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With two days to go before Scolari announces his final 23-man squad, will Romario be able to catch the last train to the World Cup? Our correspondent wanted to interview Scolari yesterday, but was refused...... Big Phil was reluctant to talk about it anymore...... This is definitely not good news for Romario! ”

Godot sat in front of the TV, looked at the screen intently, and then sighed: "Alas, without Romario, Scolari doesn't want to be good, right?" Without Romario, who will guarantee our goals? Ronaldo has been recovering from injuries all year last year, and he has only just returned for a short time, so it is not clear what his form is......

Glory Godot sighed at all, he didn't even quite understand it.

He greeted Godot with a soccer ball in his arms and went out.

He's going to go on special training.

It was very difficult to dribble the ball while reciting the mantra, which made him feel like he was bruised all over his body at the beginning of the special training.

He wasn't depressed, he was excited.

Hearing Glory's voice, Godot replied without looking back, his eyes still fixed on the TV.

As the day draws closer to the final mystery revealed, Romario's participation in the World Cup is on the minds of all Brazilians.

At this time, even the final of the Rio-São Paulo tournament was no longer very attractive.

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On the way from the apartment to the lakeside park, there were many people holding newspapers and reading them.

They are just as focused on Godot as the final 23-man squad for the World Cup.

In fact, there is no suspense anymore, but everyone still hopes that Romario can be in the squad.

In April, Romario held a press conference, in which he emotionally said that as long as he can participate in the World Cup, he is willing to let him be a sparring partner, and he will change his past mistakes and will definitely not cause trouble......

And now, even Brazil's President Cardoso has come forward to intercede for Romario.

The front-page photo of the newspaper Reims was a photo of President Cardoso, with the line "Please let Romario participate in the World Cup".

This is not a fabrication by the newspaper Reims, these are the exact words of President Cardoso.

Being able to get the president of a country to stand up and support, Romario's popularity in Brazil can be imagined.

Romario was a controversial figure who was instrumental in Brazil's fourth World Cup triumph in 1994, but he is always thought of when Brazil need a victory.

This year's World Cup qualifiers are really bad, and everyone has little confidence in the Brazilian team to go to the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

In the 2002 Japan and South Korea World Cup, Brazil almost couldn't qualify and couldn't participate in the World World Cup finals.

This is a shame for the Brazilian team that has participated in every final since the creation of the World Cup.

In the more than two years of qualifying, four head coaches have changed, and more than 60 players have been selected to play in the national team to play in the qualifiers.

The head coach takes bribes from his agent to recruit players who are not up to standard to enter the national team, and then makes it easier for the agent to sell these players to Europe at a high price...... Such scandals have come to light frequently, and former Brazilian national team coaches León and Luxemburg have both been investigated like this.

The image of Brazilian football has hit rock bottom.

Even when Scolari took over the team, the Brazilian team stumbled to get the right to qualify.

Rong Guang walked through the crowd of people who walked and read newspapers, and although he carried a soccer ball on his back, even though he was a football player, he did not care about the biggest football incident in Brazil at this time.

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When he came to the alley of Lakeside Park, Rongguang did not start special training immediately, he first did a very serious warm-up on the lawn on the side of the road, and then poured the football out of his net pocket.

Without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, he picked the ball up again with the instep of his right foot.

Then continue with your left foot to turn the falling soccer ball upside down.

And so began to take turns bouncing the ball with both feet.

Juggling the ball is both a warm-up and a connection to familiarize yourself with the nature of the ball. You can't stop practicing this just because you've learned it.

In fact, whether it is juggling the ball, or passing and receiving the ball and shooting, he still insists on practicing every day, but the intensity and time of training are not as good as before, just deepen his memory.

Glory began to recite the mantra that the old fairy had taught him as he juggled the ball.

"Co-angles of the same or equal angles are equal. Co-angles of the same or equal angles are equal......"

He still remembers what Lucas told him at the beginning, even when he is juggling the ball, he must concentrate on two things, so that he can really master the ball of football.

For what he believed in the old fairy's mantra so much before, even though he didn't understand it at all. Just because Lucas also said something similar, he was single-minded.

So he thinks that this set of mantras of the old fairy is absolutely correct and effective.

The soccer ball alternates between his feet.

He was completely in a state of flux, no longer caring about everything around him.

What Romario, what Kaka, what the future of the Brazilian national team in the World Cup, it has nothing to do with him.

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The day before the first leg of the final, Brazil's final 23-man squad was announced.

Unsurprisingly, Romario was not among them.

In its place was a young man - Kaka.

