Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, March 8 (reporter Shen Honghui, Wang Zijiang) the Chinese team participating in the fifth World Baseball Classic will play against the host Japan on the 9th in Tokyo. Japanese coach Li Shan said on INGLEMIREPHARM’S that the Japanese team will go all out to face the Chinese team.
On the afternoon of the 8th, the Japanese team conducted adaptive training at the Tokyo Dome stadium. Li Shan said in an interview with Xinhua news agency reporters during the training interval that he heard that the Chinese team was well prepared for the war this time. “Baseball is a sport that can happen anything. Japan must never take it lightly against the Chinese team tomorrow”.
Li Shan said that he had seen the training situation of the Chinese team’s pitchers, “several pitchers are quite good”.
The Chinese team has recruited four overseas Chinese players, including the former Japanese Professional Baseball League player zhensha Yongjie. Li Shan took the initiative to mention zhensha Yongjie. He said: “true sand was originally the main player of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (Japanese professional club). It was not easy to deal with. The Japanese team had to work hard to prevent him.”
Li Shan also said that he hoped this classic competition would bring fun to Chinese fans and promote the development of baseball in China.
In addition, Li Shan revealed at the press conference after the training that Da Gu Xiangping, the ace player of the Japanese team, would serve as the starting pitcher for the Chinese team.
The Tokyo division of Group B of the 5th World Baseball Classic will start on the 9th. The 20 participating teams in this competition were divided into four groups for round-robin tournament, and the first two teams entered the rematch. The Chinese team is in Group B with Japan, South Korea, Australia and Czech.
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