King of shooting guards

Chapter 221
In terms of the strength of the two sides, even if Li Changgeng played, the final result of this match would still be lost nine out of ten.If Li Changgeng is allowed to play, his poor performance will somewhat leave a psychological shadow on the next game.If he's good, it's even worse!In the group where the Chinese youth team is located, the strength of the other two opponents in the group, Angola and Turkey, is much weaker than that of the US team.Angola's strength is considered to be on par with the Chinese youth team, but Turkey is a popular team to qualify for the group stage. Although they are not as strong as the US team, they are also a traditional European team. (European Championship runner-up)
The next opponent of the China Youth Team is Türkiye.

In order for the group to appear, the remaining two games must be won completely.In the match against Angola, Geng Xiangzhi was confident that he could defeat his opponent with strength.If you want to defeat Türkiye, there is only a surprise soldier.

The so-called surprise soldiers are Li Changgeng's secret weapon.Geng Xiangzhi has never arranged any public warm-up matches, half of his intention is for this.

Since it's a secret weapon, it can't be exposed until it works.

Although he understood Geng Xiangzhi's intentions, Zhao Yu couldn't help feeling disappointed. "He is the head coach after all, so he has to consider the team's record!" Zhao Yu said to himself with a wry smile at last.

Although Zhao Yu guessed Geng Xiangzhi's idea nine out of ten, there was still one omission.That was Geng Xiangzhi deliberately suppressing Li Changgeng's desire to compete.

In the garbage time of the last 5 minutes of the game, Geng Xiangzhi replaced the substitutes one by one, but he only pushed Li Changgeng on the bench.Why? (The performance during the garbage time is not convincing, don't worry about exposing your strength)

After all, Zhao Yu only spent a few days with Li Changgeng, and he didn't know him as well as Geng Xiangzhi.It is his nature to never admit defeat and never be satisfied. Pursuing victory is his nature. He sits on the bench and watches the team fail. Imagining the scene when the lid was overturned when the hand holding the lid was removed, he was very much looking forward to the scene of Li Changgeng's explosion in the next game.

The residence of the Chinese youth team.

The training hall of the National Youth Team during their stay in the United States.

"Papa..." Amidst the rapid dribble sound, a figure quickly approached the basket, and jumped up near the free throw line, "Boom!" The basket trembled violently, and the basketball was smashed into the basket.The figure hanging from the basket let go and landed lightly on the ground.

The man who supported his knees and bent over to slam the dunk was gasping for breath.After a fierce game, is there anyone in the China Youth Team who can wreak havoc on the rim here with extra stamina?Yes, there is only one, Li Changgeng, the only one in the China Youth Team who sat on the sidelines and watched the game.

It seemed that he wanted to use all his strength that he didn't exert in the game, and he seemed to want to vent all his anger off the court watching the team lose. After returning to the station, Li Changgeng grabbed the basketball and plunged into this place. In the arena, such crazy training has lasted for an hour.

Geng Xiangzhi, who received the report during the period, just raised his eyelids, and said lightly: "Let him go!" He lowered his head and continued with his work.

At the entrance of the arena, Sima Shenji folded his arms and looked at Li Changgeng calmly, saying: "There should be a limit to venting, there is still a match tomorrow, let's go back!"

"Damn it, I'm just not reconciled, not reconciled!" Li Changgeng in the arena grabbed the basketball on the ground and slammed it down.

Sima Shenji walked into the basketball hall and approached Li Changgeng: "Li Changgeng knows that sitting on the bench is uncomfortable. When Li Changgeng and Tian Fang entered the professional team, they sat on the bench for two years before they secured their positions as the main force. You are much luckier than us!"

"I'm not dissatisfied because I didn't play." Li Changgeng suddenly turned around, "I can guard him, I can guard that guy!"

"That guy?" Sima Shenji asked, "You mean the guard from the US team? That Chris Hayes! That guy is known as the number one point guard in the United States!"

"I don't know if he is the 'No. [-] point guard in the United States'. Li Changgeng only knows that Li Changgeng will not lose to him." Li Changgeng said angrily, "Although that guy is fast and has good skills, his upper body His strength is very poor, and he is not my opponent at all. Although his breakthrough is very sharp, it is not irregular. Although his speed is fast, his jumping ability is very poor. I will not lose to him even in a single round of speed. !"

