Chapter 40: The "Weirdos" in the Lakeside Park
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During the Glory Special Training, the Rio-Sao Paulo Championship will not stop and wait for the Glory to practice and upgrade.
In the new round of the tournament, Sao Paulo defeated the Americas 1-0 at home.
The glory of the game disappeared from the starting line-up and was replaced by Kaka.
Glory only came off the bench in the last five minutes of the game, but had no chance to perform.
There are already voices saying that if Rong Guang is not able to change his situation soon, he may return to the youth team.
After all, as the first-team players gradually return from injury, there is no place for him in the first team......
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After the game, Grayson published an article in Scoreboard in which he analyzed Glory's current situation.
“…… With only five minutes on the bench, Osvaldo has given up on the so-called 'genius'...... This is undoubtedly the right choice. The Chinese kid has speed, but it's not a football talent, he can go and sprint. I don't think it will be long before we don't see this sudden 'talent' in the first team of São Paulo. Brazilian football has never lacked those fleeting meteors, and Rong is just one of them...... After this game, I will not publish anything about this Chinese player, let's turn our attention away from him, there are too many people and things that deserve our attention! ”
Corinthians' head of football, Edvar Simos, contentedly put the Scoreboard aside.
The problem that had been bothering him was completely solved. As long as the media's attention to Rongguang gradually declines, no one will mention the fact that he once rejected Rongguang, and he will no longer have to pay attention to the performance of this Chinese kid.
To hell with this damn Chinese kid and his damn agent!
At first, Edva Simos was frightened enough, for fear that Chairman Duaribi would trouble him.
I am also afraid that this matter will be made bigger and bigger, and it will be difficult to deal with racial discrimination.
Now it has been proven to be just a false alarm, but it has made Simos very embarrassed for a while, so Simos has no good feelings about Glory in his heart, and he wishes that Glory was unlucky.
It would be great if the glory could be completely lost.
Godot, that bastard, still wants to use the media to smash it, now let's play it!
Deserve!
Simus was so happy at the thought of Glory and Godot's future that he decided to take his wife and children out for a big dinner in the evening to celebrate.
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Coelho Alexandre Costa is busy as the head of football for the São Paulo bureau of the newspaper Reims.
He usually has a lot of work to do, and although he is a director, he is also a reporter who often runs the front line.
It's common to get busy and work overtime continuously.
Sometimes, after returning to the office after being busy outside, it doesn't take long to sit down and rest, and then you have to go out again.
Now that he's sitting in his office, he's finally done with his work, and he can rest, and this time he doesn't have to run out of the house again.
He sat down in his chair for a moment and began to clean up his messy desk.
When he picked up a delicate notebook, a piece of paper fell out of it and landed right in front of his eyes.
"Glory".
This is the name that Rongguang signed for him in an interview with Coelho at the time.
He thought about the deep impression that the Chinese teenager had left on him during the interview.
He seems to be always full of fighting spirit, cheerful and optimistic. From him, you don't feel the caution of a beginner who has only been in football for more than two months.
After the last game, Grayson wrote an article to put an end to the "genius" debate.
He played his professional level, and in the article he criticized the glory for almost nothing.
The words are sharp and the tone is serious.
Coelho also saw it.
He feared that Glory would not be able to suffer such a series of blows.
It's been three games in a row, and I haven't had a good performance.
No goals, no assists, less and less contribution to the team.
In stark contrast to his stunning performances in the first three games, from heaven to hell, how many people can withstand this kind of gap?
That's what Coelho said in his original interview.
The start was too smooth, and it's really not a good thing for a newcomer like Rongguang who hasn't even laid a good foundation.
Pushing himself to the media and the public too early, putting himself on the cusp of the storm, and losing a relatively peaceful environment for growth.
The pressure suddenly increased, can that kid withstand it?
Suddenly it occurred to him that he didn't seem to have had much chance to show his ability to resist pressure.
As soon as he debuted, he gave three amazing performances, and he didn't encounter tests and difficulties at all.
The real test begins now.
How will he cope after three mediocre or even poor performances in a row?
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a conversation between several editors and reporters outside the door.
"I heard that there was a strange person in Lakeside Park recently......"
"You mean that fool? I've heard about it too! ”
"What's going on?"
