Chapter 57 Maracana, the Brazilian's...
He gently tweaked the football to the left with his right foot, and knocked the football forward on his left heel. At the same time, his upper body swayed in the air like willow branches blown by the wind, avoiding the two calves on both sides.
However, the speed did not slow down due to such a swaying dodge. He successfully passed the blocking line of defense and rushed out with the ball!
When Rongguang brought the football to prepare for the challenge of the next set of pipe defenders, he realized that he was empty in front of him, only a chest wall on the edge of the rooftop.
He was frightened by what he saw, and the rhythm of dribbling was messed up. He could only stop and step on the football while gasping for breath.
The golden light had sprinkled on the rooftop rooftop at some point, shining from the east, raising a long shadow on the rooftop, extending from under his feet to the other wall, and then crossing the chest wall, blending into the entire green sky to the west. The sky was divided into two halves, half full of golden light and brilliant, and the other half was still in the dark, but the darkness was rapidly fading, the sky was blue, and the stars also lost their light and turned into white spots on the blue sky.
In the overwhelming golden light, glory stared at the chest wall in front of him in a daze. The darkness disappeared on this wall like a sky, retreating westward.
There is no way out.
Then he turned slowly with the shadows, and saw tubes with bright and darkness in the sunshine, and the silhouettes they cast on the rooftop, like themselves, twisted and intertwined, chaotic, as messy as a ball of numb. It also seemed like a group of entwined snakes, squirming on the rooftop as the sunlight moved, as if they were about to wake up from their sleep.
In these interlaced light and darkness, there is no rule in glory at all.
All the tubes were in front of him.
He was a little surprised - I just...was it from such a group of monsters?
I... have completed the "passing the hurdle"?
I...read the first time...
But...what is the goal?
Rong Guang turned around and looked behind him. There was nothing except a dirty, chest-high wall. Where did the goal come from?
He came to his senses when half of Glory's body gradually began to feel warmth.
He turned his head and looked east.
The sun had jumped into the air at some point. It was no longer as gentle as it was when she was born, but was radiating light and heat unscrupulously in the air. The light emitted from it, making people almost unable to see it directly.
Half of the sky is like not coated with a layer of flowing gold, the light and shadow flow, and the golden light shines!
It turns out that the sun has already risen...
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Maracana Stadium is Brazil... no, it is one of the most famous stadiums in the world.
This main stadium, which was originally built for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, witnessed the honor and disgrace of Brazil and became a symbol and holy place for Brazilian football.
Of course, the most famous moment for Maracana was the final of the 1950 World Cup, with Brazil playing against Uruguay.
At that time, the game was the climax of the entire 1950 World Cup. During the final, 173,850 fans bought tickets to enter the venue - a record in the history of world sports. If journalists, officials and guests were included, the number of spectators on the scene was as high as 200,000.
It was the most glorious moment in Maracana, but also the darkest moment, because Brazil was defeated by Uruguay in the end with the advantage, losing their home World Cup championship.
This is a game that has changed the entire Brazil.
The British divided the 20th century into three parts by two world wars. The Brazilians regarded the 1950 World Cup as a major event to divide the 20th century. It seems that Brazil is more like a country only during the World Cup. As the only country participating in each World Cup, Brazil's history seems to be analyzed and viewed from a stage of every four years.
Although the World Cup runner-up was Brazil's best result in the World Cup at the time.
However, losing the championship at home still caused great psychological trauma to the Brazilians.
Brazilian football coach Nelson Rodriguezon even created a word for "strewn dog complex" to describe it. "The Brazilians with inferiority complex are in failure... we lost the game in an incredible way, for the simple reason: because Barrera hit us, and we are a group of stray dogs."
Although when Brazil is mentioned, it gives people the feeling of sunny beaches, the enthusiastic people and their naturally cheerful and lively personality are like their weather.
But in fact, Brazilians lack self-confidence and they do not have strong nerves. Brazilians are always looking for their own faults, and their opponents are themselves, the shadow of Maracana.
They have amazing talents in football but not strong enough nerves.
This caused the Maracana tragedy.
Because of the strength of this final, the Brazilian's attitude towards football is actually very utilitarian.
Brazilians think that the runner-up in the World Cup is an absolute failure. It's like you are in love with a girl, and she says you are just the second person in her heart because she prefers another person.
On the other hand, the Brazilians are also tragic. The Brazilian national team won five World Cup championships. Logically speaking, their most glorious moment was obviously the 1970 World Cup championship. The Brazilian team played football that did not belong to the earth at all. In the final, they swept the traditional European team Italy, the traditional European team. It was a team considered the greatest by fans around the world.
But Brazilians themselves do not think so. They think the most glorious moment should be to win the Golden Cup at their doorstep. They did not take advantage of the opportunity to host the World Cup, which is almost intolerable and unforgivable. There are seven countries in the world that have won the World Cup, including Uruguay, Italy, England, the Federal Republic of Germany, Argentina and France who have all reached the top with the help of hosting the World Cup. Only Brazil, although they won the championship for five, has never raised the Golden Cup high in front of their hometown fans at their doorstep.
