I'm Kaka Kaka

Chapter 82 Elf

Kaka was the most popular player in the Brazilian football field in 2001. Not only fans, but also many famous Brazilian coaches and celebrities also supported Kaka to enter the national team. The most famous representative is the old coach Pereira.

The former Brazil national team coach took Ronaldo, who was only 1994 years old, with him when he went to the World Cup in 17. Although Ronaldo didn't get 1 minute of playing time, he felt the atmosphere of the World Cup and finally lifted the Hercules Cup with his teammates.

And now, the aliens have taken over the banner of Samba football and become the sharpest arrow of the Brazilian team.

In Pereira's view, Kaka is the second Ronaldo, the biggest discovery of Brazilian football in recent years, the kind of player who only appears every two or three decades. He thinks that he naturally hopes that Kaka can follow Ronaldo's track and become a legend.

And the media also frantically campaigned for Kaka. Almost every list of players they drafted for the national team included Kaka's name.

Under such momentum, the newly appointed Brazilian coach Scolari certainly would not turn a blind eye to Kaka. Before the first month of 2002 was over, Kaka was called by the national team.

He entered the 23-man squad for the friendly match between Brazil and Bolivia.

Because the club competition is in full swing, the national team did not conduct a large-scale training camp this time, leaving only a few days for the players to get acquainted with each other. The main thing is to conduct an inspection of the strength and status of the players.

Under such a background, everyone seemed a little in a hurry. Kaka, who arrived in a hurry after the Brazilian Cup, was actually the first batch to arrive.

Along with him are club captain Cheney and defender Belletti. All three were key figures in Sao Paulo's four championships last year. It is logical to be selected for the national team.

They didn’t know the complete list of players. They thought that Scolari only recruited Brazilian local players this time, because some players in the national team’s main positions were almost unshakable, so there was no need to investigate further. As a result, when the whole team assembled the next day, Kaka was directly blinded by the gorgeous lineup.

Cafu, Carlos, Juninho, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo...

From the fans' point of view, such a lineup is of course extremely strong and lawless, and even a few of them are qualified to represent Earth in the Cosmos League. However, referring to the results of the Brazilian team in the qualifiers, Scolari is really not optimistic about this team with incredible strength on paper.

With the most luxurious offensive combination in the world, it was only in the final round of the qualifiers that they narrowly escaped. This is a shame...

It is conceivable that Scolari is definitely dissatisfied with such a Brazilian team, but it is not realistic to expect him to replace a group of big names and get a bunch of new players on the field.

Kaka is the youngest in the team regardless of his qualifications or age, but there has been a lot of trouble in the past year. Not only are several players who have played against him impressed by him, but even several top players in Europe have heard about this little brother.

Everyone got along quite happily, and there was no awkwardness. Although Kaka, who is pretty and sweet, failed to become the favorite of the team, he left a good impression on many people.

By exchanging free kicks, Kaka, Cheney, Ronaldinho and Carlos quickly got to know each other.

Kaka remembers that in 2020, someone launched an event on Toutiao, which was to put together free kick masters from various countries and ask which combination was the best.

The result was not much suspense, and the replies were almost all "the team with the yellow jersey".

The representatives of the yellow jersey team are the three around Kaka and Juninho who was not selected for the national team.

Someone summed up their free kick characteristics.

Cheney, Juninho Jr.: Steady!

Ronaldinho, Juninho Jr.: Yes!

Carlos, Junior Juninho: Ruthless!

And now Kaka is a low-profile version of Juninho in free kicks, both steady and ruthless, but not stable enough, not accurate enough and not ruthless enough.

Fortunately, the three of them did not hesitate to teach them, and under their guidance, Kaka's free-kick technique improved somewhat.

We have always emphasized this point. Kaka has never stopped learning, and his progress is not without reason.

Of course, Ronaldinho has so many interesting skills, a free kick is definitely not enough, but he is too talented in those things, and he can't learn them with Kaka's current sense of the ball. In contrast, he is more interested in some rumors.

For example, the widely circulated video of kicking the crossbar four times.

Some of the fans said that the video was real, and some said it was synthetic. Ronaldinho himself gave ambiguous answers in the interview. He said it was an advertisement effect, and then said, "Didn't you see it on TV? Or can you give me money and I will kick it again?"

Kaka is naturally curious, now that he has the opportunity to get in touch with the deity, he naturally wants to ask for the answer.

Of course, the video incident hasn't happened yet, so if you want to ask, you have to use other methods, such as...betting.

"Bet?" Ronaldinho asked with interest, "What's the bet?"

