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Chapter 1259 Brazilian Genius
As the team that won the Copa Libertadores this year, Santos is also a giant with a long history.

Pele, the world's first recognized "ball king", grew up playing for Santos.

In Brazil, this is also a veteran giant.

There have been many world-class players.

In addition to Pele, later included Robinho, Diego and others whom Rong Guang was very familiar with.

When Rongguang played for Sao Paulo, he played against Santos where Robinho, Diego and others were located many times.

At that time, Robinho and Diego were known as the "Santos Double Star", while Rong Guang and Kaka were considered the "Sao Paulo Double Star".

The contest between these two pairs of double stars, of course, always wins the Sao Paulo double stars.

Today's Santos also has a pair of "double stars" of concern, forward Neymar and midfielder Ganso.

Neymar is called "New Pele" in Brazil. He is not only famous in Brazil, but also in the whole of Europe.There are many rumors about him, for example, he has signed a secret agreement with Real Madrid, and he will transfer to Real Madrid.But it has also been suggested that Barcelona are interested in Neymar.

However, Neymar has just renewed his contract with Santos, which also makes his future in Europe confusing.Of course, the renewal of the contract does not mean that he will not be able to leave in a short time. Maybe it is just to make Santos demand a higher transfer fee?

This Club World Cup final will be the perfect few times for Neymar to prove his ability to the entire European football world.If he can lead Santos to beat Manchester City, I believe that no matter how much Santos asks, there will be European giants clubs waving a check and rushing to Brazil.

And Ganso is known as "New Kaka".His figure and playing style are very similar to Kaka who played in Sao Paulo back then.

Now, he will compete against his template in the Club World Cup final.

It is a little embarrassing that Rongguang and Kaka teamed up against Santos' double star in Sao Paulo, but now nine years later, they are facing the same opponent in the same team.

It's just that the Sao Paulo double star has become the Manchester City double star, and the Santos double star has changed...

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Before the start of the game, the atmosphere between the players of the two teams was quite harmonious. In the waiting channel, Ganso took the initiative to chat with Kaka, and Lucio also greeted the Santos players.

After all, they are all Brazilian players, and some are even teammates of the Brazilian national team.

However, Neymar did not go to communicate with Rongguang. As the captain of Santos, he stood at the front of the team wearing the captain's armband, without squinting, and did not look at Rongguang.

Glory is beside him.Gan Suo came up to greet Kaka after communicating with him, and other Santos players also greeted Rong Guang.

Although Rong Guang is not a Brazilian, but a Chinese player, but because of his unique career experience, he is no different from a Brazilian player in the minds of many Brazilian players.For many young Brazilian players, glory is even their idol.

Brazil seems to have become Rongguang's second hometown. In fact, Rongguang also has a deep affection for Brazil. He even bought a house in Sao Paulo. He will often go back to Brazil for vacation.

When the referee team came out, the players of the two teams stopped such communication.

Next, players from both sides played.

Today's Yokohama International Stadium is full of seats, most of them are Japanese fans.

Although neither of the participating teams in this game is a Japanese team, there is not even a Japanese in the lineup.

But the relationship with Japan is still quite big.

Brazil is the country with the largest number of Japanese expatriates. The relationship between Brazil and Japan is also relatively good. There are also many Brazilian expatriates in Japan.

Many of these Japanese fans still support Santos.

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In this game, Benitez sent his strongest lineup, and he did not make any reservations.

Facing Neymar and Ganso, he also made targeted defensive arrangements.Did not underestimate the enemy.

After all, Neymar has a great reputation, and many people think he is a player who can reach the height of Pele.

Of course, many people must dismiss this-in Brazil, there are many players who claim to be the second Pele every year.This is just like in Argentina, there are many players who claim to be the second Maradona appear every year...

In these two countries, there is a super powerful predecessor, and this predecessor has brought tremendous pressure to the descendants to some extent.

Robinho was originally called Pele II, the result?

Aguero, Aimar and others have also been called Maradona II, the result?

Looking at it now, Messi is the closest person to Maradona, and his achievements in the club have even surpassed Maradona.But at the national team level, he is still far behind.

The happiness of Rongguang is that he is a Chinese player, no one calls him the second generation, he does not have to carry a heavy burden, although he may not care even if there is a burden.But at least in China, you can't hear someone calling Rong Guang the title of "Li Huitang II".

