Chapter Twenty-Nine: Breaking the Siege? (Ask for recommendations...)
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Although the Guaraní football team is in the same state as São Paulo, they are two different cities.
Guarani FC is located in the municipality of Campinas, north of São Paulo.
Guarani's home stadium, the Brink de Oro da Princesa Stadium, located east of the city of Campinas (the fastest update), is an old stadium with a capacity of more than 32,000 fans, built in 1953.
The biggest feature of this stadium is the East Stand, a tall curved grandstand on the first level of the stand, with a steep slope and a good view of the game, but sitting on it always gives people the illusion that "maybe if you lean forward, you will go straight down".
The stadium, which can accommodate more than 32,000 people, came today with about 10,000 fans from both sides. For the capacity of this stadium, it is not enough to see. Most of the stands are empty.
This is the current state of Brazilian football.
With the exception of a handful of teams, the vast majority of other teams often have empty home stadiums.
Because of the incompetence of the Brazilian state football associations, the organization of domestic competitions is chaotic. In addition, all the famous Brazilian players have gone to play in Europe, and there are not many stars with enough box office appeal in Brazil, so everyone is not very interested in their own leagues.
Another very important reason is that television broadcasting in Brazil is very developed, especially in the broadcast of European football, which is very developed, and Brazilians have gradually become accustomed to watching matches at home, rather than going to watch them live.
So most of the pitch looks empty.
Even the Molumbi Stadium in São Paulo is no exception, with an eighteen per cent attendance only for important matches such as the Derby of Grandeur.
In the humble visiting dressing room, Osvaldo Oliveira was hurrying to give his players the best advice.
"The way we played in this game was very simple, it was to shrink the defence and then play a quick counter-attack. When you have the ball at your feet, it's as simple as kicking the ball forward! Looking for Rong! Don't pass the football to his feet, pass it in front of him, kick it forward hard, and would rather send it to the opponent's goalkeeper with more strength than pass it to Rong's feet. Let Rong run, let him pick up the speed! ”
If it weren't for a week of cooperation, the Sao Paulo players would have thought their manager was crazy – how could there be such a tactical arrangement?
But after a week of joint practice, everyone realized that this seemingly amateurish tactic was the most suitable for São Paulo at the moment.
Fabiano was still the main attacker against Corinthians, and this game will have to be a foil for glory. His job on the court is to help Glory attract the opposing defensive firepower.
From the very beginning, head coach Osvaldo Oliveira made it clear that in this match against Guarani, Glory was the protagonist.
Everyone else was going to revolve around him.
It sounds like nonsense to have a rookie who has only been in contact with football for a little more than a month to be the protagonist and dominate the entire São Paulo first team.
But after seeing the speed with which Glory broke glasses and the performance against Corinthians, there was no one in the Sao Paulo first team – at least not in front of manager Osvaldo.
But because no one else could have imagined this, it was São Paulo's chance.
Now Sao Paulo is seriously injured and his strength has been greatly damaged. The club's hierarchy didn't talk about defending the title, but they also demanded that the team be able to reach the semi-finals and qualify for the semi-finals.
In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to start grabbing points from now on.
Every win in every game is important for Sao Paulo, and every three points Sao Paulo has to grab, grab it by any means.
What is an amateur kick? If you can win, you can win!
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"Yunyun, the game is about to start, don't you want to watch it?" Cui Hao was sitting in his spacious living room, watching the live broadcast of the match between São Paulo and Guarani, when he saw his daughter get up to leave, he asked curiously.
As a Corinthians fan, it really affected him to watch the game in Sao Paulo so actively......
Correll snorted: "Kaka is injured, what's there to watch in the game?" ”
"But there's glory." Cui Hao pointed to the TV screen, and the TV broadcast just gave Rongguang a close-up.
The narrator Cavery is also introducing the glory to everyone in this close-up: "...... Rong, a Chinese player who came out of nowhere in the last 'solemn derby', has been met with a lot of skepticism and controversy in the past week. There is a debate about whether he is a genius or not. But I think this game might put an end to that debate...... With Kaka's injury and a good performance against Corinthians, Rong got his first chance to start a game...... Let's wait and see what he will do! ”
"Who's going to see him!" Chrill yelled in displeasure, turned and walked straight up the stairs, she was going upstairs to her room, she didn't pay attention to the boring game without Kaka!
