I'm Kaka Kaka

Chapter 530

On May 5, after attending the farewell banquet of the Brazilian President, the Brazilian national team quietly arrived at Johannesburg International Airport, officially embarking on a journey to win the seventh Hercules Cup.

After arriving at Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, the whole team did not stop. Dunga led a group of stars to get off the plane and immediately got into the bus prepared in advance, and went directly to the hotel arranged by the tournament organizer to rest. However, for safety reasons, the tournament organizer sent a large number of security personnel to isolate the Brazilian team from contact with the fans.

A large number of fans who had been waiting at the airport for a long time were greatly disappointed. Some people angrily denounced the organizers, while others shed tears. Almost everyone shouted Kaka's name loudly.

Kaka waved to the crowd apologetically, which finally made the fans feel better.

The hotel where the Brazilian team stayed is located in the north of the urban area. It is a five-star hotel. There are also a large number of security personnel guarding the hotel. The hotel even set up a normal temperature swimming pool at the request of the coaching staff of the Brazilian team. Kaka is very satisfied with all this and fully affirmed the organizer's arrangement in an interview.

On the second day, Brazil had its first training session after arriving in South Africa. However, Kaka, Pato, Maicon and other Chelsea players who participated in the Champions League final did not participate in the joint training of their teammates, but did some simple training on the sidelines.

The four of them jogged side by side. Pato, Maicon and Lucio kept winking at each other. In the end, the little brother Pato was pushed out. He said: "Kaka...someone said they saw you meeting Mourinho, is that true?"

Real Madrid has officially announced that Mourinho will become the team's new coach for the 2010-2011 season. Although there are no two Champions League titles, Mourinho's aura has dimmed a lot, but his achievements in Porto and Inter Milan cannot be denied. The outside world still expressed certain expectations for the combination of him and Real Madrid.

However, the news of Mourinho's secret visit to Kaka still could not be covered up, and it was exposed by "Marca", "Aspen" and "Folha Sao Paulo" at the same time.

Needless to say, the result caused an uproar not only in Madrid and London, but almost in the whole world.

"Yes," Kaka said, "he invited me to Real Madrid."

"You refused, didn't you?" Pato looked at him eagerly, and the other two turned their heads to look closely at Kaka.

Kaka was silent and ran with her head down.

……

There are still ten days before the start of the competition. The Brazilian team has arranged two warm-up matches against Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Dunga experimented with two lineups.

Goalkeeper Cesar, defenders Maicon and Lucio, defensive midfielder Gilberto Silva, offensive midfielder Kaka + Neymar, forwards Ade + Fabiano are basically unchanged, and other positions are still being tested in turn.

Bastos is the left back for the time being. The other center back is mainly Juan and Thiago Silva. In the midfield, Dunga still doesn't trust Ronaldinho. Melo is arranged to start both games.

The media and fans were very dissatisfied with this.

"In 32 games, scored 12 goals, contributed 14 assists, averaged 3 dribbles per game, and passed 79% of the ball. These are the statistics of Ronaldinho in the past two seasons.

It is undeniable that Ronaldinho's state was indeed not very good during the two years after leaving Barcelona, ​​but obviously, when he got serious, he was still one of the top stars in the world at that time. Whether in the position of shadow forward, winger or midfielder, Ronaldinho was able to provide enough support for Dunga's Brazil team. Maybe his athletic ability has not been as good as before, but his spirituality and strength are still there.

Kaka and Ronaldinho are the greatest talents in Brazil after the Ronaldo era. The time for them to appear together on the court is running out. With such a golden combination but not cherishing it, Dunga is simply committing a crime. "

Ronaldinho was also in a hurry and kept complaining in private. Fortunately, he was not so stupid. Some excessive words were only said to Kaka, and Dunga was not heard.

Kaka has also been observing Ronaldinho's state recently, patted him on the shoulder and said: "I can give Dunga some advice, he should give me some face, but your chance may only be one game, or even half a game, it depends on you whether you can grasp it."

Ronaldinho nodded seriously, and said, "Don't worry, Kaka, I know."

Kaka shook his head and squeezed his right hand on his shoulder, "No, you don't know, I'm not only talking about this World Cup, not only in the national team, but also the last stage of your career, Ronaldinho, we all know that you were once the best player in the world, and what you have to prove now is that you are still one of the best in the world. This World Cup is the best stage. Unless you want to retire in these two years, or go back to Brazil, otherwise you have to play the next game as the most important game in your football life. , you know? You are only 30 years old, but I suspect that I see you at 40 years old, and you can't do this anymore."

