2024-02-27 20:43 United Daily News reporter Zeng Siru/Reporting in real time
Arriving in Taiwan at 8 o’clock last night, the head coach of the Chinese Men’s Basketball Team, Sang Maosen, immediately changed his identity. Tonight, he led the National University of Science and Technology to play in the 112th Fubon Life UBA Open Men’s Class 1 Top 8. He coached and lost in two Asian Cup qualifying matches. He admitted frankly that after the disastrous defeat against the Philippines, the coaches and players were “exhausted physically and mentally”, but everyone must also be aware of the “staged tasks”. The goal of the Asian Cup qualifying tournament is to capture Hong Kong in the next stage and first win the third place in the group. s position.
Sang Maosen took over the Chinese team last year and led the team to the semi-finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games. He was renewed in this year’s Asian Cup qualifiers. However, during the training camp, the Chinese team encountered problems including insurance, naturalized players and too few training participants. Even in the first game, They played well against New Zealand, but the day before yesterday they lost to the Philippines by 53 points in the second game in Manila, and there was a lot of criticism.
Sang Maosen said frankly that every player and coach wants to win the game, but it is already very difficult for the Chinese team to go out to compete at this stage, and the national team’s coaches are multi-tasked and do not have full-time coaches, resulting in players having to start over again every time. Adapting to the fact that there is only about 10 days to prepare after the Lunar New Year this time is really hard.
In addition to “internal worries”, Sang Maosen mentioned that the actual match against the Philippines was very different from what he imagined. “The Philippines used to have a wild and unrestrained style of play, but now it is much more delicate. Every position is better than the Asian Games.” He specifically named the Philippines’ 22-year-old Soto, the 218-centimeter center, put a lot of pressure on the Chinese team. “He made us suffer a lot. (Gao) Jinwei and Aji (Lin Junji) have also encountered players of this height before, but this time they were close to the basket. A lot of the ball was knocked away, which means I met a better center and chose to strengthen it.”
A total of 24 teams are divided into 6 groups in the Asian Cup qualifying round. The top 2 teams in the group will advance directly. The 6 teams ranked third in the group will compete for another 4 tickets in the play-offs. The Chinese team won all 2 games in the first stage, and the second stage will be held in November this year. At that time, each team can re-name its 24-man roster.
The head coach of the Chinese team, Sang Maosen, arrived in Taiwan last night and will return to UBA today to take charge of the national sports team.Picture/provided by the college sports department
Sang Maosen believes that although the first stage of the victory has not started, the participating players can still gain something, but how the Chinese team can expand the “base” of the players is a topic. The Basketball Association will hold a first-stage review meeting later. However, the Chinese team only returned to Taiwan yesterday, and the exact time and location of the review meeting have not yet been announced.
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