When Kaka appeared on this list, everyone realized that Scolari had said that there were at most one or two people to look at, and it turned out that Kaka was referring to.

There are twenty-three places on the list, and if one new person is added, another person will inevitably be removed.

Although Scolari said that Romario was out of his mind a long time ago because of the lack of discipline.

But the media still linked Kaka's selection to Romario's defeat.

Because it's more gimmicky.

The fans who were angry that Romario was not able to make the selection were vented on Kaka.

Especially the fans in Rio.

Romario is a player in Rio, and the fans in Rio naturally see it as their own.

Kaka is a player for Sao Paulo.

The two states of Rio and São Paulo already have contradictions, and this has caused the contradictions to erupt......

Although Glory sees Kaka as his most formidable enemy, in São Paulo, Kaka is also the darling of thousands of fans.

However, he is still a newcomer in the whole Brazilian football world. His best performance in 2001 was only at the Rio-São Paulo tournament, and he lacked convincing performances at the Brazilian national championships.

And even if Kaka is a big star in São Paulo, it depends on who he compares to.

Compared with glory, Kaka is simply the pride of the sky.

But compared to the "lone wolf" Romario, Kaka is a nobody.

Many media outlets in Rio have questioned Scolari's choice of Kaka over Romario.

They don't think there's any point in letting such a young player play in the World Cup, and no one can expect the 20-year-old Kaka to perform well in the World Cup, maybe like Ronaldo in 1994, who won't even get a minute to play......

To do so would be a complete waste of a place on the roster.

How can such an important competition as the World Cup be reduced to an occasion for young people to increase their knowledge?

Even the media in São Paulo did not fully support Kaka's inclusion in the Brazilian national team, believing that giving up Romario was a decision destined to be regretted by Scolari.

When Brazil lost in the 2002 World Cup, today's decision will be his biggest crime!

Kaka, who was originally the object of everyone's pursuit, was suddenly criticized overnight, as if Romario was not selected for the national team, which was his fault.

This led to a slump in form in the first leg of the final against Corinthians, and he did not help his team to victory at home, with Sao Paulo eventually losing 3-2 at home to Corinthians......

In the second leg of the semi-final against Palmeiras, the glory of scoring two goals was also in the past.

Many media outlets have blatantly criticized him for his incompetence and for not being worthy of replacing Romario in the national team.

“…… It's still far from Romariobi, the young Kaka! ”

"Kaka? Who's that? ”

"Give me back Romario! We don't need to mix with experienced newcomers! ”

Such overwhelming criticism, questioning, and ridicule came at Kaka, like a ferocious wave that overturned and drowned him......

For many professional players, being selected for the Brazilian national team and participating in the World Cup is simply the highest honor.

But for Kaka today, this honor may just be a painful ordeal.

He didn't understand what he had done wrong, that he had to endure such tremendous pressure and be so wantonly insulted for something.

Is this all a test of God?

But despite his devotion to faith, he still can't help but want to give up this opportunity and give up his spot to Romario. Anyway, I'm still young, and this is his last World Cup, and I can participate in many World Cups in the future......

Several times, he wanted to call Scolari.

I grabbed the phone in my hand but gave up after the most gaz.

Because he still can't bear it......

I didn't do anything wrong, why should I give up and admit defeat?

Romario is a superstar, but he's old after all. What am I not going to do to replace him?

When he thought of this, he was a little unwilling.

This kind of unwillingness made him not choose to back down in the end.

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When television, newspapers, radio, and the Internet are full of debate about Brazil's final list of 23 people.

When Kaka was still distressed by this sudden criticism.

When the whole world around him was about to be noisy, Rongguang still trained in the alley of the lakeside park in the morning and evening after training with the normal team every day. It was as if this world had nothing to do with him at all.

While silently reciting the awkward mantra given to him by the old fairy, he practiced dribbling the ball.

The initial stage was even tougher than when he first started training.

Because you have to do it with two things.

He often forgets the mantra by memorizing it, or because he is so focused on reciting the mantra, he forgets the feeling under his feet and falls to the ground......

Although it is very embarrassing, progress is still appearing in the glory little by little.

This is also one of the reasons why Rongguang persists.

Any effort, as long as it is paid, can indeed be rewarded, and the glory is willing to do it.

He is not afraid of hard work, nor is he afraid of pain, he is afraid of giving but not getting anything in return.

Unconsciously, in the glory buried in hard training, time flew by. The final leg of the Rio-São Paulo tournament final is here.

On 12 May, São Paulo travels to Corinthians to win the last edition of the Rio-São Paulo tournament.

São Paulo, Corinthians, who is engraved with their name on the last page of the 69-year-old tournament?