Having said that, the reason why Neymar is considered the "New Pele" is also related to his own strength.

In fact, since Kaka, Brazilian football has gradually entered an era of shrinking talents. Once the talented players in Brazilian football exploded like a blowout. This explosion lasted from the Pele era to the beginning of this century.

With these talented stars, Brazil has won five World Cup championships and has become the recognized "soccer kingdom" in the world.

But since winning the World Cup in 2002, Brazil's domestic talent began to wither.

Kaka and Ronaldinho are representatives of the afterglow of Brazilian football glory.After them, there has never been a world-class superstar in Brazilian football.

Adriano was once highly expected, his excellent physical fitness and talent make people feel that he can even surpass the "alien" Ronaldo.

But Adriano hadn't fully proved himself on the court before he fell.

Robinho was once considered the "new Pele". Even Pele himself was very optimistic about him, but it turned out that he was not worthy of his name except for cycling. He was far behind Pele.Although Robinho went to Real Madrid, his experience in Real Madrid was a failure, and he even failed in Manchester City. Later, he went to AC Milan, and he became the little prince of nightclubs. People can no longer see the shadow of the old "New Pele" from him.

Think about it carefully, after Kaka, there is no leader in Brazilian football. Kaka was the last Brazilian player to win the World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or.

The decline of Brazilian football talents is an indisputable fact.

When the Argentine genius Messi swept all the honors in Barcelona, ​​there was no one in Brazilian football who could compete with him.

There is even a voice in Brazil that it is a pity that Rongguang did not choose to assume Brazilian nationality at the beginning, otherwise Rongguang would still be able to carry the banner of Brazilian football and fight against Messi.

But now, after waiting for so many years, Neymar came out. He has fancy dribbling skills. He led Santos to sweep Brazil and won the Copa Libertadores. He became famous all of a sudden. It was as if he had returned to the golden age of Brazilian football, but everyone soon recovered from the excitement—at least in that era, Brazilian football geniuses were everywhere, but now only one Neymar came out after waiting for so many years...

Nevertheless, because there are too few talents, Neymar's turning out made Brazilian fans and the media crazy. Every fancy performance he made on the court can cause Brazilian fans and the media to exclaim.

Brazilian fans regard him as the leader who led Brazilian football back to glory.

Looking forward to joining forces with Kaka, who has regained his form, to help the Brazilian national team win the sixth World Cup championship for the Brazilian national team in the World Cup in Brazil three years later!
But others expressed doubts.After all, Neymar's current honor and reputation are obtained in South American football, but as we all know, the level of South American football is far from that of European football. If Neymar can't prove his ability in European football, he is still a paper tiger.

Neymar has not yet landed in Europe, but he is destined to go in the future.

Now he can prove his ability by playing against European teams.

The Club World Cup final is the best stage.

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After the start of the game, Neymar's condition was really good.

In the first 2 minutes, he had the performance of passing two people in a row after taking the ball. Facing Manchester City's defense, he used his dribbling to pass two people, and it was not until Godin finally broke the bottom line.

At that time, the Brazilian commentator was almost crazy with excitement. When Neymar was dribbling the ball, he kept chanting Neymar's name, and he only called out his fame, but he didn't say anything.

"Neymar! Neymar! Neymar! Neymar—! Neymar!! Neymar...ah!"

When Neymar's ball was destroyed, he yelled in regret, as if he had been shot, and then he lay down on the platform of the commentary booth.

England commentator John Mortensen was taken aback by Neymar's performance in the rear studio: "It really deserves to be the 'New Pele' who is favored by all of Brazil. Such an extraordinary performance is really sharp!"

However, Alan Hansen has his own different views as always: "But I think his movements are still a bit too fancy. If he didn't have the extra movements in the last move, he might be able to sway Godin directly and break into the penalty area..."

The TV broadcast gave Neymar a close-up. Neymar seemed a little regretful, but this did not affect his fighting spirit. He quickly returned to his normal expression, and his eyes seemed to be shining.

He turned his head to look in one direction, and the camera didn't follow it, so the audience in front of the TV didn't know who he was looking at, maybe he was looking at his teammates, and he walked eastward without any special meaning.

But Neymar is actually looking at the glory.

This is his goal in this game, he wants to defeat Rongguang in the competition with Rongguang!
If he wants to go to the European giants, there is no better ticket than this!

(End of this chapter)