Chapter 108: Enemy (guarantee the bottom line)
The schedule for this year's São Paulo State Championship is not long, and it will start on January 20th and end on March 22nd.
Two months, six group matches, one quarterfinal, two semifinals, two finals
If you want to win the championship, you only need to play eleven games.
Even when the St. Paul State Championship was over, the group stage of the South American Liberators Cup continued
Before February ended, the group stage was over. Sao Paulo won five wins and one draw and successfully advanced to the knockout round.
After the group stage, they played their second group match in the South American Liberators Cup.
There is no suspense, Sao Paulo defeated Odubarre from Paraguay at home, and Glory did not score in the game, but had an assist, assisting Lucas to score his first goal in the Copa Libertadores.
The knockout match system of the São Paulo State Championship is also very strange. It is not all home and away elimination system, but a single game elimination system in the quarter-finals. After reaching the semi-finals, it is a home and away two-round elimination system.
On February 26, Sao Paulo will face Saint Andre at home, their opponent in the quarterfinals.
As a result, Sao Paulo defeated his opponent 42 at home and advanced to the semi-final without any suspense.
No wonder Glory is not interested in the São Paulo State Championships, the opponents are too weak and there are too few games.
I'm going to finish the game after a few games...
It's really unsatisfactory.
At this time, the glory sounded the European League. After he decided to go to Europe, he learned about some things about European football through Godot.
I know that in Europe, it is different from Brazil. The season is New Year's Eve, with more than 30 games in a season, and other cup games, you can play fifty or sixty games a year - you play in every game, how much is the appearance fee alone?
Europe... It's a paradise
In the semi-finals of the São Paulo State Championship, Sao Paulo did not encounter any difficulties. In the first round, they beat Santista 0 at home, directly ending the suspense of the second leg of the semi-finals.
Although there were not many games, Osvaldo still gave the main players a chance to rest in the second leg, and many of them did not follow the team to the away game at all.
Glory, Kaka and Lucas were not at home to rest.
Fabiano, who just returned from injury, started instead of Lucas.
This is his first start since he was injured.
In the end, Sao Paulo defeated Santista 0 away.
The total score is 60 to reach the finals.
And their opponent in the final is... Corinthian.
Although Corinthian's performance was criticized in the early stages of the group stage, the traditional wealthy family still allowed them to survive.
Compared with Sao Paulo's rapid progress, Corinthian's promotion journey has been much more bumpy.
They finished second in the third group and almost failed to catch up with the knockout round.
In the quarterfinals, they narrowly beat Barbarence at home only 2l.
It was not until the semi-finals that Corinthian gradually found the feeling of a strong team.
In the first leg, they tied Palmeiras 22 away and returned to their home court. They beat their arch rival Palmeiras 42 and grabbed another ticket to the final.
Then they met Saint Paul, the nemesis of the past two years in the final...
If possible, Corinthian would not want to encounter this opponent.
If it was the former St. Paul, at worst, it would be a good fight.
But now, they can't even realize this wish.
There is nothing more frustrating than a match with St. Paul...
Whether they shrink their defense or siege their opponents, they will die miserably and feel very frustrated in the end.
When St. Paul leads, they are frustrated. Even if they lead themselves, they are frustrated...
Because there is a glory in the Saint Paul formation, the boy is excited every time he hits Corinthian.
Isn’t it because he was turned away?
It's been a year now, and you've beat us twice in the final, so it's enough to calm down, right?
No
Rongguang would not think so. As long as he competes with Corinthian, he will be full of fighting spirit.
If Corinthian had not reached the finals of the Sao Paulo State Championship, Glory would not have been able to raise any strength.
Now that he saw that it was Corinthian who entered the finals, he suddenly felt that the game was not boring.
Three consecutive times to meet Corinthian in the finals, Rong Guang must cast his name deep in Corinthian's heart, so that as long as they hear their name in the future, they will tremble in fear.
Rongguang is not a petty person, but sometimes he can make a little child's temper.
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Although the next is the third group stage of the Liberty Cup, Osvaldo still sent all his main players to play in the first round of the final against Corinthian.
St. Paul is in such a good momentum now, it would be a pity if he didn't win the St. Paul state championship.
