~： Episode 23: Kakarot? (2 in 1)

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Sawamura got the news when he was in the hotel.

South Korea lost, and lost badly.

With a total score of five to two, South Korea had almost no strength to fight back, and was defeated by the Cuban team.

This news caught Sawamura by surprise.

In his impression, whether it is South Korea or Cuba, there are no players who impress him too much.

Even looking at the list, there was no sign of familiarity.

This also means that in these two teams, there is no super genius who can decide the game by himself.

Unlike Italy, there is a Mario anyway.

In this case, the outcome of the two teams, to a large extent, depends on the foundation and performance of their players.

From this perspective, South Korea, which ranks high, should have an advantage over Cuba.

Although they are in the top 5.

But the strength gap and personality of the two teams themselves determine their winning-loss ratio to a large extent.

No matter how Sawamura Eijun looks at it, it seems that South Korea has a greater advantage.

Even if they were unlucky during the game, they lost the game.

The difference in the score should not be too big.

But now, things are clearly different.

South Korea lost, and lost badly.

You know that people like South Korea are very united in themselves. Especially in this kind of international competition, generally their strength can explode to 120%.

This is also the reason why their overall strength is not comparable to the top three, but they can occasionally beat the top three.

It is hard for Sawamura Eijun to imagine how such South Korea could lose the game?

"Are there any particularly good players in Cuba?"

he asked curiously.

"Nothing too special. Oh, yes! The pitcher they played today wasn't the ace they played before, and the name was Catro."

Catro.

Sawamura frowned.

"This name is a bit familiar!"

Sawamura Eijun subconsciously recalled the opponents he had fought against before.

Cuban players, if they really make a name for themselves in baseball, are 100% in the major leagues.

But Sawamura Eijun racked his brains and didn't think of this person.

This shows that either this guy was not a very famous and powerful character in the past.

Or he just doesn't play baseball at all in the future.

To be able to be a representative of the national team, to say that the opponent has no chance to enter the minor leagues and major leagues.

This is a bit of a bullshit.

Especially strong teams like Cuba, their national team representatives, should be even better.

To say that with the strength of the other party, they can't enter the minor league or the major league.

Eijun Sawamura didn't really believe it.

Of course.

Being able to get into the minor leagues and the major leagues and being famous in the minor leagues and major leagues are two different things.

Basically, the best players in the world go to North America.

Under the cruel elimination, it is like a big wave washing the sand.

Let's not talk about it, just talk about Sawamura Eijun and his generation.

At that time, it was not just the five of them who entered North America.

But in the end, only 5 of them can make a name for themselves.

The remaining players are basically nothing.

Even if they barely stay in the majors, they're just role players, and it's hard to have any real chances.

The other side is in the major leagues, and in the end, no one gets ahead.

This probability is the greatest.

If this is the case, then the player named Catro is not worth paying much attention to.

With Sawamura Eijun's current strength, role players are rarely seen by him.

In the lobby, the friends gathered to watch the video of the game.

The South Korean player is really unsatisfactory, and it is natural to lose the game.

In everyone's previous impression, although they felt very bad about South Korea, they still recognized the strength of the other party.

This is a very tenacious team.

Although they are not very good in skill and talent.

But they also have their own characteristics.

And the fighting spirit is very high, and the players are very united.

After forming a team, it feels quite powerful.

Although there are flaws in skill and talent, on the whole, it is a very good team.

When it comes to the game, it's too bad.

In the words of Director Takeda, the South Korean players were too eager to perform well, but the result was counterproductive.

Because they are so eager to perform well, but in the real game, they can't let go.

To put it bluntly, there are too many concerns, and they have not played their own characteristics at all.

It looks very hard, but the whole play has been greatly discounted.

After South Korea's own problems, Cuba quickly seized the opportunity and took the lead in scoring.

A two-point lead over the opponent.

South Korean players are not to be outdone. After all, they have a strong background, and once they start to rage, they are also very scary.

After dropping two points, the South Korean player calmed down.

Quickly adjust the strategy and chase two points back.

The total score became 2:2.

In the stands, the South Korean audience was extremely excited.

Having experienced the pain of war, they have a special sense of unity and a sense of nationality.

It is also a foreign country to participate in the game, even the fans of the island country, there is no way to compare with the fans of South Korea in this regard.

The island country is abroad, but there is no way to find so many people at once.

After South Korea recovered the score, they are ready to make persistent efforts.

But at this time, the Cuban side suddenly broke out.

Their outbreak came from an accident.

For some unknown reason, the South Korean pitcher, who was about to pitch, suddenly lost the pitch.

Although he didn't perform well in the beginning.

But as the game progressed, after he calmed down, he still showed his strength perfectly.

As far as Sawamura and the others are concerned, even if this guy can't make persistent efforts, he won't collapse.

But the reality is often very face-saving.

After the guy missed the shot, Cuba immediately seized the opportunity and counterattacked successfully.

One point back.

The score became 3:2 and Cuba took the lead again.

The mistake this time had a greater impact on the players than Sawamura imagined.

How big is it exactly?

Take a simple example.

Not to mention inconsistency in pitching, something that a lot of people don't understand.

Simply put, the baseball bounces right above the pitcher's head.

The pitcher just raised his glove without even jumping.

As a result, the baseball fell to the back from more than 10 centimeters above the pitcher's glove.

Although the shortstop filled in in time, it did not cause any serious consequences.