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Although the stadium was not full and two-thirds empty, the momentum of 10,000 people was quite impressive. Anyway, it's quite amazing for a mountain kid like Rongguang who has never seen the world.
However, he also looked around the stands when he came out, and then he didn't put this matter at ease - he has experienced the "solemn derby", and he still cares about this game?
Fifteen minutes into the game, Sao Paulo had three chances to attack, one of which he had but couldn't capitalize on.
The ball landed right at his feet and came to a complete stop. For Glory, who had no dribbling skills, the offense was the end.
He tried to dribble the ball out of the car, but he almost got on a cart with garlic under his feet.
Possession was naturally lost.
The stands rang out with the laughter of the Guarani fans.
After the "solemn derby", Rong Guang became a celebrity in the whole of São Paulo, and when you mention his name, you know who Lu Dao is.
Before, the media had been saying that Rongguang was a rookie who had studied football for more than a month, and some people were skeptical, but now seeing that Rongguang almost took a ball cart and tripped over his own ball, no one doubts it anymore - this kid is really a beginner who has just come into contact with football!
It's a shame that Corinthians were defeated by such a rookie.
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"This idiot!" Corell's cold snort sounded behind Cui Hao.
Cui Hao, who was still feeling sorry for Rongguang's mistake, turned his head to find his daughter standing behind him, staring at the TV screen with a look of disdain.
"Hey, Yunyun, didn't you go upstairs?" Cui Hao is strange.
"I want to see how he is humiliated!" Correll snorted, pointing to the glory on the TV.
Cui Hao smiled and shook his head.
He knows his daughter very well, and what he says in his mouth is often different from what he thinks in his heart......
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"Rong almost tripped over the ball at his feet...... His poor performance drew laughter from the fans in the stands...... After the game against Corinthians, he was brought to a big start by the media, and everyone knew that he had only been in contact with formal football training for more than a month, and he was a pure newcomer. Having a good performance against Corinthians was maybe just luck. It's hard to guess why Osvaldo Oliveira insisted on starting him...... "Jeke Cafurey's commentary is very calm and objective, the analysis is the head, the information is very detailed, but the disadvantage is that it lacks a little passion.
In comparison, Bueno's commentary is much more burning.
After saving the team in the game against Corinthians, Rong was scouted by the media in all directions. Now that he is a rookie, the fact that he is a rookie has been known to everyone. Rookie, you have lost the veil of mystery and are naked exposed to this cruel professional world, so are you ready? Are you up for the challenge? If you're not ready, you're going to die a miserable death! Being ridiculed is only the slightest setback! It's too late to quit! ”
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How could Glory withdraw, he followed his agent Godot out of the mountain village, and he didn't plan to go back in disgrace.
He almost tripped and fell, and after just scolding "bastard" in his heart, he returned to the game.
Emotionally, it didn't take any effect.
He is not the kind of person who is haunted by setbacks and failures, and he never gets out.
What kind of environment raises what kind of people, the mountain village boy who is happy to play and run in the mountains has the simplest mentality and cheerful character, his heart is like the vast sky and mountains, where is it so easy to be defeated?
Just as he never cared about the noise made by the hostile fans in the stands, he naturally didn't care about the laughter.
Despite being away, Godot followed the team to Campinas. He has to watch every game of Glory, and if there is any problem, he can also appear by Glory's side as soon as possible.
He frowned when he saw Glory in the stands nearly tripping over his own ball, and heard the unfriendly laughter from the stands.
Hopefully, this mistake won't affect the glory and won't be a bad sign.
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Grayson sat in the press booth with a laptop in front of him and scoffed at the sight of Glory riding a ball cart.
Then he spread his hand and said to the other reporters around him, "See? See? What am I talking about? A rookie, a complete rookie, will he ride a ball cart in the sky? It's ugly! ”
The sympathetic journalists also gave a chorus of ridicule.
Rongguang's performance just now was indeed humiliating, and he did not show the talent touted by the "Reims" newspaper at all.
