Direct access to Paris is no longer realistic! The Chinese men's basketball team finale against the Philippines A game that cannot be lost

At 20 o'clock Beijing time on September 2, the Chinese men's basketball team will face the host Philippine team in the qualifying round, which is also the final match of the World Cup between the two sides. For the Chinese team, which needs to meet many harsh conditions to qualify for the Olympics, direct access to the Paris Olympics is no longer realistic, and this competition will not change the situation of the Chinese team competing for the Olympics. However, this is still a game that the Chinese team cannot lose.

After repeated defeats in the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team finally won their first victory against Angola in the qualifying round. Although the process is still difficult, although the victory did not directly change the fate of the Chinese team, but in the noisy environment, this long-lost victory still gained a lot of support for the Chinese team, and temporarily stopped the decline of the Chinese team that could not be retreated. The Chinese team, which has just regained its morale, can only avoid falling into a place of irreparable disaster by defeating the Philippines in the final game. Otherwise, the situation of the Chinese men's basketball team will only get worse.

This match should also have been planned in the Philippines for a long time. In the Philippines' plan, the Japanese men's basketball team, which entered the group of death in the group stage and lacked mixed forward Baseball Hachimura, has little hope. The Chinese men's basketball team will be the Philippines' biggest opponent to the Olympic Games, and the battle between the two sides in the qualifying round will also be a vicious battle. The Philippine team has long been planning a B plan, and the match with the Philippine team must have been planned for the Chinese men's basketball team long ago. Now, the two sides are finally going head-to-head, and the Chinese team must also win the match that has been prepared for a long time.

Can't lose to the Philippines, and it's almost the bottom line after the Chinese men's basketball team has a high probability of missing the Paris Olympics. Or it can be said that the Chinese men's basketball team is indeed a huge gap with the world's strong teams, but at least in the Asian division where they compete, the Chinese men's basketball team cannot afford to lose to any opponent. Such a goal is indeed not ambitious enough, but realistic enough, and it is also the last bottom line and the last stubbornness that the Chinese men's basketball team, which used to be the hegemon of Asia, must strive for.

The Chinese men's basketball team also definitely does not want to lose to the Philippines in Manila. 10 years ago, the same change of head coach and lineup, the same hiring of hot-tempered European coaches, the Chinese men's basketball team finally suffered a crushing defeat in Manila, only in the 2013 Asian Championship (the predecessor of the Asian Cup) to finish 5th, not only missed the World Championship the following year (the predecessor of the World Cup), but also created the worst result of the Chinese men's basketball team in the competition. It was also the darkest moment for the Chinese men's basketball team.

Ten years later, it's still Manila. Although the Chinese men's basketball team lost three consecutive games in the group stage, they clearly did not want to swallow the defeat against their Asian opponents anyway, especially in Manila, which was sadly lost to Asian teams again.

What's more, the Chinese men's basketball team is not afraid of the Philippine team in history. The 2018 Asian Games was the most recent meeting between the two sides, when the Philippine team brought in Clarkson and had other naturalized players (Asian Games basketball is not under the jurisdiction of FIBA and is not affected by naturalization rules), but the Chinese men's basketball team (men's basketball red team), which only sent half of the national team, still beat the opponent. Five years later, although the state of Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin is not as good as before, although the state of the Chinese team is not ideal, the Chinese team still has enough confidence in the face of the Philippine team that has not won a game in this World Cup.

We certainly know the pressure and challenge to beat the hosts away from home. In this World Cup, the Philippines and even another host, Japan, have benefited countless penalties, far more than the Chinese men's basketball team, which was also the host of the World Cup four years ago. At the same time, the Chinese team has not suffered a loss in the referee's decision, and the referee twice whistled that Zhao Rui's goal was invalid, which is already the best proof. And this point, the Chinese team players have revealed in interviews, they are also ready in this regard.

The injured Zhao Rui and Zhou Peng would be better off if they could participate in the game (both participated in the team's pre-match training, and Zhou Peng had a strong willingness to play), and if they could not participate, the rest of the Chinese team would need to fight for their good brother.

What the Chinese men's basketball team has to do is to continue the morale of the last game against Angola and save the best performance for the finale. This is the last explanation given by the Chinese team to the fans in this World Cup, and it is also the last attack of the Chinese team.