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On August 10, the 2002 season of the Brazilian National Championship began. Sao Paulo will host Botafogo.

It was São Paulo's first appearance in the National Championship.

Because they won the Rio-São Paulo tournament in the first half of the year, São Paulo's performance in the national championship has attracted much attention.

At a press conference the day before the match, Osvaldo announced São Paulo's starting line-up for this pizza fixture.

Kaka, a member of the World Cup champions, is not on this list.

In its place is glory!

This result was somewhat unexpected by the media.

Although Rongguang performed well in the first half of the year, in terms of strength alone, he still can't compare with Kaka.

Kaka won the World Cup and it was when the confidence was at its highest, and they really couldn't think of any reason not to start Kaka.

“…… Kaka was unexpectedly not selected for the starting line-up, and it was Chinese player Rong who started in his place. Osvaldo's release of the starting list has caused controversy in the media. Osvaldo's explanation for this is that Kaka's fitness is not very good and he needs to rest. But Ricardinho, who also participated in the World Cup, appears in this list, is Ricardinho, who is older than Kaka, in better physical fitness? ”

“…… It seems that Rong has earned the trust of head coach Osvaldo through his excellent performances in the Rio-São Paulo tournament. But what will happen to Kaka, who is in the same position as Rong, to be arranged? It's because Kaka's physical fitness hasn't returned to its best condition...... And what about after that? Kaka can't always be out of fitness, and he can't always be in the middle of repeated injuries, right? What will Osvaldo do then? ”

“…… Rong hadn't started before that, but that was when Kaka was out injured. Now, this is the first time that Kaka has been replaced by a young man without being injured or sick......"

Cui Hao put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "It's really impressive, it's only been half a year, and Rong has already secured the position of the main force in São Paulo......"

Sitting across the dining table, her daughter Coris rolled her eyes: "Dad, do you know football?" It's just a starter in a game, how can it be regarded as the main force? You have to start continuously like Kaka to be the main force! ”

Cui Hao knew that his daughter was a loyal fan of Kaka, and he naturally didn't like Rongguang, Kaka's opponent, so he just smiled and didn't refute his daughter's words.

The daughter is still chattering: "When Kaka rests, he will immediately regain his main position!" When the time comes, he will wait to return to the bench! That's where he's supposed to be! ”

Cui Hao said: "That's later." At least he's the main force now, and I'm going to watch the game tomorrow, are you going? ”

Corris turned his head and snorted through his nose, "I don't want to go!" Kaka doesn't play! ”

"Kaka is also in the squad, what if he comes off the bench?"

"Ah...... I'll just make it difficult for me to go! ”

Seeing his daughter say this, Cui Hao laughed.

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On the eve of the game, in his hotel room, Rongguang was making a local call to Godot through the hotel's toll-free number.

"Well done, Rong, you've got the two thousand yuan appearance fee now, do you know it?" Godot cheers up Glory on the phone, but he is different from the others, and the way he cheers for Glory is not to say things like "play hard" or "for your dreams", but to talk about money directly.

It sounds cheesy, but it's effective.

Especially in people like Glory.

"Is it true, Godot?" Sure enough, as soon as Glory heard this, he came to the spirit.

"Of course, if you start, it means that you can definitely play, as long as you play, the two thousand dollars are stable. Next, you have to try to take both the goal bonus and the assist bonus, Rong! Of course, it's also good to take only one, don't have any baggage, just play casually! ”

"I'll try to take it all, Godot!"

When it comes to money, Glory is always positive.

Unlike annual or monthly salaries, bonuses are paid on a game-by-game basis, and the prize money for the game is paid after a game is over.

And the prize money is sent to everyone in the form of cash, and the stack of colorful tickets is still quite visually impactful.

It's money that you can get right away.

It is more attractive to glory than the huge but illusory annual salary.

So Glory is now in high spirits.

Ricardinho, who lived in the same room as Rongguang, was very surprised to see Rongguang so excited. It's just a phone call, and there's nothing unusual about listening to Rongguang's words.

How come after the phone call, this Chinese kid suddenly seems to be on fire......

He even felt the heat!

What the hell is going on with this kid?

