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Chapter 426 Meeting the Demon Sword Again
Shortly after China defeated Great Britain, the final rankings of the two men's basketball teams in this Olympic Games were also freshly released. In Group B, Spain topped the list with a record of 5 victories, followed closely by China. No.3 and No.4 are Russia and Australia respectively. This ranking also surprised many people. Before, they thought Brazil can qualify.

But now the entire Huaxia men's basketball team has no comments in the unexpected world, let alone pay attention to their flattery, but focuses on the opponents in the quarterfinals.Compared with Group B, the strength of Group A is obviously higher. In the end, their top four are the United States, France, Argentina, and Lithuania, and the final eight matches are settled.

As No.2 in Group B, China’s opponent is Argentina, which is third in Group A. This is another strong South American team. There are three active NBA stars in the team, Ginobili, Scola and Delfino. Nocioni And players such as Prigioni also have good strength.Moreover, in the previous two Olympic Games, they won a gold medal and a bronze medal respectively. The world basketball circle also called this group of Argentine players the golden generation. Their strength can be imagined, and they are not easy opponents to deal with.

In the previous group match against Brazil, Xu Hao successfully froze their core Barbosa, but this time his pressure on the defensive end was much greater.Ginobili is his old opponent in the playoffs. Xu Hao knows the strength of this guy nicknamed "Demon Sword". Every time he has to defend against each other, he will feel a headache.

Although Ginobili also played as the sixth man in the Spurs, he is much better than Barbosa, and he is not a pure shooting guard. Popovich sometimes uses him as a point guard. of.Xu Hao knew very well that if he couldn't restrain Ginobili on the defensive end in this knockout match, then the chances of China winning the game would be very small.

The only good news is that the players of Argentina's golden generation are not young, and there is not enough young blood in the follow-up.The youngest member of the core lineup is small forward Delfino, but he is already 29 years old, and the others are all in their 35s. The backcourt combination of Ginobili and Prigioni is [-] years old .

In contrast, there are many Mesozoic and new-generation players in China's team. If they strengthen physical confrontation and increase offensive and defensive speed, Argentina should not be an opponent. But in fact, as long as Ginobili is on the court, the team will have unlimited possibilities.

Of course, Deng Huade has realized the importance of Ginobili. He deliberately found Xu Hao in private, and expressed the hope that he can devote most of his energy to defending Ginobili.Xu Hao didn't hesitate too much, and agreed without hesitation. Not to mention that the head coach's instructions cannot be disobeyed, he also knows that in order to win, restricting Ginobili must be done. Apart from himself, there may be no second person who can defend Ginobili.

The Huaxia VS Argentina match was scheduled for August 8, which meant they had an extra day of rest. The other quarter-final match on the same day was the United States VS Australia. The Kangaroos were basically doomed.

However, the day before the game, Deng Huade did not arrange too much training, but took the players to the scene to watch the other two 1/4 finals: Spain vs. Lithuania, France vs. Russia.According to Deng Huade, even if you have to wait until the final to meet one of these four teams, it is good to know the opponent's strength in advance.

In the eyes of the public, Spain and Russia defeated their opponents and advanced to the semi-finals.In fact, Spain's promotion is normal. Their opponent is Lithuania, which is fourth in Group A, and a world-class team second only to the United States. However, Russia's promotion has made many people unable to understand.You must know that Russia did not show much dominance in the group stage, and France's starting lineup was all NBA-level, but they just gritted their teeth and defeated their opponents and won a spot in the semi-finals.

After the men's basketball team A and B were divided into two groups, almost everyone thought that group A was the group of death. Fans in China also believed that the team drew a good draw.However, what no one expected was that on the first day of the quarterfinals, the two qualifying teams in Group A were defeated by the teams in Group B. Now it seems that only the United States and Afghanistan can save face. .

But Huaxia players basically think that this has nothing to do with them. No matter how strong Group A is, they don’t need to fight one by one. Winning Argentina and creating the best record in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympic Games, how to deal with the United States is something to consider after winning.

At 8:9 pm on August 2th, two teams from China and Argentina came to the competition venue one after another to start warming up. The specific time of the game is 3:[-], and one hour is used for warming up and setting up tactics. Enough for them.Xu Hao had a good night's sleep in the hotel at noon, and now is the time to be full of energy.

When he came to the stadium, Argentina had already started warming up in the opposite half, Xu Hao smiled slightly, walked over and hugged Ginobili's shoulders carelessly, and said with a smile: "Manu, how are you doing today? You have to be merciful when you are facing each other in the game later! If you can win a few points less, it will be a lot of face for us..."

Ginobili rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Chris, I found that your skin is getting thicker and thicker. It's hard to say who will win this game! Don't you think that your team No confidence? It’s impossible, right? When you faced the Heat’s Big Three in the finals, you didn’t see you say in an interview that your only goal is to save a few points!”

Xu Hao chuckled and changed the topic, he wanted to poison Argentina.Many times there will be some very strange things in sports competitions, for example, if the heat is sure to die, when many people are optimistic about a team or a player, they will lose the game. Sometimes Xu Hao wonders if There is some mysterious power in the dark.

Of course, in China, people call it poisonous milk. When you work hard to milk a team, you may directly milk the opponent to death. That's what Xu Hao did.He is very clear that the final decision of the game is the strength, mentality and control of mistakes of the two teams, but the matter of poisonous milk is as long as you talk about it. , Maybe there will really be a mysterious power that can be added in the game?
(End of this chapter)