Sun Hao probably won't have the chance to know the answer to this question.

After visiting Venice, the embassy had already obtained a travel permit for him.

At this time, the motherland was not as strong as it would in the future, but its efficiency was already very high.

After returning from Italy, Sun Hao put this "unforgettable experience" aside and then began to prepare for the new season.

He stopped in the semi-finals last season and the team performed partly, but his personal strength still has a lot of room for improvement.

Not to mention the distance, his three-pointer in the longest step requires continuous improvement.

Training, and occasionally playing football with Prigioni, more than two months have passed, and the new La Liga season will start soon.

At this time, Sun Hao received a message.

It was not from Italy, his case seemed to be a unsolved case and had no result.

This news was released by the European Basketball Association.

After the European Super League was suspended for a year, some of the top European basketball teams and leagues could no longer sit still.

They created a new sporting event across Europe in the form of a private organization, and the name of this event is extremely familiar to Sun Hao.

UEFA Champions League, referred to as the Champions League.

La Liga is one of the "parties of the top European leagues".

According to the rules of the event, a total of 24 teams participated in the first Champions League, and there were three places in La Liga.

In other words, as the top team in the regular season of La Liga last season, Real Madrid has the Champions League in addition to playing in La Liga in the new season.

This is undoubtedly great news for Sun Hao.

Because of the uniqueness of Europe, the Champions League is equivalent to a small World Cup or Olympic Games.

When playing cross-border games, the events are interspersed between national leagues, and foreign players can also have balanced strength, which makes it extremely competitive and interesting.

It is therefore that its exposure and influence will be leapfrog.

Take the most direct broadcast for example. There were 15 large European media outlets in the first Champions League, which is completely incomparable to La Liga.

Calderon made a big splash last year, but in the end he was not really selected by the NBA team.

On the contrary, Ginobili, who played for Italy, was selected at the end of the second round.

This shows a problem: La Liga's current influence is still limited throughout Europe.

If Sun Hao wants to run for the election next year, the Champions League is undoubtedly the best stage.

A week later, the curtain of La Liga opened and Real Madrid began the journey of the new season.

Their first match was the Radar team.

Facing the opponents eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last season, Real Madrid played a bigger gap in strength than last season.

71 to 51, a 20-point massacre.

Compared to last season, the team also showed a higher understanding, especially between Prigioni, Sun Hao and Gabayosa.

Sun Hao scored 12 points and 2 assists, Gabayosa scored 11 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Prigioni scored 8 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

After a season of running-in and training together during the offseason, they already felt like Real Madrid's trident.

Winning the radar team was just the beginning. In the past half month, Real Madrid won consecutive victories and failed and started with an eight-game winning streak.

Sun Hao averaged 9.6 points per game in 8 games, second only to Gabayosa's 10.5 points, ranking second in the team.

Moreover, his shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage reached 52% and 40.3% respectively.

These data have improved significantly compared to last season.

At this moment, Real Madrid ushered in their first game in the Champions League, with the opponent being Bologna Vitus from Italy.

Lasso attached great importance to the first game of the Champions League.

The night before heading to Italy, Rasso organized team members to watch the video in the video room.

At this time, technology was still relatively backward, and videos were basically based on videotapes. Moreover, this was the first time in the Champions League, and my understanding of my opponents was limited.

After the video began, Raso guided the players to focus on the core defender of Bologna Vitus.

Sasha Danilovic.

Former NBA star, top scorer.

Although he only played in the NBA for two seasons, his first season was able to contribute 13.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the 95-96 season.

In the playoffs that year, although the Heat were eliminated in the first round, he delivered amazing data per game of 25 points and 4 assists per game in three playoffs.

In the next season, he switched to the Mavericks and even delivered a 16.6 per game average in the regular season.

But after that, he chose to return to the European League and is now 29 years old, at his peak.

Sun Hao’s previous contacts, whether it is Gasol or Navarro, or even Fernandez and Gabayosa around him, are all young versions.

The next game that you will face Danilovic is the real famous star.

Moreover, both of them are guards, and they are inevitably facing each other on the court.

The first game of the Champions League was a tough one!

The next day, Real Madrid boarded a plane to Sicily, Italy, which was the home location of Bologna Vitus.

This is also Sun Hao's second time to go to Sicily.

When he arrived at Palermo Airport, Sun Hao still felt familiar.

You know, it's only four months since he last came here.

When he got on the team bus, he encountered a police patrol, and Sun Hao consciously accelerated his pace to get on the bus.

He was really afraid of meeting the policeman before. If his teammates knew about that offseason, he would be laughed at for a whole season.

"Sun can't wait. I think he will definitely perform well tomorrow night."

Looking at Sun Hao's agile figure, Prigioni turned to Gabayosa and said.

"I hope he has a good mood so that we can have a good meal."

Gabayosa nodded in agreement.

Prigioni laughed when he heard this.

I would say that they had been very "happy" with Sun Hao in the past offseason.

This is also an important reason why Real Madrid made a perfect start in the new season.

But then again, who doesn’t like to be friends with people who know how to cook?

Like Spain, basketball is not the number one sport in Italy, but the basketball atmosphere here is even more intense.

All this is attributed to the Italian team's recent performance in international basketball.

They won 6th place in the World Championships last year, and they won the European Championships that just ended this summer.

Real Madrid's first game in the Champions League and the Italian team's first game in the Champions League.

The next night, the Sicily Stadium, which can accommodate 6,000 people, was full.

It can also be seen from the attendance rate that the success of the Champions League model is, even if it is just the first game, it has such great appeal.

Real Madrid went to the stadium one hour in advance to warm up.

After practicing for half an hour, Sun Hao felt his body open and sat on the sidelines to rest.

It was then that the members of Bologna Vitus came late.

Sun Hao saw Danilovic at a glance.

Lasso emphasized it so many times yesterday, it’s really hard to be unaware of it.

Since Danilovic's warm-up shot, Sun Hao's attention has been on him and never left.

After watching it, he felt that it was really hard to fight tonight.

Danilovic is really too alternative. He is more skilled at three-pointers than he seems to be in the video.

Yesterday, Rasso said the three-point shooting percentage reached 43.6% in his first season in the NBA.

Although I didn't squeeze into the NBA statistics because of insufficient competitions, what an exaggerated hit rate in the era when three-pointers were not yet popular.

And judging from the warm-up, his shooting rate is no lower than Sun Hao at all.

Sun Hao was thinking that Danilovic had already left the court to rest.

At this moment, his eyes suddenly froze, and then there was an incredible expression on his face.

He kept staring at Danilovic and didn't pay attention. He waited until the latter came to an end and noticed that there were still people on the field shooting three-pointers.

And the man with three points in the head, his straight nose, handsome face, and Prigioni...

This is Ginobili!

The buzz cut that was extremely inconsistent with the long and fluttering image he remembered was so eye-catching!
To be continued...