champion light

Chapter 73
"The game has been going on for 10 minutes. At least so far, I don't see Rong has any ability to replace Kaka as the starter. As a midfielder, you need more than speed and the ability to break through vertically. Rong's passing and receiving are only qualified, not excellent at all, especially passing. As a midfielder, even a midfielder like Kaka still needs a little ability to send key balls...but obviously Rong does not have such ability."

Ka Furui calmly and objectively analyzed the past 10 minutes of the game in the commentary booth.

In this 10-minute game, the game itself has nothing to say.Relying on their home court advantage and strength, Sao Paulo has a slight advantage in the game.

However, Sao Paulo's overall performance has the upper hand, which does not mean that Rongguang's performance is good.

Anyway, in the eyes of the poisonous Caffery, Rongguang has not shown his ability as Sao Paulo's starting midfielder.

His ball control is not as good as Kaka, the ball is not as good as Kaka, and his long-range shooting ability is not as good as Kaka.

If this performance continues throughout the game, Caffery can already imagine what the media will react to...

Kaka has just won the World Cup with the Brazil team, and his popularity in Sao Paulo is quite high.

Originally, Osvaldo's choice was quite controversial. If Rongguang did not show any outstanding abilities, then it would be normal for him to be questioned.

It's just that for such a young man who is not yet seventeen years old, the overwhelming doubts may not be conducive to his growth.

Anyway, Caffery couldn't figure out why Osvaldo would do this.

Even if Kaka's physical fitness is not good, he won't even be able to start the game, right?If his physical fitness is not good, he can be replaced at 10:[-] minutes, and then let Rong Guang play.In this way, Rongguang is also more suitable to play his characteristics when he comes off the bench-when the opponent's physical strength begins to dry up, his speed is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Like now, let Rong Guang start the game, the opponent's physical fitness is not a problem at all, and the reaction speed is not slow, the power of Rong Guang's sharpest weapon is directly reduced by half.

What's the point of such an arrangement?
Caffery is definitely not the only one who has this kind of thinking.

Another commentator, Galvan Bueno, also raised his own doubts.

In addition, the fans in the stands, especially the fans of Kaka, and the audience in front of the TV were puzzled by Rong Guang's starting game.

In fact, Rongguang's performance is not bad, but because he is replacing Kaka in the starting lineup, everyone's demands on him are naturally high. As long as he doesn't show what they want to see, it is "bad performance".

This is actually very similar to the trend of public opinion when Kaka replaced Romario and joined the Brazilian national team.

Kaka is good, but not as good as Romario.

Rongguang also performed very well in the Rio-São Paulo Championship in the first half of the year, but it was still not as good as Kaka.

No matter in terms of statistics or game perception, everyone thinks that the glory is not as good as Kaka.

That being the case, why give up Kaka and let Rongguang start?

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When Rong Guang was holding the ball, there were a few sporadic boos from the stands.

Mauro glanced back at the stands, and then said to Oliveira: "It seems that some people are getting impatient."

"It's only been 10 minutes. What a group of impatient people." Osvaldo was unmoved, still staring at the court.

Rongguang's problem is that there is not enough depth for him to display his speed and vertical breakthrough.

After two outstanding performances against Santos and Corinthians, Rongguang has attracted the attention of many people.This time his opponent had a full three months to study Rongguang, and how to deal with Rongguang was of course easy for them to do.

Osvaldo noticed that Botafogo had a particularly distinct sense of hierarchy when shrinking the defense.

From the avant-garde line to the back line, and even to the goalkeeper, several lines can be seen clearly.

If Rongguang wanted to continue single-handedly challenging the entire team and piercing through all of Botafogo's lines, the difficulty would be even greater than the final of the Rio-São Paulo Championship...

And speaking of which, Botafogo can be regarded as having successfully frozen glorious experience-in the regular season of the Rio-Sao Paulo Championship in the first half of the year, Sao Paulo once encountered Botafogo at home, and the game between the two sides was tied 1:1.Rong Guang started the game, but he basically showed no performance in that game, completely lost himself.In the end, at No. 601 minutes, he was replaced by Kaka.That game was also the beginning of Rongguang's transition from starting to substitute.

So in the new season's national championship, it might not be a good thing to face such an opponent who is familiar with Rongguang in the first game.

But Osvaldo is still staring at the court with interest, staring at the glory.

He was different from those who doubted his arrangement, because those who questioned Rongguang's incompetence had not seen what Rongguang had shown in the training camp for more than a month.

But he saw it.

Unlike when the Rio-São Paulo Championship ended in May, the glory that reappeared before his eyes had a new change. Every cell in his body seemed to be reborn—a completely new glory.

This change interested Osvaldo very much.

He looked forward to the glorious progress, as if watching a good series.

He saw the beginning by accident, it was like watching it all the time until the finale.

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Facing Botafogo's defense against him, Rong Guang seemed to have nothing to do. He turned around and passed the football back to Ricardinho.

