The United States Team's Coordination
After Director Zhang said this, the comments section quickly erupted, and the fans split into two camps.
Some fans immediately started attacking him.
"They've only played one half, and you're already saying we'll lose? That's way too cowardly."
"You're boosting their morale and weakening ours."
"Get out of China, you lapdog."
Others thought Director Zhang's words were very fair.
"I think Director Zhang is right. I hope China wins the championship too, and Brother Yi is clearly better than those players on Team America, but basketball is a five-man sport. The gap between China's other players and the American players is obvious to the naked eye. So don't put pressure on China Team. As long as they give it their all, even if they lose in the end, they'll still be fine sons of China."
"Even at worst, they're still the runners-up. They've been the world runners-up for two years in a row. That's rare even in world history, so they've already done incredibly well."
"Football fans, stay out of this, unless you want to get mobbed."
As the American players left the court, every one of them looked grave.
They'd faced China Team many times before. They'd even been tied at halftime on occasion, but they could usually put China Team away in one run during the second half.
But this year was different. This year, China Team had Wang Yi.
So they had to approach the second half with utmost seriousness and caution.
The players on China Team also looked grave as they left the court.
They'd been through this before: China Team and Team America would be nearly tied at halftime, then Team America would crank up its defensive pressure in the second half and put them away in an instant.
So