Xiao Luo's lips moved, but he didn't make a sound. Thousands of words finally turned into a heavy nod.

Kaka fulfilled his promise and told Dunga that he would prefer to partner with Ronaldinho on the same day.

Dunga did not give a clear response, but just patted Kaka on the shoulder like Kaka patted Ronaldinho, "I hope he is worthy of your trust."

……

At 6:11 local time on June 14, South Africa, the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup was held at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg.

This is the first time the World Cup has come to the African continent. The first decade of the new century will end with the World Cup being held on a brand new road. Mandela, an anti-racism leader and the first black president in South Africa's history, at the age of 92, originally planned to attend the opening ceremony in person, but because his great-granddaughter died in a car accident, he did not attend in the end.

However, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, South African President Zuma and former President Mbeki, Mexican President Calderon, Ghanaian President Mills, Zimbabwean President Mugabe, Kenyan President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga, US Vice President Biden, and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key all appeared on the scene.

The opening ceremony will last for about 30 minutes, and 1581 world-class artists, dancers and musicians will participate in the performance, which will be broadcast live on TV stations in 215 countries and regions around the world.

FIFA President Butera passionately announced the start of the World Cup in South Africa, and Zuma said, "The time for Africa has come!"

This really made people look forward to the "passionate" performance vigorously promoted by the organizing committee, especially when the flying formation composed of 5 Mirage fighter jets passed over the football city stadium, it shocked the audience and whetted everyone's appetite.

But the show started suddenly and without warning - when a group of wizards in great robes entered the venue, people realized that this was the opening ceremony of the World Cup.

With a smile on her face, a black South African girl named Mogaji unfolded the pictures from South Africa to people all over the world. The beautiful scenery, various wild animals and rich mineral deposits were passed on to the whole world through this most influential sports event on earth.

However, the performance at the opening ceremony did not match the program list provided by the organizing committee. The theme song "WAKAWAKA", a perfect combination of Latin music and African rhythm, which was originally scheduled to be performed by the Latin goddess Shakira and the African band Fresh Mushroom, did not appear.

According to the on-site reporter’s explanation, because the workers failed to build a stage for the band to perform in time, the director of the opening ceremony had to temporarily cancel the show. In order to protect the competition turf, all the opening ceremony performances could only be performed on a big thick mat in the center of the court.

The actors fully demonstrated their desire for freedom and advocating simplicity. Except for the formation and rehearsal in the word composition section, there were no strict regulations for the rest of the clips. The almost random style of the actors added a lot of entertainment to the opening ceremony.

A group of actors who had just left the stage collided with the actors who were about to enter the stage at the entrance of the passageway. As a result, the backup dancers were delayed for nearly a minute before they appeared in the center of the venue one after another.

Amidst the soul dance and casual singing of African artists, a giant dung beetle entered the stadium under the inexplicable eyes of the audience.

Two actors each held a dung beetle's hind legs and pushed a one-person-high model of the World Cup ball "Celebration" into the arena. People all over the world racked their brains to figure out what the show wanted to express, but ordinary people's wisdom obviously cannot understand the brain circuits of African brothers...

The on-site screen began to introduce the various stadiums hosting this cup, and the performers in the field also used dyed cloth to form the pattern of the African continent. Then Mandela's head appeared on the big screen, and the audience stood up to pay tribute.

The original opening song "Hope" was written by Mandela and sung by Echebe, but because of Echebe's sudden death, the organizers had to make temporary adjustments, and the audience applauded Echebe's memory.

This was supposed to be the most moving moment in the opening ceremony, but it is easy to make people have some bad associations - Mandela's granddaughter died, and Echebe died too. Why do you in Africa have to die every two days?
Well, this is not very respectful to the deceased, but South Africa is not very good in people's impression. Recently, various negative reports have been mixed with positive energy, which makes most people not like this land. Now that this celebrity dies every now and then, the sudden death of that star always makes this World Cup feel abnormal.

After finally waiting for the end of the performances by artists from six African countries, the famous American singer R KELLY and the Soweto soul band came on stage, and they brought the theme song of this World Cup "Call of Victory".

The national flags of all FIFA member countries entered the arena amid singing, and then the live actors formed the emblem pattern of the World Cup in South Africa.

Most of the hundreds of well-informed reporters in the media seats seemed a little dumbfounded. Many reporters got up in the middle of the opening ceremony and went to the sidelines to buy drinks or chat with each other, so as to save their energy to watch the opening match.

