champion light

Chapter 41 The "Weird" in the Lakeside Park

During Rongguang's special training, the Rio-São Paulo Championship will not stop and wait for Rongguang's training to upgrade.

In the new round of the championship, Sao Paulo defeated the American team 1:0 at home.

The glory of this game disappeared from the starting list and was replaced by Kaka.

Rong Guang only came off the bench in the last 5 minutes of the game, but had no chance to perform.

There are already voices saying that if Rongguang cannot change his situation as soon as possible, he may return to the youth team.

After all, as the first team players gradually recover from injury, there is no place for him in the first team...

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After the game, Grayson published an article on "Scoreboard", in which he analyzed Rongguang's current situation.

"...Only 5 minutes off the bench, it shows that Osvaldo has given up the so-called 'genius'... This is undoubtedly the right choice. The Chinese kid has speed, but this is not a football talent. He can practice sprinting. I don't think it will be long. We should not see this sudden 'genius' in the Sao Paulo first team. Brazilian football has never lacked those fleeting meteors, and Rong is just one of them...After this game, I will no longer publish any articles on this Chinese player. Let us turn our attention away from him. There are too many people and things worthy of our attention!"

Contented, Corinthians director of football Edvard Seamus put The Scoreboard aside.

The problem that had been bothering him was completely solved.As long as the media's attention to Rongguang gradually fades, no one will mention the fact that he once rejected Rongguang, and he will no longer need to pay attention to the performance of this Chinese kid.

To hell with the damn Chinese kid and his damn manager!

At first, Edvard Seamus was terrified, afraid that Chairman Du Alibi would make trouble for him.

I'm also afraid that this matter will become more and more troublesome, and it will be difficult to handle when it involves racial discrimination.

Now it has been proved that it was just a false alarm, but it made Seamos very embarrassed for a while, so Seamus didn't have a good impression of Rongguang in his heart, and he wished that Rongguang would be unlucky.

It would be great if Rongguang could be completely sunk.

That bastard Godot still wants to use the media to slander Lao Tzu, so let’s mess it up now!

Live it!

Thinking about the future fate of Rongguang and Godot, Seamus was very happy. He decided to take his wife and children out for a big dinner at night to celebrate.

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Coelho Alessandra Costa is busy as football owner of the São Paulo bureau of Le Reims.

There is usually a lot of work that needs him to do. In addition, although he is the director, he is also a reporter who often goes to the front line.

When you get busy, it is very common to work overtime continuously.

Sometimes after returning to the office after being busy outside, I have to go out again after sitting down and resting for a long time.

Now he is sitting in his office, he is finally done and can rest, this time he doesn't have to run out again.

He rested in a chair for a while, and began to tidy up his messy desk.

When he picked up a delicate notebook, a piece of paper fell out of it, just in front of his eyes.

"Glory".

This was the autograph signed by Rong Guang when he was interviewed by Coelho.

He thought of the deep impression this Chinese boy had left on him during the interview.

He always seems to be full of fighting spirit, cheerful and optimistic.From him, you can't feel the cautiousness of a beginner who has only been in contact with football for more than two months.

After the last game, Grayson wrote an article to put an end to the "genius" debate.

He played his own professional level, criticizing Rong Guang to almost nothing in the article.

The words are sharp and the tone is serious.

Coelho saw it too.

He was worried that Rongguang would not be able to withstand such repeated blows.

It's been three games in a row, and they haven't performed well.

No goals, no assists, less and less contributions to the team.

In stark contrast to his amazing performance in the first three games, from heaven to hell, how many people can withstand this gap?
That's what Coelho was worried about in the original interview.

The start was so smooth, it was really not a good thing for a rookie like Rong Guang who didn't even have a solid foundation.

I pushed myself to the media and the public prematurely, put myself at the forefront, and lost a relatively peaceful growth environment.

The pressure suddenly increased, can that kid bear it?
Suddenly thinking of it, it seems that he hasn't had a chance to show his ability to resist pressure yet.

As soon as he debuted, he had three amazing performances, and he did not encounter any trials or difficulties at all.

The real test begins now.

How will he cope after three straight games of mediocrity, if not poor performances?
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard a conversation between several editors and reporters outside the door.

"I heard that a strange person appeared in the lakeside park recently..."

"Are you talking about that idiot? I've heard of it too!"

"what happened?"

