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While Glory continued his training, São Paulo also had their final round of the regular season of the Rio-São Paulo tournament.

São Paulo is currently fourth with 23 points. According to the rules of the tournament, the top four finishers in the regular season can participate in the semi-finals, but this ranking is not guaranteed.

Because there is not much difference between the nearby teams and their points.

San Caetano, who is in third place, has twenty-four points.

Santos, who is fifth, and Vasco da Gama, who is sixth, are tied with São Paulo with twenty-three points.

They are not ranked as good as Sao Paulo simply because of the goal difference of a few points.

Botafogo, who finished seventh, has 22 points.

Eighth-placed Paulista and Botafogo are tied on 22 points.

The Portuguese in ninth place have 20 points.

From third to ninth, all seven teams have the potential to come back in the final round and qualify for the semi-finals.

This year's Rio-São Paulo tournament will feature only 16 (the fastest-update) teams......

That's nearly half of the number of teams, which shows how fierce the competition is at the bottom of the list.

Only Corinthians and Palmeiras, ranked first and second, qualified for the semi-finals in advance.

Osvaldo's goal of taking over São Paulo midway through is the semi-finals, which is the minimum requirement. If he can't, he'll have to fuck off.

Naturally, Osvaldo did not want this, and Sao Paulo could only win in the last round of the league.

Draws could be squeezed out of the top four by other teams.

In the final round, São Paulo will travel to challenge Santos.

This is a direct dialogue between the fourth and fifth places. As long as they can beat Santos, Sao Paulo will definitely qualify for the semi-finals.

But if it loses to Santos...... Let's say goodbye to the top four.

For Sao Paulo, the away game against Santos was not a good one.

Although Santos has been in decline since the departure of football champion Pele, in the last two years, he has re-emerged due to the emergence of young talent in the team.

In the current Santos team, there are two young people who are worth noting, one is striker Robinho and the other is midfielder Diego.

Diego made his debut for Santos at the Rio-São Paulo tournament at the age of sixteen. Now it is a standing main force.

Robinho was a little earlier than Diego, having already been a regular for Santos at the start of this season's Rio-São Paulo tournament.

Represented by Robinho and Diego, Santos has now set off a storm of youth.

It's not easy to beat this team away from home.

Osvaldo bet on the attacking trident of Kaka, Ricardinho and Luis Fabiano.

And what about the glory...... With all the first-team players in place, it's great to be in the 18-man squad.

In fact, the media were surprised that Rong Guang could still enter the eighteen-man list.

They don't understand that others are not as glorious as others.

Any one of Sao Paulo's first team is probably more qualified than Glory, right?

For what glory can you still be on the list?

At the pre-match press conference, some reporters questioned Rongguang's selection into the 18-man squad.

"For what or honor?"

Grayson sat in his seat, and he didn't ask such a question, because he didn't think he needed to hold on to glory.

However, other reporters are still happy to see Rongguang.

He looked at Osvaldo with a smile on his face and wanted to hear what the manager would say.

"Choosing who to make the list is naturally my consideration. But as for what I think, I can't tell you because it's tactical. I can only say who will make the 18-man squad more depending on his performance in his usual training. Wing has always been the most serious and hard-working player in the team, and he deserves to be in the squad without any problems. ”

Osvaldo's attitude was unexpectedly tough.

If it weren't for the fact that Glory and Osvaldu really didn't have anything in common, the reporters would have to wonder if Glory was Osvaldo's illegitimate son......

Get in the squad for every game, regardless of performance. It's just a good performance, this is a bad performance for three consecutive games, why can you still be in the squad?

Grayson snorted softly when he heard Osvaldo's answer.

This kind of answer is the same as not saying.

Don't be funny, what tactical arrangements can a rookie who has been thoroughly studied have?

This excuse is so clumsy!

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"Kaka——!!! Kaka! ”

The narrator, Galvão Bueno, roared loudly, and the "Bueno Alarm" sounded again.

At his roar, Kaka, wearing the number eight shirt of Sao Paulo, ran to the sidelines with two fingers.

He's celebrating a goal.

Just now, he blasted Santos open the net with a powerful long-range shot.

His goal helped Sao Paulo turn the score around and temporarily lead Santos 2:1!

"Kaka's beautiful long shot! This is the way he scores the most! Sao Paulo reversed on the road! If Sao Paulo can win this game, they will finish in the top four of the regular season and qualify for the next semi-finals! And Santos was cornered! In the remaining twenty-five minutes, they had to score two goals in a row......"

The São Paulo fans in the stands who came with the team were also cheering.

Correll is one of them.

She and her friends screamed and shouted Kaka's name.

Some people were even in tears of excitement.

"Kaka is fantastic! St. Paul could only rely on him! ”

Corell followed with a scream, "Kaka I love you!!" ”

In the media booth, Grayson stretched out his hands and said to his peers next to him, "See, this is genius!" A true genius! ”

He used Godot's word for glory, and it was clear that he was still obsessed with it, and it was not as easy to let go as he said.

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"In the last game, Kaka started for the first time since returning from injury and provided an assist. In this game, he was an assist and a goal...... Very good condition! It's a good thing that Scolari is about to announce his final 23-man squad for the Japan-Korea World Cup! ”

It's not just the commentator who thinks so, but so do the coaches in São Paulo.

"Kaka is in such a good state...... After two injuries in a row, I didn't expect to be able to regain my form so quickly...... "After celebrating the goal in the dugout in São Paulo, the coaches were in the mood to talk about other topics.

It was a tense game as Sao Paulo had been behind and they were all focused on the pitch.

