Almighty Athlete Chapter 119: Unhappy Croatian men’s basketball team

The fact that Zhang Guan broke the world record of 1500 meters has become the focus of people’s talks. The day before Liu Feiren retired due to injury was also forgotten by everyone. Everyone began to look forward to Zhang Guan’s next Olympics. The champion, the next world record.

On August 20, the Olympic Games entered the penultimate game day. On this day, Zhang Guan had to deal with three games. In the afternoon, the men’s basketball team played against Croatia. In the evening, the 800m middle distance preliminaries and 200m sprint finals.

The match between the men’s basketball team and Croatia is held at 2:30 in the afternoon. Since it has entered the stage of the knockout, the game must be more cruel.

The Croatian men’s basketball team is a team with a glorious history. The strongest period of the Croatian team was in the 1990s. At that time, the Croatian team reached the finals at the Barcelona Olympics and eventually lost to history. The strongest American Dream team, and Croatian star Podrovich even scored more than the legendary superstar Michael Jordan. It can be said that in that era, the Croatian team was the only team capable of contending with the dream team.

But in recent years, the strength of the Croatian team has already been much worse than before. Even in Europe, it can only be regarded as a mid-stream team. For the current Olympic Games, the Croatian team finally entered the Olympic Games by virtue of the defeat.

According to the rules of the basketball Olympic Games, the Olympic Games will produce three places, and all the teams participating in the election are mixed together. The European team is in the same group as the African team and the Asian team. European teams certainly have an advantage. The three places in the qualifying rounds for the current Olympic Games are Greece, Croatia and Germany. All three teams are European teams. It is worth mentioning that the Croatian team defeated the German team in the semifinals.

The national team faced the Croatian team in the first round of the playoffs. In terms of strength, the Croatian team is similar to the Chinese team, but in terms of play style and staffing, the Chinese team is obviously more restrained by the Croatian team.

Croatia has always been rich in tall point guards and tall insiders. Croatian point guards are traditional point guards, mainly based on organization; and the Croatian team’s inside line is also the traditional European type of tall inside line. It is not fast, the technique is delicate, the movement is flexible, and the level of confrontation is average. In general, the Croatian team is a traditional European team that can no longer be traditional.

The main attack point of Croatia is the inside. As we all know, Dayao is best at dealing with this traditional inside, and the other two centers of the Chinese team are also very good at fighting the traditional inside, so the national team’s inside Instead, it has an advantage.

Another point is that the Croatian team's speed is not fast. This is not because of the drag of the center, but because the Croatian team really does not have a fast player. The height of the Croatian players is generally tall, and they don't have the high-density muscles of black people. It is normal to run fast.

The speed of the national team is also not fast, especially when retreating, there are often defensive loopholes. In the face of an unhappy Croatian team, the two sides honestly attacked the position, which is obviously at home. What the national team most wants to see.

For the players of the national team, they have conducted a special study on each player of the Croatian team yesterday, and because Zhang Guan is going to prepare for the track and field competition, so not much has been done on this game Preparation, coach Yunas had to open a small stove for Zhang Guan.

At this time, in the visual classroom of the men’s basketball training ground, Coach Yunas is explaining the situation of the Croatian team to Zhang Guan.

"This is Vukic. He is the only player in the Croatian team who will play for the NBA next season. The 24-year-old Vukic was selected by the Land Raptors in 2005 but has been playing on the Spanish face. It wasn't until the middle of last month that the Raptors announced that they signed a contract with Vukic for three years, probably to fill the vacancy after sending TJ-Ford!"

Coach Yunas pointed to Vukic’s picture and then said: "Vukic has a height of 1.96 meters and is a very big point guard. He is very good at cutting back layups like a skillful guard. , And his wingspan and lateral movement speed in defense will also put a lot of pressure on the opponent's family."

"Like Papalukas?" Zhang Guan asked.

Coach Yunas thought for a while, then shook his head: "Vukic's overall view and passing consciousness are far worse than Papalukas, and he has a poor shooting level, and his luck The speed of the ball is not very fast. I think with your defense, there should be no problem with him."

Zhang Guan nodded, and coach Yunas pointed to another person’s photo and continued: "This is Planinic, also a point guard, 1.99 meters tall, even taller than Vukic. He was selected by the Nets in the first round in 2003 and has played in the NBA for many years. His ball control ability and passing vision are great, but his speed is relatively slow and his body is not strong. A speed type guard can Break through him easily. I think you can use your speed to attack him on the offensive end. By the way, you have to remind you that Planinic has a good shooting ability. Pay attention when playing. "

Yu Ansi pointed to another player’s photo and continued: “This is Davor Kus. He is 1.92 meters tall. He is a combo guard and has a good shooting ability, but his athleticism is average. , He should be a substitute for the Croatian team."

"This player is Popovich. He is the shortest player in the Croatian team. He is 1.85 meters tall, but he does not have an amazing speed like the average small point guard. The Croatian coach probably does not Will send him to play."

"This is probably the case with the Croatian defender line. There is another person you should pay attention to. His name is Thomas." Coach Yunas pointed to Thomas's picture~IndoMTL.com~ Then said: "He is 2 meters tall 03, playing a small forward, but he has a very comprehensive technique and good overall view, and has a strong organizational ability, so sometimes he will even run to the position of the point guard. But he and the Croatian team Like other players, that is, the speed is average."

Zhang Guan nodded: "In general, the Croatian team is a team that can't run fast."

"You can understand this, but the Croatian team occasionally has a fast break, but the speed of the fast break is indeed very unsatisfactory. This is very beneficial to us." Coach Yunas said with a smile.

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At this time, in the Croatian team, Croatian coach Repeza is also encouraging his players.

"Boys, our opponent is the Chinese team, which is good news for us, because it means that we have the hope of entering the semi-finals. Look at the four teams in Group A that qualify. Well, the American team, we certainly can't beat them; the Spanish team, we are not their opponents; the Greek team, we lost to them without suspense a month ago! Only the Chinese team is the object we can beat! We are going to defeat the Chinese team and advance to the semifinals!" (Unfinished. To be continued.) Activate the new website