There is one thing to say, this is really a back-to-basics opening ceremony. If it is considered a success, then this success should be forced by the enthusiasm and sincerity of the African people.

After a shabby opening, the opener between South Africa and Mexico finally got underway.

In the 80-year history of the World Cup, the host team has participated in the opening match seven times without losing a single one.

In a series of warm-up matches before the World Cup, South Africa has an impressive record. Although they have not experienced the experience of the qualifiers, their real confrontation in the warm-up matches also benefited them a lot.

Compared with South Africa, Mexico's record in the warm-up match is even more amazing. It was 2-1 in the last runner-up Italy.

In the 37th minute, Mexican striker Vela's goal was blown away.

In the 55th minute, Mufeira assisted, Shabalala shot from the left side of the penalty area and scored, South Africa led 1-0.

In the 79th minute, Guardado made a cross, and Marcos outflanked and volleyed in front of the goal to equalize.

The two sides ended up with a 1-1 draw, and started the World Cup with a game that could not be called exciting, but it did not affect everyone's expectations for the next game, because the French team and Uruguay team will be on the stage next.

The French team entered South Africa under the shadow of Henry's handball incident. In the previous warm-up match, the Gallic Roosters were in a dismal state. They even lost to the Chinese men's football team in the final match. Everyone expected that they would bottom out in this game.

On the contrary, Uruguay won all three games in the warm-up match, and the team maintained high morale, which made them optimistic about the media and expected to be upset.

历史上法国和乌拉圭曾有2次交锋纪录：1966年英格兰世界杯，乌拉圭在小组赛中2比1击败法国；2002年韩日世界杯小组赛，双方0比0握手言和。

The match was played at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town.

After watching the matchup, everyone apologized for their comments on the first game.

There were at least two goals in that game, so what's the point in this game?
Uruguayan substitute player Lodeiro was sent off with two yellow cards in just 18 minutes, becoming the winner of the first red card in this cup.

France striker Thierry Henry came on as a substitute for Nicolas Anelka in the 72nd minute.

From the 1998 World Cup in France to the present, the King of Guns has played in four consecutive games and has become the No.1 in French history. However, the score of 0 to 0 made the French team encounter the embarrassment of being unbeaten in the first match of the finals for three consecutive times.

Everything shows that the second spring of French football is still far away.

After the war in France, the World Cup will soon usher in the second climax-the three most interesting coaches will appear.

The one with the most limelight is Maradona, this will be the first World Cup game that the old horse will participate in as the head coach of the Argentine team;
The Greek coach Rehhagel is 71 years and 306 days old, which means that he will become the oldest coach in the history of the World Cup to appear in the finals;

Finally, England coach Fabio Capello has the highest annual salary among the top 32 coaches in this World Cup. This is also the first time he has led the team to the World Cup.

As a result, Park Ji-sung scored to help the South Korean team beat Greece 2-0 and won the first game of the 3rd consecutive World Cup.

Argentine came on the stage later, Heinze received an assist from Veron in the 6th minute of the game, and scored the only goal of the game with a header.

Messi played the whole game in the first game and got many chances. Although he didn't score a goal, he performed well.

The last game on the 12th is England vs. the United States.

Due to the influence of his friend's family, Terry was taken away as the captain. Gerrard became the new leader of the Three Lions. Unfortunately, the Jie team did not use a victory to crown his first World Cup match as captain.

Only 4 minutes into the game, England got off to a fantastic start: Lampard passed the ball, Rooney made a stab in the frontcourt, Heskey played the ball with his back at the top of the penalty area, and Gerrard, who followed up, ejected from the instep of his right foot in the middle of the penalty area, and the ball rolled into the lower right corner of the goal.

England led 1-0 at the beginning, but goalkeeper Green's subsequent poor performance wiped everything out: in the 40th minute of the game, Dempsey's long-range shot from outside the penalty area was originally weak, but Green made a fatal mistake.

The sinner Green stood in front of the gate blankly, and the broadcast camera was also aimed at Hart and James on the bench.

Three games will be played on the 13th, and the ones that have attracted more attention are the games between Germany and Australia.

In the 8th minute, Podolski opened the scoring for the first time; in the 26th minute, Klose scored another goal and scored his 11th goal in the World Cup; in the 68th and 70th minutes, Muller and Kakao scored consecutively, helping Germany win the first game.

14日的比赛同样有三场，结果是荷兰2-0丹麦、日本1-0喀麦隆、意大利1-1巴拉圭。

On the 15th, Portugal and Brazil finally made their debut.

