Chapter 174: The Third Round of Advancing or Returning Home (2)

Croatia vs Nigeria

The match, which was about who wins and who qualifys, garnered a lot of media attention in the third round, and against African champions Nigeria, Croatia did not have an easy start and even fell behind their opponents for a while. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, after the rotation from the bench in the second quarter, the Croatian team's advantage in squad depth began to show, and the Nigerian team seemed to be able to get a few players from the start, which also reflected the gap between the basketball development and talent reserves of the two countries.

68-52, although this game may have brought a lot of pressure to the young players of the Croatian team, resulting in a very average performance on the court, but the Croatian team still defeated the Nigerian team with a large advantage, eliminating the last African team in this World Youth Championship.

Group C: Argentina, Croatia

Group D Round 3 Results:

Netherlands vs Canada

The two brothers in Group D finally met in the third round, whether it was the host who lost the first two games, or Canada, which was caricatured by Australia as an addition to the Americas, for the sake of the team and the country's face, they all tried to step on each other's corpses to win a victory and withdraw from this World Youth Championship with dignity.

As the host, the Dutch team also caused a lot of trouble for the Canadian team before this game, such as late-night construction next to the hotel where the Canadian team stayed, temporary maintenance of the training venue, and no air conditioning in the replacement training venue. This series of difficulties has made Canada's coach and the media very unhappy.

The Dutch team's wishful thinking did not play well, and the Canadian team, who were holding their breath, released this breath on the pitch, and the Dutch team was not far behind on the field in order to win and avoid being nailed to the shame post of the worst hosts.

People who originally thought that the battle between two teams of average level would not be very exciting, in this game, both teams played well, and even in the fourth quarter, the scores of the two teams were very anxious, and the process of the game was very intense.

The turning point of the game occurred in an offensive attack of the Canadian team in the second half of the fourth quarter, Canada's power forward grabbed a priceless frontcourt rebound, and made a 2+1 under the basket, but was inexplicably blown by the referee for an offensive foul!

Originally, in this game, the referee's penalty was somewhat obviously biased towards the Dutch team, and this time the penalty made the players of the Canadian team unable to hold their breath anymore, including the Canadian coach, expressed strong dissatisfaction after the referee's decision, and the coach of the Canadian team even threw the drink bottle in his hand directly to the referee!

This action ignited the anger of the players of the Canadian team, and they came forward to surround the referee, while the players of the Dutch team stepped forward to try to separate the players from the referee, but they did not expect that the Canadian players thought that the opponent's action was a provocative behavior, and the field was instantly chaotic.

After the clash, the referee sent out the Canadian manager, including the Canadian manager, as well as two of Canada's absolute main players, while the Netherlands had only one insignificant player sent off.

After this clash, the Dutch team began to gain the upper hand and defeated the Canadian team, who had long since lost their backbone, and won the first victory of this World Youth Championship with great difficulty!

"Shame!" After the game, the Canadian media used these two huge words to satirize the Netherlands, which won the game, believing that as the host, it is very shameful to use all kinds of unsportsmanlike small actions outside the stadium and on the field to seek a victory, and the Dutch media knows that they are at a loss, and they do not do too much praise for the host's first victory.

Although it was a farce, both teams were still eliminated.

China vs Australia

The match, which received widespread attention from the Chinese and Australian media, had already seen sparks of confrontation in the air before the match began.

Every time the battle between China and Australia is not very quiet, the media of both sides did not die down before the game, but added a handful of firewood before the game!

"If the Chinese team wants to win against Australia, it needs a miracle!" An Australian media predicted the game before the game, pointing out that although the Chinese team won the Asian championship, it can be seen from the results of the previous World Youth Championships that the influence of this Asian winning division in the world is very limited, "just like the African champion", and occupies an all-round upper hand in the continental competition, but "the level of basketball in Asia is still far from Australia, Europe and the United States and even Australia, Oceania!" ”。

In response to the provocation of the Australian media, Shanghai's Oriental Sports Daily also published an article: "The superiority of the Australian team will make the other side pay!" "Although the momentum is not very strong, at least it has made a counterattack!

Before the start of the match between China and Australia, Ye Hai, who was warming up, unexpectedly met Wang Dong, who was looking at him with a smile on the sidelines!

"Brother Dong! What are you doing here? Ye Hai was surprised but immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Haha, I'm just here to see you, how is it, are you confident in the Australian team's game?" Wang Dong asked with a smile.

"Of course!" Ye Hai replied without hesitation, "Our goal is to win the World Youth Championships!" ”

"What a big breath!" After hearing this, Wang Dong did not show a surprised expression, and said, "But I just appreciate you this." ”

After speaking, Wang Dong put his mouth close to Ye Hai's ear and whispered: "Didn't you tell me before that you wanted to play in the United States?" Things are a bit eyebrow-raising! ”

"Really?" Ye Hai looked at Wang Dong happily, looking forward to the other party's answer.

"Of course! I can't lie to you. Wang Dong raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "At present, there is already an NBA team that is very interested in you, and their chief scout has begun to follow and inspect your game, if your performance can meet the requirements of the other party, it is even possible to play in the NBA a year early!" ”

"That's great!" Hearing Wang Dong say that he hopes to participate in the NBA draft before next year, this surprise made Ye Hai very excited, according to Wang Dong, he may participate in this year's NBA draft with Che Yicheng!

"Which team is it, can you tell me in advance?" Ye Hai's curiosity began to haunt him.

"This is a trade secret, I can't tell you at the moment, if the other party determines that you are the person they are looking for, they will take the initiative to contact you, and your goal now is to play well!" After Wang Dong finished speaking, he winked at Ye Hai.

Ye Hai clenched his fists, stretched out his right arm and put it on his chest, and said, "I have confidence in myself!" ”

"America, it looks like we're going to meet in advance!" Ye Hai thought excitedly. (To be continued.) )