Net King Returns to the First Generation
Chapter 172
After Japan defeated South Africa in the first round, the results of other groups also came out.
The result of the match between Group A and Group H was that Germany in Group A defeated Denmark in Group H, and Belgium in Group H defeated Canada in Group A. In Group B, Japan defeated South Africa in Group G, while Switzerland in Group B also defeated Great Britain in Group G. France in Group C defeated China in Group F, Russia in Group F defeated Czech Republic in Group C, Spain in Group D defeated Serbia in Group E, and the United States in Group E defeated Italy in Group D. Team.
To sum up, Switzerland in Group B overturned in the group stage and took the second place in the group, which directly caused the first round of knockout rounds that should have been a place for each group. The opponents of Group B were wiped out in Group G.
Atobe was a little disappointed: I thought I could meet my friend in the game, but it turned out that my friend was so useless that he was killed by the Swiss team.
"You guys are really useless." Atobu called his little friend that night.
The reunion after not seeing each other for a long time was that the British friend who heard Atobe's magical laughter during the special training in Haili was very speechless: "That's the Swiss team! The second-ranked Swiss team!"
"Didn't the same one get killed by my uncle?" Atobe said.
The British friend choked: "You didn't play in that game again! Hmph!"
Then the buddy hung up the phone with a snap.
Atobe held the hung up phone and didn't respond for a while.
"You actually hung up on my uncle's phone? That's great!" Atobe felt that he hadn't seen him for a long time, and his little friend became disobedient!
After the first round of the group stage, there was three days of rest time, and then the second round of the competition ushered in.
In the second round of the competition, the eight teams that qualified in the first round were re-arranged, and then they played against each other according to the cross method of the first round.That is, Germany will play against Spain, Belgium will play against the United States, Japan will play against Russia, and Switzerland will play against France.
It stands to reason that the top four teams will not meet in advance, but who made the Swiss team second in the group?As a result, in the second round, they met the world's third-ranked French team first.
Amadeus gritted his teeth with hatred: unexpectedly, he met Camus (French team leader) in advance...
It's not that I haven't fought before, but that guy is very difficult to deal with! The title of "Revolutionary" is not just for fun, they are all on the professional network. If he loses this game, his ATP will be overtaken by Kamiao!
Hateful Japanese team!
The Spanish team and the German team also met in advance.The opponent of the German team should be the team with the lower points among the two teams that qualified in Group D and Group E. It should not have been Spain. According to the previous world ranking, Spain is above the United States.However, this year's U.S. team, with Reinhardt as the captain, the originally so-called independent team has become a collective, and there is also a very mysterious Asian who looks like a primary school student... It is called Echizen Ryoma Bar?The surname Echizen is really impressive!
Medanore (head coach of the Spanish team) is also very upset: an injury a few years ago made him unable to join the professional network. After major surgery and rehabilitation a few years ago, his reputation is still alive after joining the team, but he happened to meet the United States. Team!Where did that Reinhardt guy come from?And those two surnamed Echizen... One is more annoying than the other!
The outside world said that if it weren't for the injury a few years ago, his strength should be higher than Borg.Every time Medanore heard such words, he panicked.What is "should be on top of Borg"?
Will Medanore lose to that burly man with no hair and no expression?
Now that we met the German team in advance, let others see clearly!He Medanore is stronger than Borg!
The game between the Spanish team and the German team was therefore full of gunpowder.
Starting from the second round of the competition, in order to ensure the attendance rate of the competition and to collect more money from the audience, the organizer of the World Cup no longer arranges the same period of competition.In other words, the second round of the competition is scheduled for four days, with one game per day.
As soon as the game schedule came out, the audience bought tickets one after another.
The best sellers were Germany vs. Spain on the first day, and Switzerland vs. France on the fourth day.
The night before the start of the second round of competition, everyone routinely gathered in the restaurant of the hotel where they stayed for an information exchange meeting (tea party).Liu sat on the table and turned on a borrowed laptop, logged on to the World Cup official website and looked through the ticketing system on the official website, feeling a little delicate: "We have won all the way to the present, and the audience is still not very optimistic?"