"Well, there are a lot of people who see a heavily armed, well-protected guy running on the tree-lined alley of Lakeside Park in the mornings and evenings, but unlike the average runner, he has a soccer ball tied to his foot. During his runs, he often trips over soccer balls and falls to the ground...... No one knows what he's doing, running is not like running, dribbling is not like dribbling......"
Several people walked away as they spoke, and their voices faded away, until they were finally completely inaudible.
Lakeside Park?
Coelho thought the name familiar, thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized that this was not the park near where Glory and Godot lived?
This is still known during the interview with Glory.
Coelho carefully recalled the conversations between the reporters and editors.
Lakeside Park, Weirdos, Dribbling, Running......
Could it have something to do with Rong?
He thought so after that.
Thinking of this possibility, Coelho realized that he could no longer sit down in his office.
Looks like it's going to be a mess again......
This time, I still couldn't sit for more than half an hour.
Coelho got up with a wry smile.
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By the time Coelho arrived at Lakeside Park, it was already half past six in the afternoon. It's still autumn in São Paulo in mid-April, but it's already starting to get dark at half-past six. The dense woods around the lake dim the light in the boulevard.
It was getting darker, and there were far fewer people in the boulevard.
São Paulo is a city with a large gap between rich and poor, and it is very unsafe to be in those secluded places at night, and robberies, kidnappings, and murders are not uncommon.
Coelho realized that he was too excited......
Although the lakeside park is not big, the boulevard around the lake is five or six kilometers long, so find someone in such a large circle...... Is it that easy?
Maybe I should contact Godot first?
Yes, that's the way it should be.
Coelho, who was about to give up and turn back, heard the sound of the ball rubbing against the ground.
He turned his head to follow the voice, and a figure ran out of the dim shadows.
I happened to run to a slightly empty area, and the reflection on the surface of the lake was reflected in the light, allowing Coelho to see clearly.
The visitor was wearing a bicycle rider's helmet, shoulder pads, elbow pads, knee pads and other protective gear, as the reporters and editors described, fully armed.
What caught Coelho's eye the most was the football at his feet.
Every time he touches the ball, the ball flies forward, but not very far, and bounces back when it reaches a distance of about two metres.
If you look closely, you will find that it is covered by a net!
If you push the ball too hard, the ball will bounce back with more speed and force.
The foot that keeps up with it will not be able to adapt to this rhythm at all, and it will be tripped by the football.
The man ran all the way, and when Coelho saw it, he fell four times.
Once the fall was so hard that even Coelho couldn't help frowning and grinning when he saw it, as if it was him who hurt from the fall......
The "weirdo" who fell to the ground did not get up immediately, and it seemed that he did not fall lightly.
After a while he rolled over and sat down on the ground and began to untie something on his feet.
Is this to give up?
Coelho thought to himself.
But he guessed wrong.
The "weirdo" only untied the net wrapped around his feet, but did not completely remove the net.
Then he got up from the ground and continued to run forward with the ball.
After running two steps and falling to the ground, this time he got up quickly because he didn't have to sit on the ground to untie the tangled ropes of the net.
In this way, he ran some distance and fell to the ground. Sometimes you fall in one or two steps, and sometimes you can hold on for a long distance.
Until he disappeared into the shadows on the other side, in the dim woods, his eyes wide open and he could not be seen.
But the sound of the ball rubbing against the ground was still heard intermittently.
If it's the kind that has a fixed rhythm, it means that he is running well. But if all of a sudden the sound disappears, it must have fallen......
You don't need to go forward to confirm anymore.
Coelho was already sure that this "weirdo" who was heavily armed and focused on running and wrestling with his head down was the glory.
It's that genius rookie.
As for why he did this, Coelho could guess.
His biggest problem at the moment is dribbling, because he doesn't have the ability to dribble at high speeds, so his speed has no room to play at all.
This strange run was clearly an exercise for his weakness.
However, if you want to practice dribbling or something, you will use the right training equipment on the regular court to train.
It's rare to tie a soccer ball to your feet like this and then practice using the opportunity to run......
But he could more or less understand what glory it was to do.
Because he only started learning football at the age of sixteen and four months.
He was pressed for time and had to resort to some unconventional means to practice.
He desperately wanted to make himself stronger, and Coelho realized very deeply from the figure of him falling down again and again, and getting up again and again.
Seeing this scene, Coelho suddenly felt relieved.
Rong Guang, a Chinese teenager, may not be so easily defeated by this setback......