"If you win, I will pay for your next trip to Sao Paulo. If I win, I will go to Barcelona next time... No, you will be responsible for my expenses when I go to Paris."

"Okay, how do you compare?" Ronaldinho showed a characteristic smile.

That picture... I thought to myself.

"It's very simple, this position," Kaka stood slightly outside the penalty area line, "we kick the ball to the crossbar, let the ball bounce back and then kick it back. During this period, the ball cannot land and no one can enter the penalty area. Whoever hits the crossbar more times wins, how?"

"Huh? Sounds interesting, add me?" Before Ronaldinho could answer, Carlos became interested first.

"I'm fine, just ask Ronaldinho."

"Of course, the more people there are, the more fun it will be," Ronaldinho said enthusiastically, "Who will come first?"

"I'll go first." Kaka said.

"it is good."

Cheney kicked the ball over, Kaka picked it up, hit it twice, looked up at the crossbar, and suddenly kicked it over, the football hit the crossbar accurately, and bounced back with a "duang".

The flying back ball deflected a little far, Kaka rushed a few steps to the side, and saved the ball almost again and again when the football was about to hit the ground.

"Oh!" The three people next to him gave applause without hesitation, and the teammates not far away all looked over when they heard it.

Ronaldinho beckoned, and Ronaldo, Cafu and others also came to the side curiously.

Kakado adjusted a few times, and kicked the ball out again. This time the football still hit the crossbar, but it hit the middle and upper part of the crossbar. It flew high before falling into the penalty area.

Naturally, he lost according to the regulations, and Kaka didn't bother to run in to save the ball, so he could only spread his hands, "It counts as two?"

"It's not bad, I'll give it a try." Carlos walked over to lift the ball up, walked outside the penalty area, adjusted a few times, and then kicked the ball over.

Ronaldinho had just finished explaining to the others, so he quickly looked over.

The football hit the crossbar with a "bang", and then bounced back quickly.

Carlos was taken aback and ran to save the ball. Unfortunately, his ball was too strong and hit the center of the crossbar. The ball rebounded flat and fast, and he couldn't catch it at all.

He hugged his head exaggeratedly and said "Oh", and the people next to him also yelled strangely, everyone was very happy.

To Ronaldinho.

Everyone knew that this kid was very demonic, so they all quietly watched his performance for a while.

Ronaldinho picked up the ball lightly, played two fancy tricks, suddenly put away the smiling Mimi expression on his face, and then kicked the ball out.

The football hit the crossbar accurately and bounced back to him.

Ronaldinho squatted down, stopped the ball with his chest, then kicked his thigh a few times, and kicked the ball out again.

The football still hit the crossbar, but this time it bounced back a bit low. Fortunately, Ronaldinho moved quickly and kicked the ball up with the back of his foot. After adjusting a few times, he kicked the ball out again.

It still hits, and it bounces back at just the right speed and distance.

Everyone looked at each other a few times, unable to hide their amazement.

Not to mention kicking the crossbar, even if they kick something small, they are sure to hit it, but this way the ball bounces back...

It can only be said that it is awesome.

Ronaldinho kicked the ball out again, this time it still hit the crossbar, but it hit the lower part of the crossbar and bounced directly into the goal.

Four times!

Ronaldinho doesn't know whether it's regret or pride, but it's still that smile anyway, you can interpret it any way you want, and the people next to him want to go up and wring his face hard.

The fun is over, and the training officially begins.

Kaka was shocked again.

In an interview, Henry talked about how he felt when he saw Messi training after he transferred to Barcelona. A bunch of exaggerated language descriptions and gestures made him sit firmly in the top spot in the Messi world. Kaka used to think that it was polite flattery.

But now, Kaka somewhat understands his feelings.

The explosion of information in his previous life allowed him to see a lot of demeanor through various videos, and he has devoted himself to football in this life. He has also met many football geniuses from Brazil to Argentina.

Really rely on talent to play football.

Needless to say, they are both gorgeous and practical, and their shots are accurate and full of imagination. The cooperation between them seems very random, but it happens to be just right.

Fluid, natural, and deadly at the same time.

In contrast, both Sao Paulo and the National Youth Team are far behind.

Kaka’s former high school teacher once said that a poem you memorized by rote when you were young may not be understood or empathized until the moment you work, get married, have children or even prepare to die.

He had felt this way many times over the years, and he was feeling it again at this moment.

Originally from the back mountain, occasionally a guest in front of the hall, drunk and danced with half a volume of books in the Jingge, sitting in the well and talking about the vastness of the sky.

Sitting in the sky, Kaka.

(End of this chapter)