Chapter 40 Before the Game (Ask for Recommendation Votes!) )
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Glory has been trying to shoot from a distance in the youth team's game. But it's not the kind of long-range shot that stands still, it's always under the opponent's defense.
It's the same situation he simulated when he practiced alone.
Use your speed to shake off your opponents, pull out the gaps, and shoot without hesitation.
After four attempts, Glory blasted the youth team goal with a long-range shot.
Fabiano, who was closest to him, went up and high-fived him.
Seeing that the stars of the first team have such a good relationship with Glory.
The players in the youth team are completely out of temper.
At the beginning, when Rongguang first went to the first team, many of them were very unconvinced. Just like Kleber, they think they are better than Glory in every aspect, so why is it Glory who is the most likely to go to the first team, not themselves?
This kid is so lucky!
But by luck he won't get far!
They are full of jealousy.
Now that sentiment is gone.
Because they found that they and Glory were not from the same world at all...... It's like they and Kaka aren't actually from the same worldly realm.
Glorious efforts and performance they all see in their eyes.
Those performances on the pitch, they ask themselves, they can't do it.
Then Glory has done it, and people are qualified to play the main team in the first team.
He was already training alone before the team had even started training.
During everyone's lunch break, he trained alone on the training ground.
While everyone was done training and was excited to head to the colorful nightlife of São Paulo, Glory stayed behind and continued training on the training ground.
The youth team training ground and the first team training ground are only separated by a row of woods, and they are not blind to the glorious practice, they have all seen it.
Once or twice a little more practice, they may be able to do it. But perseverance, every day, rain or shine...... No one can do it but glory.
Since they can't do it, don't be unconvinced by the success of others.
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Seeing Glory and his teammates simply celebrate the goal.
Mauro on the sidelines said to Osvaldo: "Rong's progress is so fast, this week's long-range shooting practice has paid off so quickly. ”
Osvaldo nodded.
Although Rongguang used four long-range shots to kick the football into the goal, there is a great accident and chance in the way of scoring long-range shots, and no one can guarantee that every long-range shot can score, even the best players in the world can't do it.
What matters is the change and progress of Glory in the process.
Both Osvaldo and Mauro saw it.
In the last match against San Caetano, it was clear that Glory was looking for a feeling, groping around.
And in this game, Rongguang's four-footed shots on goal looked confident, he was no longer looking for a long-range shot, he was just looking for a goal.
In a week, I learned long-range shooting.
Such a learning ability......
Osvaldo shook his head. I have been shocked by Glory's ability to learn more than once, and now there is nothing new to say "really scary".
"There are three days left to continue to intensify his long-range training. In the next round, we have a big surprise for Fluminense. ”
Osvaldo said.
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Glory only played half a game before being replaced.
But not because of his poor performance.
It's not just him, Kaka, Fabiano, Baptista...... The main players of the first team were replaced.
They need to rest.
The purpose of the warm-up matches is to find them in shape, but they don't need to give it their all.
Due to the World Cup, this season's Brazilian National Championship has been postponed until mid-August. And the date of the end has not changed, it is still December.
From mid-August to mid-December, there are four months to play all 26 rounds of the regular season, plus three rounds of the playoffs. The tournament is very intensive.
So a lot of the games are double games a week, almost every three days.
The tournament is intense and the players need to rest.
The purpose of maintaining and inspecting the state has been achieved.
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Before the match against Fluminense, Rong Guang still took the time to train on his own.
On the training ground, the daily long-range shooting practice cannot be stopped.
In the gym, the leg muscle strength and waist and abdominal muscle strength training glory also insists on doing it every day.
In addition, the evening training home with weights and climbing the stairs continued.
On the rooftop at night, Rong Guang was still playing his sand ball.
From being only one meter away from the wall, Glory can now kick a football at a wall three meters away.
He did feel his leg strength and waist and abdomen strength increasing.
In those long-range shots against the youth team, the glory felt very deeply.
The speed at which he shoots has also increased.
For the upcoming eleventh round of the tournament against Fluminense, Glory can't wait a bit.
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Just when Glory was training hard for the match against Fluminense.
The media hype about the match also began.
In the first half of the Rio-Sao Paulo tournament, Sao Paulo once challenged Fluminense away, and the score was 0:5, and Sao Paulo lost badly, which can be a shame.
That game also led to the disgraceful dismissal of Glory's first coach, Valdemar de Oliveira.
Now that the two teams are meeting again, Fluminense fans will inevitably have to talk about this game.
Rio's media took readers back to the game with great fanfare, calling it a "classic matchup" – a "classic" for the Rio people to beat São Paulo.
Rio and São Paulo people like to compete politically, economically, culturally and footballily, so it is not surprising that there is such a contradiction.
São Paulo is the economic center of Brazil, and Rio de Janeiro is the cultural tourism center of Brazil. São Paulo is a modern metropolis and the largest city in South America, and Rio de Janeiro claims to be the "City of God".
The opposition is even more pronounced in football.
That's how the Rio-São Paulo tournament, which is now dead, came about.
