The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 261 Away Game
Ignoring Zeus' shocked expression, Maya Yuuki turned around gracefully and walked back to the preparation seat.

Over there, the other members of Song's team all stood up to welcome them.

In the lounge backstage, the middle school students also breathed a sigh of relief, happy that Team Song had successfully won the first day's group stage and that the team had got off to a good start.

"Speaking of which, who will be our opponent tomorrow?" Marui Bunta suddenly asked in the crowd.

"If I remember correctly, our opponent tomorrow is the host Australian team."

After listening to Marui Bunta's question, Yanagi Renji thought for a while and then gave the answer.

Australian team?!

Yanagi Renji's answer made some high school students who had fought overseas look at them suddenly, as if they were thinking of something bad.

However, the coaches did not seem to want to speak immediately. Instead, they looked at each other and announced on the spot that after the members of Team Song returned to the main force, everyone would return to the hotel and not disband, but would immediately gather in yesterday's meeting hall.

Then, after a while.

All the members of the team who have returned to the hotel have now gathered around their seats in the conference hall, waiting for the coaching staff's arrangements.

Without waiting for long, Mifune Nyudo looked around the entire stadium with a serious face and said, "Tomorrow's game, our opponent is the host Australia team."

"This team's world ranking is not as high as the Greek team we defeated today, but we still can't be careless."

As the head coach of the U17 training camp, this is not the first time that Nyudo Mifune has led the team to participate in such a world-class event.

He knew very well that playing against the host team would definitely not be easier than playing against a strong team.

Even if your team is much stronger than the opponent, you may still have a very bad game experience.

Because when the host team faces other teams, the home advantage alone gives them an absolute advantage.

"Okay, now I'm going to announce the list of seven members who will be fighting against the Australian team tomorrow. I'm going to name them the Bamboo Team."

"First is the commander, Oni Jujiro, followed by Yukimura Seiichi, Sanada Genichirō, Niou Masaharu, Fuji Shusuke, Toyama Kintaro, and Oishi Konichiro."

When Mifune Nyudo announced the list of members of the Takeshita Squad, everyone present was shocked.

Except for one high school student, Onijujiro, all other team members on the list are junior high school students.

As the one who was chosen to fight, Kijujiro naturally understood Mifune Nyudo's meaning at the first moment.

He made this arrangement in preparation for the next round against the Swiss team, and thus preserved the fighting power of many high school students.

Mifune Nyudo has great ambitions. He wants not only to qualify successfully, but to qualify with three consecutive wins in the group stage.

In this regard, Yuuki Maya, who knew the consequences well, did not say anything.

Because in his opinion, as long as the result is good, a few setbacks in the process are also an excellent opportunity for training.

He could feel that after defeating the Greek team, which is ranked tenth in the world, today, the atmosphere within the team was still a little inflated.

This is especially true for the junior high school students. It would be a good thing to let some of the top junior high school students in the team experience the baptism of world-class competitions tomorrow to eliminate the restlessness in their hearts.

……

The next day was the second day of the U17 World Cup group stage.

Early in the morning, Nyudo Mifune and other members of the coaching staff took the entire team to the competition venue on a dedicated bus as usual.

After arriving at the venue, everyone quickly went to the lounge and began to get ready for rest. "I'm so sleepy. I didn't sleep well last night. Damn it!"

Kirihara Aka slumped down in his seat without any image, and yawned uncontrollably.

There are many people who look similar to him in the team, and most of the players have an expression that shows they haven't slept well.

The reason for this situation was that last night, when it was time to go to bed, all kinds of noisy noises began to be heard downstairs in their hotel.

Music was being played loudly on portable speakers, a few people were holding musical instruments and beating drums and gongs unscrupulously, and there was the endless roar of motorcycles.

Even though the coaching staff communicated with the hotel more than once and even called in the local bosses, they were unable to completely drive this group of people away.

And the people who did these things are all local residents of Australia.

The purpose of doing this is, of course, to prevent the players of the Japanese team, who will be the local team's opponent tomorrow, from getting enough rest.

After the first result of the group stage came out yesterday, many professionals have already made speculations about the qualifying teams from Group B.

They all agreed that it would most likely be the Swiss and Japanese teams.

However, this prediction did not last long and the Swiss team lost the game against Australia in a blink of an eye.

If Australia beats their opponents on the second day, they will have absolute initiative to qualify in Group B.

This is why this situation occurred downstairs in the hotel last night. In order to enable their team to break out of this group, the local supporters of the host team began to demonstrate their home advantage.

"Boys, this is the cruelty of the World Championship. As a team playing away from home, we will definitely encounter this kind of unreasonable situation."

"But, do we have to admit defeat just because of this? They did this because they knew they couldn't beat us if they didn't do this!"

Mifune Nyudo is currently trying to boost the morale of the teams. With extensive experience in leading teams, he naturally knows how to deal with the current situation.

After he finished speaking, the effect was indeed significant.

Whether they were high school or middle school students, their fighting spirit was aroused at once, and the people who were originally drowsy suddenly became full of fighting spirit.

Not long after, the second day of the group stage officially began.

Led by Oni Jujiro, the seven members of Team Bamboo left the locker room and headed towards the exit of the player tunnel.

When the teams from both sides came on the field together and lined up on both sides of the court, the entire stadium was suddenly filled with loud cheers like a tsunami.

"Onward, beautiful Australia!"

"Let us sing with joy!"

"Australia!"

"..."

Everyone at the scene sang the Australian national anthem in unison. The majestic sound could be clearly felt even by the other teams in the lounge across the screen.

This is another advantage of the home team.

In today's group match, all the spectators who bought tickets were local residents without exception.

What the Bamboo Team will face now is a completely away game without any supporters cheering them on.

(End of this chapter)