"Indeed!" Sima Shenji nodded after thinking, "Perhaps you are the only one who can defend him!"

With the approval of Sima Shenji, the dissatisfaction in Li Changgeng's tone became more obvious: "You and I can see it, there is no way the coach can't see it, but..." He severely stopped the latter words.

"How to line up the coach has his own ideas... Are you angry with the coach?"

"Yes, Li Changgeng is angry with him. He simply gave up the game! If we send out the lineup we rehearsed before, we won't have a chance to win this game!" Li Changgeng answered with his head held high, without any concealment on his face. Dissatisfaction in the heart.

Sima Shenji stared at Li Changgeng and sized him up and down, and laughed dumbfoundedly: "Is this why you've been angry for a long time?"

"Shouldn't you be angry?"

"You little idiot!" Sima Shenji slapped Li Changgeng lightly on the forehead, "It's why I stood here with you for an hour!"

Li Changgeng held his head in his arms to avoid Sima Shenji's subsequent explosion: "What is this reason? Did you already see it?"

"Nonsense, this is something everyone knows well, only you, an idiot, are still digging into the horns here!"

"I know!" He opened his mouth in disbelief.

"Haven't you ever thought about why the coach doesn't let you play?"

He snorted softly: "Li Changgeng is not an idiot, this is naturally to deal with our next opponent, Turkey. If we want to advance to the quarterfinals, we must defeat Turkey. This should be regarded as preserving our strength."

"It's not like that, but it's fundamental! It's not just that you didn't play, Tianfang and I consciously preserved our strength in the second half. And do you think we are the only ones who retained our strength? Our opponent, the US team, did not play in this game at all. Do your best!"

"What?" Li Changgeng couldn't believe it, and said dissatisfiedly, "Both sides didn't use their full strength, so is this still a competition?"

"Of course this is a competition. There are no black calls or cheating, absolutely aboveboard competition!" Sima Shenji paused to see the dissatisfied expression on Li Changgeng's face, and continued with a sigh, "You must know that in terms of strength, we and the US team are far from each other. There is an obvious difference. Both sides are doing their best, and the final result of the game will not change in any way. Losing both will only make others cheaper. Our goal is to qualify for the group, and the goal of the US team is to win the championship. Knowing that each other is not the main opponent of each other. What the US team wants in this game is victory, and we want a decent defeat. This is the tacit understanding of the two sides and the most beneficial result for both parties.”

Li Changgeng blushed all of a sudden, and said angrily, "Is our goal just to qualify for the group stage? Today's match is just for a decent defeat?"

Sima Shenji sighed, and put his hands lightly on Li Changgeng's shoulders: "This is the reality. If we were as strong as the American team, today's match would never happen. With the strength of the China Youth Team, we can only set such a goal.”

The two words hit Li Changgeng's heart fiercely, and the anger disappeared immediately and was replaced by deep pain.Gazing at Sima Shenji, Li Changgeng saw the same pain in his eyes, and even a hint of helplessness.

"It's reality... With the strength of the China Youth Team, we can only set such a goal." Sima Shenji's words stirred up huge waves in Li Changgeng's heart.Chinese basketball is only second-rate or even third-rate in the world. This is already common sense imprinted in Li Changgeng's heart.But at this moment when he faced this common sense squarely, Li Changgeng felt as if his heart had been thumped hard, and it was such a stinging pain.

Li Changgeng has always played basketball just because of his interest, and challenging strong opponents is his greatest hobby.Even if you join the national youth team, the biggest reason is that you can see powerful enemies in the world and challenge stronger opponents.He never associated himself with the important word "Chinese basketball", and never thought about what he might be able to do for Chinese basketball.

At this moment, when I connected with Chinese basketball in my heart for the first time, I felt such pain!
"Maybe I should do something for Chinese basketball." After the pain, Li Changgeng gradually had such a clear idea in his heart.

Yes, I can do something for Chinese basketball!

Basketball is no longer just a hobby.For the first time, Li Changgeng associated the mission of revitalizing Chinese basketball with himself.Unknowingly, Li Changgeng's psychology completed a sublimation.