The highest attendance rate is of course the games on the first and fourth days, but the attendance rate of their game against Russia is not as good as that of the United States against Belgium... It's too bad.
That's because compared to the other national teams, Japan and Russia, which belong to the Asian infighting, don't have a high support rate, and they don't have many fans in Australia...
Niwang thought so.
But he still intends to comfort Liu.
"It's not without any impact." He pinched his braids, "I think the support rate of the Swiss team has dropped."
"...You're right." Liu Weiwei sighed, "It's really annoying."
"The staff should think about the game against the Russian team first." Nioh said, "You are not a little anxious when you are dragged to the last batch to play? Worried?"
Liu looked at Niwang strangely: "Why am I anxious? Anyway, I can always play. Collect more data, and only when I play can I show my strength."
"That's right." King Ren laughed.He asked softly: "The database of the staff... Has it been established?"
"Ah, it's almost there." Liu said.
He picked up the coffee cup and sighed, "Thanks to you too?"
"Really?" Nioh blinked, "My pleasure."
Attendance is a statistic for players.Anyway, they can't get paid from the World Cup officials, and the bonuses are all awarded to the team officials.At most, they will get [-]% or [-]% of the prize money from the Japan Tennis Association as compensation after all the games are over.Well, everyone.The bonus has nothing to do with attendance, it has to do with performance.
Probably related to attendance is sponsorship?
But the money from the sponsors can't reach the players.
The Japanese team analyzed the Russian team as usual, chatted about interesting things and gossip, and then dispersed.I complained about the attendance rate by the way, purely as a way to vent my dissatisfaction with being "racially discriminated against".And just pure venting.They are not ignorant children anymore. Are they not mentally prepared for the treatment they will receive when they go out?
Anyway, even if those people look down on them any more, when they really win the championship, no one will talk about it.
Isn't Echizen Minamijiro like this?
With such a result, the exaggeration of foreign countries is even more exaggerated than domestic ones!
The next day is the match between Germany and Spain.
The game time does not overlap, and the Japanese team has enough time to watch the game from the audience.
After entering the official competition, the German team added two more professional players.
The lineup of four professional players is the only one among all the teams in the World Cup.Having won the World Cup for nine consecutive years, this background cannot be shaken by any team.
However, Nioh counted and felt that their Japanese team still had a chance of winning.
Although there are no professional players in their team, it's only because of the domestic system. They really want to compete...
Count it, if you want to make up four people, you can still make up, piyo~
There is no suspense in the outcome of the match between Germany and Spain.Medanore's strength is on the same level as Borg, but what about the others? What about Q.P.?What about the other two pros?
Tennis team competition is a competition that tests both the strength of the team and the ability of individuals. If you want to win, you must maintain the strength of everyone in the team at a high level.
This game gave the Japanese team watching the game a lot of gains.
Compared with the exhibition match, the German team in the main match showed much stronger strength.Don't mention other people, just use Tezuka who they are most familiar with as the standard.Tezuka on the field, according to what Atobe and Fuji said, every time they move forward, they will find that person is always in front of them.
What a sad discovery.
The next day's game between the US team and the Belgian team ended even faster.
The strength of the US team led by Reinhardt is obvious to all, but what is even more incredible is their team spirit.Team spirit in the US team?
"I remember they have always been a mess?" Camus of the French team hooked his lips playfully, "Reinhardt is really good."
And those two Asian teenagers...
"But forget it, according to the competition system, if we can beat the Swiss team, we will face the German team in the next round." Kamiao sighed rather melancholy, "Instead of worrying about the US team that may meet in the final... …I don't want to see Borg's face at all."
In the exhibition game, the Japanese team won the game, but in the regular professional game, Borg, who played in singles, was still undefeated.
Professional players like them don't take the outcome of those doubles exhibition matches with junior high school students seriously.
Not to mention a junior high school partner who was holding back, Borg was not a doubles player either.Then his loss in doubles has no effect on his reputation of strength.Besides, when it comes to the main match, Borg won't play doubles again, right?
Shaking his head, Camus remembered the match between Borg and Medanore yesterday.
That Medanore who was injured and failed to enter the professional network...
