Full-time master's opening dragon rises!

In the conference room.

"Everyone performed well and ended the game early, which is worthy of praise." Ye Xiu stood at the front, his lips moving slightly.

Although the words were encouraging, they did sound a bit perfunctory...

Huang Shaotian immediately slapped the table and said: "Coach, your praise is too perfunctory, and it is too big and empty. There should be something more practical!"

Just when the other players wanted to join in the booing, Ye Xiu clapped his hands and interrupted directly: "Okay, then I'll reward you with a set of extra training."

Huang Shaotian waved his hand hurriedly and said, "Forget it, I'd better not want this reward."

"Okay, let's get down to business." Ye Xiu changed the topic and then opened the folder he had prepared in advance.
"Except for our Chinese team, the other teams that have advanced to the quarterfinals are: Netherlands, France, South Korea, Japan, Argentina, Spain, and Portugal."

"Among them, the Netherlands, France, South Korea, and Argentina, these four national teams all ended the game early, which means that they ended the game without giving their opponents a chance to enter the team competition in the second round."

"Then when eight goes to four, we'd better not run into them!" Li Xuan said with his hands crossed.

"Well, that's what it says, but the drawing of lots from eight to four is random, so this cannot be determined." Ye Xiu said slowly.

"The England team was eliminated?" Su Mucheng suddenly realized something and asked.

Ye Xiu nodded, "It's surprising. I originally thought they would get at least the top eight spots, but I didn't expect that they would be eliminated in the top 16 by Argentina."

"What's the score?" Yu Wenzhou asked.

"Argentina 8:2 in the first round. In the second round, Argentina won three singles matches in a row, knocking England out of the game." Ye Xiudao.

"Oh? It seems that the Argentine team is pretty good!" Huang Shaotian also became interested.

"This Argentine team has both old and new players. There are veterans who provide steady guidance within the team, and there are newcomers who bring fresh energy to the team." Ye Xiu explained the situation of his investigation.

Everyone in the Chinese team felt a little surprised that England was eliminated early. After all, they had seen the strength of the English team in the group stage. For such a team to be eliminated early by their opponents, it is enough to show that they are facing The right opponent is very powerful.

"It seems that Argentina will be a hot potato that no one wants to encounter!" Yi Tianming also said.

"Okay, Wenzhou, Tianming, get ready, we are going to conduct the lottery ceremony later." Ye Xiu waved.

"Understood!" Yi Tianming and Yu Wenzhou nodded. The promotion draw requires the presence of the coach and the captain and deputy captain.

"Hey, wait! Do you still remember what happened when we drew lots for the top 16?" Li Xuan said suddenly.

???

Everyone cast doubtful glances, and for a while no one remembered what he was talking about.

Li Xuan slapped his thigh: "Oh, it was the bet we made with Ye Xiu back then. The bet was about which opponent we would encounter. As a result, Ye Xiu guessed correctly that it was the Brazilian team, and we won a lot in the end. Don't you remember?"

After hearing what he said, everyone suddenly realized and recalled the scene at that time.

"So, I think we can imitate it this time and make a bet. Let Ye Xiu guess who our opponent will be in the next round?" Li Xuan said.

"Okay, I think this method is good."

"I think it's feasible too!"

"Is there any bet? Like cigarettes or something." Ye Xiu smiled.

"Haha, I bet you so much last time, and all the money was drawn? What a beautiful thought!" Huang Shaotian was the first to stand up and refuse.

Ye Xiu shrugged and said casually: "Then let's take the Dutch team."

Dutch team?
The most important person in China doesn’t have a deep understanding of this team. I just heard Ye Xiu’s introduction. When the Dutch team entered the top eight in the top 6, they pinned the German team to the ground for two rounds. The first round was 4:5. , played 0: in the second round, and finally ended the game early.

However, this score is still a bit mysterious, at least in the eyes of the Chinese team. After all, the score difference of 6:4 is not that big in society. Looking at the score of the first round, the German team even has a comeback. hope.

