Chapter 212
The 20212 U-17 World Cup kicks off! Are you ready to take the world by the boots?
One month later…
Greece.
Olympia training camp.
Ancient stone pillars towering into the sky stand around the training camp. On a prominent platform.
A curly-haired high school student stands there calmly with his eyes closed.
Facing the mountain of the goddess of mountains, forests and waters in the north of the old city of Athens.
He is wearing the uniform of the Greek U-17 team!
Zeus Iliopoulos!!
U-The captain of the Greek U-17 team, which ranks 10th in the 2017 World Cup points.
He is only a freshman in high school this year.
However, his status in Greek tennis is no less than that of some well-known professional veterans.
Just like his name.
Zeus!
With his amazing tennis talent, he undoubtedly has the potential to become the”Lord of the Gods” in Greek tennis.
“Commander, have you come to pray to the gods again?”
“I’m afraid no one can compare with you in terms of devotion to the gods!”
“No wonder the gods favor you so much…….”
A bearded, sturdy man walked up behind him.
If he wasn’t wearing the uniform of the Greek U-17 team like Zeus, no one would have thought he was a high school student at first glance.
Hearing what the other person said,
Zeus slowly opened his eyes, and the brightness in his eyes was as if a god was looking at the world through his eyes.
“Hercules, do you want to talk to me about something?”
Hercules shook his head:”I just want to remind you that the day after tomorrow is the day we will go to Melbourne to participate in the 17 World Cup!”
“In addition, I just received a notice……Due to the new competition system of this year’s U-17 World Cup, all 32 teams will have to play a friendly exchange match before the start of the main competition!”
“The rules are three doubles matches! One high school student and one junior high school student will be paired together! The results of the matches will not affect the results of the main competition!”
“I guess……This should be a temporary proposal by the organizers to expand the development of junior high school tennis and cater to the new competition system! Do we need to hold a meeting to discuss how to arrange it?
Although Hercules is a junior in high school, he obviously respects the young captain in front of him.
Zeus turned his head and looked at the other party with a slight smile on his face.
“Hercules, since it has nothing to do with the outcome of the match, just do whatever you want! You arrange the players!”
“But, you have to remember one thing!”
“The friendly exchange game should be based on peace, so that Apollo and his brothers can……”Be more restrained!”
At the end of the words, his tone was obviously more serious.
Hercules heard it and immediately understood what the other party meant:”I understand! I will warn them! If it weren’t for the difficulty in recruiting junior high school students at the moment, their tennis players would not be suitable to stay in the team!”
“I hope that after this U-17 World Cup, they can wash away their inner sins!”
Zeus listened and silently turned his head to the goddess of mountains, forests and waters, Shan
“yes……I really don’t like seeing tennis played that way!”
“I hope God can forgive the brothers’ sins!”
“To us……”Their behavior is simply a shame!”
He said softly, his eyes flickering slightly.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of two people.
One of them was a first-year junior high school boy wearing the Greek U-17 preparatory training uniform. He had neat short hair and a taciturn personality.
But he had a strong tennis talent and his ruthlessness in the game did not seem like a junior high school student.
The other……
“Is there any news about Beijiang recently? Has he gone anywhere else?”
Hercules was about to leave, but when he heard Zeus speak again, he paused.
He frowned slightly and shook his head:”No! I only know that he stayed in Japan for a while some time ago. Judging from the previous match list between the U.S. U-17 and the South Korean U-17, he seemed to have taken away a lot of Japanese junior high school students and joined the U.S. U-17!”
Zeus didn’t look too surprised.
He already knew these things.
“I’m looking forward to meeting him again!”
“He can already beat Camus from the French U-17……How great it would have been if he had accepted our invitation earlier!”
“What do you think?”
Hercules did not respond this time.
He just lowered his head and remained silent.
Beijiang!!
This name is not unfamiliar to everyone in the Greek U-17.
Hercules never denied the other party’s talent and strength when he first met him two years ago.
But some of the things he did when he came to the Greek U-17 undoubtedly made it difficult for him to have a good impression.
Perhaps, only Zeus in front of him still misses him until now!
German U-17 training camp
“boom——”
“boom——”
In a top indoor court, Polk and.P are playing a practice match.