Anyway, in the group stage, Sao Paulo has won two consecutive victories, and the situation in qualifying in the group is very good, so Sao Paulo has enough room for maneuver.
Although it was a away game, the game was actually played at the home court of Sao Paulo, Molombi Stadium.
Because Corinthian's home court, Pacambu Stadium, had to be maintained for turf, it was impossible to hold this game.
In order to distinguish between home and away games, ticket sales were restricted in this game played at Sao Paulo himself. In total, only more than 40,000 people came to the scene, more than half of them were Corinthian fans, and Sao Paulo fans accounted for only one-third.
But even so, the Sao Paulo fans, who are not in the upper hand, still make the Molombian Stadium look like Sao Paulo's home court. However, it is true that it was Corinthian's home court, but it became Sao Paulo's home court.
The fans of Sao Paulo are much more familiar with this stadium than those of Corinthian fans. Moreover, when they met Corinthian in the final twice in a row, Sao Paulo won, which also made Sao Paulo fans full of confidence.
During the competition, they sang the song "Thank you Corinthian" in the stands, satirizing Corinthian for keeping glory out and pushing it to Sao Paulo.
If Corinthian hadn't looked down on Glory at the beginning, it might have been the turn of Sao Paulo fans now that they had a headache about how to deal with Glory...
Now, they can laugh at Corinthian at their best, and Corinthian fans can't pay their respects.
The "Loyal Eagle" once again snatched their giant flags from the stands.
However, now this flag has no deterrent effect in front of St. Paul.
Because St. Paul has a spear that is enough to pierce all obstacles
What is a mere flag?
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"Our goal is in the Copa Libertado, but since we have reached the state championship final, what reason is there to hand over the championship to Corinthian?" In the pre-match locker room, Osvaldo is making the final pre-war mobilization for his players.
"In last year, we met this team in various finals twice in a row. They never won us once. No matter how close they were to the victory, they could only become our losers this time, but I have a requirement."
Osvaldo raised his index finger.
"In the previous two finals, we gave Corinthian too many fantasies in the first round, making them think there is an opportunity to take advantage of. And this time, I hope you will end their fantasies in the first round and not give them the chance to dream."
Osvaldo expressed the voices of the Sao Paulo players.
I met in the last two finals, and Corinthian played very miserably in the first round. Every time I had to rely on the second round to win.
To be honest, the Sao Paulo players are also a little tired of it.
With our current strength, can't Corinthian be defeated in one fell swoop?
All Sao Paulo players have such resentment in their hearts, but they are usually buried deep in their hearts.
Now they have been hooked up by Osvaldo.
If Corinthian cannot be defeated, I guess I can't swallow this tone.
So when he appeared, every St. Paul player was murderous.
Even the Corinthian player who stood next to them played with them felt this murderous aura.
Some Corinthian players even hid to the side, as if afraid of being burned by the momentum of Sao Paulo players...
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At the beginning of the game, the imposing St. Paul scored a goal.
Rong Guang's long shot opened the team's first record and also opened the door to victory.
After cheering for the glorious goal, the commentators couldn't help but shake their heads and express their regret for Corinthian.
"...What an excellent player, why did you let go when you miss it?"
"One report back and forth, Corinthian's state champion this time may also fly..."
"I think the better Rong performed, the more cruel Corinthian's boss Dualibi may be Edva Simos..."
Glory's goal helped the team take the lead.
Sao Paulo is very good at playing leads.
Then they scored two more goals in one breath, while Corinthian only took advantage of the opportunity of Sao Paulo's big lead and a bit of slack in the lead before the game.
But it doesn't make any sense.
Sao Paulo eventually defeated Corinthian in the away B0.
Lead Corinthian by two goals.
In a matchup between experts, let alone leading two balls, even if you only lead one ball, it is sometimes fatal.
With such a score, many people can say that this state champion is also from St. Paul.
"...It's simply unbelievable. It's a normal thing to win the Rio-Sao Paulo championship every 26 years, and the Rio-Sao Paulo championship every 20l years. Starting from last year, Sao Paulo suddenly entered the golden age. They suddenly won the Rio-Sao Paulo Championship and the Brazilian National Championship in a year... and all of this may be because of the arrival of the Chinese..."
Chapter completed!