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Frédéric Antonio Jemano Menzen – This is the name of the training ground of São Paulo FC, because it is too long, so everyone does not call it that, just like Brazilians are used to nicknames, they are used to abbreviating training bases.

The training facility, which was inaugurated in September 1988, is located in the Brafonta district of São Paulo, so the term "Brafonta Training Base" is basically used by everyone, whether it is among the fans, the media and the São Paulo players themselves.

The Brafonta training base is a very modern base, with three full-size training grounds, a stadium with stands, and a stadium with grandstands, which can accommodate 4,000 people to watch matches from the stands. The stadium has two players' locker rooms, as well as two referees' locker rooms.

In addition to the administration building, which has training facilities such as a gymnasium and physiotherapy room, as well as a press area, there is also a dedicated place for players to stay. On the first floor is a large dining room for all the staff at the training ground, while on the second floor there are sixteen standard double bedrooms, as well as a games room, billiards room and audio-visual room for the players' entertainment.

Three training grounds, one of which is dedicated to youth team training.

It is here that the São Paulo under-18 team trains.

Rong Guang stood on the training ground wearing the São Paulo youth team jersey and training uniform, the red vest and large khaki pants he wore during the trial were gone. It was not a toe drag, but a pair of black football boots, this time the size of his foot was suitable, and it would not squeeze his feet.

Just looking at the way he stands on the training ground, it really makes people think that he is a qualified football player, although he is still a little skinny...... However, there are also many players in Brazil who look thin due to malnutrition, so they are not too out of line.

In front of Glory are the players of the São Paulo youth team who stand in two rows, and they are about to become teammates of Glory.

The youth team coach Valdemar de Oliveira stood next to Rong Guang and introduced to the players opposite: "Rong, Rong, the young man from China, will be your teammates. ”

He didn't give much introduction.

In fact, everyone knows Glory. Because his performance in the tryout was so outstanding.

His speed is so impressive that you can't forget it.

"Everyone knows that Lu Daorong is a beginner, he can't practice with us, he has to do basic exercises, so is anyone willing to help him in this regard?" Waldemar asked.

No one said a word.

Everyone knows that Lu Dao helps Rong Guang practice the basics, which means that he has to reduce his training time, everyone is a youth team player, they all want to be promoted to the first team, there is competition secretly, and no one is willing to reduce their training time for others.

At this time, someone in the team suddenly raised his hand: "Come on, I like to help newcomers the most, this kind of thing must be obligatory!" ”

Someone heard this voice and said in their hearts: "That guy Lucas is going to take the opportunity to be lazy again......"

In the midst of everyone's belly, Lucas Sutton stepped out of the ranks.

How could Waldemar not know Lucas Sutton's intentions?

However, he did not stop Lucas either.

Lucas Sutton is an outlier in São Paulo's youth team, he doesn't train hard, he doesn't have outstanding talent, and his technical ability is in the middle of the team, and he has no special skills. Many people are not optimistic about his progress in professional football, and it is estimated that when he can sign a professional contract at the age of eighteen, he will be swept away.

He couldn't possibly have a place somewhere in professional football in Brazil.

Perhaps for this reason, he is becoming more and more lazy in training.

Waldemar didn't bother to bother with him - he didn't bother with him before, it was useless.

"Okay, you go to teach Rong the basic exercises, starting with juggling the ball and getting familiar with the ball."

Waldemar had no choice but to let the youth team players teach Glory. Originally, at the level of glory, it was better for him to go to the lower echelons and conduct basic training. But he's getting older, so he can only come to the under-18 youth team, which is where players over 16 and under 18 stay.

The under-18 youth team does not have so many trainers, so it is impossible to find someone to teach the most basic things of glory. I had to find a player to make a cameo appearance as an interim coach.

Lucas Sutton happily accepted the task given to him by the coach and walked in front of Rongguang: "Hi, my name is Lucas, are you really Chinese?" Are Chinese girls all beautiful? Do you think they like a handsome guy like me? ”

He pointed to himself with his thumb, he was not black, he was not white, he had a complexion that combined two colors, the color of his skin was like the wheat color of a summer in the sun, he looked very healthy, and his physique was stronger than Rong Guang looked now, anyway, he looked more robust than Rong Guang now, his facial features were well defined, and his contours were clear, but his eyes were a little smaller, and the only blemish was it.

When his eyes narrow, it gives people the impression that he doesn't know what bad idea he is playing.

"Uh......" Rong Guang didn't know how to answer the enthusiastic teammate's question.

"Lucas!" Waldemar shouted.

Lucas stuck out his tongue with his back to Waldemar, then said to Glory: "Alright, alright, let's go train over there." After saying that, he directly put his arms around Rongguang's neck and led him to the corner of the training ground.

