champion light

Chapter 72 Why is he?
On August 2002, the [-] Brazilian National Championship kicked off.Sao Paulo will host Botafogo.

It was Sao Paulo's first appearance in a national championship.

Because they won the Rio Sao Paulo Championship in the first half of the year, Sao Paulo's performance in the national championship has attracted much attention.

At the press conference the day before the game, Osvaldo announced Sao Paulo's starting lineup for this pizza.

World Cup champion Kaka is not on this list.

Instead, glory!
This result somewhat exceeded the expectations of the media.

Although Rongguang performed well in the first half of the year, in terms of strength alone, he still can't compare with Kaka.

Kaka won the World Cup, and it was when they had the most confidence. They really couldn't think of any reason not to let Kaka start.

"...Kaka was unexpectedly dropped out of the starting list, and the Chinese player Rong replaced him. The starting list announced by Osvaldo caused controversy among the media. Osvaldo explained that Kaka's physical fitness is not good and needs to rest. But Ricardinho, who also participated in the World Cup, appeared on this list. Could it be that Ricardinho, who is older than Kaka, has better physical fitness?"

"...It seems that Rong has won the trust of head coach Osvaldo through his outstanding performance in the Rio-São Paulo Championship. But what will Kaka do with Rong in the same position? Now Kaka's physical fitness has not recovered to the best state... Then what will happen after that? Kaka can't always be in poor physical fitness, and can't always be in repeated injuries? What will Osvaldo do by then?"

"...It's not that Rong has never started before, but that was when Kaka was absent due to injury. Now this is the first time that Kaka has been replaced by Rong when he is not injured or sick..."

Cui Hao put down the newspaper, and said with a smile: "It's really impressive. It's only been half a year, and Rong has already secured his position as the main force of Sao Paulo..."

The daughter Corus, who was sitting across the table, rolled her eyes: "Dad, do you understand football? It's just the start of a game. How can it be regarded as the main force? You have to start consecutively like Kaka, and you can be regarded as the main force!"

Cui Hao knew that his daughter was a loyal fan of Kaka, so he naturally disliked Rong Guang, Kaka's opponent, so he just smiled and didn't refute his daughter's words.

The daughter is still chattering: "After Kaka rests, he will immediately regain his main position! At that time, he will wait to return to the bench! That's where he should be!"

Cui Hao said: "That's a matter of the future. At least he is the main force now. I'm going to watch the game tomorrow. Are you going?"

Kerris turned his head and snorted from his nose: "I don't want to go! Kaka doesn't even play!"

"Kaka is also on the squad, what if he comes off the bench?"

"Ah... I'll just go as hard as I can!"

Seeing what his daughter said, Cui Hao laughed.

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On the eve of the game, in the hotel room, Rong Guang was making a city call with Godot through the toll-free phone in the hotel.

"Good job, Rong, you have already got the 2000 yuan appearance fee, you know?" Gordo cheered Rong Guang on the phone, but he was different from others. His way of cheering Rong Guang was not to say "play well" or "for your dream", but to talk about money directly.

It sounds cheesy, but it works.

Especially on someone like Rong Guang.

"Is it true, Godot?" Sure enough, when Rong Guang heard this, he became energetic.

"Of course, you are starting the game, which means you will definitely be able to play. As long as you play, the 2000 yuan will be considered stable. Next, you have to try to get both the goal bonus and the assist bonus, Rong! Of course, it's not bad to only get one. Don't have any burdens, play as you like!"

"I'll try to take it all, Gordo!"

Rong Guang is always positive when it comes to money.

Unlike annual or monthly salaries, bonuses are paid according to competitions, and the bonuses for this competition are issued after a competition is over.

Moreover, the bonus is sent to everyone in the form of cash, and the stack of colorful tickets still has a visual impact.

This is money you can get right away.

It is more attractive to Rongguang than the huge but illusory annual salary.

So Rong Guang is now fighting high.

Ricardinho, who lived in the same room as Rongguang, was surprised to see Rongguang so excited.It was just a phone call, and it was nothing unusual to hear what Rong Guang said.

Why did this Chinese kid suddenly feel like his body was on fire after finishing the phone call...

He even felt the heat!

What is going on with this kid?
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"Okay, ready to play. But Rong stayed." After finishing his pre-match speech, Osvaldo once again left Rong Rong.