But this performance has fully explained the problem.

The other party was stunned, completely stunned.

Before this, everyone was very optimistic about the guy.

"I thought those guys in South Korea would be very strong, but I didn't expect to be defeated so quickly."

While watching the videotape of the game, the friends from the island country scoffed at South Korea's performance.

Although South Korea has honed its basic skills very solidly, basically every player's strength is not too bad.

But obviously.

These players have very little game experience.

On the players of the island country, they will never succumb in this situation.

When there is a tailwind in the game, there will naturally be a headwind.

When the wind is smooth, there is a smooth play, and when the wind is against the wind, there is also a head wind.

The more experience in the game, the more research on this kind of thing.

Even without systematic study, it is enough to make them experts in it.

South Korean players are obviously weak in this regard.

So that in the face of a surprise attack, they originally had 100 points of strength, but at this time they can only play 60 to 70 points.

Even if it is 60 or 70 points, they are already flattering them.

In an unfavorable situation, there is no sign of turning defeat into victory.

That's South Korea's dilemma late in the game.

At the end of the game, South Korea could not see any hope of counterattack, but Cuba did not intend to continue to remain silent, South Korea did not have the slightest counterattack posture.

How could Cuba not attack?

After all, they seem to have too little advantage of one point. At the last moment, Cuba scored two more points, so the total score was 5:2.

South Korea, one of the top five, was beheaded.

With their failure, the world's top 4 were all released.

For the island nation, their opponent for the next game has also been determined, Cuba.

Takeda took out Cuba on purpose and explained the educational philosophy of Cuban baseball in detail.

On the surface, it is to study others, but in fact it is to guess what the other party is doing.

The reason why he told his friends this, of course, was that he hoped that they would meet the Cuban United Army in the next game.

can hold up.

After analyzing the strength of Cuba, everyone involuntarily gave a thumbs up. In terms of strength on paper, they are not necessarily comparable to South Korea.

In the case that the paper strength is not as good as the opponent's, they can still press the opponent to fight, and finally win the game.

Cuban players have a very good set.

Even if players from the island country want to compete with him, they have to play with 120,000 points.

Although their paper strength is far more than each other, there is not much comparability between the two sides.

Next are the players.

Cuba doesn't have any particularly conspicuous players, at least not in the past.

But now after the game with South Korea.

There is a person whose name can no longer be hidden.

That's Catro.

Although he did not show the dominance of Sawamura and Narimiya during the game.

But it was this man who sent South Korea to **** with his own hands.

If you despise his existence, then I am afraid that you will not even know how he died.

"Catero, why is this name so familiar?"

"Stop joking, Westerners' names are not much different, and there are many similar situations. What's wrong with Catro, at least it's better than Kakarot."

Almost instantly, the fryer went.

Not only ordinary players, but Sawamura himself was also confused.

He felt very strange before, as if he had heard the name Quattro somewhere.

Although he tried to think about it, he still couldn't come up with it.

Now he finally figured out why he felt that name was so familiar. It turned out to be very similar to the name of a character in the anime.

Sawamura Eijun secretly sighed in relief.

As long as the other party is not someone he is familiar with, in theory, it is difficult for him to pose a threat to the current island nation.

From this point of view, they have absolutely no need to pay attention to each other.

Little Cuba, despite their high world rankings, can be in the top 5.

But for the players of the island country, this is not something they fear.

In fact, in addition to North America, the island countries are very confident in playing against teams from other places.

A fully mature adult team may still have some misfortunes.

But for players of this age, the island nation is still very confident.

Supervisor Takeda was very satisfied with everyone's performance.

After watching the video of Cuba's game, I can still feel the threat of the opponent to some extent.

Although the players from the island country have chosen for this team, there are so many problems.

But honestly speaking, the Cuban team showed something that the island nation cared about in the previous game.

They clearly realize that this is a tough opponent.

And on the surface, Cuba seems to have used all their strength in this game, but in fact they have not. They have been very calm from beginning to end.

This is very interesting.

What can make them behave so calmly?

Is Cuba still hiding something a hole card that has not been exposed before.

If it was a player from a former island country, he would not be so suspicious at all.

But now, he had to hold such doubts.

in this case.

The players from the island country can still say that they can easily win without changing their faces.

This is a typical art master bold.

As expected of players from the high school baseball world, their decisiveness.

It's very surprising.

Supervisor Takeda's private discussions with the coaching staff are also very beneficial to the island nation.

Although the Cuban players are indeed very strong, and looking at the opponent's posture, they are likely to retain some of their strength, but so what?

Supervisor Takeda and the coaching staff still have 100% trust in the island nation.

Although Cuba has shown some strength, they don't think the other side can make any waves. In the end, the island country will definitely win, not only the coaching staff, so the young players basically have similar ideas.

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It's not just that the coaching staff has such a consensus. In fact, the players of the island country have similar ideas in private. Although Cuba has performed well, although they are very strong, the players of the island country still firmly believe that they must win in the end.

Even the locals think they can win the battle against each other.

Not to mention that it was not them who played the game in the sky, but Eijun Sawamura, the great devil.

None of these players is unfamiliar to Sawamura Eijun, and basically they have played against each other, and they do not know each other if they do not fight.

They are too aware of Sawamura Eijun's strength.

A mere Cuban, still thinking of challenging the big devil.

Their standards are too different, and the two sides are not comparable at all.

No one expected it, this is it