"Lucas, if you're lazy, I'll punish you for staying for twenty laps after training!" Waldemar shouted behind him.

"Yes, sir!" As soon as Lucas heard that he was going to run away, his face changed, and he hurriedly replied loudly.

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With the sword of Damocles hanging over Lucas Sutton's head with a penalty of twenty laps, he still didn't dare to slack off.

From the warm-up, he taught Glory very seriously.

After Rongguang knew how to warm up correctly, he began to teach Rongguang to juggle the ball.

Whether you play soccer or basketball, it's important to be familiar with the ball.

Playing basketball is to control the ball with your hands, which is relatively easy to control, and playing football with your feet, your feet are definitely not as flexible as your hands, so you need to be familiar with the ball.

Only when you are familiar with the ball can you make good ball control in the game.

The simplest, most commonly used, and most effective way to get acquainted with the ball is to juggle the ball. If a professional player can't even play well, then his basic skills must be bad, and he won't achieve much.

It's something players should know, but Glory isn't a player...... He's a layman.

When he heard that it was actually learning to juggle the ball, he was a little surprised: "Isn't it a shot?" I've heard Godot say that shooting is the best thing in football! ”

Lucas couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Rongguang's layman's statement.

"You haven't even learned how to walk, so you want to learn to run? If you don't have a good foundation, you can't shoot well! He crossed his hands on his hips and put on the majesty of a teacher.

"Then when will I be able to play......" Rong Guang was disappointed. Even if he is a layman, he knows that if he can't play, he won't make money. He wished he could go to the competition tomorrow and return to his hometown with fame and fame......

"What do you think? Playing a game? Do you know the rules of football? Do you know what to do when you play? Stop talking nonsense and follow me to learn the basics! ”

Lucas then ignored Glory's disappointed eyes and began to give Glory the purpose and importance of the juggling practice.

“…… In the process of juggling the ball, you will master the temper of the ball, learn how to control the ball, how much force to use, and how different parts of the ball feel. When you're skilled, every part of your body can be used to control the ball. And the opponent will have a hard time breaking the ball you control. Like this. ”

After talking about the importance of the basic practice of juggling the ball, Lucas picked up the soccer ball, first flipped it up with the instep of his foot, and then with the top of his thigh, the ball obediently bouncing back and forth between his legs and feet, and Rong Guang was dumbfounded.

After the last moment, he picked up the football, and when the football was about to hit the ground, his left foot slammed the football up again, this time with a little more force, and the football flew up from the glory in front of him, and then went over his head and went straight behind him!

"It's going to be hard for you to break......" Lucas said as he tried to get the ball past Glory.

But before he could finish his words, he had just started when he saw Glory leap high and stretch out his arm to ...... the football in the air I took it off!

He raised his hands up and grabbed the soccer ball in the air like he was grabbing a rebound!

Holding the glory of football, he looked at Lucas: "It doesn't seem to be a big deal, Lucas, you see I'm broken!" ”

Seeing the triumphant glory, Lucas couldn't help but yell: "You can't use your hands in football, stupid!" When he finished yelling, he covered his face with his hands - there were enough new people......

"Soccer football, the ball kicked with the feet is football! No hands are allowed in soccer unless you are the goalkeeper! Do you want to play goalkeeper? Lucas asked.

Rongguang asked, "Do goalkeepers make more money?" "He only cares about money, he doesn't come to play football because he likes football, but just because Godot said that he can make a lot of money when he becomes a professional footballer, more than he can imagine.

"Of course not as many strikers! The most profitable are the strikers, because they are the most showy! For me, Lucas is a great striker! Lucas pointed to himself with a thumbs up, proud.

He is not good enough in front of other youth team players, but he can still be majestic in front of the newcomer of Glory.

"Then I'm going to be a striker too!" During the trial, if he knew that the striker was the most profitable, Rongguang would not hesitate to tell Leko that his position on the field was a striker......

Lucas glanced at Glory: "You? Let's get the basics done first, rookie. ”

"Is the foundation a juggling ball?" Glory asked.

"It's just one of them." Lucas replied. "But if you can't even juggle the ball, then you don't even want to be a professional footballer!"

"So what are you waiting for? Let's get to work! "Glory and morale are high.

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Lucas re-demonstrated the juggling of the ball, and then took apart the steps to explain to Glory.

During the whole process, Rongguang listened very carefully.

His eyes were always on Lucas's left foot to see how and when.

After speaking, Lucas asked Rongguang, "Got it?" ”

Rongguang said: "It's like kicking a shuttlecock......

"Shuttlecock kicking? What is that? "Lucas doesn't understand." Try to do it yourself first. ”

He kicked the football to glory.