But this practice match obviously does not require them to go all out.
It is more like Polk feeding the ball to.P.
“Bang!!”
It was not until more than ten minutes later that Polk scored the last point of the training match with a smash.
“There is still room for improvement in strength!”
“.P! You can let others handle some daily chores!”
“The competition is about to begin, and you must increase your training volume again!”
Faced with Polk’s solemn reminder,.P did not show dissatisfaction, but took a long breath to calm his breathing rhythm and nodded.
“Yes! I will!”
“However, the problem now is……Berti and Schneider will not be able to participate in the race with us at the first time!”
“If everything goes well, they may not arrive in Melbourne until after the group stage!”
“This also leads to……We are under a lot of pressure in the group stage!”
“Especially the doubles friendly exchange match arranged by the organizer!”
While listening to the other party’s words, Polk walked step by step to the rest area beside the court.
He picked up the water bottle and drank a sip of water, then spoke again:”It doesn’t matter! With our strength, we won’t suffer any difficulties because of this!”
“You, me, and Bismarck! No matter who we partner with, we won’t lose any game!”
“Besides! Although Seyfried, Franken, and Dart all have their own shortcomings, they are not weak among junior high school students!”.P did not refute, but turned his head to look at him and said:”What if we face France, Switzerland, Spain! Or……What about the United States?”
Polke’s eyes darkened.
Without any hesitation, he said in a deep voice:”Even if they……Same thing!! No one can stop the German U-17 from winning the 10th consecutive championship!!”
“No one can stop the German U-17 team from winning their first game!! Even……Friendly match!!”
While speaking, his momentum as a professional player and the German U-17 captain reached its peak at this moment..P frowned slightly, but soon relaxed.
He did have some worries in his heart.
However, he decided to put his worries aside for the time being. After all , the opponent of the friendly match will not be officially known until the draw in Melbourne.
The opponent of the German U-17 team may not be one of the top four U-17 teams, or the United States U-17 team, which has been surging since the new rules were released this year!
Even if they encounter……
Can’t really win?!
“One more thing……The Spanish U-17 seems to be making some moves recently!……Medanore’s injury is healed!”
“Is the injury healed? No……According to his previous personality! If the injury is healed! There is no reason for him not to show up!”
Polk did not react much to this, just shook his head slightly.P subconsciously said:”Do you want to check it again? Maybe we can find out the reason for his injury!”
But Polk waved his hand.
“No need! No matter how he was injured, no matter whether he has recovered or not! It can’t stop us from winning the championship! He did have strong strength and talent a year ago!”
“But now!! He hasn’t been on the top stage for a year…….He is no longer the genius heretic he once was!!”
“If he wastes a year and I still can’t catch up with him, it only means that my efforts are not enough!!”
The confidence in his words is undisguised.
But this confidence is not arrogance.
It is the strength of being the top player in the German tennis world, even the professional tennis world, as a basis for his confidence..P did not speak again. He just walked slowly to the rest area and picked up the water bottle.
Polk had already set the tone for the”mission” that followed. (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
He just needed to trust the other party and complete the task he had received!
As for the rest……That’s all on the field!!
At the same time.
France U-17, Switzerland U-17, Neon U-17……[]
Every team that is taking steps towards the U-17 World Cup title this year is making final preparations, whether it is tactical arrangements, player quotas, or training plans after landing in Melbourne……..
All of this is just to get them one step closer to the championship trophy that they have only had a chance to win in two years!!
U.S. U-17 Training Camp
“boom——”
“boom——”
In the main control room,
Kitakami, Reinhardt, John and Kan’ya Banda looked at the big screen.
The U-17 World Cup was about to start.
Finally, they tested the strength of all the players to make it easier to arrange the order of appearance before the game.
This time, even the vice-captain Hopkins became one of the test players.
One by one, the test results were completed by Aoi Hanamura in front of the computer.
Finally, when the test match of the last player, Jiping Tachibana, ended,
Aoi Hanamura handed all the reports to Kitakami…………
However, although she tried her best to control the expression on her face, even as an analyst of the training camp and a half-coach of the Fudomine Tennis Club who knew the strength of Tezuka Kunimitsu in the past, she was still shocked when she saw the most complete strength test results today.
