that man lost his horse

After the warm-up match,

The Japanese team returned to the hotel where they stayed by car.For the Japanese team, the warm-up match is just the beginning, and their focus is still on the official match afterward.

"Speaking of which,

How is the world ranking? "While in the car, someone asked about the world ranking. No one objected to the fact that the German team is number one in the world. After all, they have won the U17 World Cup for nine consecutive years.

"Then how is our Japanese team ranked?" This is the question that this group of junior high school students are concerned about.

Of course, the three people in the data group will not forget such important data.

"Look, this is the latest world ranking!"

The world ranking compiled by three people in the data group is very detailed, including last week's ranking and this week's ranking,

and the combined score for each country.

Japan's world ranking last week was 31,

After the Open, he rose to 23rd.

"The rise from the latter position is very fast." Ghost is not very surprised that Japan's ranking has risen,

"However, Germany, Switzerland, France and Spain, known as the world's top four,

Their ranking has not changed over the years. "

"That is to say,

The representative teams of other countries must not be worth mentioning to them at all? "Yukimura pointed to the table,

"and,

The German team is still number one,

The overall score is also top notch. "

Echizen Ryuya leaned against the window, tossed the orange in his hand and said, "Because this is an unofficial match,

The German team did not even send all the main force.After all, tennis matches are best of five games. "

Echizen Ryuya's meaning is very clear: the German players who played this time may not have used their real strength. Even if they win the exhibition match, it is not certain who will win the official match.

Regardless of the audience,

Team players from other countries believed that the German team's loss this time was just a blunder.

"It would be nice to win again next time we meet." Yukimura smiled and set his future goals.

Echizen Ryuya's eyes turned around Yukimura and his younger brother.The high school student with dark green hair squeezed the orange in his hand, put it to his mouth and took a bite.

"However, are the top four really that powerful?" Kirihara questioned.Junior high school students participating in a world-class competition for the first time do not have a clear concept of the "world's top four".

"You have also seen the toughness of the German team today,

After seeing everyone nodding, Mitsuya continued, "But this is not even their strongest and most complete lineup.In the official competition, they will have two professional players returning to the team!And these two professional players,

Known as the cornerstone of the German team's ten consecutive hegemony! "

"The main player of the Swiss team is also a professional player. His name is Amadeus. He is known as a genius in Switzerland."

"Camus of the French team is known as a revolutionary in the tennis world. Under his leadership, the French team has been stronger every year."

"In the Spanish team, the biggest threat is not their captain, but the player Medanore. If it weren't for an injury a few years ago, his current strength should be higher than that of Borg." Speaking of this, Liu Teng After a pause, "However, he just underwent surgery last year, and no one has really seen his strength after returning to the team this year."

Gan added: "Also, these teams have not lost a single game in the World Cup."

Just after finishing the information about the top four, the bus just stopped in front of the hotel.

"Hi!" Taneshima greeted them by knocking on the car window.

"I'm only here now. Fortunately, I didn't miss tomorrow's official match." Daqu finally felt relieved when he saw that Zhongjima arrived in time. If Zhongjima couldn't make it before the official match, he would be disqualified from the match, and he would be replaced later. come up.In that case, there will inevitably be vacancies in the top combat power of the Japanese team. "By the way, the boat ride takes too long, doesn't it?"

"If you take a plane, you will be there soon," Jundao suggested in a timely manner, "Do you need me to send a private steam plane?"

"I told you I'm afraid of flying~" Taneshima frowned.Afraid of flying is afraid of all airplanes. Isn’t a private jet an airplane?

At this moment, three coaches walked in.

"Please assemble!" Coach Kurobe clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, "The official U17 World Cup competition is about to begin, and the results of the group stage are also announced."

However, before telling everyone about the grouping situation, the coaches first briefly explained the rules of the U17 World Cup to the team members present.

Due to the addition of junior high school students to this World Cup, the competition rules have also changed accordingly.

"The 32 countries and regions are divided into 8 groups, and each group has four round-robin knockout matches. In each game, there are three players in singles and two teams in doubles, with a total of seven players." This is the basic competition system. Before coming to Australia The middle school students almost knew it, and they paid more attention to the second half of the coach's sentence.

