This rain was actually not sudden, because the weather forecast had already reported that there would be rain today, but no one expected this rain to come so heavily as soon as it came.

The roar of the rain even drowned out the cheers of the fans.

Colorful umbrellas were soon erected in the stands. It's as if bright flowers are blooming in the stands.

Only those particularly fanatical die-hard fans, who were unmoved, insisted on cheering the team on in the heavy rain.

Santos' die-hard fans waved the flagstick in the pouring rain, and Santos scored two goals in less than 30 minutes of the first half, giving fans who were already satisfied with the team's performance hope of winning the championship.

For many years, Santos has not won the Santos championship again, and this season, maybe there will be a chance, so the fans will naturally work harder in the stands.

There were constant cheers and singing from the stands, as if the rain was in front of their eyes and did not exist.

......

It rained heavily in the first half and soon there was water on the field.

Such a venue is obviously not suitable for playing all kinds of delicate ground coordination.

The speed of the land breeze and Sami could not be played on this kind of field, the football could not be carried away at all, and there was a lot of water, and the lawn was quite slippery, and if you were not careful, you would fall.

Lu Feng once tried, and after a trip to the ball, others rushed over, and the football was left in a puddle. Then, the opponent's defender easily got the football, and a big foot drove directly to the front.

Lu Feng looked at such a scene, and was also a little depressed, and wiped the rain on his face. The ghost weather in Brazil is really bad, it looks like it's not so easy to score goals in the same way again.

Not only Lu Feng, but the rest of the Santos team was also playing uncomfortably.

You must know that this Santos team is an offensive-oriented team, and its offensive ability is much stronger than its defensive ability.

What's more, this Santos's attacking style is still short passing. Want to play a delicate match on a rainy day? It's just a fool's dream, it's impossible at all.

After all, poor course and weather conditions limit it all.

As a result, Santos was unable to score again until the end of the first half, and their high fighting spirit and good momentum seemed to be extinguished by this sudden heavy rain.

Fluminense was given precious respite.

This rain seems to be the savior of Fluminense? Many viewers have such thoughts.

At half-time, Fluminense fans and players were all on the mind.

Fluminense's head coach is starting to adjust his tactics and he doesn't intend to admit defeat yet. The rain did give him a chance. After all, unlike Santos, Fluminense has a high striker, and in such weather, long passing and hanging is undoubtedly the best tactic.

At the same time, because the rain will greatly slow down the pace of Santos' attack. That way, his team can press forward and attack. Don't worry about being scored by Lu Feng and Sammy taking advantage of the open space behind them.

The field is like that, the football can't be played at all, and it's useless for you to run fast. And the field is slippery, and the faster you run, the easier it is to fall, and you can't control the ball at all.

Meanwhile, in Santos' locker room, head coach Curry is also making adjustments to his second-half tactics.

The tactics that had been prepared before were completely useless. The field is not good, and the ground coordination cannot be played at all.

To reset tactics.

Rain battle, what is the best goal?

A long-range shot, of course.

Curry was really happy at this time, because the two offensive cores of the team, Sammy and Lu Feng, are very good at long-range shooting. Think of Fluminense next door, who didn't know anyone in the team had a better long-range shot.

In the first half, Lu Feng and Sammy both had a brilliant long-range goal.

Moreover, now the score leader is Santos, and Curry is not in a hurry at all. Even if the goal rate of long-range shots is much lower than normal, it doesn't matter at all.

Leading the way is Santos, who have a chance to splurge. After all, a two-goal lead is actually not a small amount.

With some gaps in strength, Fluminense wants to equalize, but it is not so easy.

In case Lu Feng and Sammy score again, then this game is basically not to watch.

Of course, Curry is not thinking about Fluminense now, in his opinion, Santos has basically won this game. He is now concerned about the performance of the other two title contenders, and the next round of the league when Sao Paulo and Corinthians meet, which is an opportunity for Santos to close the gap even further.

In that case, the tactics for the second half are well arranged.

"In the second half, what a long shot!"

Curry just said such a simple sentence, and everyone knows what to do.

Many people simply set their eyes on Lu Feng and Sammy. Both of these men scored from a distance in the first half.

Well, the manager's intention was also very clear, giving the ball to both of them as much as possible in the second half, allowing them to use their long-range shooting ability to threaten Fluminense's goal.

On a rainy day, such a tactic is undoubtedly quite simple and crude.

The players liked it, though.

As long as you can win, any tactic is a good tactic. Everyone also has a desire for the championship of the Brazilian league. Now, only five points behind the top of the table and with a small half of the league to go, Santos has not lost the chance to win the title.

In fact, many players are looking forward to winning the league championship in their hearts.

Of course, all of this must be based on the fact that the team can keep winning and not falling behind. If there is another winless run as before, the team will lose hope of winning the championship.