During this period of time, the progress of every junior high school and high school student is undoubtedly shocking!!
Beijiang took a glance and raised a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.
Seeing that Reinhardt beside him couldn’t wait to see it, he handed it to the other party.
After the latter took it, his eyes quickly slid over each test result, and the joy in his eyes became more and more intense.
“I know it!! You can definitely see how much they have improved from the test matches!!”
“But seeing the data presentation still makes me feel incredible!!”
“This year…..Beijiang!! We will definitely be the champions!!”
Reinhardt said confidently.
Beijiang smiled but didn’t say anything.
The goal was naturally the championship trophy.
But it was not so easy to win it 100%!
“Now……Let’s talk about that guy!”
Beijiang said, pointing to a figure on the other side of the surveillance screen.
It was Echizen Ryuga who was lying on the outdoor training court at this moment, with a hoodie covering his head.
The whole person looked lazy.
Reinhardt’s expression was condensed.
“Actually, even if you don’t mention it, I would still like to say it…….Although Long Ya came back with you a month ago, he seems to be even less able to fit in with us!”
“But the key point is that he has no intention of leaving!”
“Should we take him to Melbourne or not?”
The so-called taking Echizen Ryuga to Melbourne is not about a plane ticket.
It’s about whether to let him go to the competition as a player of the U-17 team of the United States.
The difference in status is still different for the U-17 team of the United States.
Beijiang said lightly:”My idea is to take him!”
As soon as these words came out.
Reinhardt frowned slightly.
Kan’ya Banda and John on the side also looked at each other.
“Beijiang, you also said it! Echizen Ryuya will join the Spanish U-17 sooner or later! Now he can almost be considered a half player of the Spanish U-17!”
“Is it really appropriate for us to keep him with us all the time?”
John still spoke with some concerns.
Bantian Kan’e sat firmly in his seat and said slowly:”I, an old man, have no objection to Long Ya staying with this little guy!”
“Since Nanjiro regards him as a trump card that can be used at any time! Why not let him stay in the team!”
“Anyway, there is no limit on the number of places…….You can also use it to understand Nanjiro’s movements!”
“Both father and son value this game so much, they will not use any shady means!”
It has to be said.
Ban Tianqian’s age is not in vain.
As long as the specific strength of the players is not revealed by Echizen Ryuga, this guy is essentially harmless.
Reinhardt and John heard it.
Although the vote was tied at 2 to 2.
But the two did not insist on their own ideas.
After all, in their eyes, Kitakyo and 0.0 Ban Tianqian’s decision was not wrong!!
“All right……”
“In consideration of Long Ya helping Chico and Dudu with their training, this ticket was issued to the U-17 team!”
“Let’s set off together at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning!!”
Reinhardt, as the captain of the U.S. U-17, made the decision directly.
The next morning, at the gate of the U.S. U-17 training camp,
Reinhardt and Kitakami stood side by side in front of Hopkins, Tezuka Kunimitsu and others who were ready to go with a serious look on their faces.
Not far away,
Kamio Akira, Ishida Tetsu and Ibu Shinji also clenched their fists, nervously and excitedly looking at the people who were preparing to set off.
As the captain of the team, Reinhardt naturally had to say something.
However, he motioned to Kitakami to let him finish the speech before departure.
Kitakami raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Then he stepped forward and took over this”job”.
For a moment, everyone’s eyes were focused on Kitakami.
Kitakami glanced at everyone present and slowly said:”Everyone! Each of you knows very well what you will experience and accomplish when you set off to Melbourne this time!”
“You have heard a lot of encouraging words, so I am too lazy to repeat them!”
“I just ask you one thing……”
Beijiang paused as he spoke.
The entire training camp gate fell into an inexplicable silence.
“get ready…..Have you trampled the world under your feet?”
Beijiang’s words made Tezuka Kunimitsu and others look different……. certainly!!!
“Yes!!”
Everyone shouted in unison, even Echizen Ryuga’s eyes flickered.
Use the world as a stepping stone……
It’s as arrogant as always, so frightening!!
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