Chapter 143: No Solution? (First Update)
São Paulo made it past Santos and faced Gremio from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in the semi-finals.
This team has walked past stars like Ronaldinho.
He is a member of the "Thirteen Club", a traditional Brazilian giant.
In the regular season, Sao Paulo played against them, beating Gremio 2-0 at home.
But there was nothing to remember about that game.
It was Kaka's another goal that overshadowed him.
In that game, Rong Guang basically didn't play his characteristics very much.
Because the trident had not yet been formed at that time, and the double-forward tactics were also nondescript, Rongguang and Kaka could not be connected at all, and the two of them played their own games.
When one of them plays well, the other is destined to disappear from the field.
It was just in time for the glory to fade – he was so good at the international level that he fell into a goal drought and couldn't do anything to show for himself after being heavily targeted by his opponents.
This time, however, Gremio's head coach did not dare to underestimate the glory.
Especially in the game against Santos, after Rong Guang scored such a beautiful goal.
Even the media in Rio Grande do Sul, far south, are making a big splash about it. So the head coach of Gremio didn't have to send someone to Sao Paulo to buy newspapers.
The first leg is Sao Paulo's home stadium.
Nearly 70,000 São Paulo fans poured into the Molumbi Stadium for this match – all of whom came to see the "new trident".
The attacking combination of Lucas Sutton, Glory and Kaka, the three young men, put Santos with the "Young Guard" at their feet.
People are very interested in them.
I want to see what amazing performances these three guys can put up in the game.
The glory of this game was closely guarded by the anti-opponent.
But in comparison, Lucas Sutton and Kaka have come under much less defensive pressure.
So although Rong Guang didn't show much in this game, he invisibly helped other teammates distract a lot of defensive pressure.
This is also the reason why Osvaldo insisted on keeping him on the pitch even if he didn't show anything - now Glory no longer needs goals or assists, he can still threaten the opponent's goal and provide help and support to his own team.
In the end, Sao Paulo beat Gremio 3-0 on their home turf.
The score of this match basically meant the end of the suspense of the second leg.
If nothing else, São Paulo will reach the final of the national championship.
This result also means that Sao Paulo will definitely qualify for the Copa Libertadores.
The two teams that reach the final will surely qualify directly for the Copa Libertadores.
Now for São Paulo, it's really just a matter of chasing the national championship.
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In the second leg, Sao Paulo lost 0-1 away to Gremio.
Glory and Kaka were substituted in the game.
It's not that they don't perform well, it's that they need to be given more time to rest and avoid injury.
The score of 0:1 could not change the final result.
São Paulo eliminated Gremio 3-1 on aggregate to qualify for the final of the national championship.
And coincidentally, São Paulo's opponent in the final of the national championship is their opponent in the final of the Rio-São Paulo tournament - Corinthians!
Of course, Corinthians have been really good in recent years, which is why they have always met Sao Paulo in the final.
In this season's Brazilian National Championships, Corinthius ranked third in the regular season, which can be regarded as the best in strength.
São Paulo and Corinthians met again in the final, and the happiest were the journalists.
Because these two teams have so much to talk about this year.
Sao Paulo's current head coach is Osvaldo, while he used to be the head coach of Corinthians.
But the biggest talking point is not him, but glory.
There are really a lot of stories between Glory and Corinthians.
At the beginning, Rongguang's first stop in Brazil was to find Corinthians, but Corinthians ruthlessly rejected it, and everyone now knows about it.
Glory defeated Corinthians with one goal and one assist in the first game of his debut, and now it has become a legend.
In the final of the Rio-São Paulo tournament, Glory came off the bench and beat Corinthians to beat Corinthians is also talked about.
It can be said that the three most humiliating things about Corinthians are all related to glory.
So when it comes to Corinthians, glory is a name that cannot be bypassed.
Before the game, a number of reporters ran to interview Corinthians' head coach Carlos Pereira.
"Don't ask me Corinthians what they didn't leave Rong for...... Because I wasn't in Corinthians at that time! As soon as he saw the reporters, Pereira preemptively said that he already knew what these people were here for.
"I don't have much to say about Young's debut game against Corinthians because I wasn't coaching the team at the time."
In the blink of an eye, he first cut two-thirds of the problems in the minds of many reporters.
"Two times in a row in the final, the first time your team lost to São Paulo...... Or to be exact, lost to Rong. So do you have any arrangements for him? ”
Pereira shook her head: "I can't tell you. ”
"So, can you comment on Rong?"
'He's a good player, that's all.'
"But he has just been in contact with football for ten months......"
"I'm amazed at his progress, but what does that have to do with me? He's not my player. ”
Pereira seems to have been prepared for these reporters' questions, so he is ready to block them.
When a reporter asks a question, he immediately answers a question, but in fact he does not give the reporters any meaningful answers.
Nothing he answered was hard to get into the newspapers.
If the media were to cover the interview, they would say "...... Pereira is wary of questions about Rong. ”
That's exactly what they did.