In Brazil, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tragedy of Maracana, countless books were published about describing and analyzing and commenting on the game. A book that included all commentators on the live commentary was republished in 1986 (three books about the Maracana Stadium also involved the 1950 competition). In 1994 and 1998, the other two books were also published separately. In sharp contrast, there were only two books about Brazil's 1970 World Cup, the first one was published in the UK, because there were only English versions, and it was not visible in Brazil. The second one was published just before the 2002 World Cup, and what is interesting is that at the launch ceremony of this book, some people kept mentioning the 1982 World Cup. It was also a cup competition that made Brazilians sad...
Brazilians always care so much about losses, far better than victory.
They won five World Cups, but their two failures in the finals caused a huge social response and had a far-reaching impact. Not to mention Maracana's failure in 1950, the failure in the 1998 final also triggered a long and huge judicial investigation...
This is the national character of the Brazilian people.
Maracana is the best symbol of this.
The 1950 World Cup was regarded as the beginning of the first year of modern football, and this year was a torture for the Brazilians, because no matter how great the victory and glory they achieved, their starting point was a failure that could never be escaped. No matter how many victories they achieved at the Maracana Stadium, it could not be concealed that this place was originally a stage for national humiliation.
But when Glory first stepped into this huge amphitheater field, he knew nothing about the meaning of the venue.
The tears that the Brazilians put on this court and their emotions in front of glory were like being thrown to the blind man.
In Rongguang's opinion, this is just a big, amazing court, bigger than any court he has been to before.
The Molonbi Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, seems big enough to him.
When he came to Maracana, he realized that the Molonbi Stadium was so small...
This is the home court of many Rio de Janeiro teams. Today, this is the home court of Brazil's top giant Flamenco. Looking up, the stands are full of red and black colors, which are the main color of flamenco.
There are not many teams in the world that are famous for red and black, and the Italian giant AC Milan is a family. However, their jerseys are vertical strips, red and black, while Flamenco is horizontal strips.
While warming up at Sao Paulo, the fanatical flamenco fans used the booing to give Sao Paulo a warning.
The Maracana Stadium can accommodate up to 200,000 people, but a national championship obviously cannot attract so many fans to watch the game on site. So in fact, 60,000 flamenco fans came to the stadium to watch the game.
These 60,000 people, plus 3,000 fans of the visiting team Sao Paulo, cannot fill Maracana. But despite this, the 60,000 people made a striking momentum at the same time.
Amid the huge boo, Baptista seemed to be worried that the glory would be affected, so she ran to him specifically to communicate with him, but he soon found that his actions were a little redundant...
"Actually, these flamenco fans are not specifically targeting us. Flamenco's performance is too poor. They need a burst of augmentation agent. We happened to meet them, so they vented all this tone on us." Baptista looked at the stands at Maracana Stadium and said to Rongguang.
"This is Maracana, the greatest building in Brazil. There are only three people in history who can silent the entire Maracana Stadium. Frank Sinatra, the greatest artist of the 20th century, Pope Paul II, and one..."
Baptista's tone was also very complicated when she talked about Maracana.
In the first half of the sentence, his tone was full of pride, but in the second half, his voice became much deeper, and every word was filled with pain, and he didn't even finish his words.
Rongguang is very interested in this.
"Who is the other one, Julio?"
If Baptista hadn't known that Glory had little knowledge of the history of football, especially the history and common sense of Brazilian football, a problem like Glory would have been considered a provocation to the Brazilians.
Although the kind-hearted Baptista did not want to recall the tragedy that was a huge shame for the Brazilians, he still answered the question of glory honestly.
“The other one is Jija.”
"Who is that?" Rong Guang really knew nothing about the tragic events that Brazilians care about the most...
Baptista really couldn't give Rong Guang a novice who knew nothing, and what the defeat in the 1950 World Cup final meant for the Brazilian and the stadium, he simply said: "A Uruguayan."
Rong Guang didn't seem to want to say it or care. Anyway, it doesn't matter who it is, because...
"I'll be the fourth one!"
He clenched his fists and said.
It is a cool thing to be able to make such a large stadium silent, just thinking about it!
This is the psychological motivation of the rookie's glory simple.
When Baptista heard Rong Guang's words, she had not yet emerged from the 1950 World Cup final defeat, so he did not show too extreme emotions. He just patted Rong Guang's shoulder: "Come on!"
After saying that, he ran away on his own.
Rongguang turned his head and looked at Baptista's back as he ran away. From Baptista's perfunctory tone, Rongguang felt that his teammates didn't seem to believe his words.
But it doesn't matter.
Rong Guang turned his head and looked at the flamenco fans in the stands.
Just do it for them to show it!
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Chapter completed!