Now all idiots know that the head coach takes this honor very seriously.Before the game, in order to let this rookie perform well, he was specially given a little treatment.

Soon, only Rong Guang and head coach Osvaldo were left in the locker room.

"Did you see the news, Ron?" Osvaldo asked.

Rong Guang shook his head: "I rarely watch the news."

"Well, there are many different opinions in the media about me starting you instead of Kaka. I can imagine that the reporters in the media seats will observe your every performance with a magnifying glass. As long as you make any mistakes, they will be infinitely magnified on tomorrow's newspapers, TV and radio. This will become your reason for being inferior to Kaka. You will be under tremendous pressure in this game. Are you ready?"

Rong Guang nodded without hesitation: "Of course, I'm ready! I'm not afraid of pressure!"

Not as good as Kaka?

Are you kidding me?
I am the one who wants to defeat him!
Osvaldo was also very satisfied to see that Rong Guang was so confident without any nervousness or panic.

No wonder this kid can always become the key man in Sao Paulo, because he has a big heart!

"Follow the way in training. Your task is to hide behind Luis Fabiano and wait for the opportunity to score. Of course, don't forget to surprise them with your speed when taking corner kicks and free kicks in the frontcourt." Osvaldo made the final warning.

"Look well, sir!"

Rong Guang gave a thumbs up.

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"In the first game of the national championship of the new season, Sao Paulo is playing against Botafogo at home. This is Sao Paulo's first home game, so the game is full of seats. But I think most of the fans are here for Kaka. They want to witness the wonderful performance of the world champion at close range. It's just that this game is destined to let them down...Because just yesterday at the pre-match press conference, Osvaldo announced that he will replace Kaka as Sao Paulo's starting midfielder for this game!"

In the stands, Corell's father was on the left, and her little friend was on the right. She was sandwiched between two completely different opinions, and she became the piece of meat in the sandwich.

"Oh, Rong must work hard! The starting position is not easy to come by, and we must strive to secure it!" This is his father.

"Bastard! It's all that damn rookie! It's because of him that we can't see Kaka! He'd better score an own goal in this game and get out of the starting lineup!"

"How is it enough to score one own goal? Of course it is necessary to score three! An own goal hat-trick!"

"That's wonderful! I pray to God!"

This is the voice of Corell's friends.

Corell was among them, keeping silent.

On the one hand, she didn't want to support her father, but on the other hand, he felt that her little friends were too vicious...

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Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, Rong Guang followed his teammates out of the tunnel and onto the court.

He is wearing Sao Paulo's new jersey, and even the number is new-During the Rio-Sao Paulo Championship, Glory's number was very large, No. 33, which symbolizes that he is a marginal player of the team.This kind of number generally belongs to players who entered the team halfway, because the numbers at the top have been divided up in advance, and naturally only those numbers at the bottom are left.

But after his performance in the Rio-São Paulo Championship, he has earned recognition and his number has naturally changed.

The number 33 has been moved forward by ten digits to become the number 23.

Coincidentally, this happens to be the number Kaka wears in the Brazil national team...

For Kaka, this number symbolizes that he is the last man in the Brazilian national team.

For Rongguang, it means that his position in the Sao Paulo team is becoming more and more important.

Lucas, who was watching the game from the stands, also noticed the change in the number on Rong Guang's back.

What this meant, he probably knew better than Rong Guang.

He was a layman half a year ago, but now he is a member of Sao Paulo's regular first team...

But this time, Lucas didn't simply think that Glory means outstanding talent.

In addition to talent, he also saw Rongguang's hard work.What he thought of was Rong Guang's special training on the beach that was far beyond what humans could accomplish, the shorts that were soaked in sweat over and over again, and what he thought of was the feeling of suffocation he felt when the old man pressed his head into the water.

Because Rong's desire to become stronger is like his desire to breathe, that's why he is what he is today.

I want to catch up with him too!

Lucas clenched his fists and took a rookie as his target.

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The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
Luis Fabiano passed the ball around the center circle and landed at Rong Guang's feet.

Chinese boy...

The fans in the auditorium, the reporters in the media booth, Kaka on the bench, and Osvaldo on the sidelines... Almost everyone focused their attention on the No. 23 rookie.

Is he... capable of replacing Kaka?
(End of this chapter)