Chapter 131: The Mighty St. Paul (Alliance Leader Gagen)
Kaka arrived early for some solo training before the team's training session began, just like Glory.
He finished with two goals and an assist against Coritiba and put in an excellent performance. The media talked about his performance yesterday and it stands to reason that he should be happy.
But he didn't.
He wasn't happy for himself against Coritiba.
At the thought of Glory's hat-trick against Flamengo, Kaka didn't feel at all happy with his performance.
Flamengo, Brazil's most popular top giant, is outstanding and plays at home. When Rong Guang faced this team, he could actually complete a hat-trick.
And against a weak team like Coritiba at home in Sao Paulo, he was only able to score two goals. Still couldn't finish the first hat-trick of his career.
Which is better or worse, the superior is judged.
So when public opinion is vying to praise him, Kaka's heart is not as calm as he appears on the outside.
It's unwilling.
He felt that he had no glory in these two games.
Unwilling to be compared to glory, he naturally wants to be angry and continue to train hard.
So he decided to follow Rongguang's example and train on his own before the start of his daily training session.
Originally, Brazilians did not pursue training at all, even people like Kaka. It's just that everyone else spends his spare time in bars and a colorful nightlife, while he spends his spare time on the Bible and prayer.
Now, Kaka has decided to spend less time dedicated to the Lord and more on the training ground.
Just to not be caught up by glory.
He believed that the Lord would forgive himself for such behavior.
For although he has reduced the time he spends reading the Bible, his devotion to the Lord has never diminished in the slightest, and the Lord will always be in his heart, and he will always belong to Jesus.
When Kaka entered the locker room, he didn't see anyone.
Of course, because he came earlier than anyone else.
When he drove to the training base, there was not a single car in the parking lot of the base - which meant that none of the coaches had arrived.
After changing his clothes in the empty locker room, Kaka closed the door to the locker room and walked towards the training ground.
He's going to be on his own at the first-team training ground.
But when he came to the training ground with his equipment, he was surprised to find that there was already a person there.
Rongguang is practicing dribbling on the training ground.
Or "croquettes".
Kaka was surprised to see the glory.
He was surprised not because Rongguang came earlier than him, he knew that Rongguang would do his own training every day before the start of training, which was no secret in the team, everyone knew Lu Dao.
He was surprised that Rongguang had returned to the training ground so quickly - except for the coaching staff, no one knew what Rongguang's injury had become, so Kaka, like other players, thought that Rongguang couldn't practice together for a week, and didn't even participate in the last game, so it must be a serious injury?
Who would have thought that this game had just ended, and Rongguang had already resumed his previous pre-training training!
This......
Does it mean that he has returned from injury?
Deceptive, right?
Kaka was surprised.
The injury that took him out of training for a week and missed a game was so lightly healed?
Lord, this man...... What exactly is it made of?
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Glory noticed Kaka on the sidelines of the training ground.
He was like a lion king defending his territory, glaring at him vigilantly and full of hostility: "What are you doing here?" ”
Hearing Glory's words, Kaka recovered from his previous shock.
He ignored the glory and began to warm up on the court.
Even fools can see what he's going to do - train himself like Glory.
The lion's fur stood on end, and he shouted at Kaka, "Don't be offside, this half is my territory!" ”
Kaka is on the right side of the midline, while Glory is on the left.
Two people occupy the entire training ground, exactly one and a half.
Kaka heard Glory yelling and resisted the urge to roll his eyes—it was too ugly, and he felt that it would damage his image. But he really wanted to give Glory a ......
With such a large training ground and just the two of us, are you so anxious to divide the scope of the potential?
He didn't bother to see the glory in general, but he still moved that way, away from the glory.
Seeing that Kaka knew each other well, Rongguang turned back in satisfaction and continued to focus on his training.
They're doing their own training.
Eiko continues to practice "croquettes", and he is considering more possibilities of using "croquettes" to pass people. For example, whether you can use your right foot to move the football to the left, then use your left foot to push it back, and then use your right foot to block the football forward, by increasing the number of changes of direction to make the opponent confused.
