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Chapter 143 No solution?

After Sao Paulo passed the level of Santos, their opponent in the semi-finals was Gremio, a strong team from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

This team has gone through stars like Ronaldinho.

It is a member of Brazil's traditional giants "Thirteen Club".

In the regular season, Sao Paulo played against them and beat Gremio 2:0 at home.

But there was nothing memorable about that game of Glory.

But Kaka scored another goal, overshadowing his limelight.

In that match, Rong Guang basically didn't show his characteristics.

Because the trident hadn't taken shape at the time, and the double attacking midfielder tactics were neither fish nor fowl, Rong Guang and Kaka couldn't be connected at all, and the two played their own games.

When one of them plays well, it is doomed that the other will disappear from the court.

At that time, it was just in time for the disappearing period of glory-he performed well in the international game. After being marked by the opponent, he fell into a scoring drought and had nothing to show for it.

But this time, Gremio's head coach did not dare to underestimate Rong Guang lightly.

Especially after Rong Guang scored such a beautiful goal against Santos.

Even the media in Rio Grande do Sul, far to the south, are reporting this incident.So Gremio's head coach doesn't need to send someone to fly to Sao Paulo to buy newspapers.

The first leg is home to Sao Paulo.

Nearly [-] Sao Paulo fans flooded into the Morombi Stadium for this game-they all came to see the "New Trident".

Lucas Sutton, Rong Guang and Kaka formed an attacking combination of three young people, so that Santos with the "Youth Guard" was placed at their feet.

Everyone is very interested in them.

I want to see what amazing performance these three people can show in the game.

In this game, Rongguang was closely marked by the opposition.

But in comparison, Lucas Sutton and Kaka encountered much less defensive pressure.

So although Rong Guang didn't perform much in this game, he helped other teammates to spread a lot of defensive pressure virtually.

This is why even if he doesn't perform well, Osvaldo insists on letting him stay on the court-the current glory, no longer needs goals or assists, it can still threaten the opponent's goal and provide help and support for his team.

In the end, Sao Paulo beat Gremio cleanly 3:0 at home.

The score of this game basically means that the suspense of the second round is over.

If nothing else, Sao Paulo will reach the final of the national championship.

This result also means that Sao Paulo must have qualified for the Copa Libertadores.

The two teams that reach the final will definitely qualify to directly participate in the South American Copa Libertadores main match.

Now for Sao Paulo, it is really just the pursuit of the national championship.

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In the second round, Sao Paulo lost 0:1 to Gremio in the away game.

Rong Guang and Kaka were replaced successively during the game.

It's not that they performed poorly, but that they should be given more rest time to avoid injuries.

The score of 0:1 can't change the final result.

Sao Paulo eliminated Gremio with a total score of 3:1 and qualified for the final of the national championship.

Coincidentally, Sao Paulo's opponent in the final of the National Championship was their opponent in the final of the Rio-Sao Paulo Championship - Corinthians!
Of course, Corinthians have done very well in recent years, so they can always meet Sao Paulo in the final.

In the Brazilian National Championships this season, in the regular season, Corinthy ranked third, which is considered to be among the best in strength.

Sao Paulo and Corinthians meet again in the final, and the happiest people are the reporters.

Because these two teams have too many topics for speculation this year.

Sao Paulo's current head coach is Osvaldo, who used to be the head coach of Corinthians.

But the biggest talking point is not him, but Rong Guang.

There are really many stories between Rongguang and Corinthians.

The first stop of Rongguang when he came to Brazil was to go to Corinthians, but Corinthians ruthlessly refused. Everyone knows now.

Rong Guang defeated Corinthians with one goal and one assist in the first game of his debut, and now it has become a legendary story.

In the final of the Rio-São Paulo Championship, Rong Guang beat Corinthians after coming off the bench.

It can be said that the three most embarrassing things in Corinthians are all related to glory.

So when it comes to Corinthians, Rongguang is a name that cannot be bypassed.

Before the game, many reporters went to interview Corinthians coach Carlos Pereira.

"Don't ask me why Corinthians didn't leave Rong... because I wasn't in Corinthians at that time!" Pereira said first when he saw these reporters—he already knew what these people were here for.

"I have nothing to say about Rong's first match against Corinthians, because I didn't coach this team at the time."

In a blink of an eye, he first cut off two-thirds of the questions in the minds of many reporters.

"We met in the finals twice in a row. The first time your team lost to Sao Paulo...or to be precise, to Rong. So did you make some arrangements for him?"

Pereira shook his head: "I can't tell you."

"Then can you comment on Sakae?"

"He's a great player, that's all."

"But he has only been in contact with football for ten months..."

"I'm amazed at his progress, but what does that have to do with me? He's not my player."

Pereira seems to have prepared for the questions of these reporters long ago, so soldiers came to block them, and water came to cover them up.

When a reporter asked a question, he immediately answered a question, but in fact, the reporters did not get any meaningful answers.

What he answered was difficult to publish in the newspaper openly.

If the media were to report on the interview, they could only say that "...Pereira is wary of questions about Rong."

Actually that's what they do.

