720 Men’s Basketball World Cup, here we come!
After the conflicts within the team were resolved, the following days passed in boring training day after day.
While Wang Yi was training, his sneakers were also being produced overtime.
It is estimated that the first batch of 3 million pairs will be available in one month at most.
On the Internet, there are already many fans leaving messages at Anta's stores waiting to buy them.
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During the training of the national team, Wang Yi's efforts and hard work conquered all the players and coaches, including the leadership.
He gets up at 6 a.m. every day and starts training for the day.
Maintain 8 hours of training every day without interruption.
With such a role model, the other team members sometimes wanted to be lazy, but when they saw that Wang Yi was still training, they quickly followed suit.
Since Wang Yi takes these team members 10 kilometers every morning, the endurance of the team members has been greatly improved.
In the past, when the Chinese men's basketball team went to the Olympics or World Cup, there were always physical problems.
But now with the addition of Wang Yi, running 10 kilometers a day will greatly alleviate their physical problems.
Their physical fitness will even exceed that of most national teams.
This made the leaders of the base see it and feel happy in their hearts.
During this period, Yao Ming also came once.
Asked about the players' training status.
He was also very happy when he learned that under Wang Yi's leadership, the players were training much harder than before.
Before leaving, Yao Ming talked to Wang Yi alone.
"The best result our country has achieved in the World Series is 8th place. I don't want to put pressure on you, but this time because of your joining, the strength of the men's basketball team will be greatly improved. Correspondingly, the Chinese people's expectations for the men's basketball team will also be greatly enhanced.
Improvement. 8th place is just the bottom line."
"You have a very heavy task."
Wang Yi smiled and nodded: "Well, the task is very heavy."
But his smile seemed a little heartless.
The answer also felt a bit perfunctory.
But Yao Ming knows Wang Yi’s character.
"I knew you were a freak. The stronger the enemy and the greater the pressure, the more excited you became. That's good. Your excitement can also make many members of the team less nervous."
Then he waved goodbye to Wang Yi, and I got into an off-road vehicle specially customized for him.
"By the way, O'Neal asked me to bring you a message. The tomatoes you sent him are delicious."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Everyone around laughed.
Everyone knows this story.
However, O'Neal and Yao Ming actually made the joke come true, which is what O'Neal can do.
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Finally, when the time comes to the end of August, the Men's Basketball World Cup is coming.
The group matches of this Men's Basketball World Cup will be held in three countries: Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.
This is the first time the Men's Basketball World Cup has held the group stage in three countries.
On August 21, coach Du Feng finally determined the 12-man roster for the China Men’s Basketball Team.
Wang Yi, Zhou Qi, Shen Zijie, Sima Ming, Zhao Jiwei, Wang Shaojie, Zhou Peng, Ren Junfei, Zhang Zhenlin, Lu Wenbo, Wu Qian, Xu Jie!
This list has not changed much compared to the 2021 Olympic qualifying round.
Only a few people were added or subtracted.
On August 25, these 12 people, together with the coaching staff, team manager, and men's basketball leaders such as Yao Ming, flew to Japan to participate in the group stage.
When they just got off the plane and walked out of the airport.
I saw many Chinese people holding Chinese national flags.
Some even held banners.
What is written on the banner is: I will have no regrets about entering China in this life, and I will still be a Chinese in the next life. Come on, China!
Seeing these Chinese fans, seeing the national flag, and seeing the banners, the players of the national team were deeply touched.
In this unfamiliar place, people are surrounded by accents that can only be heard in movies.
How could they not be touched by seeing Chinese fans and the Chinese flag in such an environment?
These fans can come all the way to pick them up at the airport, which shows how much they look forward to this men's basketball team.
They also secretly made up their minds that they would never let China down.
The coach took the lead and waved to the Chinese fans.
The players also waved to their compatriots.
Then they got on the bus and drove to Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
They will play three group matches there.
A total of 32 teams participated in the Men's Basketball World Cup.
Eight groups were divided for the group stage.
There are four teams in each group.
Each team will play three games, and the top two teams in the group will advance to the top 16.
Group C, where China is located, includes Japan, Poland and Venezuela.
According to the schedule, China will play Japan in the first game.
This kind of grouping and this kind of schedule make the players very excited.
Just thinking about beating the Japanese team in front of their home in Japan is exciting.
No matter what the event is, no matter which athlete the Chinese are, as long as they face the Japanese team, they will unconsciously add some kind of buff.
However, excitement is still excitement, and the coach still reminded all the players.
"Before Wang Yi joined, there was a slight gap between their strength and ours. After Wang Yi joined, the gap will be even greater, but we can't take it lightly or underestimate the enemy. My request is to use 100% of your strength and don't give it to them.
Even the slightest chance."
Finally, coach Du Feng raised his voice by an octave.
"I can lose if I fight anyone, but if I fight them, I have to win even to the death!"
All the team members were full of energy and emotions at this time.
You can lose if you fight anyone, but you have to win if you fight them to death.
This is not only a requirement of the coach, but also a requirement of everyone.
When they arrived in Sendai, they checked into a hotel arranged here.
The environment of the hotel is really average.
Compared with the Olympic Village during the 2008 Olympic Games, the conditions are far worse.
It's been 15 years, are their conditions still so bad?
Of course, it doesn't rule out that they were stingy and arranged such a place.
However, the team members did not complain too much about this. They just want to torture the Japanese team now.
There are many tourist attractions in Miyagi Prefecture, and the scenery is also very good.
But no one will pay attention to these.
After settling in at his residence, the coach immediately contacted Yao Ming for the training arena.
There are still a few days until the game starts, and they still have to keep training during these days.
Finally, on August 31, the opening ceremony of the Men's Basketball World Cup was held.
At the opening ceremony, the Prime Minister of Japan attended and talked a lot, but no one could listen.
September 1st, 5pm.
The national team came to the venue for this competition, the Zebio Stadium.
This is a venue that can only accommodate 4,000 spectators.
Wang Yi is used to seeing NBA venues that often accommodate nearly 20,000 people.
I feel like this gym is really a bit petty...
Chapter completed!