Volume 1: The Road to the European Emperor Chapter 39: Taking the Lead
It had been so long since the dream he had in the bar that day that Sun Hao had almost forgotten it.
But Lal Tiji's words suddenly reminded him of his dream.
The name he had been calling turned out to be Joseline.
Even though there was a mature Angela sitting next to him, he was still calling Joseline in his dream.
In an instant, all the events of the past came to my mind again.
“I was born in New York, but my father is Danish and my mother is American, and they met in Denmark.”
“This is my email, please remember to send it to me.”
…
"Sun."
Lal Tiji brought Sun Hao back to his senses.
"No, she must have heard it wrong."
Sun Hao just shook his head and said that he would not admit it.
Lal Tiji was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.
At that moment, his face seemed to have regained his youth.
He left everything behind and then left.
After Sun Hao sent Laltiki away, he stared out the window for a long time, and finally patted his head with his hand.
Damn, is first love always so unforgettable?
When Sun Hao returned to Spain from Italy, the first thing he did was to open the email that he hadn't opened for two years.
He was expecting something before opening it , but after opening it, he was disappointed when he saw the mailbox full of system emails.
He finally turned off his computer and vowed never to look at it again.
Whoever looks at him is a dog!
After Real Madrid lost the first game of the Champions League and returned to Spain, Lazo summarized the team's performance and carried out targeted training.
It can be clearly felt that the overall mental outlook of the team has become different from before.
It’s like someone is walking and suddenly a mountain appears in front of him. He falls down, and when he climbs to the top of the mountain, he sees more scenery than before.
After two days of rest, Real Madrid continued their La Liga schedule.
This time their opponent is Alcante, the team that eliminated them last season.
After winning the championship last season, Alcante completed a gorgeous transformation in the new season and became a top-tier team in the league like Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Their record so far is 7 wins and 1 loss, second only to Real Madrid and ahead of Barcelona in the league.
Especially Calderon, who averaged 12.6 points and 3.6 assists per game this season, is one of the best point guards in La Liga.
This game looked like a fierce battle.
However, after the game really started, the course of the game surprised the fans.
Real Madrid suppressed Alcante from the very beginning and eventually defeated their opponent 70-50.
The biggest contributor to the team's victory was not Sun Hao, but Prigioni.
This point guard, who was suppressed by Calderon in last season's playoffs, frantically chased Calderon throughout the entire court, falling down and getting up again and again several times.
Fans can see his desire to avenge last season, and they can also see the efforts he made towards this goal this past summer.
Alcante's weaknesses were also exposed in this game.
They have Calderon on the outside, but no stable offensive strength inside.
After Calderon was restricted, their offense had big problems.
Moreover, Real Madrid, which had just lost the Champions League, showed the best details and enthusiasm in the game this season.
With these two factors in play, it was not unfair for Alcante to lose.
With this momentum, Real Madrid continued their winning streak.
By the twelfth round of the league, they had achieved an incredible 12 consecutive victories!
This also broke the winning streak record at the start of La Liga!
The fans went from the cold winter of last season when the team was eliminated in the semi-finals to the hot summer of continuous winning streak, experiencing a complete contrast between ice and fire.
However, the season is long, and the reason why those teams that have achieved historical success can continue to win is not only because of their strength, but also because of luck.
Real Madrid's opponent in the 13th round is their old rival Barcelona.
Barcelona has made significant progress this season.
This improvement comes from the team's two young players, Navarro and Gasol.
The two became Barcelona's main players in the second half of last season and their performances have been even better this season.
Navarro, in particular, averaged 11.8 points and 2.6 assists per game, showing the strength of a top European guard.
Real Madrid played away from home and fell into a passive situation at the beginning of the game.
They were chasing points the whole night, and the competition on the court was extremely fierce, with people falling down from time to time.
It was not until the final quarter that Real Madrid tied the score as Sun Hao found his touch from the outside and made two three-pointers.