"Oh, it's just that many people saw a fully armed and well-protected man running on the tree-lined road in the lakeside park in the morning and evening. But unlike ordinary runners, he had a football tied to his foot. During the running, he would often trip over the football... No one knew what he was doing. Running was not like running, and dribbling was not like dribbling..."

A few people walked away while talking, and their voices gradually disappeared, and finally they could not be heard at all.

Lakeside Park?

Coelho felt that the name sounded familiar. After thinking about it, he suddenly realized that this was not the park near where Rong Guang and Gordo lived.
This was known during the interview with Rong Guang.

Coelho carefully recalled the content of the chats between those reporters and editors.

Lakeside park, weirdos, dribbling, running...

Could it have something to do with Rong?
Finally he thought so.

Thinking of this possibility, Coelho found that he could no longer sit in the office.

Looks like it's time to get out again...

This time, I still couldn't sit for more than half an hour.

Coelho stood up with a wry smile.

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When Coelho arrived at Lakeside Park, it was already 06:30 in the afternoon.It's still autumn in São Paulo in mid-April, but it's already getting dark at 06:30.The dense woods around the lake made the avenue dimly lit.

The sky was getting darker, and there were many fewer people in the boulevard.

Sao Paulo is a city with a big gap between the rich and the poor. It is very unsafe in those secluded places at night. Robbery, kidnapping, and murder are not uncommon.

Only then did Coelho realize that he was really too excited...

Although the lakeside park is not big, the boulevard around the lake is at least five or six kilometers long. Finding someone in such a large circle...is it so easy?

Maybe I should contact Godot first before coming back?

Yes, that's the way it should be done.

Coelho, who was about to give up and turn back, heard the sound of football rubbing against the ground.

He turned his head to follow the sound and saw a figure running out of the dark shadows.

Just ran to a slightly open area, and the reflection on the lake made Coelho see clearly.

The person who came was wearing a bicycle rider's helmet, and he was fully equipped with shoulder pads, elbow pads, knee pads and other protective equipment. Just as the reporters and editors described, he was fully armed.

What caught Coelho's eye the most was the football at his feet.

Every time he touches the ball, the football will fly forward, but not very far, and it will bounce back after flying about two meters away.

If you look closely, you will find that it is caught in a net bag!

If you push the ball forward too hard, the ball will bounce back faster and with more force.

The feet that keep up will not be able to adapt to this rhythm at all, and will be tripped by the football.

The man ran all the way and fell four times before Coelho saw him.

Once the fall was so hard that even Coelho couldn't help frowning and grinning when he saw it, as if he was the one who fell in pain...

The "strange man" who fell to the ground did not get up immediately, and it seemed that the fall was indeed hard.

After a while, he turned over and sat on the ground, and started to untie something on his feet.

Is this about giving up?
Coelho thought to himself.

But he guessed wrong.

The "weird" just untied the net bag wrapped around his feet, but did not completely remove the net bag.

Then he got up off the ground and continued to run forward with the ball.

After running for two steps, he fell to the ground again. This time he got up very quickly because he didn't have to sit on the ground to untie the entangled ropes of the net bag.

In this way, he ran a certain distance and fell to the ground.Sometimes I fell in one or two steps, and sometimes I was able to hold on for a long distance.

Until he disappeared into the shadows at the other end, in the dark woods, he couldn't see him with his eyes wide open.

But the sound of friction between the football and the ground still came intermittently.

If it is the kind with a fixed rhythm, it means that he runs smoothly.But if all of a sudden the sound goes away, it must have been a fall...

No need to step forward to confirm.

Coelho was already sure that this "weird" who was fully armed and focused on running and wrestling with his head down was an honor.

It was the genius rookie.

As for why he did this, Coelho could also guess.

His biggest problem at present is dribbling, because he does not have the ability to dribble at high speed, so there is no room for his speed to be used at all.

This odd run was clearly an exercise in his weakness.

But most people who want to practice dribbling will use regular training equipment on a regular field for training.

It is quite rare to tie a football to one's own feet like this, and then use the opportunity of running to practice...

But he could somewhat understand why Rong Guang did this.

Because he only started learning football when he was 16 years and four months old.

He was pressed for time and had to take some unconventional means to practice.

He is eager to make himself stronger, and Coelho has a deep understanding from the figure of him falling down and getting up again and again.

Seeing this scene, Coelho suddenly felt relieved.

Rong Guang, a Chinese boy, might not be so easily defeated by this setback...

(End of this chapter)