The Return of Diamond Ace Pitcher

This is something that almost every good player will encounter.

After several hours of flying, the plane stopped in Taipei City.

"A warm welcome to friends from all over the world to participate in the competition on Baodao..."

When they got off the plane, they saw the organizer's banner.

"Here, here."

Along with the banner, there was also a handsome-looking young man who led everyone.

"Let's go to the hotel to rest first. I'm sorry, the translation hasn't come yet. Does any of you know English? English?"

Of course there are those who can speak English, but those who can communicate fluently in English are relatively rare.

"Lead the way! We! Follow!"

Sawamura Rongchun stepped forward and made simple gestures.

His language talent is average, although he followed his agent before, he simply learned some Chinese.

But still can't tell.

Later, I consulted an expert, and he improved a lot in listening.

The method taught by the expert is very simple, only a few hundred simple words need to be memorized.Then combine the scene and the tone of the other person.

Even guessing, you can basically understand what the other party is saying?

At the beginning, Sawamura Eijun didn't believe it.

Later, he gritted his teeth and really memorized these hundreds of simple words.

Since then, he has communicated with friends in mainland China or with his agent.

The other party can speak in Chinese, and he can basically understand it.

Then he expressed it in English.

Or use these hundreds of simple words to express yourself.

Fluent conversation is definitely not good, but simple communication is no problem.

With more such exchanges, Zecun can understand more Chinese.Before Chen Ping had just joined the school, Zecun also comforted him in Chinese.

"It's great to speak Chinese!"

The person in charge of the organizer breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately led these contestants from the island country to the hotel.

In the process of going to the hotel, everyone looked around and saw many small shops.

Some of these small shops sell goods and department stores.More are the kind of specialty shops.

Even through the glass window, you can smell the fragrant smell.

"These foods are definitely good."

Kuramochi asserted.

Sawamura Eijun didn't doubt this at all.

This can almost be regarded as the culture of Treasure Island.

Whether they are shopping or eating, it is very convenient.

No matter where you live, you only have to walk downstairs, up to one or two blocks away.

Basically all problems can be solved.

Whether you want to eat or buy something, it's the same.

Such an environment is still quite attractive for the friends.

"After the game is over, be sure to have fun here."

At this time, some friends have started to discuss things after the game.

"How can there be such freedom, when the game is over, it is almost time to start school."

"This is nothing else!"

Everyone sighed about their fate while proudly showing off.

After all, other people want to suffer like them, and they have no chance yet.

Speaking of which, man is really a very strange creature.

After returning to the hotel, the guide is going back.

Before leaving, inform everyone to prepare for tomorrow afternoon and the morning after tomorrow.

The opening ceremony and group drawing will be held.

A total of one week, a total of 13 teams, catch and fight each other.

The one who can stay in the end is the number one in the world.

Because the ranking is relatively high, the selection is a single-round knockout.

Therefore, the island countries, North America, and Treasure Island, these three teams do not have to fight at all at the beginning.

Directly advance to the top 8.

The remaining 10 teams fight against each other, win 5 teams, and form the top eight teams with these three teams.

Then catch each other and fight each other, and the PK goes on.

The team that stays in the end is the number one in the world.

This rule is quite reasonable, combined with the seed selection system and the actual situation of each team.

It looks great.

Everyone was quite satisfied with the distribution. After the guide left, everyone rested in the hotel.

Of course not really rest, they are also seizing the time to discuss their opponents this time.

North America, Cuba, Treasure Island, South Korea...

What are the characteristics of these teams?What kind of strength do they have?

Everyone took out one by one for comparison, and then analyzed, the results of the analysis are still more beneficial to them.

For this kind of thing, Supervisor Takeda is very familiar with it, and the assistant coach is also very proficient. The information they bring out is very professional.

For Sawamura and Miyuki, these things were very strange to them before. Although they had won the championship before, they had never had such experience.

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Chapter 014-The Light of Europe

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The total time of the World Series is only one week, and the schedule is quite dense.

Although the island country escaped the preliminary round, but only one day later, they had to face their first opponent.

August 26, 3:30 pm.

The game between the island nation and Italy is about to start.

"Italy!"

For this country, most of the small partners are yearning.

Dream City, Love City, Fashion City, Food City...

Any beautiful imagination seems to be able to connect with this country.

It's just baseball, they really have no impression.

Before changing the national team of the island country, you will definitely be familiar with Italy.

This year's Italian player has the title of European Light.

Their world rankings themselves are not low, generally hovering in the top 10.

Ninth, tenth, eleventh.

The strength is not very strong, but it is not too bad.

With the strength of island players, it is not difficult to defeat such an opponent.

Not to mention the island nations, in fact, the top 5 teams, except for the sixth Mexico, it is difficult for them to lose to other teams.

If you want to lose, you usually lose to each other.

There is no alternative. The atmosphere of baseball in the country is different, and there is a huge gap in player strength.

How big is this gap?

To give the simplest example, take Baodao as an example.

The China Treasure Island team ranked third in the world.

Once participated in the World Series, I don’t know what’s wrong. Some of their best players failed to join the national team due to unexpected circumstances.

The second team can only piece together and play against teams from other countries.

But just such a second team also passed the test all the way and defeated many opponents.

Advance to the semi-finals.

Among the opponents they defeated, they even included the South Korean team ranked fourth in the world.

The world's third-ranked two armies can defeat the world's fourth-ranked team.

The gap is so big!

The gap between the top three and the fourth is so big, not to mention the gap between the top five and the next team.

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Italy ranks in the top 10, and this ranking alone seems to be very good.

But it's really not qualified to let the team of the island nation see it.

The reality is so cruel.

Not to mention that this time the island nations selected an elite group like them, even the previous teams would not put the tenth-ranked team in the eyes too much.

But this Italian team, to be precise, the Italian team of this age group, is an exception.

Before, there was a team in the Netherlands that suddenly emerged, defeated one of the top five, and advanced to the semi-finals.

In the semifinals, he defeated another one of the top five.

Advance to the final.

Although the final was lost because of the loss of the previous game.

But it's a glorious defeat.

In recent years, that was the highest record in Europe, passing through all the way and reaching the finals.

That Dutch team is called the Light of Europe.

After many years, the Italian team has also inherited this nickname.

In a previous game, they also lost one of the top five.

South Korea National Team.

This is not over yet. Before this competition, they also played practice games with the Cuban team.

In that game, the two sides were tied.

This is the only European team to achieve this achievement after the Dutch team.

So they also inherited the title of European Light.

"The opponent in Game 1 encountered such a team, it was really tricky."

For the Italian team, the friends didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning, but after listening to each other's situation, they couldn't care less.