Chapter 178: The First Round of the Knockout Round

"Dididi..." Danny Angie, who was reviewing documents in the office, heard the voice and found that a fax was being printed, so he quickly walked to the fax machine and picked up the printed paper.

On the facsimile paper was written:

"We can't let go of this Chinese player! Nick Atkins was right!

Name: Ye Hai

Age: 18

Nationality: Chinese

Height: 1.98 meters (3 cm taller)

Position: Small forward

Template: Len Baias!

----John Parker"

Danny Angie scratched his forehead, hesitated for a moment, and then dialed a call. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Hey, Larry? I'm Danny Angie, and I need your help with something..."

After the Chinese team defeated the Australian team, the media of various countries that had mixed reviews reached a rare unanimous opinion after this game, that is, the strength of this Chinese youth team is beyond everyone's imagination!

"A real Asian genius!" A sports media in the Netherlands devoted a whole page to the surprise Chinese team, "I seem to see Chinese basketball talents from different periods suddenly gathered in one team on the same day!" "This team is like a combination of historical peak players in various positions of Yao Ming + Wang Zhizhi + Liu Yudong + Hu Weidong + Li Xiaoyong", "It's a surprise"!

After the Asian Youth Championships, the Chinese team once again slapped the faces of all the fans who are not optimistic about the Chinese youth team at the World Youth Championships, and many black keyboard warriors also began to turn against each other on the Internet, leaving only a few rare people who tried to continue to incite some fans who did not know the truth, but they were drowned in the posts praising the Chinese youth team in unison!

Two days after China defeated Australia, the knockout round of the World Youth Championship has finally kicked off in anticipation!

Quarter-finals results in the top half of the knockout round:

USA (top of Group A) vs Brazil (second in Group B)

After entering the knockout round, the U.S. team put away the ease and playfulness of the third game of the group stage against the Congo team, and sent out a regular starting lineup, which was still the Oak Hill High School combination led by Josh Jackson!

In the first quarter, the Brazilian team used the flexible and fast samba footwork to play a quick offensive and defensive game with the American team on the court, but this tactic seemed to be in the taste of the American team, and the American team instantly opened the score gap to double digits.

Seeing this situation, the Brazilian coach immediately changed the formation, sent a double-high lineup, and began to control the rhythm to play a positional battle with the American team, which made the American team a little uncomfortable for a period of time, and the Brazilian team also took the opportunity to use this time to close the score gap.

However, after a timeout, the U.S. team began to frequently use their bodies and explosiveness to attack Brazil's interior, which soon caused multiple fouls on the opposing team's two tall insiders and had to be substituted.

After that, the U.S. team regained the advantage on the court, and by the time the score was extended to 30 points, the Brazilian team was completely out of the game, and even if the two tall centers of the Brazilian team returned to the court, they could not save the situation and could only narrow the gap slightly.

105-78, the United States defeated Brazil by 27 points and took the lead in the semifinals!

Although the U.S. team is still strong in this game, some media have pointed out that the tactics of the Brazilian team have found a way to deal with the U.S. team, which is to lower the tempo and use the height advantage to attack the position, and it seems that the chances of winning will be greater than other tactics. This also serves as a reminder and demonstration for the upcoming team against the United States!

Winner: United States

Argentina (top of Group C) vs Australia (second in Group D)

In another surprise match, Argentina qualified as the top team in Group C, while Australia had just lost their previous game to the previously unknown Chinese team and finished second in Group D.

Originally thought it would be a game without suspense, what no one expected was that it seemed that after the match against the Chinese team, the Australian team showed the spirit and fighting spirit of the team in this game that had never been seen in the previous game.

Mioro was lost in a defensive formation united by many muscle clubs, and the bag of Neil, Ingbson and Alexander's harassment left Mioro at a loss, and played the worst performance in the World Youth Championship.

In the case of Mioro's abnormal performance, the performance of the Argentine team was also affected, as many as 21 turnovers in the whole game are the best evidence, and the Australian team seized on the mistakes of the Argentine team and frequently played a fast break after the defense, and scored 16 points by using Argentina's mistakes alone!

In the fourth quarter, Mioro, who had lost three quarters, finally began to explode, and a series of difficult goals allowed Argentina to quickly erase the gap between the two sides and only trail Australia by three points in the final moments.

In the fourth quarter, the Argentine team played a 26-13 score against the Australian team, but Mioro did not perform a miracle again, and the 3-pointer at the whistle popped up in the basket, and Argentina stopped in the quarterfinals, breaking out a big upset!

The Australian team relied on this game to redeem themselves, crawling out of the quagmire of the last big defeat to the Chinese team, and regaining their status and respect.

The Argentine team left the stage of the World Youth Championship in the eyes of Mioro's unwillingness!

"If Mioro has a good helper, Argentina may be able to go one step further at the World Junior Championships!" An Argentine media outlet.

Winner: Australia

Quarter-finals results in the lower half of the knockout round:

Serbia (top of Group B) vs Japan (second in Group A)

The Japanese youth team, known as the Miracle Generation, also played at a very high level in this game, and the Japanese team center Mori Shigehiro and scoring guard Eiji Sawakita played in this World Youth Championship.

Although the European champion Serbian team is strong, the score has been tightened by the Japanese team that played well, and at the end of the first half, the Japanese team was only 2 points behind the Serbian team!

In the second half, it's a familiar rhythm again!

Serbian team center Elsegg once again exerted his power, scoring under the Japanese team's basket again and again, and in the direct dialogue with Mori Shigekuan, he not only had the upper hand in the air power confrontation, but also completed Mori Shigekuan's first dunk! Severely humiliated the inside line and even the Asian hegemon who is known as the core of the Japanese team in the next ten years!

After the inside line was blown up, the Japanese team's defense began to be chaotic, and then the offense began to have problems, although the Japanese team coach Domoto kept changing players, Rukawa Kaede, Tsuchiya Jun, Zhuxingdai and other scorers took turns to play, but it could not change the fate of the Japanese team's defeat!

Perhaps having exhausted all their luck in the last do-or-die match against Spain in the group stage, Japan failed to pull off another miracle in this game.

88-68, the Serbian team, like the United States team, also defeated the opponent with a 20+ advantage and entered the semifinals with their heads held high.

The United States and Serbia, which are expected by the media to meet in the final, look at each other from afar, quietly waiting for their opponents in the semi-finals!

Winner: Serbia

China (top of Group D) vs Croatia (second in Group C)

After defeating Australia in the third round of the group stage, the Chinese team officially became the dark horse of this tournament at the same time as the Japanese team that defeated Spain in Group A.

In the previous match, the Japanese team has been eliminated by the Serbian team, and the Chinese team will maintain the honor of Asia as the only remaining Asian team!

In the face of this Croatian team, which has relatively average individual ability and no special individual ability, the Chinese team has fully demonstrated the demeanor of a strong team, has been mastering the rhythm of the game since the first quarter, and has taken the lead in the score of each quarter!

23-18, 21-19, 25-22, 23-19, 92-78, the Croatian team was like a boiled frog in warm water, and was defeated by the Chinese team without blood!

The Chinese team finally broke into the semi-finals of the knockout stage for the first time in the world-wide competition! Leave the history of the thousand-year-old forever behind!

Winner: China (To be continued.) )