The state of Rio is full of strong teams, and São Paulo's side is not to be outdone.
Every time teams from two states meet, it's an eye-catching matchup.
Not to mention the civil war at the Thirteen Club.
Fluminense and Sao Paulo are both big names in Brazil, and their clash has been a hit with the media.
The mentality of Fluminense's fans and the media in Rio speaks of their relaxation and they fancy Fluminense to beat Sao Paulo.
Their confidence comes from two sources, on the one hand, Fluminense's own results, which they have won in the last two rounds.
On the other hand, it comes from the results of São Paulo. Sao Paulo have lost the last two rounds.
Comparing the two, anyone can easily conclude that "Sao Paulo is in a slump" and "Fluminense is in good form".
Fluminense, who are in good form, meet Sao Paulo, who are in a slump of form...... Is there still suspense in this game?
In contrast to the optimism of Rio, the media on São Paulo's side are still arguing about Osvaldo's double-forward tactics.
The Scoreboard once again published an article signed by Rayson criticizing Osvaldo's whimsical tactics.
“…… If a player's performance is measured by goals and assists, Rong's performance in the last game against San Caetano can barely be called 'outstanding'. But at the same time, Kaka is in trouble. So that's the truth of Osvaldo's tactics – if one person is good, the other person is definitely bad. It is absolutely impossible for these two people to coexist, and the result of having to coexist is that one of them will be sacrificed! Sacrifice Rong or sacrifice Kaka? ”
At the press conference the day before the game, when the reporters found out that Osvaldo had once again put Glory and Kaka in the starting line-up at the same time, they all felt that Osvaldo was hopeless.
"Maybe he was thinking of his old love and didn't want to defeat Fluminense, so he came up with such a way to say that it wasn't necessary?" Grayson sneered at the press conference.
The team that Osvaldo managed before he took charge of Sao Paulo was Fluminense.
Speaking of which, he is still an "enemy" of São Paulo.
Because in the first half of the Rio-Sao Paulo tournament, Sao Paulo lost 0:5 away to Fluminense, which was caused by Osvaldo and Fluminense......
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Kaka had been chatting with his teammates in their rooms all the time - he really didn't want to be in his room because he and Glory had been assigned to the same room. Since the away game against the international team, he and Rongguang have been placed in the same room before each match.
Kaka can't stand living with Glory, but he doesn't want to trouble Glory directly. If you can't provoke it, then hide.
But he can't always be in his teammate's room. Do others need to rest, too......
He's been here all the time, but he's bothering others.
So he could only get up and take his leave.
Seeing Kaka's back, Ricardinho shook his head.
"The coach really figured it out and let the two of them live together...... Doesn't this exacerbate the contradictions? ”
Lugano, who lived in the same room as him, said with a frown.
Ricardinho sighed: "I'm not surprised that they did fight one day. ”
Kaka reluctantly returned to his room, and when he pushed the door open, he didn't see the glory in the room.
This took him by surprise.
Every time he pushed the door open, Rongguang would write at his desk in the room. He didn't care what Rongguang wrote, so he didn't know that Rongguang was actually writing a letter.
Today, the glory is not there. It stands to reason that this was what he wanted, because he could be alone in the room, but he was surprised and didn't quite fit in......
Where did the kid go?
Some players will choose some entertainment before the game to relax, whether it is playing game consoles, praying, or ...... Do something that makes Kaka blush when he thinks about it.
But based on the experience of Kaka and Rongguang living together so many times, Kaka knows that Rongguang is not any of the above people.
On the eve of the game, he would always be writing on his stomach in his hotel room.
It makes people wonder if he's writing a novel......
This time, he was gone.
Where will he go?
Kaka couldn't help but start thinking.
But he soon realized his problem - why should I care what he does?
He shook his head and began to take a shower in the bathroom.
Soon the sound of rushing water was heard in the bathroom, and steam was spreading through the bathroom.
Kaka stood under the shower, letting the hot water wash over him.
He clenched his fists in the water.
In tomorrow's game, I must show a convincing performance, and I will definitely not be able to be caught up by that kid again!
Kaka swore to himself.
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While Kaka is enjoying a hot bath and relaxing himself.
The glory that made him wonder where he had gone was desperately torturing his body.
He carried a sand-filled soccer ball on his back and sandbags strapped to his feet, and sweated in the stairwell of a hotel where no one usually comes.
In the empty stairwell, dense and heavy footsteps and heavy wheezing echoed through the stairwell.
Then the footsteps faded away, leaving only a heavy wheezing sound.
Glory sat on the steps, leaning against the wall.
Covered in sweat from head to toe.
He took off his shoes, and the sweat in them had accumulated and could be poured out.
Poured out the sweat in the two shoes, and put on the shoes with glory.
Taking a deep breath, he stood up and got back on his way.
And in the place where he stayed for a short time, there was a water stain in the shape of a buttocks, and the water stain on the wall could also be faintly seen as a person's back......
Heavy footsteps and breathing echoed through the empty stairwell again.