Sima Shenji saw Li Changgeng standing there stiffly for a long time, and knew that he still had some difficulties in facing the fact so squarely.Patting Li Changgeng on the shoulder, he sighed and turned his head to walk out of the basketball hall.

"Tomorrow's match, we must win!" Li Changgeng's voice suddenly sounded from behind.Sima Shenji turned his head, and Li Changgeng clenched his fist behind him with a firm face.

"Of course, I will definitely win!" Sima Shenji smiled.

"And then we have to win the game against Angola!"

"Of course! If we beat them, our team will qualify!"

"In the future, no matter who the opponent is, we will do our best to win one game at a time!" Li Changgeng raised his clenched fists in front of him, his expression seemed to be more determined.

Sima Shenji looked at him in surprise.

Clenching his fists, Li Changgeng continued on his own: "As long as the US team doesn't lose, as long as we can win game by game, we will always meet the US team again in the next game. At that time, we will meet again." There is no need to reserve strength. When the time comes, we will have a real duel!" He looked at Sima Shenji with firm eyes.

Sima Shenji's hand tightly grasped Li Changgeng's clenched fist, "When the time comes, we will definitely not retain our strength!"

The four eyes met, and the same firmness shot out in the eyes of the two!

On the second day of the World Youth Championship, also at [-] o'clock in the morning, on the same court, the China Youth Team ushered in the second opponent of the group - Turkey!

In the previous first round, Turkey defeated Angola and is currently ranked first in the group with the US team that defeated the Chinese youth team.For the China Youth Team, only by defeating Turkey in today's game can they retain the possibility of entering the quarterfinals after the group stage.

Most of the previous debates about the current China Youth Team will be answered after this game.

In addition to whether he can win today's game, another suspense is whether the 16-year-old Li Changgeng, who was recruited by Geng Xiangzhi, will play in this game, and whether he can have the same wonderful performance as Song Liuming, another player who was recruited by Geng Xiangzhi Performance.

Since it was a life-and-death battle, the fans obviously paid more attention to today's game than they did against the U.S. team when they knew they would lose.Also due to the good performance of the Chinese youth team in the last game, the number of fans watching the game in front of the TV has more than doubled today.

Among the spectators sitting in front of the TV waiting for the game to start, Selena, Chen Ang, Yu Mengjiao, Mozart and others naturally paid attention to Li Changgeng.

There are still 10 minutes left for the official game to start.On the TV, the live commentator and consultant guests are guessing the lineup of the Chinese youth team.Guess whether Geng Xiangzhi will continue to use the main lineup that performed well in the previous game.Naturally, by the way, they also speculated on whether Li Changgeng would appear.The two agreed that there was no reason for Geng Xiangzhi to put him on the bench for two consecutive games--a player who was exceptionally called up but not allowed to play, any coach doing so would be tantamount to slapping himself in the face.

In the quiet bedroom, Selena clutched a corner of the bed sheet nervously, staring at the TV screen nervously.What the commentator said on TV made her more nervous.Originally expecting to see Li Changgeng in the game, she now hoped that he would not play.

10 minutes before the game, players from both sides entered the field, and Li Changgeng appeared in the queue of the Chinese youth team.

Players from both sides entered the court to warm up.Geng Xiangzhi, the head coach of the China Youth Team, easily raised his legs on the sidelines, with a relaxed smile on his face, and turned around to talk and laugh with Selena beside him.When the shot fell on the TV screen, the fans waiting in front of the TV immediately had this question in their minds: Are they confident or pretending to be calm?Concern leads to chaos, and any shot on the TV screen may cause a fierce psychological struggle among the fans.Nervous about the outcome of the game, they are not stingy with various reasons to boost their confidence.For two seconds, the smile of Geng Zhizhi appeared on the TV screen, and the winning rate of the American team on the website immediately soared by two percentage points.

Compared with the worries of the fans, the young and middle-aged players on the field were surprisingly calm, lukewarm, neither nervous nor particularly relaxed.On the TV, the consultant guest praised: "This is the best state of the athletes before the war, and this state is the most conducive to the athletes to show their strength. Geng Xiangzhi is indeed a master at adjusting the state of the players!" In the ears of the former fans, the winning rate of the online US team soared by another two percentage points.

(End of this chapter)