champion light

Chapter 82

The strength of Sao Paulo in the new season has indeed increased. Compared with last year's national championship, they have one more playmaker Ricardinho and one more mature all-around shooter Fabiano.

More importantly, they have an extra glory.

In this game, Glory is still the starter, serving as the midfielder.

Although he still had no goals or assists, the Sao Paulo team was running smoothly in the first half. They had already led Atletico Parana by two goals at the end of the first half.

It seems that he is really here for revenge.

The defending champion of the National Championship was completely overwhelmed by Sao Paulo in the first half.

They only conceded two goals, which can be regarded as a good performance for them.

Sao Paulo players looked relaxed in the locker room at halftime, as if the start of the new season's three-game winning streak was close at hand.

Although there were 45 minutes left in the second half, the atmosphere in the dressing room was indeed relaxed.The lively Brazilian players even played music, treating the visiting team's locker room as a carnival scene... They twisted their waists and danced samba in the fast-paced samba music.

Baptista even invited Rong Guang to dance together.

Rong Guang rolled his eyes: "I won't!"

Losing to Atlético de Parana in the quarter-finals of last season made Sao Paulo unable to compete for the final championship. You must know that the team that competed with Atletico Parana for the championship in the end was San Caetano, which is also a dark horse.If it is Sao Paulo, maybe it can also beat San Caetano?

So they kept holding back their breath.

Now that they were two goals ahead of Atlético Parana in the first half, the anger in their chests was finally vented by them.

So now they are celebrating wildly at halftime, and they are actually venting their anger.

But after the second half started, they soon stopped laughing and dancing samba.

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"Alex Mineiro!! Atlético Parana's 'Hurricane Killer'! This is his second goal of the game! It's unbelievable! Atlético Parana, who was behind by two goals in the first half, evened the score in the second half! 2:2!"

"Mineiro must have reminded the people of Sao Paulo of the sad memories of the quarter-finals of last season! It was his goal 10 minutes before the end of the game that killed Sao Paulo! Now he stepped forward again to save Atlético Paraná, and at the same time humiliated Sao Paulo again!"

Accompanied by the voices of the two commentators, there were deafening cheers in the Mario Celso Petraglia Stadium.

The cheers from more than 1 Atletico Parana fans can even rival the Morombi Stadium.

"Damn hell! Damn hell!" Sao Paulo coach Osvaldo couldn't help but swear when he saw Alex Mineiro running wildly to celebrate his goal.

Leading by two goals in the first half, such a good situation, I didn't expect it to become like this now!
Will this make him angry?

During the intermission, he was also very relaxed. He believed that as long as the team maintained the state of the first half in the second half, if they continued playing like that, Atletico Parana would have no chance at all.

Not to mention that he still has glory on the court. Sao Paulo, who leads by two goals, is basically invincible as long as he has glory.Because the opponents will be afraid of Rong Guang's speed, and dare not press with all their strength.

But who would have thought that Sao Paulo would play like shit in the second half.

In addition, Atletico Parana's sudden and violent counterattack also made Sao Paulo somewhat unprepared.

Sao Paulo's players may be used to having a glory in front of them, so they began to defend and counterattack with peace of mind.

No one expected that Atlético Parana's counterattack would be so decisive and swift. They didn't seem to care that their goal was pierced by Rongguang, and they didn't even think about defending Rongguang.

Just attack with all your might!

And they really did!
Within 5 minutes, Athletic Parana's top scorer Alex Mineiro scored two goals in a row to help the team equalize the score!
Now the entire Mario Celso Petraglia stadium is full of cheers, full of cheering Atlético Parana fans.

In stark contrast to them are the stunned Sao Paulo players.

They seem to be unable to accept this reality for a while.

"Atletico Parana played like shit in the first half, and it was Sao Paulo's turn to play like shit in the second half..." The poisonous tongue Bueno mercilessly criticized Sao Paulo's performance.

Of course, Sao Paulo's performance in these two 10 minutes does have reason to be so criticized.

But this is not the reason why Sao Paulo fans are willing to fall at the feet of Atlético Parana again.

Even if their team is playing like shit, they still want their team to win.

Because the pain left by Atlético Parana in the national championship last season was too deep.

According to the regulations of the Brazilian National Championship that year, the top eight players in the regular season would fight each other, and the quarter-finals would be the first round of the knockout round.

And it's a match.

Sao Paulo was knocked out by Atletico Parana in the first round.

Being overthrown by such an unknown person really makes Sao Paulo fans unable to swallow this breath!
They have been thinking about revenge for almost a year!

This time, we must win no matter what!

But how to win?
Atlético Parana just equalized the score, and their morale must be high, and their goal also ignited the atmosphere of the scene. The situation of Sao Paulo in the away game is very unfavorable...