"There are more and more opponents." Ka Miao sighed, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop."
The other players of the French team who had been listening to him talking to himself couldn't help but twitch their mouths.
Nioh didn't have much to say about Team USA's game.He and the Echizen brothers have nothing to do with each other, not in the past, not in the present, and probably not in the future.It’s just that every time I see the younger brother of the Echizen family...that’s right, Echizen Ryoma, who would have defeated Sanada in the final of the Kanto Grand Prix and defeated Yukimura in the final of the National Grand Prix (this time he didn’t win any of them), I have a very subtle feeling.
There are many talented people in tennis, of course Yukimura from a close look, Tezuka from Seigaku, Fuji from Aigaku, Atobe from Hyotei, Shiraishi from Shitenboji from a distance.This group of peers was once the "target" in Nioh's mind (sooner or later they will be killed), but in the end they were surpassed by a yearling...
Echizen's genes are so good?
Fortunately, there is one thing that makes Nioh very pleased, that is, no matter in the previous life or now, Echizen Ryoma is not the one who stands alone.The other first-year student who held the racquet of Grandma Sugi was still chasing after each other (love each other) on the job network until the time when King Ni was reborn.
And this time...
Nioh believes that Yukimura, the Great Devil, will not let the two annuals be more beautiful than before!
Of course, he himself can't admit defeat in advance.
If he can't make a name for himself with the strategy, then Masaharu Nioh might as well stop being called a "fraudster" and change his name.
The US team's game made the audience very enjoyable to watch.
After watching the US team game, the players of the Japanese team also felt more or less touched.
The emotions of the middle school students are even deeper: Whether it is Tezuka or Echizen...
Watching the game, Byodoin: I knew that the guy who ate the orange was up to no good!Squeezed into the first army and didn't show his full strength, and even abducted a very powerful junior high school student!snort!
His expression was easy to understand, but the few people who understood him didn't want to complain.
That is Tokugawa snorted coldly in his heart: When Echizen Ryoma blocked the ball for me, you said he had no chance to come back, but he turned around and went to another team.Hope to meet Echizen Ryoma again, let me see his progress!
The third day is the game between the Japanese team and the Russian team.
In Russia, tennis is neither popular nor unpopular, probably better than Japan.However, since the inexplicable Echizen Nanjiro came out in Japan, who is both topical and legendary, the popularity of tennis has suddenly increased.
Russian tennis players are characterized by smoothness.You can't say that their skills are particularly good, or that they are particularly outstanding, but they are very stable and not prone to big mistakes.
Liu and Yakutsu in the junior high school group are the only two people who haven't played yet.Considering the characteristics of the Russian team, in addition to these two, coach Mifune selected Sanada from the middle school students.
As for the high school students, Kimijima, Tono, Mori, and Watanabe will appear.
"...So I have to partner with this guy again?" Tono pointed at Kimishima next to him unhappily, "What!"
"Since you complained, I won't repeat the words." Kimishima smiled while pushing his glasses.
Coach Mifune didn't know the grievances between these two people, but Kurobe saw it.He twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that if someone like Kimishima could openly tell his partner's weaknesses to his opponent, then he really wouldn't be able to continue partnering with Tohno...
"It's just that you two are in the same game together, I didn't say you will be partners." Kurobe said.
The final order of appearance is quite interesting:
Kimijima and Yanagi for the second doubles, Sanada and Tono for the first doubles, Sanya Jiujin for the singles, Mori the second for the singles, and Watanabe the first for the singles.
Nioh twitched his lips: I clearly think that Sanada is not suitable for doubles at all...
But with Tohno...
It was rare for Kirihara to come to Sanada's side: "Deputy Minister, although that long-haired senior has a bad temper, the cooperation is pretty good!"
"..." Sanada looked into Kirihara's sincere eyes, not knowing what to answer.
"Really, I'm telling the truth!" Kirihara nodded vigorously to prove what he said was true.
"Little devil, what do you mean I have a bad temper?" Tono raised his eyes and bared his teeth.
Qieyuan was not afraid of him at all: "I'm not wrong."
"Hmph!" Tono snorted and turned his head away.
