Du Feng: the reason why Zhou Qi was not allowed to play was to protect him. He is the power of our men’s basketball model in China.
Live Bar, November 12-China defeated Iran men’s basketball FIFA World Cup qualification 81-72 men’s basketball in the Asian region men’s basketball. After the game, China men’s basketball coach Du Feng attended the press conference.
Du Feng said: “This is the first time in my life to lead the team, and it is also my first time to come to Iran, a beautiful country; Although we have not had a chance to visit the scenery of Iran during these short days, but we feel the love and support of Iranian fans and people for our Chinese men’s basketball. On behalf of the team, I would like to thank the organizing committee and local fans. Everyone also saw that the compatriots who came to the game today, including some domestic fans, also came to the scene to cheer us up, and we were particularly moved. We are particularly excited to see our compatriots cheer us up in foreign countries, which is also our source power. I would also like to thank the fans and friends who came to the scene to cheer us up.”
When it comes to this game, Du Feng said: “Today’s game is very important for us, because after the victory of this game, we also locked the tickets for the World Cup. This is a meaningful and very important moment for this young team in the process of new and old alternation. Everyone knows that Iran is a very strong team. Although it has only a few days of training time, everyone has put into a good competitive state during the training process. As we all know, Hadadi plays in CBA, including the 8th and 13th of the opponent are very good players. The team won the game today, and I want to thank all 14 players here.”
“As we all know, in the process of the CBA league, everyone in the team has gone back in the state of competition, national team concentration and isolation in the past two years, and everyone has no time of their own. Especially the 16 players who concentrated in Guangzhou, including Sun Minghui, aludu salad Wood and Lu Wenbo, were all concentrated with injuries. Captain Wang Zhelin said a word that touched me very much, that is, when the team is in a difficult situation, everyone should give support. When the country moves, it will fight, this is the mental outlook of our men’s basketball.” Du Feng said.
Speaking of Zhou Qi’s failure to appear in this battle, Du Feng said: “I want to thank Zhou Qi here. He flew to Iran from Australia for 14 hours with injuries and wanted to stick to the competition; however, after the coaching team communicated with the team doctor, in order to protect him, he was not allowed to play today. This is the strength of China’s men’s basketball model. Thank Zhou Qi here.”
(JayChan)