Who would have thought that the Dutch team actually won 5-0 in the second round, scoring all 5 points in the singles and group matches. Not to mention the Chinese team, everyone in the German team was probably fooled at that time.

what's the situation? Are we facing the same opponent in the second round and the first round?
He actually had a bald head?
"As for the Dutch team...it might be luck that plays a bigger role in beating the German team." Ye Xiu guessed, but added at the end, "This is just my guess. The specific situation depends on the situation between the Dutch team and Germany." Only the team’s game videos can make a conclusion.”

Su Mucheng added: "No matter what, the Dutch team is still capable, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve 5:0 in the second round."

"Yes!" Ye Xiu nodded.

"So, are you afraid of Argentina?" Huang Shaotian asked with a mean smile.

"Of course." Ye Xiu said seriously, "No."

"I just feel that we haven't met Argentina yet."

"Oh~"

"Okay, everyone, go ahead and do whatever you want. The two captains went with me to draw lots." Ye Xiu waved his hand, and then he, Yi Tianming, and Yu Wenzhou disappeared from everyone's sight.

Although they said this, in fact they just found a quiet room, then opened the conference app and entered the connection.

Yes, in this competition where the top eight advance to the semi-finals, Honor officially adopted a novel lottery method, which is to conduct the lottery online.

Different from the traditional gathering offline, the online lottery is obviously more convenient. After all, if you go to the offline lottery, you have to gather eight relevant personnel of the national team in the same place, and then you have to find a good venue, and also It's all too much trouble to have a certain amount of staff, etc.

Therefore, Honor officials also very neatly chose the online lottery method.

When the Chinese team entered the live broadcast room, the other seven teams had already entered.

As soon as they came in, the audience started commenting on the barrage.

"God Ye! God Ye! God Ye is here!!!"

"Welcome Ye Shen! Welcome Ye Shen!!!"

"Yitianming!! Yitianming!!!"

"Captain Yu Wenzhou!!!"

"..."

The number of barrages instantly becomes 999+, and often the barrages just sent out are instantly drowned out by dozens or even hundreds of new barrages.

"Everyone is very enthusiastic." Yi Tianming said to Ye Yu and the others.

"Did we arrive a little late?" Yu Wenzhou said with a slight smile.

"It's not too late. Let's just say the protagonist always appears last." Ye Xiu smiled slightly.

He just said this casually, and he said it to Yu Wenzhou and Yi Tianming, but he didn't expect that when he entered the live broadcast room, the equipment would automatically turn on the mic. Then his words that sounded plain but full of flavor made him deeply moved. It was deeply heard by all the spectators and players from the other seven teams. None of the three people noticed that the microphone had automatically turned on at this moment, and they were still chatting to themselves.

Unexpectedly, the barrage had been maxed out again at this time, and it was much faster than before.

"I'll go! Even though what Ye Shen said is very pretentious, I still have to give it a thumbs up!!!"

"Awesome Ye Shen, awesome Yi Tianming, awesome Yu Wenzhou!!!"

“Every time I hear Ye Shen’s calm and pretentious words, I can’t help but like them!!”

"..."

The barrages came one after another, and there was even a lag in the live broadcast room. This made the members of the other seven teams stunned for a moment. They couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, are the three people of the Chinese team so influential? ?
At this moment, Yi Tianming glanced out of the corner of his eye and noticed that the microphone had been turned on. He reminded the two of them in a low voice: "Well...it seems that what we just said was recorded."

"Huh?" Ye Xiu and Yu Wenzhou were both stunned, and then said in unison: "Did we just say anything? We didn't say anything, right?"

Yi Tianming couldn't laugh or cry, he was indeed a master tactician, his reaction speed was really amazing.

"Yes, we didn't say anything just now. You must have heard wrong." Yi Tianming also echoed.

The audience in the live broadcast room was excited again.

The excitement continued like this for five minutes, until the official draw time entered. At nine o'clock, everyone gradually quieted down, and the number of barrages dropped sharply until there was no new barrage at all.

"Ahem!" At this time, Feng Xianjun appeared on the big screen. He first explained, "I would like to apologize to everyone first. In order to avoid lags during the lottery process, we will temporarily close the comment area and wait until the lottery is drawn. After the ceremony is officially over, the comment area will be opened again. I hope everyone understands! ”

"Yes, I understand." The audience was speechless, but the players from the eight teams could still speak. Ye Xiu was the first to stand up and support him.