Sanada is helpless: I always feel that this doubles will not go well.
The result of the match between Group A and Group H was that Germany in Group A defeated Denmark in Group H, and Belgium in Group H defeated Canada in Group A. In Group B, Japan defeated South Africa in Group G, while Switzerland in Group B also defeated Great Britain in Group G. France in Group C defeated China in Group F, Russia in Group F defeated Czech Republic in Group C, Spain in Group D defeated Serbia in Group E, and the United States in Group E defeated Italy in Group D. Team.
To sum up, Switzerland in Group B overturned in the group stage and took the second place in the group, which directly caused the first round of knockout rounds that should have been a place for each group. The opponents of Group B were wiped out in Group G.
Atobe was a little disappointed: I thought I could meet my friend in the game, but it turned out that my friend was so useless that he was killed by the Swiss team.
"You guys are really useless." Atobu called his little friend that night.
The reunion after not seeing each other for a long time was that the British friend who heard Atobe's magical laughter during the special training in Haili was very speechless: "That's the Swiss team! The second-ranked Swiss team!"
"Didn't the same one get killed by my uncle?" Atobe said.
The British friend choked: "You didn't play in that game again! Hmph!"
Then the buddy hung up the phone with a snap.
Atobe held the hung up phone and didn't respond for a while.
"You actually hung up on my uncle's phone? That's great!" Atobe felt that he hadn't seen him for a long time, and his little friend became disobedient!
After the first round of the group stage, there was three days of rest time, and then the second round of the competition ushered in.
In the second round of the competition, the eight teams that qualified in the first round were re-arranged, and then they played against each other according to the cross method of the first round.That is, Germany will play against Spain, Belgium will play against the United States, Japan will play against Russia, and Switzerland will play against France.
It stands to reason that the top four teams will not meet in advance, but who made the Swiss team second in the group?As a result, in the second round, they met the world's third-ranked French team first.
Amadeus gritted his teeth with hatred: unexpectedly, he met Camus (French team leader) in advance...
It's not that I haven't fought before, but that guy is very difficult to deal with! The title of "Revolutionary" is not just for fun, they are all on the professional network. If he loses this game, his ATP will be overtaken by Kamiao!
Hateful Japanese team!
The Spanish team and the German team also met in advance.The opponent of the German team should be the team with the lower points among the two teams that qualified in Group D and Group E. It should not have been Spain. According to the previous world ranking, Spain is above the United States.However, this year's U.S. team, with Reinhardt as the captain, the originally so-called independent team has become a collective, and there is also a very mysterious Asian who looks like a primary school student... It is called Echizen Ryoma Bar?The surname Echizen is really impressive!
Medanore (head coach of the Spanish team) is also very upset: an injury a few years ago made him unable to join the professional network. After major surgery and rehabilitation a few years ago, his reputation is still alive after joining the team, but he happened to meet the United States. Team!Where did that Reinhardt guy come from?And those two surnamed Echizen... One is more annoying than the other!
The outside world said that if it weren't for the injury a few years ago, his strength should be higher than Borg.Every time Medanore heard such words, he panicked.What is "should be on top of Borg"?
Will Medanore lose to that burly man with no hair and no expression?
Now that we met the German team in advance, let others see clearly!He Medanore is stronger than Borg!
The game between the Spanish team and the German team was therefore full of gunpowder.
Starting from the second round of the competition, in order to ensure the attendance rate of the competition and to collect more money from the audience, the organizer of the World Cup no longer arranges the same period of competition.In other words, the second round of the competition is scheduled for four days, with one game per day.
As soon as the game schedule came out, the audience bought tickets one after another.
The best sellers were Germany vs. Spain on the first day, and Switzerland vs. France on the fourth day.
The night before the start of the second round of competition, everyone routinely gathered in the restaurant of the hotel where they stayed for an information exchange meeting (tea party).Liu sat on the table and turned on a borrowed laptop, logged on to the World Cup official website and looked through the ticketing system on the official website, feeling a little delicate: "We have won all the way to the present, and the audience is still not very optimistic?"
The highest attendance rate is of course the games on the first and fourth days, but the attendance rate of their game against Russia is not as good as that of the United States against Belgium... It's too bad.