In the final decisive stage, the confrontation on the field became increasingly fierce.
It was at this time that an accident occurred on the field. Prigioni fell to the ground and sprained his ankle while defending, and was helped off the field by the team doctor.
With Prigioni leaving the field, the strength of the defense line dropped sharply and Real Madrid lost the game regretfully.
What's worse than losing is that after the game, Prigioni's MRI report was positive, indicating a sprained ankle, and he is expected to be absent for 2 to 3 months.
This is definitely bad news for Real Madrid.
However, recalling that Prigioni also missed a month last season due to injury, he has a fragile personality. This season he has played harder, so his injury is not entirely unexpected.
The problem is that this time the injury lasted too long.
And the last time Prigioni was injured, the team discovered Sun Hao, but it will be difficult to find a second one this year.
Lasso's coaching will also face challenges, and how to deploy his troops will be his next focus.
Lasso's initial strategy was to continue using the double point guard tactics, letting Lopez and Sun Hao partner up in the starting backcourt.
But this effect is not good.
In the match against Bilbao, although we won in the end, the opposing defenders scored a total of 30 points.
There is no problem with the two players on offense, but the problem lies in defense.
They are all relatively short in height, which not only makes them vulnerable to attack from the opponent, but also limits their visual interference to the opponent's outside line.
Lazo persisted for one more game, but facing the stronger Manresa team, not only was their perimeter defense blown up, the team also lost the game.
Fortunately, Lazo's reaction ability was quite quick. After trying two games, he chose to give up and put the original shooting guard Trinidad back into the starting lineup.
Trinidad has decent defensive skills, but almost no outside shooting ability.
Such a partnership means that the team's outside offense depends entirely on Sun Hao.
Sun Hao did not disappoint Lazo's expectations.
Although his passing ability is not as good as Prigioni's, he has a silver-level basketball IQ badge and his organizational ability is not inferior.
Of course the most important thing is that he can score!
He scored 19 points against Mesilla to lead the team to victory, and scored 22 points against Burgos to tie the single-game scoring record and lead the team to consecutive wins. Although he lost the game against Teslami, he once again broke the single-game scoring record, scoring 25 points!
As he continued to score, the scoring record for La Liga players under 18 years old was broken again and again.
After a week of games, he averaged 22 points per game!
Such performance is crazy in La Liga and even the entire European league!
The nickname of Chinese Napoleon is no longer limited to Spain, but has begun to sweep across the entire European continent.
You must know that Sun Hao is not yet 18 years old!
And his unprecedented way of scoring created an unprecedented whirlwind in Europe.
Fans flocked to the stadium just to see his scoring performance!
Some fans even imitated his playing style on the baseball field, frequently firing from the outside!
Even in the next game against Obadulu’s team, scouts from the NCAA University of Connecticut and the NBA Spurs appeared on the sidelines!
The University of Connecticut is well-known for producing high-quality outside shooters, and young players like Sun Hao with excellent shooting skills are their key recruitment targets.
As for the Spurs, overseas players are their favorites!
Sun Hao will be 18 years old after this season, and such crazy performance is worthy of their attention.
Sun Hao continued his hot form in this game, hitting 6 three-pointers from outside and scoring 26 points, once again breaking his personal La Liga single-game scoring record!
In three consecutive games, Sun Hao proved one thing to the fans: records are meant to be broken!
After the game, scouts from both Connecticut and the Spurs came to the locker room.
The two people had obviously communicated before coming, and they invited Sun Hao one after another.
"We want you to come play at UConn and we'll offer you a full scholarship."
"We would like you to have a workout with the Spurs before this year's draft. I understand you will be 18 years old before the draft."
The two invitations were exactly the same as when I finished playing in the domestic high school finals.
The difference is that one invitation is a full scholarship, and the other is a tryout for an NBA team!
Compared with the past, these two invitations are obviously much more generous.