The two teams belong to Group G, but they will meet in the last round of the group stage. Portugal's opponent in this game is Côte d'Ivoire.

In the 11th minute, Ronaldo hit the post with a 30-meter burst.

In the 21st minute, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through the penalty area and was tackled by Demel. The Real Madrid star and Demel had a dispute and each received a yellow card.

In the 55th minute, Drogba warmed up on the sidelines.

0-0.

That's all people remember about this game.

……

Johannesburg, Ellis Park Stadium.

The second game of the first round of Group G, six-star Brazil VS North Korea.

This was a game that was considered the least suspenseful before the game. Dunga didn't even put Kaka in the starting list.

And North Korea is considered to be the most mysterious team in this cup. In 1966, they created a miracle of reaching the quarter-finals in England. This is their first World Cup finals after 44 years. In the previous warm-up match, North Korea lost to Paraguay and Nigeria, and drew 2-2 with Greece.Although they did not win, they won unanimous praise for their tenacious style and fierce offensive play.

The two sides have never had a confrontation record in history, and this is the first time they have met on a narrow road.

Brazil played a 4-4-2 formation.

The striker partners are Fabiano and Adelaide.

In the midfield, Neymar + Ronaldinho form the midfielder, Gilberto Silva and Melo partner in the midfielder.

On the back line, Juan and Lucio form a central defender combination, Bastos and Maicon are on the left and right, and Cesar is still the goalkeeper.

When the national anthems of both sides were played before the game, the North Korean player Chung Dae-se burst into tears, which left a deep impression on the fans all over the world. In the game, the tenacious style of the North Korean players playing football with their lives is even more awe-inspiring.

In the 8th minute, Ronaldinho swayed the defense from the front of the penalty area and then shot from a long distance. The ball missed the baseline slightly.

Half a minute later, it was Ronaldinho who sent a wonderful pass in the middle. Fabiano made a fake move and missed a long shot.

In the 10th minute, Adelaide's long shot from 25 meters away missed the right post.

Brazil had the absolute upper hand in the opening stages, but the North Korean team quickly began to fight back.

In the 11th minute, Zheng Dashi broke into the penalty area with three people and forced a shot. The ball was saved by Cesar.

In the 16th minute, Moon In-guk made a feint outside the penalty area, swayed the defense and then shot. Unfortunately, the ball was blocked by the Brazilian player who defended.

One minute later, Cha Jung-hyuk's long-range shot went flying.

In the 19th minute, Moon In-guk suddenly chose to hang the goal near the midfield, and the ball was confiscated by the focused Cesar...

It was originally thought to be a crushing game, but the two sides came and went. After the first half, the score was still 0-0.

The faces of coach Dunga and core Ronaldinho are very ugly.

Before entering the locker room, Dunga said coldly: "Kaka, warm up!"

Kaka did not enter the locker room, but stayed on the sidelines to warm up. This made people think that he would definitely replace Ronaldinho in the second half, but at the beginning of the second half, Kaka replaced Melo, who played with his partner Gilberto Silva as a midfielder.

Ronaldinho secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Kaka asked Dunga: "I kick the midfielder?"

"You can play whatever you want," Dunga said more and more, "I just want to score goals."

Kaka nodded, expressing understanding.

Ronaldinho and Neymar didn't know what the coach would do, so they walked up to Kaka and said, "How?"

"You continue to play in your current position, and I will play as a free agent."

After Kaka finished speaking, he looked at Neymar again, "Neymar, I hope you will score the first goal."

Neymar asked suspiciously: "Why?"

Kaka said with a little emotion: "Because you only have, and I am 28, the future of the Brazilian team will eventually be yours..."

Neymar shook his head, "You can play for at least ten years."

"There will always be a day," Kaka smiled. "When I was your age eight years ago, no one ever told me that you were the future leader of Brazil, but I knew at that time that I would definitely be the future king of Brazil. As long as I was on the field, the Brazilian team would always be on the road to victory. I hope you will also have this kind of responsibility."

After he finished speaking, he rubbed Neymar's head, "Don't waste your talent, Neymar, you are indeed as good as you imagined, but if you are not careful, this talent will become your burden and shackles, you have to learn to use the talent in the most correct place."

Neymar actually liked Kaka's inexplicable preaching to him, but Kaka stopped after saying a few words, pushed him forward, and retreated to Gilberto Silva.

"Macon!"

"Ok?"

"Go up!" Kaka waved his hand, "I'll fill you up for you."

"Aha?"

(End of this chapter)