That's because compared to the other national teams, Japan and Russia, which belong to the Asian infighting, don't have a high support rate, and they don't have many fans in Australia...
Niwang thought so.
But he still intends to comfort Liu.
"It's not without any impact." He pinched his braids, "I think the support rate of the Swiss team has dropped."
"...You're right." Liu Weiwei sighed, "It's really annoying."
"The staff should think about the game against the Russian team first." Nioh said, "You are not a little anxious when you are dragged to the last batch to play? Worried?"
Liu looked at Niwang strangely: "Why am I anxious? Anyway, I can always play. Collect more data, and only when I play can I show my strength."
"That's right." King Ren laughed.He asked softly: "The database of the staff... Has it been established?"
"Ah, it's almost there." Liu said.
He picked up the coffee cup and sighed, "Thanks to you too?"
"Really?" Nioh blinked, "My pleasure."
Attendance is a statistic for players.Anyway, they can't get paid from the World Cup officials, and the bonuses are all awarded to the team officials.At most, they will get [-]% or [-]% of the prize money from the Japan Tennis Association as compensation after all the games are over.Well, everyone.The bonus has nothing to do with attendance, it has to do with performance.
Probably related to attendance is sponsorship?
But the money from the sponsors can't reach the players.
The Japanese team analyzed the Russian team as usual, chatted about interesting things and gossip, and then dispersed.I complained about the attendance rate by the way, purely as a way to vent my dissatisfaction with being "racially discriminated against".And just pure venting.They are not ignorant children anymore. Are they not mentally prepared for the treatment they will receive when they go out?
Anyway, even if those people look down on them any more, when they really win the championship, no one will talk about it.
Isn't Echizen Minamijiro like this?
With such a result, the exaggeration of foreign countries is even more exaggerated than domestic ones!
The next day is the match between Germany and Spain.
The game time does not overlap, and the Japanese team has enough time to watch the game from the audience.
After entering the official competition, the German team added two more professional players.
The lineup of four professional players is the only one among all the teams in the World Cup.Having won the World Cup for nine consecutive years, this background cannot be shaken by any team.
However, Nioh counted and felt that their Japanese team still had a chance of winning.
Although there are no professional players in their team, it's only because of the domestic system. They really want to compete...
Count it, if you want to make up four people, you can still make up, piyo~
There is no suspense in the outcome of the match between Germany and Spain.Medanore's strength is on the same level as Borg, but what about the others? What about Q.P.?What about the other two pros?
Tennis team competition is a competition that tests both the strength of the team and the ability of individuals. If you want to win, you must maintain the strength of everyone in the team at a high level.
This game gave the Japanese team watching the game a lot of gains.
Compared with the exhibition match, the German team in the main match showed much stronger strength.Don't mention other people, just use Tezuka who they are most familiar with as the standard.Tezuka on the field, according to what Atobe and Fuji said, every time they move forward, they will find that person is always in front of them.
What a sad discovery.
The next day's game between the US team and the Belgian team ended even faster.
The strength of the US team led by Reinhardt is obvious to all, but what is even more incredible is their team spirit.Team spirit in the US team?
"I remember they have always been a mess?" Camus of the French team hooked his lips playfully, "Reinhardt is really good."
And those two Asian teenagers...
"But forget it, according to the competition system, if we can beat the Swiss team, we will face the German team in the next round." Kamiao sighed rather melancholy, "Instead of worrying about the US team that may meet in the final... …I don't want to see Borg's face at all."
In the exhibition game, the Japanese team won the game, but in the regular professional game, Borg, who played in singles, was still undefeated.
Professional players like them don't take the outcome of those doubles exhibition matches with junior high school students seriously.
Not to mention a junior high school partner who was holding back, Borg was not a doubles player either.Then his loss in doubles has no effect on his reputation of strength.Besides, when it comes to the main match, Borg won't play doubles again, right?
Shaking his head, Camus remembered the match between Borg and Medanore yesterday.
That Medanore who was injured and failed to enter the professional network...
"There are more and more opponents." Ka Miao sighed, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop."
