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On the afternoon of August 31, Liu Mang concentrated on preparing for the war.

Yesterday, the day after the Chinese team reached the semi-finals, when watching the match between the American team and the French team, it was still very relaxing and comfortable, but now it is not easy anymore.

Liu Mang remembered that in the original time and space, in the 2006 World Championships, the Greek team was the runner-up and lost to Spain in the final.

But the pressure is still great!

The mood of the Chinese team players now is as if they were taking an exam. The first page of the test paper was still testing the multiplication table. When they turned to the big question on the second page, it suddenly changed to the nuclear fusion equation...

In the eyes of basketball fans, the United States team is definitely the world's dominant team.

Even if they have lost two consecutive World Series, they cannot shake their status in people's minds.

As long as the Olympic Committee and the World Basketball Federation allow professional basketball players to participate in international competitions, the dominance of the US team will be difficult to shake. It cannot be shaken by other countries winning once or twice. They can always send a bunch of top 50 or even teams in the world.

The top 30 and 20 players will participate in the Olympics or World Championships.

In fact, if professional athletes are not allowed to participate in international competitions, the US team's dominance may become more obvious after the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union...

The Chinese team directly met the strongest team in their minds. Of course, the pressure was great.

Everyone, including Liu Mang, was under great pressure.

But really speaking, the American team may be the weakest among the three opponents of the Chinese team: Spain, the United States, and Greece.

In the original time and space, Spain, Greece, and the United States happened to be the top three. The Greek team defeated the United States in the semi-finals.

Therefore, playing against the American team is the best situation for the Chinese team.

However, Liu Mang is more confident than the last time he played against the US team!

The main confidence comes from the improvement of Liu Mang himself and Yao Ming in the past two years!

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"We have to pay attention, the opponent will definitely be stronger this time than last time!" Guo Shiqiang emphasized during the national team meeting.

"This time we have to pay attention to the American team. They will definitely be more motivated than the last time they played against us. We should not think that we are better than them just because we won once..." Li Nan also emphasized.

After the afternoon training, Chinese team head coach Silver Fox Harris held a national team meeting.

Silver Fox listened to the translation of the team's translator and nodded in agreement.

However, as the head coach, Silver Fox cannot keep watching the pressure get lower and lower. He added: "But the US team is the weakest team in the semi-finals. We can beat them better than the other two countries."

Guo Shiqiang and Li Nan are the future head coaches, and even the head coaches of the national team. They may not be better than the Silver Fox in terms of professional level, but they are stronger in one place. They know the level of their country's players better.

The pitchers were able to score so many points against strong teams mostly because of Liu Mang and Yao Ming. Even Wang Zhizhi enjoyed Liu Mang's passing and Yao Ming's containment of defense, so he ranked first in the country with an average of 13 points per game.

Team third.

Moreover, in this World Championship, only three NBA players scored in double figures for the Chinese team.

Li Nan and Guo Shiqiang, who have very good coaching abilities, often play a key role in team meetings.

The two veterans emphasized that the strength of the U.S. team is not without reason. There is too much public opinion to support the Chinese team in winning. Although many fans around the world like the strength of the U.S. team, once a team is likely to defeat them, fans will almost

They all overwhelmingly supported Team USA’s opponents.

I don’t want to see the American team dominate the world basketball world. Then the Olympics and World Championships will be meaningless. Apart from showing the strength of the United States, there is basically nothing else to see.

Basketball has become more and more popular in recent years, which has a lot to do with the fact that the former Yugoslavia and Argentina won world championships successively, which mobilized the enthusiasm of some countries to cultivate basketball talents. Only with the promotion of the country can world basketball develop better.

And Chinese fans... always feel that if they win once, they will win forever, and they are more confident than the Chinese team players. They haven't even played in the semi-finals, and they are just imagining the world championship.

The Chinese team has been preparing for the possibility of playing against the U.S. team. Tactical preparations have been made long ago. The coaching staff has been paying attention to the U.S. team's games.

The Chinese men's basketball team hired Silver Fox at a high salary and also gave him a salary increase. The purpose is obvious. Silver Fox knows NBA players very well. Among the strong teams, except for the Greek team, there are no NBA stars. The American team, Argentina team, and Spanish team all have a large number of NBA stars as their base.

, the Chinese team’s own core players Liu Mang and Yao Ming are among the top superstars in their respective positions in the NBA.

With Li Nan and Guo Shiqiang's clear self-awareness, and Silver Fox's understanding of NBA stars, the Chinese team has been as prepared as possible from a tactical perspective.

Let’s watch the game next!

The Chinese team is working hard to prepare for the competition, and the American team does not underestimate the Chinese team.

There may have been some slights last time, but after losing once, the players on this U.S. team did not dare to be careless.

Especially the main players of the Dream Six team that lost to the Chinese team last time, most of them participated in the World Championship this time.

When Liu Mang first saw the U.S. team's roster, he was glad that Duncan, whose mid-range shooting has become better now, was unwilling to participate in this World Championship. He was so embarrassed last time that he didn't dare to play in international competitions with Larry Brown again.

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After a few games, Duncan understood the gap between Larry Brown and Popovich.

Tactically, you should pay attention to your opponent, and strategically, you should have confidence in your own side.

After some discussion, Yao Ming concluded at the end: "We beat them once, and there will be a second time! For our country, and for the fans, we have to play tomorrow's game as the last game!"

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Time flies very quickly, and on September 1st, the day comes for the match between the Chinese team and the American team.

"Uncle, Dinah's mood is so complicated right now." Little Loli sat next to Liu Mang with her hands folded on her chest, looking like she was thinking about something.

"What's complicated?" Liu Mang asked while eating a nutritious meal.

"Uncle, don't you have any pressure? We in the United States are very strong!" Little Loli felt that her country's team was being underestimated. Liu Mang was so happy eating a nutritious meal. It didn't look like he was going to compete with the world's strongest team.

The look of a battle.

"There's pressure... right? By the way, why do you, a little brat, have such complicated moods?" Liu Mang responded casually.

"Dina has grown up!"

"Yes, yes, yes... then Dinah, who has grown up, tell me where your mood is complicated?"

"Dina wants my uncle to win, but she doesn't want to see our country lose." The little Loli looked confused again.

"That's it..." Liu Mang thought for a moment and said, "Then Dinah, just support my uncle and me, and let the Chinese team win!"
Chapter completed!