Chapter 43: Breaking the Waves! (Ask for recommendations...)
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This rain was actually not sudden, because the weather forecast had already reported that there would be rain today, but no one expected that the rain would fall so heavily as soon as it came......
The roar of the rain even drowned out the cheers of the fans.
Colorful umbrellas were soon erected in the stands. It's as if bright flowers are blooming in the stands.
Only those particularly fanatical die-hard fans, who were unmoved, insisted on cheering the team on in the heavy rain.
Most of them gathered in the north stand of the Molumbi Stadium, where several famous fan groups in São Paulo gathered.
In the pouring rain, die-hard fans in São Paulo waved their flagpoles so that the rain-soaked tricolor could fly again.
Sao Paulo scored two goals in less than 30 minutes of the first half, rekindling the flame of hope among fans who had little confidence in the team, and naturally worked harder in the stands.
With the support of the fans, the tricolor flag of São Paulo is flying again in the stands!
The team is doing well, and the fans will naturally be doing it too.
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It rained heavily in the first half and soon there was water on the field.
Such a venue is obviously not suitable for playing all kinds of delicate ground coordination.
Glory and Kaka's speed can't be played on this kind of field - football can't take it away at all!
Glory once tried, a trip to the ball, others rushed over, and the football was left in a puddle......
As a result, Sao Paulo were unable to score again until the end of the first half, and their fighting spirit and good momentum seemed to be extinguished by this sudden heavy rain.
Fluminense was given precious respite.
This rain seems to be the savior of Fluminense?
At half-time, Fluminense fans and players were all on the mind.
Fluminense's head coach Benas has begun to adjust his tactics and he is not ready to concede defeat yet. The rain did give him a chance.
Because it would greatly slow down the pace of São Paulo's attack. That way, his team can press forward and attack. Don't worry about being scored by Glory and Kaka taking advantage of the open space behind them.
The field is like that, the football can't be played at all, and it's useless for you to run fast. And the field is slippery, and the faster you run, the easier it is to fall, and you can't control the ball at all.
Meanwhile, in the dressing room in Sao Paulo, head coach Osvaldo was making adjustments to his tactics for the second half.
The tactics that had been prepared before were completely useless. The field is not good, and the ground coordination cannot be played at all.
To reset tactics.
Rain battle, what is the best goal?
Long shot, of course!
At this time, Osvaldo really had to admire his wisdom and martial arts, and decided to let Rongguang practice long-range shooting long before this game.
Otherwise, the glory of this game will be completely wasted.
Now Glory has proven his long-range results through his goals, plus Kaka is also good at long-range shots.
The tactics of the second half were well arranged.
"In the second half, what a long shot!"
Osvaldo said such a simple sentence, and everyone knows what to do.
Quite a few people simply set their eyes on Glory and Kaka.
The two forwards were behind Fabiano, almost like a turret......
The field is good, and you can break through with the ball. The field is not good, and you can shoot from a distance......
They suddenly began to understand why manager Osvaldo had to stick to the two-front tactic.
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After a fifteen-minute half-time, the rain continued, but it was a little lighter than in the first half. Still, it's huge.
The most important thing is that there is a lot of standing water on the site.
The Molumbi Stadium is in disrepair, the facilities are outdated, and the underground drainage system is not well done, and it is easy to generate stagnant water.
In the stands, it is even more exaggerated, and the fans who sit in the front row of the stands on each floor even soak their feet in the stagnant water to watch the game.
There are a lot of stadiums in Brazil, but they were built very early, so many of them are not much different from Morumbi.
The lack of infrastructure is a major bottleneck in the development of Brazilian football.
But even in the midst of such a bad foundation, Brazilian football continues to produce all kinds of talents, and it has to be said that Brazil is a place that has been favored by the gods of football.
The media gallery is indoors, with doors leading to the outside, so the rain does not get on the reporters, only affects their vision.
"The water on the field is very obvious, and I am afraid that this game will be difficult to play......"
"It's a shame that Sao Paulo was in the first 30 minutes of the first half, and this game could have been a big score...... As a result, Fluminense has now escaped! The person who said this was a reporter from the local media in São Paulo, and there was some reluctance in his tone. In the Rio-Sao Paulo tournament, Fluminense beat Sao Paulo 5-0 on their home turf, and the Sao Paulo journalist naturally hoped that Sao Paulo would get revenge in this game.
As a result, the heavens are not beautiful......
Unlike the reporters in São Paulo, the reporters from Rio seemed happy.
"The pitch was slippery and the water was so bad that the quick attack that São Paulo was most proud of was clearly not going to work. Fluminense doesn't have to worry about Rong and Kaka's speed...... They're going to choose to put a huge pressure on it, right? It seems that this game does not mean that Sao Paulo will win! ”
"Thank God for saving Fluminense!"
There are reporters from the state of Rio who simply draw a cross on their chest.