The other players of the French team who had been listening to him talking to himself couldn't help but twitch their mouths.
Nioh didn't have much to say about Team USA's game.He and the Echizen brothers have nothing to do with each other, not in the past, not in the present, and probably not in the future.It’s just that every time I see the younger brother of the Echizen family...that’s right, Echizen Ryoma, who would have defeated Sanada in the final of the Kanto Grand Prix and defeated Yukimura in the final of the National Grand Prix (this time he didn’t win any of them), I have a very subtle feeling.
There are many talented people in tennis, of course Yukimura from a close look, Tezuka from Seigaku, Fuji from Aigaku, Atobe from Hyotei, Shiraishi from Shitenboji from a distance.This group of peers was once the "target" in Nioh's mind (sooner or later they will be killed), but in the end they were surpassed by a yearling...
Echizen's genes are so good?
Fortunately, there is one thing that makes Nioh very pleased, that is, no matter in the previous life or now, Echizen Ryoma is not the one who stands alone.The other first-year student who held the racquet of Grandma Sugi was still chasing after each other (love each other) on the job network until the time when King Ni was reborn.
And this time...
Nioh believes that Yukimura, the Great Devil, will not let the two annuals be more beautiful than before!
Of course, he himself can't admit defeat in advance.
If he can't make a name for himself with the strategy, then Masaharu Nioh might as well stop being called a "fraudster" and change his name.
The US team's game made the audience very enjoyable to watch.
After watching the US team game, the players of the Japanese team also felt more or less touched.
The emotions of the middle school students are even deeper: Whether it is Tezuka or Echizen...
Watching the game, Byodoin: I knew that the guy who ate the orange was up to no good!Squeezed into the first army and didn't show his full strength, and even abducted a very powerful junior high school student!snort!
His expression was easy to understand, but the few people who understood him didn't want to complain.
That is Tokugawa snorted coldly in his heart: When Echizen Ryoma blocked the ball for me, you said he had no chance to come back, but he turned around and went to another team.Hope to meet Echizen Ryoma again, let me see his progress!
The third day is the game between the Japanese team and the Russian team.
In Russia, tennis is neither popular nor unpopular, probably better than Japan.However, since the inexplicable Echizen Nanjiro came out in Japan, who is both topical and legendary, the popularity of tennis has suddenly increased.
Russian tennis players are characterized by smoothness.You can't say that their skills are particularly good, or that they are particularly outstanding, but they are very stable and not prone to big mistakes.
Liu and Yakutsu in the junior high school group are the only two people who haven't played yet.Considering the characteristics of the Russian team, in addition to these two, coach Mifune selected Sanada from the middle school students.
As for the high school students, Kimijima, Tono, Mori, and Watanabe will appear.
"...So I have to partner with this guy again?" Tono pointed at Kimishima next to him unhappily, "What!"
"Since you complained, I won't repeat the words." Kimishima smiled while pushing his glasses.
Coach Mifune didn't know the grievances between these two people, but Kurobe saw it.He twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that if someone like Kimishima could openly tell his partner's weaknesses to his opponent, then he really wouldn't be able to continue partnering with Tohno...
"It's just that you two are in the same game together, I didn't say you will be partners." Kurobe said.
The final order of appearance is quite interesting:
Kimijima and Yanagi for the second doubles, Sanada and Tono for the first doubles, Sanya Jiujin for the singles, Mori the second for the singles, and Watanabe the first for the singles.
Nioh twitched his lips: I clearly think that Sanada is not suitable for doubles at all...
But with Tohno...
It was rare for Kirihara to come to Sanada's side: "Deputy Minister, although that long-haired senior has a bad temper, the cooperation is pretty good!"
"..." Sanada looked into Kirihara's sincere eyes, not knowing what to answer.
"Really, I'm telling the truth!" Kirihara nodded vigorously to prove what he said was true.
"Little devil, what do you mean I have a bad temper?" Tono raised his eyes and bared his teeth.
Qieyuan was not afraid of him at all: "I'm not wrong."
"Hmph!" Tono snorted and turned his head away.
Sanada is helpless: I always feel that this doubles will not go well.
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