"...Our reporter asked Pereira a lot of questions, all of which were related to Rong. But Carlos Pereira was very wary of all questions about Rong, and his answers were perfunctory and insincere..."

"From Pereira's attitude towards Rong, we may be able to see that he is very afraid of Rong. If he can't come up with a strategy that can deal with Rong, then Corinthians is likely to lose another championship at Rong's feet!"

When Pereira read the reports, he snorted.

These reporters really like to make up their minds.

But it doesn't matter, they did it to help me...

I have no way to deal with Rong?
I don't need to deal with him, why should I deal with him?

My opponent is Sao Paulo, a trident, not a Rong!

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The first round of the match between Sao Paulo and Corinthians was played at Morumbi Stadium, Sao Paulo's home stadium.

In this game, Lucas Sutton was almost fouled by the Corinthians. The young and immature Lucas showed his inexperience and insufficient level of weakness under the opponent's high-pressure defense.

He can't control the ball steadily in the face of high-pressure defense like Fabiano, and then connect Rongguang and Kaka in series.

The football was lost again and again at his feet, giving Corinthians the opportunity to fight back.

"Although Lucas Sutton scored in his debut match, he is a young man who participated in the first-team competition for the first time after all. His experience is not much richer than that of Rong at the beginning... Carlos Pereira made the right choice to use him. Whether it is Fabiano, Renaldo, or the current Lucas Sutton, they are the core of the Trident tactics. So it is enough to make a fuss about players in this position..."

"Lucas fell to the ground again, and he lost the ball. The referee didn't blow his whistle. It wasn't a foul!... He probably never thought that he would encounter such a defense in the game... To use such a tough defense to contain a newcomer like Lucas, Pereira really paid for it. But so far, the effect is good!"

Lucas Sutton's embarrassment is marked by the score, and there are real-time scores between the two sides on the big screen at the Morombi Stadium.

Sao Paulo's home score against Corinthians is... 0:2!

Sao Paulo, who played at home, did not take advantage of it. Instead, the visiting team Corinthians scored two goals and took the lead.

The game time is already No.801 minutes.

Although Sao Paulo would love to win.

But the trident couldn't be combined, and they once again fell into the quagmire of weak offense.

"In the final analysis, Rong and Kaka can't get in touch." Grayson sat on the media table, shrugging his shoulders and spreading his hands. "This is a fatal wound. No matter what method Osvaldo uses to make up for this problem, it will only treat the symptoms, not the root cause..."

Osvaldo stood on the sidelines, watching the game on the field with a frown, with a serious expression on his face.

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In the end, in the first round of the final, Sao Paulo lost to Corinthians 0:2 at home.

In the battle for the championship, Corinthians have taken the lead.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Corinthians' players cheered heartily at Morombi Stadium, Sao Paulo's home stadium, while the Sao Paulo players lowered their heads, looking very depressed.

The atmosphere in the stands of the Morombi Stadium was also a bit dull, in stark contrast to the joy full of confidence before the game.

Reynaldo, who was watching the game from the stands, stood up from his seat in the private room and got up to leave.

Before leaving, he turned and glanced at the dejected Sao Paulo players in the stadium.

Sneered.

Do you think you can win the championship?

Stop daydreaming!

With that rookie who doesn't cooperate with Kaka pass, you will never win the championship!

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After the game, the media also analyzed the game.

It is generally believed that Lucas Sutton is still not a perfect replacement for Fabiano.

"... in front of the experienced Carlos Pereira, Lucas Sutton is still too young..." "Lance News" commented.

"Lucas Sutton is Sao Paulo's weakness...but this is only superficial. In fact, all of Sao Paulo's difficulties come from the bad relationship between Rong and Kaka. If Kaka does not pass the ball, Kaka is also regarded as air. The two must rely on a third person to connect. In this way, it is equivalent to their trident being disassembled. In fact, Rong and Kaka cooperate with another person alone. This is easy to be marked by the opponent. The pressure made Sao Paulo's trident useless..." Grayson, the famous reporter of "Scoreboard", made a more thorough analysis, but he still had to find ways to direct the disaster to Rong Guang.

It seems that what he said was that neither Rongguang nor Kaka passed the ball to each other, but Rongguang's name was mentioned more often in his article.

This will give readers a kind of visual deception and inertial thinking, thinking that the responsibility is all on Rongguang, but ignoring the fact that Kaka has never taken the initiative to pass the ball to Rongguang...

After Grayson's article came out, it caused a lot of repercussions.Even Sao Paulo fans can only sigh when talking about the relationship between Rongguang and Kaka.

They are obviously two outstanding young people, why can't they get together?
This problem has been bothering them for a long time, but when Fabiano is around, the problem is covered up, and everyone usually doesn't have anything to think about it.

But now, on the verge of life and death, it would be a bit self-deceiving not to think about this issue.

How to solve this problem?
Many people frowned and scratched their heads anxiously.

"...I know that many people must be thinking about how to solve this problem. Here I can honestly tell you that this problem... has no solution!"

Grayson wrote at the end of the article.

But is it really unsolvable?

　
(End of this chapter)