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The second half of the game began, with players from both sides battling fiercely in the rain.
Sure enough, as the reporters analyzed, the waterlogged field limited São Paulo's play, but it was in favor of Fluminense to press the attack.
The field helped them complete the task of defending São Paulo's counter-attack.
The Sao Paulo fans in the stands were also worried about whether the game would turn into a big win and a draw, or even worse...... Let Fluminense reverse.
At this time, the shadow of Sao Paulo's two consecutive defeats resurfaced in everyone's minds, making them think that in fact, Sao Paulo's state has not been good in recent times......
It's not really going to be over, is it?
We were two goals ahead in the first half!
Many Sao Paulo fans thought unwillingly.
At such a time, it is natural to be able to stand up and reassure everyone's hearts.
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Glory's mind was full of the words of head coach Osvaldo at halftime.
"In the second half, what a long shot!"
What a long shot!
I like it!
Isn't it just for this moment that you practice so hard?
Ricardinho was cautiously dribbling the ball and the Fluminense player next to him was also cautiously intercepting him.
Both sides are careful not to fall.
It looked a little funny, but no one could laugh at it. Because in essence, this is a very serious game, and it is about the grudge between the football of the two big states.
Ricardinho saw his chance and finally got the ball out of the way.
He wanted to pass the ball to Fabiano, and in order to avoid the ball missing the target due to the field, he simply kicked a half-high ball. However, the soaked football was heavier than usual, and he did not have a good grasp of the power when passing the ball. So when he was about to get in front of Fabiano, the football fell and landed on a "lake...... The soccer ball smashed into this puddle, made a splash, and it didn't come out again.
Fabiano's body center of gravity forward, even if he saw the football at this time, he couldn't rush over it at the first time, he could only complain in his heart at this moment, "What is there to do on the earth must have inertia!" ”
After a brief moment of stunnedness, players from both sides rushed to the ball.
Fabiano couldn't help it, there were always other Sao Paulo players who could do it, and he saw that Glory rushed up at the first time, and his speed was still fast in the rain!
Meanwhile, Fluminense's midfielder Makau also rushed in from the other direction – he temporarily dropped Kaka.
He knows very well that Glory will not pass the ball to Kaka, so as long as Glory comes to grab the ball, he doesn't have to worry that Kaka will participate in the attack, and he can rest assured and bold to concentrate on dealing with Glory.
In addition to the two of them, a Fluminense centre-back also pounced to get on the ball first and clear the ball away.
The three of them just rushed to the football from three different directions.
As Fabiano had seen, even on slippery surfaces, Glory was faster than the others, and he eventually got ahead of the football.
His left foot stomped hard into the puddle, splashing a puddle of water. He was very hard because his left foot had to be used as a supporting foot, and it had to be supported firmly.
He then picked up his right foot and kicked it towards the ball.
There is a lot of water in this puddle, otherwise the football would not have been able to get out as soon as it fell - because the football floated directly on the water.
Glory's right foot was not the first to hit the football, but the ...... Stagnant water in a puddle!
The resistance of the water is very large, but for Rongguang, who has been playing sand ball for almost a week, this resistance is nothing at all.
Ignoring the resistance of the water, his right foot continued to pull forward, and the water was separated by his right foot, causing a wave.
His right foot is like a giant ship, breaking the waves on the sea!
Then he finally got into football!
Boom!
As if the guns on a giant ship were firing in unison, the football rushed towards the goal.
At the same time, his feet kicked all the stagnant water!
Water splashed in all directions.
At this time, Machao rushed over from the side, and in order to prevent Glory from shooting, he used a flying shovel, but he was still a step too late. On the slippery grass, he lay on his side and slid over.
After Glory's right foot kicked the ball, he lifted it up, just in time to pass by Mako's body!
Centre-back Andre Luiz was the closest to the ball in front of him, but he was the last to arrive at the slower pace.
Not to mention clearing the siege first, he didn't even have time to interfere with the glory a little.
As soon as he arrived, he saw a big wave coming! He reflexively tilted his head and closed his eyes...... Then he felt as if he had been splashed from head to foot by a basin of water......
As for football?
Who cares about that!
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The football broke through the waves in the heavy rain, and it barely rotated in the air, breaking through the dense rain line and tearing a hole in the rain curtain that connected the sky and the earth!
Because it was so fast, when it rushed to the door, the crack behind it hadn't even had time to be refilled by the rain.
This hideous scar pierces Fluminense's goal!
Fluminense's goalkeeper Murillo sprang to his feet and pounced on the football.
This time he didn't have a ball flying into the goal before he did, but he actually touched the ball!
But the soccer ball on a rainy day is very heavy, and the surface is smooth when it gets wet.
Murillo couldn't compete with the power of Glory's long-range shot with one palm, and he was just slightly blocked and was rushed away by the football......
Then he heard the sound of a soccer ball hitting the net.
He was well aware that the ball had gone in......