Feng Xianjun swallowed his saliva and thought to himself: If you had understood the alliance a few years earlier, I would have had to take fewer boxes of quick-acting heart pills...!
"Without further ado, let's start the lottery ceremony for the top eight to advance to the top four." Feng Xianjun smiled slightly, and then two assistants pushed two small cars in front of him. Inside the small cars were opaque plastic balls. There are four of each, and the two cars add up to eight. Inside these eight plastic balls are the eight teams that have advanced to the quarterfinals.

"Next, we will draw lots for Group A." Feng Xianjun pulled out a plastic ball from one of the cars with a smile. He took it in his hand and slowly opened it. After seeing the note inside, he was stunned for a moment, and then wrote the note on The content is displayed in front of the camera lens.

Chinese team!
"I'll go! I'll go, I'll go! We'll be drawn as soon as we start!" In the conference room on the other side, Huang Shaotian and others were also watching the live broadcast.

Soon, Feng Xianjun pulled out a plastic ball from another car and announced the answer: the Dutch team!

At this moment, many professional players in the conference room opened their mouths with expressions of disbelief.

"Isn't it? What a coincidence?" Li Xuan's mouth was so big that he could fit two eggs into it.

"Has Ye Xiu ever opened his mouth?" Chu Yunxiu also looked confused.

"I feel like he could open a stall and tell fortunes," Fang Rui said with a smile.

As expected of a teammate, when it comes to saying hurtful things, it is "interesting" to say it between teammates.

"It's recorded and I'll play it to Coach Ye later." Huang Shaotian chuckled and pointed to the phone in his hand.

"Hey, Mr. Huang, you are the one who usually opposes Ye Xiu the most." Fang Rui asked with a smile.

"Cut~"

"Stop talking and continue watching the draw." Wang Jiexi said, and then everyone turned their attention back to the live broadcast room.

The draw of the group also has the result: Group B Portugal team vs. France team.

Argentina vs Spain in Group C.

Group D: Japan vs. South Korea.

"Okay, the lottery ceremony is officially over. We will reopen the comment area shortly. Everyone can discuss their opinions freely. Of course, you still have to use civilized language. We will delete bad comments." Feng Xianjun smiled slightly, and then Then he left everyone's sight.

Soon, the comment area was opened again.

Chinese team fans are naturally the most active group.

"Does anyone know the strength of the Dutch team?"

"Same question, same question, there won't be any experts in the Dutch team, right?"

"Oh, no matter how good they are, we have to believe in our own players!!"

"Yes, you're right. No matter what the opponent is, our players are not bad at all and we will definitely win."

"Our goal is the championship! Bring the championship back to China!!"

"Well... to be precise, stay in China!"

"No matter what, just win this way."

Ye Xiu and the others were about to leave, but Yi Tianming felt that it was rare to show his face in front of a national audience, and he had to give some benefits to the fans, right?
He stopped Ye Xiu and Yu Wenzhou, and the three of them discussed a few words in a low voice.

Ye Xiu asked a little doubtfully: "Can this be done?"

"Try it, I think it's good." Yu Wenzhou said with a smile.

"Yes, let's try it!" Yi Tianming said.

"Then come." Ye Xiu then changed direction, sat down in front of the phone, and said to the camera: "Hello everyone, I am Ye Xiu, the former captain of Team Happy and the current head coach of the Chinese national team."

Upon hearing this, Yi Tianming felt that such an introduction was too straightforward and boring, so he immediately came to the camera and added a few words: "Yes, if you have any questions, you can ask our Coach Ye. Coach Ye is approachable and will also answer questions later." Five lucky viewers will send his personal autograph.”

As soon as these words came out, the live broadcast room instantly became lively, but Ye Xiu turned to look at Yi Tianming in confusion, his eyes seemed to be asking: Have I promised this?

However, Yi Tianming reminded in a low voice: "Quickly pick a question to answer, the barrage is almost full."

Ye Xiu turned his attention to the comment section, but his jaw dropped when he saw it.

"Is Ye Shen married?"

"Does Ye Shen have a child?"

"Has Ye Shen been divorced?"

"..."

Ye Xiu's face was filled with black lines. What kind of problem was this?
Yi Tianming and Yu Wenzhou on the side were holding back their smiles...

(End of this chapter)