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Chapter 1597: Defeat in Manila (Part [-])
"Lan Shengli will not come back, hurry up and activate the alternative plan ~, first terminate Lan Shengli's coaching contract, and then quickly sign Yannakis~!!"

The officials of the Basketball Association, who were discussing with Lan Shengli in Los Angeles, called the country to report the situation and at the same time gave instructions for the next step.

After that, the Basketball Association also quickly finalized the contract with Yannakis.

In this way, the European coach Yannakis took over the coach of the young coach Lan Shengli and became the new head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team.

For Yannakis, these days are "tight time and heavy tasks".

Although the Chinese men's basketball team has assembled for a while, because there is no head coach, the content of the training is relatively simple, and the preparations for the Asian Championships have not been fully launched.

With less than half a month left before the start of the game, Yannakis needs to hurry up and lead the team with the attitude of "sharpening the gun before the battle, and being unhappy".

"No matter who the opponent in the group stage is, we must pay enough attention to it, maintain our initiative, play more united, and play more holistic~!!, avoid singles, reduce unnecessary dribbling, and the defenders must act as soon as possible. To organize the offense with the ball, we must ensure that the ball runs smoothly at all times on the offensive end~!!"

While speaking, the first training session of the Chinese men's basketball team after arriving in Manila has already begun.

Yannakis stressed in practice.

For a long time, teamwork and tactical literacy have been lacking in the Chinese men's basketball team. If this aspect can be improved with the arrival of Yannakis, then this impromptu coaching change will have some meaning.

"At the same time, we have to be confident, play more relaxed, and know that the opponent's strength is inferior to ours. We can't handle it in one round, but in ten rounds, we can gradually control the rhythm of the game~!! "

Yannakis continued to instill his coaching philosophy.

For the men's basketball players who are used to Lan Shengli's more American-style open team basketball, it is really necessary to change their thinking to learn European old-school team basketball all at once.

Let's talk about the schedule of the Chinese men's basketball team in this group stage.

This schedule is indeed too cruel for the Chinese men's basketball team.

The Chinese men's basketball team was in the same group as South Korea, Malaysia and Iran.

This can be said to be a veritable group of death.

Fortunately, the way to advance to the semi-finals is not just to take the top two in the group, otherwise, it will be a problem for the Chinese men's basketball team to qualify.

While speaking, the first match of the Chinese men's basketball team is about to begin.

They are facing the old rival South Korea team.

"Although the South Korean team's outside shooting is not as accurate as before, the threat is still great. In addition, the South Korean team has a longer preparation time and is more sufficient. The men's basketball team needs to play better than normal performance~ !!"

Here Lan Shengli is also watching the game in front of the TV.

Although due to the time difference, Lan Shengli needs to get up early in the morning to watch the game, but this is nothing to Lan Shengli.

While talking, the game started.

The starting lineup for the Chinese men's basketball team is Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Liu Wei, basically the most regular starting lineup.

After the game started, both sides wanted to gain a foothold on defense, so the success rate of offense was not very high.

For the biggest threat to the Chinese men's basketball team - Yi Jianlian, the South Korean team also used double-teaming to defend.

As long as Yi Jianlian gets the ball, two South Korean players will step forward to double-team, which directly exposed Yi Jianlian's lack of passing awareness.

The Chinese men's basketball team does not run the ball smoothly.

The positional attack is also very stiff.

"Swipe~!!"

"Swipe~!!"

On the other hand, the South Korean team seized the few outside opportunities and hit two consecutive three-pointers from the outside.

The point difference was quickly opened.

"Our defenders are dribbling too much, we have to get out the ball as soon as possible ~!!, pass the ball up, don't let the opponent stand in a defensive position to defend you, in that case, we will be too passive ~!!"

Here Yannakis reminded the players during the break between the festivals.

This kind of reminder seems to be the most important part of the previous training.

But still something went wrong.

"It's too awkward to play like this, it's completely the rhythm of the Korean team~!"

Lan Shengli also began to worry about the Chinese men's basketball team.

"Swipe~!!!"

"Click~, brush~!!!"

In the following game, Wang Zhizhi quickly stood up, first made a long-range three-pointer, and then made a back-up shot.

Help the Chinese men's basketball team narrow the score.

It is really sad for the Chinese men's basketball team to let such a "high-collared" Wang Zhizhi lead the offense.

However, the South Korean team responded quickly.

First there was an on-the-spot counterattack that suddenly became a full-court press, and then he hit a drop shot, followed by another three-pointer from the outside.

The South Korean team once again widened the gap.

In this state of chasing points hard, the Chinese men's basketball team came to the last quarter.

"Someone needs to stand up~!! Young players, show your strength~!"

Lan Shengli watched the game with a worried expression.

At this time, with young players, surprise players may appear, but this is not the case in reality.

Because the current head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team is not Lan Shengli, but Yannakis.

This old-school European coach will never use young players in such an anxious game situation.

Unless there is an injury or other circumstances, otherwise, I would rather lose than make such an attempt.

Therefore, the Chinese men's basketball team was in a very passive situation in the fourth quarter and failed to complete the reversal. It lost to the old rival South Korea with 59:63 and a four-point difference.

Yannakis's Chinese men's basketball coaching debut ended in this way, which may make people miss Lan Shengli more or less.

"I thought that Yannakis would be a conservative coach, but I never thought that he would be so conservative. He would rather lose the game than try and make changes. He is really a model of going all the way to the black~ !!, just treat it as paying tuition~"

Lan Shengli shook his head and sighed.

Losing to the South Korean team does not mean the end of the Chinese men's basketball team. After all, there are still two group matches.

There will be a rematch after the group stage. If the Chinese men's basketball team can adjust their state, they still have a chance to compete for the championship.

The anger of losing to the South Korean team, in the subsequent games, all the brains were vented to the Malaysian team.

The Chinese men's basketball team, which has an absolute advantage in height, strength, and technology, beat Malaysia by a terrifying score of 113:22.

I hope this will be a game that can make the Chinese men's basketball team start to improve.

After all, the next step is to face the strongest opponent in Asia - the Iranian team.

(End of this chapter)