The only thing everyone hopes is not to be drawn into the death group.
This grouping is not like the football World Cup, which is divided into several levels and does not allow strong teams to be grouped together. However, even so, death groups will inevitably appear in the World Cup every year.
With the current strength of the Chinese team, it would not be a surprise to be drawn into a normal group and at least advance to the knockout rounds.
There were four groups, ABCD, and everyone felt something was wrong when they were halfway through the draw.
Group B is too fierce.
Team USA, Team France, Team Ukraine.
The three strong teams already have the prototype of a death group...
Everyone suddenly thought of the high-burning death group physique.
In the past, when Gao Ran was playing in world-class competitions, he would be drawn into the group of death. The biggest reason was because although Gao Ran's world ranking was low, he was still strong.
If the Chinese team reaches Group B, they will definitely try their best.
Fortunately, Lin Kai was lucky and was drawn into Group D.
The other three opponents in the group are Brazil, Italy and Australia.
These three teams are not weak, especially the Brazilian team.
There are many e-sports clubs in Brazil, and they are very competitive in various sports.
The players of this Brazilian team are all from The One, the top club in Brazil.
This team is probably at the top eight level in the World Championship.
It is about the same strength as the CSC team, and the winning rate is also 50:50.
With tacit cooperation and strong personal abilities, but lacking some tactical ideas, the fighting style of this Brazilian team is relatively easy to predict.
The Chinese team is still practicing 5V5 coordination.
With the main team members as the team, team members can be added at any time to cooperate. Whether they are gunners, assassins or fighters, they can directly change the battlefield pattern.
Definitely the biggest trump card of the Chinese team.
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"The schedule is out."
"Come and take a look."
When Lin Kai saw the schedule announced, he also called the players to come over and watch the schedule.
Play against Italy on July 17th.
Play Australia on July 19th.
We will play our last opponent, Brazil, on July 21st.
The official schedule is 4 games per day, with CD group on the first day, AB on the second day, and another day after that, finishing in 6 days.
The reason why Group CD is moved forward is because the Japanese team is in Group C and has to play the opening game.
There is no pressure for the Chinese team to play in Japan, and there is no need to adjust the time difference, and the Japanese climate has not made the Chinese people uncomfortable in the past.
In addition, there are many international students in Japan, and it is easier to go to Japan in China, which is equivalent to half a home field.
The first game is at 14:00 noon.
There is a one-hour BO2 match. The first match of the Chinese team is at 3 p.m.
Unless the last round of competition exceeds 1 hour, it will be postponed.
However, this situation is still relatively rare in glory competitions.
A normal session only takes about 15-20 minutes.
The national team has also booked air tickets and will go there a week in advance for adaptive training.
During this period, domestic clubs also provided a lot of training assistance to the Chinese team.
Before heading to Tokyo, the China Glory National Team also accepted a formal media interview.
Although Lin Kai is the captain, Gao Ran still has the largest number of media friends.
"Gao Ran, you did not appear in the previous Asian qualifiers. How would you rate the performance of your teammates?"
a female reporter asked.
Gao Ran also replied:
"They must all be very strong. I didn't even get a chance to play. It's too bad."
When everyone heard Gao Ran's words, they all laughed in unison.
I feel like this sounds like Gao Ran is a substitute...
Is Gao Ran a substitute and not a general?
It is impossible for everyone to believe it based on the revelations made by many training team members before.
"Previously when you were at Dream, you had been serving as the captain and conductor."
"However, Lin Kai is the captain and conductor of the national team."
"Do you feel there is any difference in your identity?"
Gao Ran nodded naturally and said:
"It will definitely be different. Many of my teammates in the club are young players."
"They are definitely very strong, but because of their competition experience and age, it is definitely better for me to command the team."
"Directing takes a lot of energy. This time the national team has Lin Kai as the commander, so I can concentrate on being a thug."
The reporters were all interested. Doesn't Gao Ran's words mean that he has never exerted 100% of his strength in team projects?
Gao Ran was not afraid of reporters digging holes. He nodded when he heard the question:
"Well, this time you may see me 100% devoted to the battle."
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Gao Ran is much more mature than before, but the confidence in his heart is still there.
It’s still the familiar high-burning one.
During the overall interview, the entire team came together as one, and the momentum and confidence they displayed was very moving.
With players like Gao Ran, Lin Kai and Qing Feng in the formation, all they have to do is charge towards the World Cup championship.
After two days of rest, the Glory National Team also embarked on the journey to Tokyo.
The farewell to Jianing was just a meal.
The Dota 2 competition date is a little two days earlier. If the Glory National Team can reach the final day, Jia Ning will still have the opportunity to come to Tokyo to watch the Chinese team's final.
I'm used to flying all day and all night, so it's really a bit unaccustomed to a plane that arrives in an instant like this.
It feels like my butt has fallen to the ground before it even gets hot from sitting on it.
There were also countless fans holding signs to pick her up at Tokyo Airport!
The moment the players wearing national team uniforms appeared, they started waving and cheering.
The members of the Chinese team did not disturb the order of the airport and went to the open space outside the airport to take photos and sign autographs with fans.
"I feel a little nervous as soon as I come to Tokyo."
The team's pastor Xiao Bu also said in Gao Ran's ear.
Playing domestic online matches and the upcoming offline matches are completely different mentality.
There are still two young people in this team who have never played in a world-level glory championship.
There are only so many spots in the Chinese division, and teams like G basically come and go.
The two core players in the team, Gao Ran and Lin Kai, are both calm core players, and the atmosphere within the team is pretty good.
On the second day after arriving in Japan, I continued to start high-intensity training.
Then we went to visit the competition venue.
All glory matches, from the group stage to the finals, will be completed at the Tokyo Stadium-New National Arena.
Each team can come to the field in advance to get used to it.
This huge stadium can accommodate 70,000-80,000 spectators and is similar to the Bird's Nest in China.
There are very few e-sports competitions held in such a large stadium. Among them, the League of Legends World Finals was held in the Bird's Nest.
Even Gao Ran has never experienced this kind of stadium game feeling.