"Junior high school students have been added to the U17 World Cup this time, so after discussion, the organizing committee decided that among the seven contestants, there must be three junior high school students. And, for the sake of fairness in the competition, in the three qualifiers, each You can only fight once."

"That is to say, there are only 21 players in total." There are a total of 28 high school and junior high school students on the representative team, which means that there will be a few people who will not be able to play in the qualifiers.

After talking about the changes in the competition system, the coaches also told everyone about the grouping situation.

"What's the situation?! It's actually in the same group as the second-ranked Swiss team?!"

When seeing this grouping table, Qi Qi, a high school student, turned his eyes to Byodoin, and Qi Qi, a middle school student, turned his eyes to Lin.

He took half a step back and pushed Atobe next to him out.

After Atobe left the venue to relax, he went straight back to the hotel for special training. He had just taken a shower, and he still smelled after the bath.

The group draw was held before the start of the open competition, and when Lin happened to be away, Byodoin glanced at a group of junior high school students, grabbed the most conspicuous hair color and went to the draw.

"I didn't draw the lottery this time, but my cousin took Xiaojing there."

Atobe is quite satisfied with the result of the draw.Being in a group with Australia just facilitates his revenge, doesn't it?

The guy who isn't flashy.

And his teammates are clearly not as optimistic as he is.

Marui slapped himself on the forehead, "Ah... don't let Atobe draw lots in the future." Why didn't he let him draw lots for other teams? !

However, "If the top two teams in the group stage enter the final knockout round, even if they lose, they can still qualify as No. 2." Kimishima looked at the other teams in the same group as Japan.

The ghost nodded and agreed: "Greece and Australia are not so easy to deal with. In these three games, the composition of the team and how to use junior high school students are the key to victory!"

"However... how will Coach Mifune arrange the team?" After the middle school students and some high school students who had been to the back mountain thought of the person who made the list, they suddenly had an ominous premonition.

However, the coach's arrangement is not something they can interfere with.

In order to be able to play in a better state for the official game tomorrow, the middle school students did not do a lot of training tonight, but gathered together to chat and relax after completing the daily basic exercises.

The junior high school students were very surprised when Shiraishi said that "Toyama only started playing tennis this spring".

"Even so, he can still be tied with Longma. Maybe Xiao Jin's talent is higher than Longma." Lin smiled and joked.Since there were two Echizen surnames in the team, he began to call Ryoma by his first name, and called Ryoma's elder brother Echizen-senpai.

Echizen Ryoma pressed his hat, turned his head and cut it, but did not refute.

"Speaking of which, after being deprived by Yukimura in the national competition, Xiaojin seems to have gone to Lihai University to challenge Yukimura many times." Shiraishi said with a smile.

Not many people know about it.After all, neither Li Haida nor Sitianbao Temple have hobbies to publicize.

Mu Shou was very curious about the result of the match between the two, "Then what was the result?"

"Of course, Xiao Jin was defeated by Yukimura time and time again. But..." Liu said, with a smile in his tone, "The situation changed in the hundredth game."

"How do you say that?"

Just then, he nodded Kirihara's forehead, with a bit of amused and helpless meaning, "Xingmura doesn't care that Xiao Jin challenges him again and again, but there are always some juniors who don't like to see a person from another school pestering Yukimura every day. "

Kirihara scratched his hair and laughed, "Seniors already know."

Lin shook his head, a little helpless: "Ping Ye and Shou have no intention of hiding it at all, but you, do you think you are hiding it well?"

Baishi and Mushou looked at each other, and they understood.

At this time, Bai Shi, who was leaning against the window, looked out the window, but unexpectedly found that Xiao Jin was playing a game with ghosts on the tennis court downstairs!

"The incredible thing that everyone wants to see happened..."

The day when the u17 official match started.

Before the start of the game, the coach of Sanchuan announced the seven-man team to face Greece.The high school students are Tanejima, Ochi, Tokugawa and Tono, and the junior high school students are Yagyu, Kirihara and Shiraishi.At the same time, the leading players of this team were named "Pine Squad".

The remaining team members who are not on the seven-man roster will watch the game in the preparation room through the indoor real-time live screen.

