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Chapter 354 The Hot Final

The playoff semifinals of the St. Paul State Championships come to an end.

Upper half: Sao Paulo 3:1 Corinthians
Bottom half: Mirasol 1:2 DB
So far, DB and Sao Paulo, the two qualifying teams in Group B, have successfully joined the state championship finals.

This battle of focus has attracted the attention of all Brazilian media.

As a high-level event final with a century-old history, this not only represents the highest level of competition in Sao Paulo state football, but also almost represents the highest level of professional football clubs in Brazil.After all, Sao Paulo State has Sao Paulo, Santos, Palmeiras, Corinthians and other strong teams that have won the world championship or intercontinental championship.

It's just that no one expected that this year's finals would be a newly promoted team! Is DB ready to create the Kaiserslautern miracle in Sao Paulo?You know, in the 2-year history of the Sao Paulo State Championship, no team has ever won the championship after being upgraded from A[-]!
If DB has the last laugh, this is also an honor worthy of being recorded in history!
After all, there are championships every year, and people may not remember them, but the teams that make history will be remembered.

In addition, one of the important reasons why the Sao Paulo state championship is also strongly concerned by fans is that the state championship is equivalent to a screening, and the final champion will be eligible to represent Sao Paulo state to participate in the most prestigious "Sao Paulo-Rio de Janeiro state match" in Brazilian football!
This game has a long history and glorious tradition, which is equivalent to the Super Bowl in the United States.

Brazil is divided into 26 states and 1 federal district. However, from the perspective of football geography, the level of football in Brazil is not evenly distributed. It is the eastern coastal areas that truly represent the highest level of Brazilian football.The top football clubs are concentrated in the richest states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on the southeast coast.

The football level of these two states is top-notch, leaving other regions far behind, equivalent to Spain's Madrid region and Catalonia region.

You have Sao Paulo and Santos, I have Flamengo and Frominense; you have Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo with a capacity of 8, and I have the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro with a capacity of 20; you have played Pele and Rivaldo, and I have Romario and Zico.

The two states refuse to accept each other, and the conflict has a long history. Political, economic, social, and cultural competitions are everywhere, and the green field is the battlefield for direct confrontation between the two states.It can be said that the "Sao Paulo-Rio de Janeiro State Tournament" has far surpassed the meaning of football. It places the hopes and expectations of the people of the two states, mixed with hostility and disdain for each other, and has become the biggest criterion for judging whether the two states are better or worse.

The side that won the ball was arrogant and arrogant until the start of the next game; the side that lost the ball was desperate to save face in the next year's game.

And the other 24 states, who are not afraid of big things, are happy to eat melons, and don't mind fanning the flames and adding fuel to the flames. I hope that this competition will be played as intensely as possible, and it is best to play out the dog's brains!
Both state championships have now reached the final stage.Sao Paulo State is Sao Paulo VSDB; Rio de Janeiro State is Flamengo VS Valcos de Gama.

According to the agreement, the champions of the two states will have a peak duel on June 6 at the Maracana Stadium, the largest football stadium in the world.

It is against this background that the championship of the state championship is even more highly expected, and people hope to select the strongest team and win glory for their hometown.

Compared with Brazilian football, China, which is thousands of miles away, is also concerned about the final of the Sao Paulo State Championship.

It was unimaginable in the past that a team with half of the players is Chinese, under the leadership of a Chinese coach, has reached the final of the traditional football game in the kingdom of football!

And this team was also dubbed the title of "National Youth Selection Team", which attracted the attention of countless domestic audiences.

Over the years, Chinese football has been like "Scholars moving - all books (losing)!"

Only then did everyone discover that Chinese football can also win, and there is still hope for Chinese football.

What's more, this strange team is not so orthodox, full of topics and controversies.

Among them are the elites of the football school, but there are also many substitute or fringe players from other teams, and there are even a few guys who have barely touched football in the past and entered the team through entertainment draft shows.And their coach is only a 25-year-old young man without any professional athlete resume. He was hanging out in an amateur team more than a year ago, and he doesn't even have a professional coaching certificate!
What's more, these guys are also good at making troubles, such as "refusing to be recruited by the national name", "accusing a certain domestic club of poaching", and "the coach made the players drink urine".

It is such a messy team, but it has won consecutive battles. In the state of Sao Paulo, where there are many strong players, not only won the first place in the group in the regular season, but also made it through the playoffs, all the way to the finals!

Back then when Yao Ming led the Rockets in the NBA, a round of the playoffs would have attracted thousands of people. Now this national youth selection team has entered the finals in the traditional competition of the football kingdom, which has aroused heated discussions across the country and has become the hottest topic at the moment.

TV stations and Internet channels are rolling and broadcasting promotional videos for the game every day, and sports news is tracking and reporting the preparations of the DB team almost every day;

The major paper media also covered the sky with overwhelming publicity reports, and "Football News" even printed a special issue urgently, but Luoyang paper was still expensive, and newspapers were hard to find;
The merchants who had business cooperation with DB in the early stage also rushed to produce advertisements. Before they had time to shoot TV commercials, they urgently signed a cooperation agreement on the use of portraits, and hung huge photos of DB players on the eye-catching advertising spaces of high-rise buildings in the CBD.

Every World Cup and European Cup, there will be many fake fans in China. They usually don’t watch football, and they don’t know whether the football game is played by 11 players or 13 players.This time, the focus of national attention has become the DB team, and a lot of "DB 30-year-old fans" and "Sao Paulo state championship experts" popped up. When bragging about B with friends, they must call the DB team. The DB team who has loved for so many years is finally proud!
The Sao Paulo State Football Association, which is very good at life, smelled a huge business opportunity, so the start time of the two final games was set at 8:30 local Saturday night, which is 7:30 Sunday morning BJ time.Chinese fans finally don't have to stay up late or get up early to watch the game!
According to authoritative data forecasts, there will be more than 1.5 million Chinese viewers watching the game in real time through TV or webcast.

In addition to Brazil and China, the game will also be broadcast live to 75 countries and regions around the world.

There is no shortage of professionals from many European football powers to follow the game.These people are not as simple as just admiring a high-level football match. They follow the game with professional eyes and evaluate the players on the field.

Yes, their purpose is to discover potential and talented players and introduce them to European high-level leagues!

Every year, in the Sao Paulo state championship, there will be potential new stars being introduced by big European clubs with huge sums of money, and this time, the European scouts are even more excited like sharks smelling blood.

Because, DB itself is a young army, and their formation is full of talented geniuses!
Many European clubs are already waving blank checkbooks. They just wait for the final to start, and fill in the amount of their offers based on the performance of their favorite players!
So, no matter from which angle you look at it, the Sao Paulo State Championship finals are on fire!

The DB team is even hotter!
(End of this chapter)