Seeing this scene, Reynaldo, who was sitting next to Kaka on the bench, couldn't help snorting: "Pass back, pass back, pass back, what else would he do? I haven't seen him pass the ball forward! Not only did he not pass the ball forward! Not only did he not pass the ball forward, but he didn't even pass the ball from the two sides... The midfielder? What an incompetent midfielder! Did he just make up for it?"

When he said it out loud, he actually said it to Kaka on purpose, he was complaining for Kaka.

But Kaka didn't answer, but stared at Rong Guang very intently, just like the head coach Osvaldo.

He also wanted to see how Rong Guang, who had been kicked out of the market, would be broken this time.

This is not the first half of the Rio-São Paulo Championship, when you were completely new and a lot of people didn't know you, didn't know you.You can use their ignorance of you to do wonders.

But this method is not long-term. When you do this repeatedly, you will be thoroughly studied by your opponent.

Like the one by San Caetano in the Rio-São Paulo Championship.

But after being thoroughly studied that time, Kaka really didn't expect Rongguang to learn to dribble in a very short period of time!It really shocked everyone including him!
So what about this time?
What new gadgets can rookie Rong come up with?
Kaka suddenly looked forward to this rookie.

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Rong Guang's head coach Osvaldo's advice echoed in his mind: "Don't take the ball to organize offenses, this is not a job you are good at doing. Give the football to Ricardinho, and then you find the space yourself. Think with your brain and learn to use your speed. Also, let me see what color your next chocolate is, Rong."

The last sentence, Rong Guang has not figured out what it means until now.

Of course he didn't understand, because he hadn't watched "Forrest Gump"...

Osvaldo is looking forward to another unexpected surprise from Rongguang!
Rong Guang is now thinking about how to use his speed to break through the opponent's defense.

The opponent's defense is well-structured. He once tried to use his speed to pass the No.1 player, but was soon forced by the No.2 defender to mess up the rhythm. Then the No.3 defender rushed up and completely destroyed his ball.

It is really difficult to break through this defense on your own.

How do we do this?

Football soon spread to Rongguang's feet again.

Rong Guang was not reconciled, he still planned to try the next dragon breakthrough.

He dribbles forward with the ball.

Soon, the No.1 Botafogo defensive player pushed forward, Rong Guang used his linear acceleration to temporarily throw off the opponent, but the No.2 Botafogo player pushed forward again.

Moreover, the distance between the two was so close that Rong Guang didn't have much preparation time, forcing him to have more and more space and time to control the ball.

In the final analysis, football is a game of competition for time and space.

When Rong Guang was suppressed by his opponent in both space and time, it was naturally impossible for him to perform well.

So Rongguang lost the ball again.

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"This idiot! Reckless!" Renaldo slapped his thigh on the bench. He didn't know whether he was scolding Rongguang or worried about Rongguang...

"There is no future for being reckless! Who does he think he is? Ronaldo? Ronaldinho?" The commentator Bueno mercilessly criticized Rongguang's stupidity.

"A player who can only bury his head and dribble the ball forward, no matter how fast he is, it is absolutely impossible to become a top player. Now it seems that Rong's physical fitness and talent are indeed outstanding... But I think there is one thing he lacks the most, and the lack of such things may affect Rong's height in football in the future. That is...a ball quotient!" Caffrey directly pointed out Rong Guang's weakness.

When the TV viewers heard what Cafferi said, they all suddenly realized that they praised him as a well-known professional football commentator in Brazil, and the evaluation of "lack of football intelligence" really hit the nail on the head!

Although Rong Guang performed well in the Rio Sao Paulo Championship, he relied more on his super physical fitness.

His speed is definitely fast enough, which is also his magic weapon for winning.

Players with fast speed took advantage when they first debuted, because everyone didn't know him enough.

But as people get to know him better, if his IQ doesn't grow, he's going to be in big trouble...

Players with no or low IQ lack insight into the football game, don’t know how to maximize their talents, and can’t integrate into the game. They can’t cooperate with the team. They are obviously talented, but they can’t always become a player of the level that matches their talent—to put it bluntly, they just play football without using their brains.

Such players are not uncommon in world football.

Perhaps Glory is such a thing?
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Rong Guang's ball was broken, but he wasn't as annoyed as he was the previous few times, because this time when the opponent player rushed up to break his own ball, he suddenly discovered a problem.

That is, there is a space left behind this player.

In order to grab his own ball, his position on the court has changed.

This change is not big, maybe a distance of one or two meters.

But for the place at the front of the penalty area, one or two meters is a big loophole!
Why can't I take advantage of this loophole?

The opponent used two people to defend themselves. Doesn't that mean that their defensive strength has been weakened elsewhere?

Then at this time, where should I pass the football to my teammates, wouldn't the teammates who catch the ball be unmarked?
In this way, the opponent's defensive players will definitely swarm to defend the receiving player.

When I don't have the ball, the defensive pressure will be much lighter. If I run into the space left by the defensive players who are swarming to defend their teammates, won't they break the game when they receive a pass from their teammates?

The more Rong Guang thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible.

To come up with such a perfect plan in such a short time seems like a genius of mine!

Rong Guang is confidently preparing to implement his plan that he suddenly thought of.

He raised his arm and signaled his teammates to pass the football to him.

(End of this chapter)