“…… Our correspondent asked Pereira a lot of questions, and they were all about Rong. But Carlos Pereira was wary of all questions about Rong, and his answers were perfunctory and insincere......"
"From Pereira's attitude towards Rong, we can probably see that he is very jealous of Rong. If he can't come up with a strategy that can deal with Rong, then Corinthians have a good chance of losing another championship at Rong's feet! ”
When Pereira saw the reports, he snorted.
These journalists really like to make up their brains.
But it doesn't matter, they did it for me......
I don't have a solution to Rong?
I don't need to deal with him, so why should I deal with him?
My opponent is São Paulo, a trident, not a glory!
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The first leg between São Paulo and Corinthians was played at the Stade Morumbi, home of São Paulo.
In this game, Lucas Sutton was defended by a near-foul Corinthians player, and the young and immature Lucas showed his inexperience and lack of quality under the opposition's high-pressure defense.
He can't be like Fabiano who can control the ball in the face of a high-pressure defense, and then link up with Glory and Kaka.
The football was lost again and again at his feet, giving Corinthians the opportunity to fight back.
"Lucas Sutton scored in his debut, but he is a young man who is playing in the first team for the first time, and his experience is not much more than that of Rong...... Carlos Pereira made the right choice to go under his knife. Whether it's Fabiano, Reinaldo, or now Lucas Sutton, they are the pivotal nucleus of the Trident tactics. So just make a fuss about the players in this position, it's enough......"
"Lucas fell to the ground again, he lost the ball, the referee didn't blow the whistle, it wasn't a foul! …… He probably never imagined that he would encounter such a defense in a game...... With such a tough defense to contain a newcomer like Lucas, Pereira really made a bloody investment. But so far, it's working! ”
Betting on Lucas Sutton's embarrassment is the scoreline, with the live scores from both sides on the big screen at the Molumbi Stadium.
The score at home to Corinthians in Sao Paulo is ...... 0:2!
Sao Paulo, who were playing at home, did not take advantage and allowed the visitors Corinthians to score two goals and take the lead.
The game was already 81 minutes.
Although São Paulo would love to win.
But the tridents could not be combined, and they once again fell into the quagmire of ineffective attack.
"At the end of the day, Rong and Kaka can't get in touch." Grayson sat in the press gallery, shrugging his shoulders and spreading his hands. "It's a fatal wound. Whatever Osvaldo does to make up for this problem, it is a palliative ......"
Osvaldo stood on the sidelines, frowning as he watched the game on the field, with a solemn expression.
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In the end, in the first leg of the final, São Paulo lost 0:2 at home to Corinthians.
In the race for the title, Corinthians have taken the lead.
When the referee blew the full-time whistle, the Corinthians cheered at the Morumbi Stadium, the home stadium of São Paulo, while the São Paulo players looked depressed with their heads bowed.
The atmosphere in the stands at the Molumbi Stadium was also a bit dreary, in stark contrast to the pre-match joy of confidence.
Reinaldo, who was watching the match from the stands, got up from his seat in the private room and got up to leave.
Before leaving, he turned to glance at the dejected São Paulo players on the pitch.
Sneered.
You think you're going to win the championship?
Stop daydreaming!
With that rookie who doesn't cooperate with Kaka's passing, you're never going to win the championship!
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The match was also analysed by the media after the game.
It is widely believed that Lucas Sutton is still not a perfect replacement for Fabiano.
“…… In front of the seasoned Carlos Pereira, Lucas Sutton is still too tender...... "commented Reims.
"Lucas Sutton is São Paulo's weakness...... But this is only a superficial phenomenon, in fact, all the difficulties of São Paulo come from the poor relationship between Sakae and Kaka, Sakae does not pass the ball to Kaka, and Kaka also takes Saka is air. The two people must rely on a third person to be able to connect, so it means that their trident is a combination that has been disassembled, and in fact, Rong and Kaka cooperate with the other person alone. It's easy to be targeted by your opponents. Carlos Pereira put enough pressure on Lucas for Sao Paulo's trident to work...... "Grayson, the name of "Scoreboard," Grayson analyzed, but he still had to find a way to direct the blame for glory.
It looks like he's talking about Glory and Kaka both not passing the ball to each other, but it's clear that Glory's name is mentioned more often in his space.
This will give the reader a kind of visual deception and habitual thinking, thinking that the responsibility lies with Glory, but ignoring that Kaka has never taken the initiative to pass the ball to Glory......
After Grayson's article came out, it caused quite a stir. Even Sao Paulo fans can only sigh when it comes to the relationship between Glory and Kaka.
Obviously two very good young people, why can't they get together?
This problem has been bothering them for a long time, but when Fabiano is there, the problem is covered up, and everyone usually doesn't take the initiative to think about it.
But now, on the verge of survival, it would be a bit self-defeating not to think about it.
How to solve this problem?
Many people frowned and scratched their heads in a hurry.
“…… I know that there must be a lot of people thinking about how to solve this problem. Here I can honestly tell you about this problem...... No solution! ”
Grayson writes at the end of the article.
But, is it really unsolvable?
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