Mauro smiled: "That's thanks to Rong." ”

"Thank you, Rong?" The other coaches wondered what Mauro was saying that

"Because of Rong, Kaka is more serious and hardworking in training than before, and his fighting spirit is also stronger. He probably didn't want to be defeated by Rong either......" Mauro said.

The other coaches were dumbfounded - Kaka actually saw Glory as a threat?

Glory wants to defeat Kaka, they all know it.

But they didn't think that Glory could really threaten Kaka, the gap between the two sides was too big. One is a talent who entered the São Paulo junior team at the age of eight and led the São Paulo youth team to win the São Paulo State Youth Cup, and the other is a rookie who only started learning football at the age of 16 and four months......

Glory beyond Kaka? 0.00001 percent of the time!

But I didn't expect that what they didn't care about, Kaka seemed to care very much.

"But maybe it's just because you want to be selected for the Brazilian national team to play in the World Cup?" A different view was raised.

Osvaldo nodded: "Of course, there must be a reason for this. ”

"I'll just say it...... The World Cup has attracted Kaka so much that he must have tried so hard to get Scolari's attention...... "The other coaches were delighted that they had found a legitimate reason to explain Kaka's excellent form, and they even unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Mauro smiled, not arguing with them on the subject.

Attacking coach Rocha was also not involved in the debate, he just stared at the court and seemed thoughtful.

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The ease in the dugout in São Paulo quickly faded as the game restarted.

Everyone stared at the court, their expressions solemn, and they didn't bother to talk or laugh about anything else.

Because Santos, who was cornered by Kaka's long-range shot, took advantage of the home advantage to launch a more fierce offensive.

They have to score two goals in the next game.

Pressed for time.

Santos's attack was so overwhelming that Sao Paulo couldn't lift his head and could only recover the defense and avoid conceding the ball.

A draw doesn't mean much for Sao Paulo, they have to win!

So now you can't drop a single ball!

Coach Osvaldo has been standing on the sidelines and has never returned to the dugout.

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Corell, like her friends, clenched her fists at this time, and her body tensed to look at the court.

None of them want Sao Paulo to be held to a draw away from Santos, or to lose to Santos altogether.

That means that's the end of São Paulo's Rio-São Paulo tournament. And they want to see more of Kaka's games, so naturally they want Sao Paulo to make it all the way to the final and lift the trophy.

But for ten minutes, Sao Paulo was pressed and beaten by Santos, and the most exaggerated time football couldn't even pass the midfield!

Santos, for his part, bombarded the Sao Paulo penalty area with a bang, as if every attack would lead to a goal. Fans of São Paulo watched with horror.

The exclamations of the São Paulo fans in the stands continued to ring.

It was soon drowned out by the huge cheers of the Santos fans.

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"Diego's story! Robinho!! He burst into the box...... Shot ——! ”

Sao Paulo's captain Cheney was in the right position to keep Robinho's shot firmly in his arms. The cheers of the Santos fans came to an abrupt end.

"We can't go on like this, we have to attack!" Cheney got up from the ground with a soccer ball in his arms and yelled at his teammates.

He was worried that if he continued to let Santos besiege like this, his goal would be conceded sooner or later.

Although even if Santos equalises, he will not necessarily qualify for the semi-finals.

But for Sao Paulo, a draw is equally meaningless.

It cannot be ruled out that after seeing that he had no hope, Santos dragged São Paulo into the water and buried them with him.

So this reactive situation must be changed.

He saw that Kaka had run diagonally from the top of the box to the right wing, where Santos had a small number of defenders and was a good option if he wanted to attack forward.

At the same time, Kaka was still looking back at him. Signal to him with your eyes: Pass me the ball, captain!

Cheney hurriedly threw the football over: "Kaka——! ”

He pinned his hopes on the young man with the ball like the wind.

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"Kaka catches the ball!"

Bueno shouted.

Seeing Kaka receive the ball, the São Paulo fans in the stands, especially the female ones, screamed.

Corell was almost hysterically shouting, "Come on, Kaka!" ”

They all hope that Kaka can change the situation on the pitch with his outstanding individual ability.

Kaka is São Paulo's only hope!

Luis Fabiano, after seeing Kaka receive the ball, also ran desperately forward from the back along the middle, and this was an opportunity for Sao Paulo to counterattack!

But just when he had just run two steps and looked back to see where Kaka had run, he saw that Kaka was shoveled out of the sideline by Santos' defender Renato (who later played for Sevilla, which won two consecutive League Cups)!

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"Bastard!! Don't hurt my Kaka! ”

"You're getting a card in pain!"

"It's a foul! Damn it! You have the ability to defend properly! ”

Correll and her friends exclaimed.

But the referee did not support their judgment.

He whistled and made the gesture of Santos throwing the throw-in!

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"Not a foul! Renato made a nice and accurate tackle on the ball, which bounced off Kaka's leg and bounced off the touchline...... Bad luck! São Paulo can't even get past the middle line! If it goes on like this, Sao Paulo will concede a goal sooner or later! The situation is very critical for Sao Paulo, who are only one goal ahead! ”

Kaka got up from the ground and spread his hands out of the box, looking helpless, believing that the ball was either a foul by Santos or a throw-in for Sao Paulo.

But the referee's decision was not in Sao Paulo's favour at all.

He gasped and returned to the pitch, completely bothered to see if he had a Renato tackle......

Although he only ran ten meters in the sprint just now, it also made him feel tired. Because he's been running on the pitch for seventy-five minutes!

The physical strength is almost exhausted.

Now he's completely willpowered.

He opened his mouth wide like a fish out of water, breathing with his mouth, sweating like rain!

Head coach Osvaldo finally walked back from the sidelines, and he said to Mauro, the assistant coach sitting in the dugout, "Mauro, tell Rong to warm up!" ”