China News Service, Beijing, August 24th. The fourth window of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup qualifier is about to start. Du Feng, the Chinese men's basketball coach who has arrived at the venue, said that many people in the Chinese team are still injured, but he I believe that these two games "will do better than the Asian Cup."

　　On August 21, the Chinese men's basketball team ended their European training and set off for Kazakhstan, the place of the fourth window.

On the evenings of the 25th and 29th, Beijing time, the Chinese men's basketball team will face the hosts Kazakhstan and Bahrain respectively.

　　After the end of the third window of the World Preliminaries, many Chinese men's basketball teams tested positive for nucleic acid, resulting in a serious line-up in the subsequent Asian Cup, which ended in the quarter-finals.

In an interview with the relevant teams of the Chinese Basketball Association, Du Feng, the coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, said that during the Asian Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team suffered serious injuries and great mental pressure.

After the Asian Cup, the Chinese team first went to Spain for physical and physical recovery, and arranged four teaching games.

Throughout the training process, the mental state of the players gradually improved.

　　Du Feng said that after moving from Spain to France, the Chinese team also played a few teaching games. The players showed better concentration one by one, and their bodies were gradually recovering. Generally speaking, European training basically reached the level of foreign training. eye.

　　However, Du Feng revealed that Zhao Jiwei collided with an opponent's player in the exchange game in France, causing a fracture of the bridge of his nose, but he himself hoped to go back to reset after the game.

Guo Ailun has some strains on the back of his thigh. Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, and Sun Minghui also have different injuries and strains on their wrists and knees. They are currently undergoing active treatment and rehabilitation.

　　For the two opponents in the fourth window period, Du Feng believes that each has its own characteristics.

He said that the Kazakhstan team is relatively young. In recent years, through participating in the Russian league, the overall strength has improved a lot, especially in terms of confrontation and offensive rebounding. Iran team.

The Bahrain team has also improved a lot in recent years by naturalizing players. In the last window period, they beat the Kazakhstan team by one game. In the Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team only narrowly won by 1 point.

　　Du Feng said that the most criticized aspects of the Chinese men's basketball team are physical confrontation and rebounding.

Therefore, during this European training, the coaching team constantly emphasized with the players to strengthen their awareness of this aspect. In addition, they asked everyone to continue to maintain their concentration during the 40-minute high-intensity competition, and not to be an anticlimactic.

　　Looking forward to the upcoming two games, Du Feng said that the physical conditions of the players are developing in a better direction, "I believe that the Chinese men's basketball team will be better at confrontation and defensive intensity in these two games than in the Asian Cup. better".

　　The fourth window is the first game period of the second stage of the World Preliminaries.

In the second stage, the Chinese men's basketball team is in Group F with Australia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Bahrain.

Because the two sides in the first stage will no longer face each other, the results will be brought into the second round. Therefore, the opponents of the Chinese men's basketball team in the second stage will be Kazakhstan, Iran and Bahrain.

In addition to qualifying for the 2023 World Cup host Japan, the top three teams in the group will advance to the World Cup.

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