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Chapter 117 The Rookie's Ambition

Before the start of the game, the head coach will say something to his team and make the final instructions and explanations.

Generally, it is a tactical reminder, or just say some morale-boosting words.

But today Flamengo coach Nelson O Baptista took a newspaper into the locker room and read it to everyone before the game.

When the Flamengo players found that the most precious time before the game turned out to be the time for the head coach to read the newspaper, they were very surprised.

Nelson O Baptista doesn't care about the eyes of the players.

"Sao Paulo's double attacking midfielder's tactics are very powerful. They almost swept the state of Sao Paulo. I think as long as Sao Paulo's two attacking midfielders play normally, Flamengo will have nothing to do. They will be defeated by Sao Paulo's offensive trident, and they will not even have the power to fight back."

Hearing such words, the players with Flamengo couldn't help but laugh out loud - this is too ridiculous!There is no absolute victory or defeat in a football match, not to mention that Flamenco doesn't even have the strength to fight back...

Nelsono Baptista ignored the sneering and continued reading.

"Kaka has already won the World Cup with Brazil, but in Sao Paulo, a new player has emerged. The player who started with Kaka as the attacking midfielder is from China. He is only 17 years old this year. He just touched football eight years ago... But he has been hailed as a well-deserved genius in Sao Paulo. His sharpest weapon is his speed. I have never seen anyone who can run as fast as him. With his speed, Flamengo's defense will be like paper..."

This time no one laughed out loud, and the expressions on everyone's faces were angry.

Because the newspaper's comments are too contemptuous.

The whole story is about how great Sao Paulo is, as if anyone in his formation can beat Flamenco.Now even a rookie who has only learned football for eight months can despise flamenco... This is definitely a great shame for them!
Grayson didn't go all out with disparaging descriptions of flamenco, which would easily arouse suspicion.He cleverly inserts these flamenco-provoking moments throughout the article, making it appear as if this is a piggybacking comment.

Nelsono Baptista re-read the article in order to collect these fragments.

After reading the excerpts he had taken, Nelsono Baptista raised the newspaper in his hand. He shook it, and the newspaper made a rattling sound.

"It's a scoreboard, but it's not Rio, it's Sao Paulo," he said.

Hearing this, someone showed an expression of sudden realization—the St. Paul's newspaper, no wonder!

Those arrogant Sao Paulo people are good at looking down on others!It seems that everyone else is a bumpkin in their eyes!
"Such views are very common in São Paulo, and the vast majority of São Paulo people think so."

Nelson O Baptista expected that no player would go to the Sao Paulo newspapers to see what they had to say.

Brazil has a vast territory, and each state is like an independent kingdom. It is normal to have different exchanges with each other.Especially in football, this can be seen from the fact that the history of the state league is longer than that of the national gold standard, and it is still valued.

It is impossible for the players in Rio to know what the media in Sao Paulo is paying attention to, just as the players in Sao Paulo know very little about the media in Rio.

After hearing what Nelson O Baptista said, the expressions on the faces of the players changed.

Their eyes became sharp and their expressions became angry.

They feel contempt and malice from their opponents.

Even if Flamengo's recent performance is not very good, it is still a giant with 500 million supporters in Brazil. How can their opponents be so underestimated?

They vowed to color the entire state of São Paulo!

They have no big ugliness with Sao Paulo, but who let the Sao Paulo football team meet them on behalf of the state of Sao Paulo in this game?
If you want to complain, you can only blame Sao Paulo and the others for being unlucky, and even ran into Flamengo who was in a bad mood!

"The people of Sao Paulo are confident that their double midfielder and trident tactics can beat us, but they may not know that we have trained them for a whole week! Let us give them a 'surprise' in this game!" Nelson O Baptista laughed.

He saw what he wanted in the faces of these Flamengo players.

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While the Flamengo players were fighting in the dressing room because of the words of the media, in the visiting team's dressing room, the atmosphere was calm.

Although Sao Paulo and Palmeiras only drew in the last championship, the two weeks of training have given the players a deeper understanding of the new tactics and more and more confidence.

They believe that their form is just right, even if they beat Flamengo away, it should not be difficult.

This relaxed state of mind made them not at all nervous about the upcoming strong dialogue.