How to do?
Corell, who was watching the live broadcast of the game in front of the TV, couldn't help shouting: "Change Kaka to play! Asshole coach!"

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Osvaldo is also considering whether to let Kaka play.

But if Kaka is allowed to play, will Rong Guang be replaced?

Although Rongguang did not perform as amazingly as in the first game, his speed and breakthrough are still very powerful weapons.

And as a novice rookie, he will have some unexpected performances in the market.

In this case, Osvaldo is looking forward to glory more than changing Kaka...

He is unwilling to replace Rong Guang, but he cannot continue to let Kaka sit on the bench.Otherwise, as long as he doesn't win this game, he believes that he will face overwhelming criticism from the media tomorrow.

Could it be that these two people played at the same time in the game?
Osvaldo looked at the pitch.

The only time the two have been on the pitch together so far was in the second leg of the Rio-Sao Paulo final.

At that time, the situation was also extremely unfavorable to Sao Paulo, so he put all his eggs in one basket and sent Rong Guang to the field, allowing Kaka and Rong Guang to coexist on the court.

Unexpectedly, this sounded the clarion call for Sao Paulo's counterattack.Became the turning point of the game.

Kaka and Rongguang scored successively to help Sao Paulo beat Corinthians 2-0 in the away game and won the Rio-Sao Paulo Championship trophy.

So this time... will it be the same?
Osvaldo made a decision, he asked Mauro to call Kaka back from the warm-up place, and he was about to be sent out.

He was not reconciled to being tied like this.Although he was not in Sao Paulo in the game last year, so Sao Paulo's failure has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't need revenge or anything.

But the pursuit of victory is the ideological consciousness that every qualified head coach should have.

Sao Paulo has won two consecutive victories at the beginning of this season. He naturally wants to pursue three consecutive victories, four consecutive victories, five consecutive victories... more victories.

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Seeing that his team conceded two goals within 5 minutes, Rong Guang didn't react. When he was grinning to express his dissatisfaction, he saw Kaka being taught by the head coach Osvaldo on the sidelines.

As a rookie, he had many times of experience as a substitute, so he could tell at a glance that the head coach was planning to let Kaka play.

I rely on... Is this dissatisfaction with me?
In fact, Rongguang is also dissatisfied with his performance, because he has not scored or assisted in almost two games, and every game is mixed with appearance fee, which is definitely not his pursuit...

But being dissatisfied doesn't mean he thinks he should step down and let Kaka come up.

Leaving aside the relationship between Kaka and him, he himself thinks that he can still rescue him and give him some time.

When Atlético Parana swooped in for the equaliser earlier, he didn't have much of a chance.But he can see that this team will definitely not be willing to draw with Sao Paulo at their home court.Especially when they came back from two goals behind.

So in the next game, Atletico Parana will definitely continue to attack until they reverse the lead.

And this is your chance!
If this replaces me, then I am thankful!

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"Kaka, who was warming up on the sidelines, was called back, and he returned to the coach's bench. It seems that Osvaldo is finally going to replace Kaka! When the team was in a disadvantageous situation, he thought of Kaka. This will be the game where Kaka played the most since the new season. I wonder if he can bring some changes to the team..."

On TV, the commentator Ka Furui is talking.

Corell, the little girl in front of the TV, cheered: "Yeah! Well done! You should have done this a long time ago! Give Kaka more time, he will definitely not let you down! Kaka! Come on Kaka!!"

Cui Hao, the father who was sitting on the sofa, was worried: "Kaka played? Doesn't that mean that Rongguang will be replaced?"

When Corell heard her father's words, she also froze for a moment, and the cheering was interrupted.Then she spread her hands: "There is no way to do this. Who made his previous performance not so good? Neither scored nor assisted!"

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Almost everyone thought that when Kaka played, he would definitely replace the mediocre Rong Guang.

Even Kaka thinks so.

But when he heard the words of head coach Osvaldo, he was taken aback: "I'm with Rong?!"

Osvaldo nodded: "Yes, you didn't come down for him, but hit the goal of Atletico Parana with him. After the score was finally equalized, Atlético Parana will definitely continue to attack and strive to win the game. From being behind by two goals to equalizing, Atlético Parana's ambition has been aroused..."

What he said was almost the same as what Rong Guang himself realized. Who would dare to say that Rong Guang is really a rookie who doesn't understand anything?

"So what we need to do is very simple, that is to defend and counterattack. When we have a chance to attack, you and Rong, no matter who it is, rush forward and use speed to penetrate their hearts!"

When Osvaldo said this, he punched himself in the palm of his hand.

(End of this chapter)