On June 20, Trento was a very ordinary day.

There is a warm-up match to be held in the BL Group Stadium located in the southeast of the city.

Trento is one of the richest cities in Italy, but its popularity overseas is far less than that of big cities like Rome, Milan, and Turin.

In fact, sports is a very good business card for this city.

The Winter Olympics were held here in 2013 to expand the city's popularity.

There is a world-class men's volleyball team here, two professional football clubs and one professional basketball club.

Many international sports events are held here every year.

Then, sports enthusiasts and ordinary people around the world still don’t know much about this place.

Maybe this is fate.

In June, the European basketball league had ended, and the home court of the Trento basketball team, the BL Group Stadium, was used to hold a small-scale four-country warm-up match.

Czech Republic, Turkey, Italy and China.

Such warm-up matches are a place for local people to enjoy in the hot summer.

Even if the Italian national team comes to play, it is difficult to attract too many people to go to the gymnasium to watch the game.

Originally, there was no live broadcast or any gimmicks. Those who could watch the game were all true fans.

There were three rounds of games in total, two rounds, and there were already many people who could sit in the basketball court.

But today, on the last day of the Four Nations Games, China vs Italy, the situation became different.

In the morning, we played a Czech Republic vs. Turkey. Both teams lost both games in the first two, so we symbolically competed for third place.

There was no one at all on the scene, and the seats were empty. No one wanted to see the chickens pecking each other, and senior fans were not interested.

In the afternoon, when it was the host Italy's turn to play against China, people seemed to emerge from the underground, and a lot of them suddenly came out.

As the competition began, more and more people became more and more people, and the gymnasium was crowded with people, and it felt like a big battle was coming.

The BL Stadium, which can accommodate more than 5,000 people, is full of seats, just like the normal season games.

There is only one reason that can cause this phenomenon, because Li Liang.

Since 2013, Li Liang's influence in basketball has been increasing day by day.

By this year, he has become a god and has gained a global reputation.

Although Europe is the world of football, basketball still has a very strong influence in Southern Europe.

Countries like Italy, Spain, and France are all football basketball double training.

The strength of football, basketball, and the talents trained are very considerable.

On the other hand, if you are interested in playing football and not hanging basketball, the football league is developing well, but the national team is really not good.

It fully demonstrates that comprehensive development is needed.

Therefore, Li Liang's arrival made fans in the Trento area extremely excited, which was really a surprise.

Even if I'm not a basketball fan, I must have heard of Chinese Bruce Lee in the news.

When your strength is strong to a certain extent and the achievements you have achieved are astonishing, you can break through the barriers of various skin colors and culture and show them to every ordinary person.

Yao Ming has a high reputation in China and has a certain status in the United States, but his achievements in the NBA are ultimately limited.

Li Liang's experience is obviously a legend in the sports world, and it is still the legend in progress. Can fans not come to watch his game on the spot?

In the last game against Türkiye, Li Liang did not play and did not appear in the BL Stadium at all.

Today is different, he came to the gym with his teammates early to warm up.

Before the game started, many young fans gathered on the sidelines to ask for autographs.

These little Italian fans never thought that they could meet the magical blues from the NBA in their hometown of Trento.

The jerseys they wore were also varied, including four teams, their respective home and away jerseys, some retro versions, commemorative versions, etc. - Li Liang's jersey patterns are also very diverse, making many jersey sellers and pirated merchants.

Li Liang's autograph is really a sign-in, and the fans on the scene are also looking forward to seeing Li Liang's game on the scene.

As a result, Li Liangyi did not appear on the starting lineup of the Chinese team.

This made the audience a little disappointed and anxious. Could it be that he didn't?

Not only did Li Liang not appear, but Yi Jianlian also did not appear. In this game, Gong Luming's guidance seemed to be about training young people.

In fact, Li Liang will appear in this game, but Gong Luming thinks it is not the time.

They both won against the Czech Republic and Türkiye in the first two games, but the strength of these two teams is average.

It’s different to play host to Italy today. Italy is a real European strong team.

The team includes Belinelli and Gallinari, two players who play in the NBA. Both of them appear tonight, and can be said to be the strongest lineup of the Italian team.

Because Yi Jianlian was injured and needed rest, so the Gong Guidance did not let him go.

If Li Liang is not allowed to start, first of all, there is too little time to practice together and you need to adapt slowly.

It’s not that Li Liang has to adapt, but that others have to adapt to Li Liang.

His competition rhythm, competition style, competition ideas, and national team members should adapt to him.

Li Liang is a typical fast-paced, high-intensity, and relentless offensive basketball.

With the basic skills and confrontational abilities of the young people in the national team, I probably can't stand it after a quarter.

So, let the first few young players go up and play and find out what they feel.

The second reason is that I want young people to feel the gap between them and the world's strong teams.

Italy is the national team in Europe that won the most medals in the European basketball championships.

The Chinese team has played against Italy five times in history, with 1 win and 4 losses.

During the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Chinese team defeated the then European champion Italy, which was a big upset.

When the three major Chinese centers appeared in the Olympic stadium, the national team of that Olympic Games can be said to be one of the strongest Chinese teams in history.

But except for this one, the remaining four matches were all defeats.

Guidance Gong’s idea is still very good. Li Liang doesn’t have to worry about him at all. What he wants to worry about is the young people in the team.

As a result, after the game started, I wanted the young people to feel the difference with the world's strong teams, and I really felt it.

The starting lineup sent by the Chinese team are Guo Ailun, Ding Yanyuhang, Zhou Peng, Li Muhao and Zhou Qi.

In addition to Li Muhao, the remaining four are also the starting players in Gong Luming's mind - who is still in his consideration of who Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin is used.

Li Muhao jumped the ball at the beginning, but the Chinese team did not succeed in the offense. Ding Yanyuhang was soon intercepted by Belinelli and made a mistake.

Then, the game entered the stage where the Chinese team was beaten up.

Italian two stars Gallinelli and Belinelli were fully fired and made consecutive shots.

And the Chinese team, without Yi Jianlian, the players didn't know how to play.

He didn't dare to attack the ball when he got it, and hesitated and passed it around.

I originally thought that Li Liang would be his teammate today and he would be able to be a supporter with peace of mind.

But I knew that Guidance Gong would not let Li Liang go, and Yi Jianlian would not go, without the backbone and no one could withstand it.

In the end, after half of the first quarter, the Chinese team scored no point.

And Italy has already scored 18 points!

The beginning was 0-18, which was a huge pit for Li Liang.

Gong Lu called for two pauses to adjust, but he still couldn't make a move. Guidance Gong was so angry that his face turned pale.

During the second pause, Gong Luming looked at Li Liang and signaled whether he would appear.
Chapter completed!