Kaka, on the other hand, is practicing his long-range shots, and he thinks that his long-range shots need to be improved, and they need to be more powerful.
And so, for the first time, before the official training session, the empty training ground welcomed two hard-working people at the same time.
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Sao Paulo returned to training for the first time after the match against Coritiba, and there were many reporters gathered outside the training ground.
Most of these reporters are here for Kaka.
Regardless, although Glory did well against Flamengo, he is a newcomer after all, and his place in the eyes of the media and fans is not as solid as Kaka.
But what surprised them was ...... They actually saw the glorious figure on the training ground!
They looked at each other - didn't they say they were hurt? It's so heavy that you can't even play the game, how can you get back to the training ground so quickly?
What does this mean?
Glory is back from injury?
If it's true...... That was not good news for São Paulo's opponents......
Kaka was in fine form, scoring twice against Coritiba and providing an assist to direct his side's 3-1 win over Coritiba.
He scored a hat-trick against Flamengo and returned from injury after beating the Rossoneri alone......
São Paulo is back to their strongest.
This season's top-of-the-spot finish in the regular season could well be in São Paulo's bag – the future is for their front trident to keep functioning.
But even if one of them has a problem, or if two of them are not in shape, don't worry too much.
Because there will always be someone who can step up and solve the problem.
Just like these two matches, against Flamengo, Glory stepped up when Fabiano, Kaka and Ricardinho were all in trouble.
And when Rongguang was sidelined due to injury, Kaka played an important role again.
Now those reporters have to admire Osvaldo's insistence on the two-front tactics in the first place.
If it hadn't been for the persistence at the beginning, how could there be this situation?
Grayson was among those journalists.
When he saw the glory, his face became not very good-looking.
This kid...... It's only been a week off, and you can't wait to come out?
What are you doing so actively!
Of course, he doesn't know what to do, and Glory will lose 2,000 yuan less appearance fee for one less game, and there will be less possible goal awards and assist awards......
For him, there is nothing more important than making money.
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Three days later, after resuming the team's joint practice, Rongguang also returned to the 18-man squad and starting list.
He started the game away at Figuelens.
Although he didn't score, his performance was very eye-catching, and he once again made a "croquette" trick in the game, using his dribbling breakthrough to cause a lot of problems for Feguelens.
Such a simple move as "croquettes" became sharper and more threatening because of Glory's excellent speed, which completely disrupted the Feguellens defence, and finally completed an assist to help the team beat Figuellens 3-0.
Kaka, on the other hand, had a goal and an assist in this game.
If you just look at the data, Kaka's performance is better than Rongguang.
But those who watched the game will think that Rongguang's performance may be better......
Because Kaka's goal also benefited from the glory of disrupting the opponent's backline, so that the defenders of Feiguellens did not care about the tail, and they could not prevent the glory and Kaka. After defending Kaka, Glory is active again.
After this game, head coach Osvaldo was particularly energetic in his press conference.
He was not even satisfied with just qualifying for the Copa Libertadores, but for the first time shouted the slogan of winning the championship.
“…… I think maybe we can start thinking about the national championship! At the post-match press conference, Osvaldo made these bold words in front of so many reporters.
"Osvaldo's faith is ......"
"Of course, the team's results are so good, three goals in three games in a row, I would have thought this way if I were to be replaced......"
"If he can lead Sao Paulo to the title, it will be the fourth title in the history of the club!"
"Now it seems that as long as the front trident can maintain a good and stable form, I think Sao Paulo will be the biggest favorite to win the title, which is not an exaggeration!"
After interviewing Osvaldo, the media reporters came together to exchange opinions.
No one thinks Osvaldo is talking nonsense this time, and public opinion almost overwhelmingly agrees with Osvaldo - this Sao Paulo team is really not interesting if it is not aiming for the championship.
Because this São Paulo team, really strong, very, very ...... Strong.