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"Alright, get ready to play. But Rong stayed. After his pre-match speech, Osvaldo was once again honored.

Now the idiots know that the head coach is very honorable. Before the game, in order to let this rookie play well, he also opened a small stove for him.

Soon, only Glory and head coach Oswaldo were left in the dressing room.

"Did you read the news, Rong?" Osvaldo asked.

Rongguang shook his head: "I rarely watch the news. ”

"Well, there's a lot of disagreement in the media about me letting you start, not Kaka. I can imagine that the reporters in the media gallery will be holding a magnifying glass to watch your every performance. As long as you make any mistakes, they will be infinitely magnified in tomorrow's newspapers, television and radio. This will be a reason why you are inferior to Kaka. You're going to be under a lot of pressure in this game, are you ready? ”

Rong Guang nodded without hesitation: "Of course, I'm ready!" I'm not afraid of pressure! ”

Not as good as Kaka?

Are you kidding?

I'm the one to beat him!

Seeing that Rongguang was so confident and did not have any nervousness and panic, Osvaldo was also very satisfied.

No wonder this kid is always the key man in St. Paul, because he has a big heart!

"Play the way you're in training, your job is to hide behind Luis Fabiano and wait for the opportunity to score. Of course, don't forget to surprise the opponent's corners and free-kicks in front of you with your speed. Osvaldo gave the last advice.

"Look, sir!"

Glory gave a thumbs up.

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"In the first match of the national championship of the new season, São Paulo hosts Botafogo. It was Sao Paulo's first home game, so it was a packed house. But I think the vast majority of the fans are here for Kaka, and they want to see the World Champions in action up close. It's just that this game is destined to disappoint them...... Because just yesterday at the pre-match press conference, Osvaldo announced that he would replace Kaka as the starting striker of Sao Paulo in this game! ”

In the stands, on Corell's left was her father, and on the right was her little friend, and she was caught between two very different opinions, and she became the piece of meat in the sandwich.

"Oh, Rong must work hard! The starting position is not easy to come by, and we must strive to hold it down! "This is his dad.

"Bastard! It's all that damn noob! It's all because of him that we can't see Kaka! He'd better score an own goal in this game and get out of the starting lineup! ”

"How can you score an own goal? Three, of course! Own goal hat-trick! ”

"That's great! I pray to God! ”

That's the voice of those friends at Corell.

Correll was caught between them, silent.

On the one hand, she didn't want to support her father, but on the other hand, he felt that his friends were too vicious......

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In the cheers of the fans at the scene, Rongguang followed his teammates out of the passage and onto the court.

He wore the new shirt of São Paulo, and even the number was new - in the Rio-São Paulo tournament, the number of Glory was large, number 33, which symbolized being a fringe player in the team. This kind of number generally belongs to players who enter the team halfway, because the top numbers are divided in advance, and naturally only those very low numbers remain.

But after his performances in the Rio-São Paulo tournament, he has earned recognition and his number has naturally changed.

Ten numbers went from the thirty-third to the twenty-three.

Coincidentally, this is the number worn by Kaka in the Brazilian national team......

For Kaka, this number symbolizes that he is the last player of the Brazilian national team.

For Glory, it means that his place in the Sao Paulo team is becoming more and more important.

Lucas, who was watching the match from the stands, also noticed the change in the number on Glory's back.

What this means, he probably knows better than glory.

Half a year ago, he was a layman, but now he has already begun to join the São Paulo standing first team......

But this time, Lucas didn't simply think that glory means talent.

In addition to his talent, he also saw the effort that Glory put in. He thought of Glory's training on the beach that was far from humanly possible, of his sweat-soaked shorts over and over again, of the suffocation he felt as the old man pricked his head into the water.

Because Rong longs to be strong like he wants to breathe, that's why he is where he is today.

I'm going to catch up with him too!

Lucas clenched his fists and made a rookie his target.

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The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!

Luis Fabiano sent the ball out of the middle circle and into the feet of glory.

Chinese Kid ......

The fans in the crowd, the reporters in the media box, Kaka on the bench, and Osvaldo on the sidelines...... Almost everyone has their eyes on this rookie number twenty-three.

He...... Is it capable of replacing Kaka?