They are currently just two points away from top placed San Caetano.

If they can beat Flamengo in this game and San Caetano has another accident in the away game against Botafogo, they will return to the first position in the league.

The ranking in the regular season of the Brazilian National Championship does not determine the championship of the final championship, but it does determine the final matchup in the playoffs.

As for the qualifications for intercontinental competitions such as the South American Libertadores Cup and the South American Club Cup, it is not determined by the regular season rankings, but after the playoffs.

Sao Paulo ended up finishing seventh in the national championships last season and entered the playoffs, but were swept out in the first round of knockout rounds because they were too poor in the playoffs to qualify for the Copa Libertadores.

So the regular season is not an important battlefield at all, and it is the playoffs that determine the fate.

It was not just the Sao Paulo players who were calm, but also Sao Paulo's coach Osvaldo.

He didn't treat him specially just because his opponent in this game was a traditional giant like Flamengo.

He didn't carry out any impassioned pre-war mobilization, nor did he repeatedly tell the players nervously what to do in the game.

Tactics and these things have been instilled in the players, and all the preparations that should be done have been done.Even if Flamengo fully understands the team's tactics, it is impossible for him to completely abandon the team's two-week-old tactics, just to prevent the opponent from guessing what card he is playing-that is not what a mature coach should do, otherwise the final result is that the opponent cannot guess what card he is playing, because he has no cards to play at all.

So he decided to stay the same.

Stick to your own tactics and play at your own pace.

But Osvaldo couldn't help but keep glancing at Rong Guang.

And not just him alone, assistant coach Mauro as well.

They all wanted to see some clues from Rong Guang's face, to see what kind of state he could be in this game...

But they can't see it.

Although they and Rongguang can be said to be "getting along day and night", they still can't guess what Rongguang will do next.

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The pre-match preparation time ended soon, and players from both sides lined up to play.

For the first time, Rong Guang set foot on the Maracana Stadium in the name of participating in a competition.

Instead of being a tourist...

More than 6 Flamengo fans watched him and created a huge cheer. They were cheering for their team. At this time, they had no time to take Sao Paulo off their horses, or they thought they had already given it during the warm-up, so there is no need to give it now...

Flamengo fans are famous all over the world.

They are known as the "Red and Black Nation" because they outnumber the entire population of some countries.

Flamengo fans are also known for their club fanaticism. They hold the record for the best average attendance in several Brazilian leagues, a total of twelve times, and the highest attendance records for two football club matches. In the 1984 Brazilian National Championship, Flamengo played against Santos in the Maracana. There were 15 people in attendance. However, some people claim that the official figures are wrong. There were more than 520 people in the Maracana.The largest number of people attending a flamenco game was 16 people in the 1963 Rio State League Flamengo vs. Fluminense.The official flamenco competition has thirteen times its stadium with more than 19 people.

This is an astonishing amount.

You must know that the 1950 World Cup final, which attracted worldwide attention, was 20 people. This is already the limit, and it is the result achieved by gathering the strength of Brazil.

And Flamengo is just a club team, and being able to set a record of so many people entering the stadium shows their influence and the fanaticism of Flamengo fans.

Only 6 people came today, which is really a small number.

Because of the ups and downs of Flamengo's performance this season, many Flamengo fans have no interest in coming to the scene to be abused.

But these 6 people can be said to be the most loyal fans of Flamengo, and they are also the most powerful. They are as powerful as anyone in the stands. 6 people can also create the momentum of 16 people!

Rong Guang looked up and looked around the stadium stands, he heard this astonishing cheers.

The shouts of the Flamengo fans were like huge waves, and wave after wave hit them, these Sao Paulo players.

Rong Guang felt that he was no longer in the Maracana Stadium, but as if he was in a rough sea, with strong winds and waves coming from all directions, and he might be knocked over in the sea at any time, and he would never be able to get up again.

But the amazing momentum created by the Flamengo fans did not deter Rong Guang.

Although he played for the first time in such an amazing environment, he was very excited inside.

He even clenched his fists.

Look at those fans, such a horrible atmosphere at home... If they all shut up, how awesome it would be!

Rookie Rongguang thought so excitedly.

(End of this chapter)