Glory remembered that Lucas had picked the football directly off the ground.

He confidently wanted to follow along, but instead of picking up the football, he kicked the football into Lucas's thigh and almost hit the big Lucas!

"Wow! Good thing I flashed fast! Otherwise, the happiness of my life will be ruined by you! Lucas was in shock.

"Ah...... Excuse me! Excuse me! ”

Lucas glared at him: "Beginners don't want to learn such high-end skills as me, be honest, pick up the football, and then gently throw it up, and use the instep to bumble!" He gave Glory a demonstration.

Glory can finally start juggling the ball.

However, it is not surprising that juggling the ball and kicking the shuttlecock are not at all the same. When the ball falls, he wants to hook the ball back with his toes and make it roll in the air, like kicking a shuttlecock.

But as a result, the football that he hooked hit directly hit him in the face!

Boom!

There was a muffled sound.

"Poof!" Seeing this scene, Lucas couldn't hold back and laughed directly. "Ahaha! What are you doing? Ha Lu Ha! A sucker! Don't juggle the ball on your toes! Use the right instep, the place where you tie your sneakers, not too far forward, not too far back...... Ha Lu Ha! Or else like you are! Hahaha! ”

He laughed as he explained to Glory what he was doing wrong.

Rongguang rubbed his nose vigorously after being hit by the football, and his tears were about to flow out of his eyes. It doesn't look the same as kicking a shuttlecock...... He also thought that he could kick the shuttlecock, and this juggling ball must be easy to catch.

So he forgot to kick the shuttlecock, recalled Lucas's demonstration in his mind, and began to make a second attempt. This time, when the ball landed on his feet, he was careful not to use his toes, but the ball still did not bounce gently and obediently like Lucas demonstrated, waiting for him to continue to lift upside down, but bounced outwards and fell to the ground irregularly.

"Your feet are as hard as a piece of wood. What did I just say? To relax, relax. When the football falls, the moment it touches the surface of your foot, you have to close your foot and cushion down! One more time! ”

The second time Rongguang's mind was full of cushioning, but when the football fell, he cushioned early, and in the end, the football did not bounce again, but rolled down the surface of his foot.

"The buffer is early, and it was the moment of contact with football! Moment! Instantly, you know? As soon as you get into football, you immediately put your foot down. One more time! ”

The third glory accurately grasped the concept of the moment, cushioned down as soon as he received the ball, and then immediately followed up with the force. However, the football flew directly above the height overhead.

"Yes, you know that the Dao is buffered instantly, but the movements are not coherent enough, and the force is too great when you exert force up after buffering. The amount of force should be light, don't exert too much force, and the harder the football, the better. With a slight effort, it is best to keep the ball from being too high or too low, so that the ball rises exactly to your knees. Again. ”

In this way, the glory kept coming again, and after the defeat, Lucas would correct his mistakes, telling him what was wrong and what to do.

In the process, Glory gradually grasped the feeling of bouncing the ball. He was finally able to successfully juggle the ball in a row.

He cheered with joy when he turned the ball upside down twice in a row, and of course, the ball fell to the ground.

"It's only two, what's there to be happy about? Keep going. ”

Glory continued to practice with confidence.

I feel better and better, and I'm getting more and more successful in a row. From two times in a row, to four times in a row, eight times in a row, ten times in a row!

Rong optics are getting faster and faster!

Lucas was also surprised to see this visible progress of Glory on the side.

It's only been less than half an hour, and Glory can actually spin ten balls in one go! He seems to have completely passed the novice stage of being at a loss, and has begun to enter the stage of repeated practice and deepening his memory.

When I first came into contact with football, how long did it take to juggle the ball ten times in a row without landing?

He thought about it, and then thought it was really frustrating.

He thought of the scene when he tried to pick the ball to pass the glory just now, but let the glory jump in the air and stop the football with both hands.

That kid's bounce is scary!

Especially the instantaneous bounce!

His explosiveness is indeed very strong, and it is no wonder that he can run faster than Rico. I can't figure it out...... Maybe you can run faster than Kaka!

Lucas was startled by the thought that came to his mind.

Then he was particularly interested in this Chinese rookie.

Is he really from China?

Why did he think about playing football when he was sixteen years old?

Why does he play football?

He turned his attention to Glory and found that he was bouncing the ball continuously, while his mouth was squirming and silent, as if he was muttering something.

"Hey, Rong."

As soon as he spoke, Glory was startled, and the ball dropped.

"What are you talking about?"

Rongguang saw the football that fell to the ground, and his expression was very distressed, as if it was not the football that was dropped, but the money......

"I'm counting." He replied.

"So how many in a row did you just turn upside down?"

"Twenty-one dollars...... Ah no, twenty-one. If you don't speak to me, I'll be able to continue......" he complained.

