to the athletes to show their strength." Geng Xiangzhi is indeed a master of adjusting the state of players! The words reached the ears of the fans waiting in front of the televisions, and the winning percentage of the American team soared by another two percentage points online.