"U17 World Cup group B first match, Greece vs Japan match begins!" A few minutes before the official start of the game, the radio began to broadcast the situation of the two teams, which can be regarded as a pre-match introduction and an active atmosphere.

"The Greek team ranked 10th in the world is about to start a fierce battle with the Japanese team ranked 23rd in the world! I believe that the Greek team will soon respond to the audience's expectations with their performance!"

Fuer Zhouzhu frowned, "It seems that everyone doesn't think much of us."

"After all, where is the world ranking?" Lin, who was standing next to Mao Li, echoed this, "However, they may not think so after the competition."

"Do you have that much confidence in them?" Fuji said.

"Ah, of course." Lin admitted very frankly, and at the same time asked back: "Don't you have no confidence in Baishi?"

"Oh, if I say that, Zang Lin will be angry."

This topic was quickly brought up to the competition, and the doubles [-] match list has been announced on the big screen.

In doubles two, Japan sent Ochi and Yagyu, and their opponents were Heracles and Evangelos of Greece.

Before looking through the information I found before the data set, I was a little curious: "The names of the Greek team players are all taken from Greek mythology. Then their names are originally like this, or are they specially changed?" For example, the German team's qp has since After this title came out, the officially registered name changed from real name to qp.

"It's said to be a coincidence." Mitsuya pushed his glasses, noncommittal.

After the game started, Maori was in a conflicted mood.

On the one hand, he is happy that his junior can stand on the world-class arena, on the other hand, he also feels a little sour.

I'm not Moonlight-san's only partner anymore.

Rin and Yukimura looked at each other, and Yukimura raised his chin at Rin.It means you go and have a look.

After all, compared to Yukimura, Rin's relationship with Mori is a bit closer.He was the one who had the most frequent contact with Maori in the team, and the two had the most interactions before Maori left the club.

So before going to Mao Li and sitting down, "What's wrong, senior?"

"Don't ask questions knowingly, Lin." Mao Li glanced at him sadly, then turned his gaze back to the screen.

At this time, the screen competently broadcast the situation on the court in real time: Ochi asked Yagyu to close his eyes in order not to affect his partner, and Yagyu returned the ball purely by intuition and sense after closing his eyes.

"Yagyu knows how to do this." Maori sighed.When Moonlight-san told Liu Sheng to close his eyes, he was both emotional and happy.Sure enough, only he is the most suitable partner for Moonlight-san~!

Lin said: "After all, I have played a lot of games with Yukimura, and I have experienced a lot in eliminating the five senses. It is not difficult to learn to play by intuition."

Yukimura, who was standing in front, turned his head back to look at him if he felt something.

Molly chuckled.He crossed his hands behind his head, and sighed with a prolonged ending: "Don't worry——"

Lin smiled and winked at Maori.

The doubles two match ended with the victory of the Japanese team.Ochi's mental attack and Mach's serve worked well with Yagyu's laser beam, and he managed to surprise opponents with his intuitive play and return.

If the doubles [-] match is quite satisfactory, then the doubles [-] match can be said to be bloody.

At the beginning of the game, Tono's execution and Kirihara's demonization accounted for the top points in the doubles match.In the middle of the game, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Toono, who loves execution, meets people from the execution family Stefano.

Not just a coincidence or something else, Tono, who himself suffered a knee injury, encountered the "knee broken as he wished" in his opponent's Greek-style execution law.

Even so, Tohno and Kirihara still beat each other, but at a heavy price.

Kirihara's injury was not serious, and after simple treatment, there would be no problem.Tohno's knee itself was injured, and he had to withdraw from the representative team for treatment due to the shuffle match and the consecutive injuries in the game against Greece.

In the singles three match, Shiraishi was originally scheduled to play.But when Baishi saw the opponent's general before going on the field, he felt that he had been seen through for a moment.In this case, of course, it is impossible to play the game.

As No.2, Tanejima used the right to exchange players in this game and replaced Shiraishi.

The singles three match was very difficult.The main player of the Greek team, just like his name, seems to be omniscient and omnipotent.

In the end, Tanejima was able to break the game by placing a bottle cap between the palm of his hand and the racket.

So far, the Japanese team defeated the Greek team 3-0 and successfully advanced.And their next opponent is Australia.