champion light

Chapter 55 Calm down
When Kaka turned to get rid of Vampeta, and then threatened Dida's goal with a long shot, Leonardo shouted excitedly in the box: "Beautiful!"

After shouting, he smiled apologetically to Galliani.

Galliani said nothing.

How could he not know that Leonardo did this for himself?
I was only questioning Kaka's level before, and Kaka made such a beautiful turn to get rid of and shoot.

He admitted that Kaka was very beautiful.

But this is only once.

If it's just this wonderful performance, it doesn't mean anything.

No matter how amateur players are, it is possible to enter the world wave.

If you only look at the highlights of a certain player, everyone is the king of the ball.

You have to watch the full game to see what he does throughout the game.

The Brazilian young player's performance in the first six 10 minutes was a failure. If there is no performance in the last three 10 minutes that makes him change his mind, he will not be able to impress AC Milan.

Leonardo is also aware of this point, just relying on a flash performance will never be able to scare an old fox like Galliani who has experienced many battles.

He sat down and prayed secretly that Kaka would continue to perform well in the next game, as usual.

He firmly believes that as long as Kaka plays normally, it is enough to impress AC Milan.

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Being provoked by Kaka face to face, how could Rong Guang swallow this breath.

"Bastard!" He spat hard behind Kaka.

Dare to underestimate me?

I don't know who was sleepwalking like an idiot for the first six 10 minutes, it wasn't me anyway!

Next, he will use his performance to retaliate!

I'm no worse than Kaka!
But he has no chance...

Corinthians' defense against him is very strict, not much inferior to Kaka.

If you want to say that the team that has the deepest impression on Rongguang, it must be Corinthians.

Because Rong Guang became famous as a rookie, his opponent was Corinthians.

It was in the match against Corinthians that Rong Guang scored an astonishing goal. He alone helped Sao Paulo defeat Corinthians.

Later everyone knew that Corinthians was defeated by a beginner who had only learned football for more than a month, and Corinthians became the laughing stock of many people.

This failure was unforgettable for the Corinthians team. Their head coach was also dismissed by the furious Corinthians club chairman Du Alibi because of this humiliating failure.

So at the time of this encounter, Pereira fully absorbed the lessons of his predecessor Geninho.

A very tight defense was arranged for Rongguang.

It’s okay if he doesn’t enter the 30-meter area. As long as he tries to break into Corinthians’ defensive third zone, he will face the high-intensity personal defense of Corinthians players, making him run at all.

This trick is enough for experienced defensive players to deal with Rong Guang.

Anyway, Rongguang is not good at dribbling—before the game against Santos, this evaluation was "can't dribble". In a sense, Rongguang's special training has indeed brought him a lot of improvement—as long as he defends close and squeezes him outside.

Pereira specifically studied the previous Sao Paulo games, especially the game against Santos.

In fact, Santos' previous defense was very successful, but when Rongguang made a mistake and lost the ball, they were eager to counterattack and immediately forgot this.As a result, the formation was pulled apart, and there were too many gaps that Rongguang could use.

In the end, Glory did not "disappoint" them.From defense to counterattack, he came a one-stop.

The way to deal with Rongguang is actually very simple. Everyone knows that it is to compress the space, especially the space behind him, and not give Rongguang the distance to sprint, so that his speed is useless, because he is not good at handling the ball.

The current situation is very suitable for Corinthians to adopt this shrinking defensive tactic.

Because Corinthians are ahead in the total score, there is no need for them to take the risk of going out to play against Sao Paulo. In that case, once they are intercepted, it will be the end of the world...

They don't want to be pierced by the dragon of glory again.

So they can play defensive counterattacks with peace of mind and let Sao Paulo play positional warfare.Glory is useless in positional warfare.

From this point of view, the 3:2 away game against Sao Paulo in the first round is particularly important.

If Corinthians are forced to attack at home, then this game will be much more difficult.

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Rong Guang was very anxious, but he still remembered what the head coach Osvaldo said.

If you don't perform well, you will be replaced!
He doesn't want to be replaced.

In that case, I will become a laughing stock...

And he saw that Kaka's performance was recovering, which made him even more anxious.

Corinthians' line of defense was pulled back very deep, mainly to defend against Sao Paulo's use of glorious speed to hit their backs.

But in this way, another person has brought an opportunity.

Kaka is now very handy in getting rid of Vampeta in the midfield.

After getting rid of Vampeta's defense, he didn't rush into the penalty area. As long as he had the opportunity, he would shoot without hesitation!
All long shots!
Because Corinthians' back line was pressed very far back by Rong Guang, there was no way to block Kaka's shot in the first place, so Kaka made several long-range shots without defense.

The last kick even forced a brilliant save from Dida, barely enough to keep the ball out of the line, and Sao Paulo won a corner.

"Kaka's condition is really getting better and better. These shots are all at his previous level!"

Although he didn't score a goal, after every shot, Kaka waved his fist and cheered himself up.

He's calibrating the crosshairs!
He felt that he was infinitely close to scoring a goal!

He had this idea in his heart, very strong, and told him that he was going to score a goal!
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This moment came 70 minutes into No.10. 33 minutes after Rong Guang played, Kaka once again got rid of Vampeta's entanglement in the middle, faced the goal, and [-] meters away from the goal, he took a long shot!