Clumsy like a layman.
On the other side, Coelho Costa couldn't help but laugh when he saw the embarrassing scene of Glory.
But his laughter was not a mockery.
Instead, he was simply amused by the glory.
This kid......
I didn't learn it yet, but I wanted to do it.
obviously has a talented talent, but he behaves as a rookie.
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Glory's poor performance seemed to affect Sao Paulo's attack, and after that, Sao Paulo did not get any good attacking chances, and both Glory and Luis Fabiano were only able to swim in midfield and defend symbolically.
However, Guaraní, who is playing at home, has always taken advantage of the home advantage to keep the situation under control of his own hands.
They learned the lessons of Corinthians and although they were playing against Sao Paulo, they did not give Sao Paulo's midfielders much space to take the ball like Corinthians did.
If they concede the ball in front, they will quickly press in the front court, or directly break the ball and then counterattack, even if they can't break it, they can interfere with Sao Paulo's counterattack.
Unlike Corinthians, Guarani did not defend against Glory, instead they put a lot of emphasis on Sao Paulo's midfielder Baptista, striker Luis Fabiano, and especially Baptista. After injuries to both the playmakers of midfield Ricardinho and Kaka, Baptista took over the responsibility of organising the attack, having instigated Fabiano's goal in the last Sao Paulo game against Corinthians.
Guarani believes that Sao Paulo's counter-attack is dangerous because of Baptista.
As long as Baptista is contained, the connection between him and Glory is severed, and he is not allowed to give the football to Glory easily, it will be useless no matter how fast Glory is.
At present, the game has been going on for more than 20 minutes, and judging from the scene, the effect is not bad.
Guarani's head coach Giba was in the dugout, with his hands on his chest and a faint smile on his face, looking calm and confident.
There's really no need to bother with dealing with a rookie, that's enough.
A rookie who can only pass the ball, receive the ball, and can't even shoot at goal, the goal against Corinthians is all based on luck. Even if he gets the ball in the front court, what's the use of him? Look at the embarrassment of how he almost tripped over his soccer ball just now......
Jiba is not worried about Rongguang's shooting, because it was very clear in the reporter's interview that Rongguang has not started shooting training at all!
Grayson's analysis is also very clear, Glory's goal against Corinthians was covered by luck!
Such a player, you give him the ball and he can't shoot the goal!
So there's no need to be too nervous.
Being too nervous will only make Guarani's players mistaken for who is really threatening.
The real threat is Luis Fabiano, Baptista.
If Osvaldo puts the rookie on the bench and uses it as a surprise player, he may have to worry about him not knowing when to make a move.
Now...... The problem is simpler.
Kiba doesn't think the rookie has the ability to start from the start and play the full 90 minutes.
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Under the pressure of the Guarani players in the frontcourt, the players of Sao Paulo were really embarrassed when they went forward to counterattack, and many times they could only kick forward with a random big foot, which was not like a counterattack, but more like a big kick.
Then let Rongguang and Luis Fabiano chase after them, again and again in vain.
In Jiba's eyes, such an attack cannot be called an "attack" at all.
There is no technical content to speak of.
He couldn't help but despise Osvaldo in his heart, how can you say that you are also the famous coach who led Corinthians to the Club World Cup...... How could such a retarded tactic be used?
No, is this a tactic?
It's not a tactic at all, okay!
Just want to score a goal just like that?
It's an insult to me, to Guarani, to football tactics!
He snorted.
It was at this point that Guarani launched an attack up front, and when he hit the Sao Paulo penalty area, the pass was intercepted by right-back Belletti and then bounced into the middle.
Lugano, the central defender, rushed up and kicked the football directly into the front court!
It's Bigfoot again!
When Jiba saw this funny scene again, he couldn't help but laugh.
Do you think this is a track and field field?
It's football!
Is football just going fast?!
No kidding!
But at this time, Jiba saw a scene that surprised him - a football kicked to the front by Lugano's seemingly random big kick, followed by a running figure!
What the is going on (fastest update)?
He jerked himself up from his seat.
But he suddenly sat down with his head covered - his head hit the canopy of the coach's box......