"Stupid, if you don't even have such an anti-interference ability, how can you be a professional player!" Lucas didn't expect that Glory would have bounced the ball more than twenty times in a row in such a short time, but he couldn't honestly admit that he was too reckless, so his eyes narrowed and he casually found a reason to come out. "You need to get your body ...... No, it's every cell that remembers the ball sensation instead of giving it your full attention every time. Just when you can juggle the ball and do something else at the same time! ”

Glory didn't understand it at all, but he thought it seemed like Lucas was saying it very powerful, so he couldn't help but nod.

Seeing him nod, Lucas was very happy - this kid is so simple, he believes everything!

"From now on you juggle the ball, let's talk. This is special training! Specially designed so that you can do it with two hearts! Your goal is to keep the ball from hitting the ground while you're chatting with me. Lucas found a fair reason for himself and Glory to chat.

Glory didn't suspect anything.

"Why are you thinking about learning football now, Rong?" Lucas asked.

Rong Guang hugged the football and said, "I want to play football to make money." Then he dropped the ball and started juggling it.

"Playing soccer to make money?"

"Hmm...... Yes! As soon as Rongguang spoke, the ball fell just down, and he forgot to cushion for a moment, so the ball bounced off the ground again.

"It's okay, come again." Lucas didn't care and continued to ask questions that interested him. "But you're sixteen years old, and if you want to play soccer to make money, it seems a little late......"

Godot said...... Ah...... I have the ability to learn...... Yes...... Very strong, and fell again...... So, later...... Don't be afraid of ......" is a very simple sentence, but Rong Guang said it several times before finishing it, because football is always falling.

Strong learning ability?

Lucas thought that it would take him only a short time to bounce the ball ten and twenty times in a row...... It seems to be a bit of a point.

"Tell me about China, I've never been there...... Are Chinese women as passionate as Brazilian women? What do they like to wear? Do they like a handsome guy like me......"

"Uh, Lucas, is this really special training? Not that you want to talk to me? Because I think you seem to be a little idle......"

"Of course, of course! This is special training, of course! Answer my question, right? Do Chinese women like handsome guys like me? Lucas squinted his little eyes and looked at the glory expectantly.

……

In this way, Glory chatted with Lucas while continuing his juggling practice.

Lucas suddenly noticed something, he and Rongguang were still chatting, but it seemed that Rongguang answered much faster?

"Rong, your soccer is gone?"

"Huh?" The glory was shocked, and the football fell to the ground.

This time he was not annoyed, but stunned, looking at the football rolling down next to him. Really, he doesn't seem to have let the ball hit the ground in a while...... But he didn't really focus on juggling the ball just now, and he didn't keep thinking about buffering, lifting, buffering, and lifting...... These thoughts, as if naturally, formed a rhythmic inertia in his body.

Lucas was also surprised, and he took his eyes off the football and on Glory's face.

"You're such a ...... Talented! No, it's a monster! Lucas exclaimed in heartfelt admiration.

Rongguang was pleased: "Really? ”

"Of course, I've never seen anyone get to this level so quickly! Are you really a beginner? Come on, come again, come again! ”

Under Lucas's gaze, the glory seemed to be unable to find a sense again.

After several repeated failures, his body finally rediscovered that wonderful rhythmic inertia.

He can chat with Lucas while bouncing the ball to keep the ball on the ground.

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Glory and Lucas's training in the corner of the training ground was meant to be unremarkable, but there were always curious glances thrown at them.

When one of them occasionally cast a curious gaze again, he froze.

He even forgot that he was practicing passing in pairs, and it was only after a football from a teammate hit him that he woke up.

"What's wrong with you?" His teammates asked him strangely.

He pointed to where Glory and Lucas were. "Look."

Both of them looked at each other, and both of them were stunned.

The others were attracted by their consistent posture and quickly froze as they looked over.

So more and more youth team players are looking at the corner where Glory and Lucas are like them.

All forgot about training.

In their field of vision, Rong Guang was taking continuous penalty kicks, his head was down, his eyes were staring at the football, his movements were still a little restrained and stiff, not chic enough. But none of that matters.

The important thing is that the football is jumping up and down in front of him all the time, like a heart, beating non-stop......

Everyone's eyes were drawn to the jumping football, up and down with the football.

"Is he really a beginner?"

In the youth team, there are people who ask this question.

But this is definitely not a question for one or two people, it is a question for almost everyone.

The anomalies of the youth team players also caught the attention of the coaches.

Valdemar de Oliveira, who was also turning his head to look at the glory, remembered what Mauro had said to him: "That Chinese boy is said to have a very strong ability to learn......"

Is it a strong learner?

Looking at it like this, I'm afraid it's not said......