"Kaka is here again—"

Amid the elongated roar of the commentator, the football drew a very obvious arc in the air, bypassing the defensive players in the penalty area and the goalkeeper Dida's ten fingers...

Then he plunged into the net!

"GOOOOOOL!!! Kaka! Kaka! Kaka Kaka!!! Kaka got back a goal for Sao Paulo! 1:0! On the total score, Sao Paulo drew with Corinthians 3:3!!"

The Sao Paulo fans in the stands erupted into cheers like a volcanic eruption.

They've finally arrived!
Sao Paulo finally scored!

Kaka finally scored!

He's back to normal!

After the goal, Kaka pointed his hands to the sky, raised his head and murmured a prayer, thanking God.

He believes that the Brazil national team's squad must be the Lord's test for him.

If he fails this test, he may sink completely.

But well, he finally defeated the demons and passed the test!

This goal is proof!

Of course, when Kaka was in ecstasy, he would naturally not remember how he defeated the inner demon...

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Seeing Kaka's goal, other Sao Paulo players rushed to him and celebrated with him.

Only one person is the exception.

When Kaka shot, Rong Guang rushed into the penalty area, hoping to get a chance to make a follow-up shot.

Because Kaka didn't score a goal before, he also scolded Kaka to pass the ball to him instead of wasting the opportunity.Of course, it is impossible for Kaka to pass the football to him, just as he would not pass the ball to Kaka...

But this time, Rong Guang was the same as before, and didn't have the chance to get a follow-up shot.

This time it wasn't Kaka who shot out of the bottom line, nor was Dida threw him out.

This time, the football flew directly into the goal!
He scored!

Rong Guang froze for a moment.

But he soon kept going, all the way into the goal.

With his speed, before the goalkeeper Dida could react, he turned around holding the football and turned back.

Kaka scored a goal, he will not celebrate.At the same time, he didn't have time to celebrate.

10 minutes have passed, and he still hasn't shown a good performance...he is in a hurry.

He was afraid that he would be replaced by Osvaldo next.

In order not to be substituted, he had to be positive before scoring.

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Kaka was celebrating his goal, but when he turned his head, he saw Rong Guang holding the football through the cracks and ran towards the middle circle.

Only then did he realize that even if he scored a goal, so what?The total score of Sao Paulo was 3:3 with Corinthians, but Corinthians had three away goals, and Sao Paulo had only one.

This score was maintained until the end, and Corinthians will also rely on the advantage of away goal difference to win the championship!
Yes, what am I happy about here?

We haven't won yet!
In this regard, the rookie was more sober than himself, which made Kaka's face a little feverish.

What is wrong with me……

Why is he not as stable as a novice?
If Kaka knew that Rongguang was so active and just didn't want to be replaced earlier, he might vomit blood for his guilty performance-it's a waste of expression to use the mentality of a mature player to ask a novice who doesn't understand anything!

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"It seems that Rong Guang is the only one who has kept his composure at this time. It's really not easy." Assistant coach Mao Luo is also very satisfied with Rong Guang's performance.

"This rookie will always bring us some unexpected surprises." The head coach Osvaldo next to him also praised Rongguang.

Kaka's goal eased the tense situation a little, so he also had the leisure to comment on the glory with Mauro.

As the head coach of the first team, he has seen Rongguang's progress. Every time Rongguang has improved, he has strengthened his idea of ​​keeping Rongguang in the first team.

To say that he thinks Rong Guang can help the first team, he didn't have this idea at the time.

He just felt that this kid was making rapid progress, so he wanted to keep him by his side so that he could see his progress as soon as possible... This kind of feeling of watching a person grow from scratch, knowing nothing, and gradually growing into a qualified football player... That feeling is really wonderful.

But I didn't expect Rongguang to stay in the first team, but saved the team more than once...and became Sao Paulo's "Mr. Key".

When Kaka, Ricardinho and others were injured one after another, and Sao Paulo's first team could hardly make up the 18-man roster, Rongguang broke out in the match against Corinthians. Since then, he has performed well in three consecutive games and helped Sao Paulo out of the predicament and through the most difficult period.

In the key match against Santos for the semi-finals, relying on Rong Guang's outstanding performance as a substitute, Sao Paulo finally ranked third and qualified for the semi-finals.

If there is no glory, Sao Paulo may not even have the chance to compete with Santos for the top four, let alone reach the final in one breath...

And now Kaka's goal, to put it bluntly, is actually because of glory.

It was precisely because Corinthians was afraid of Rongguang's speed and shrunk too hard to defend, that gave Kaka many chances to take long shots from outside the penalty area.The same goes for his goal.

If Rong Guang hadn't played, Kaka would never have had so many chances to calmly take a long shot from the front of Corinthians' penalty area.

It seems that during this period of time, Kaka is full of glory, and Rongguang seems to have no chance to perform.

But it was precisely because Corinthians shifted the focus of defense to Rongguang, who had brought them great shame, that Kaka could take advantage of it.

Of course, Kaka's sluggish performance in the previous 60 minutes also helped him, making Corinthians less strict with his defense than before.

(End of this chapter)