You know, in the first half of the season, Santos was the one who led the standings.

"Oh, yes." Curry remembered one thing and looked at Lu Feng.

"Lu Feng, you give Sammy a little more chance in the second half, don't shoot by yourself every time."

After Sammy's words, the Santos players laughed. Everyone knows what kind of temper Lu Feng is, as long as he can score a goal, he will never pass it.

Coach, this is a joke about Lu Feng.

Lu Feng couldn't help but roll his eyes, looking depressed.

"I guess it's wrong to score?"

"That's not good, I want to score goals too, you've scored so much, give me a chance." Sammy jumped out and put her arms around Lu Feng's neck.

The actions of the two caused laughter from everyone.

Curry looked in the eye and smiled without saying a word.

With such an atmosphere in the team, it's a pity not to impact the championship.

......

After a fifteen-minute half-time, the rain continued, but it was a little lighter than in the first half. Still, it's huge.

The most important thing is that there is a lot of standing water on the site. In fact, it's not that the drainage system at Santos' home stadium is not doing well, but that this rain is too big. According to experts, this is a rare heavy rain in 50 years, and what course would be built to this standard?

In the stands, it is even more exaggerated, and the fans who sit in the front row of the stands on each floor even soak their feet in the stagnant water to watch the game.

In Brazil, Santos' home stadium is considered good. The home stadiums of other teams, although they also look like big stadiums, were actually built very early, and many of them are older than the age of the Premier League.

In this case, the infrastructure of the entire Brazilian league is actually not very good.

But even in the midst of such a bad foundation, Brazilian football continues to produce all kinds of talents, and it has to be said that Brazil is a place that has been favored by the gods of football.

The media gallery is indoors, with doors leading to the outside, so the rain does not get on the reporters, only affects their vision.

"The water on the pitch is very obvious, and I'm afraid this game will be difficult."

"It's a shame that Sao Paulo was in the first 30 minutes of the first half, and this game could have been a big score. As a result, Fluminense has now escaped! ”

The person who said this was a reporter from the local media in Santos, and there was some reluctance in his tone. After all, as a Santos fan, he still wants to see a perfect big win.

Such a victory can better motivate the team's morale and help the team to win the league championship. It's a pity that God didn't make it beautiful, and even God helped Fluminense.

Chinese reporters also regretted that in such weather, no matter how good Lu Feng's strength is, there is no good chance to perform. It's a pity, otherwise Lu Feng would score a few more goals, and everyone's articles and columns would be easy to compile, but now, you still need to use your brains.

Only the journalists who supported Fluminense secretly wiped a handful of sweat. Fortunately, the rain came just in time to save Fluminense from a massacre. If Fluminense can score a face-saving goal in the second half, maybe Fluminense will qualify for continental competition this season.

.......

The second half of the game began, with players from both sides battling fiercely in the rain.

Sure enough, as the reporters analyzed, the waterlogged field limited Santos's play, but it was conducive to Fluminense pressing the attack.

The field helped them complete the task of defending Santos' counter-attack.

On the field, Lu Feng was cautiously dribbling the ball, and the Fluminense player next to him was also cautiously intercepting him.

Both sides are careful not to fall.

It looked a little funny, but no one could laugh at it. Because this game, for both teams, is very important.

Santos will be looking to keep the pressure on Corinthians and Sao Paulo in the standings, while Fluminense will be looking to pick up more points and secure their continental qualification. This game is a game for both sides, and one more point counts as one point.

As a result, neither the managers nor the players on both sides have relaxed. Even the fans don't joke at this time.

Lu Feng glanced left and right, suddenly saw the opportunity, and passed the football out with one kick.

He wanted to pass the ball to Benjamin, and in order to avoid the ball missing the target due to the field, he simply kicked a half-high ball. But the soaked ball was heavier than usual, and he didn't have the power to pass the ball well.

So when he was about to get in front of Benjamin, the football fell and fell on a "lake", and the football smashed into this puddle, splashed a splash, and never came out again.

Benjamin's body center of gravity forward, even if he saw the football at this time, he couldn't rush over it at the first time, he could only pray in his heart at this moment that he could catch up with the football as soon as possible.

After a brief moment of stunnedness, players from both sides rushed to the ball.

Benjamin couldn't get there in the first place, there were always other Santos players who could, and he saw that Sammy had already rushed up, and his speed was still fast in the rain.

At the same time, Fluminense's midfielders also arrived from midfield to get the football before Sami.

And Fluminense's defenders also took the initiative to rush out, wanting to clear the siege with a big foot directly.

The three of them just rushed to the football from three different directions.

As Benjamin could see, even on slippery pitches, Sammy was quicker than Fluminense's players, and he eventually got ahead of the football.

His left foot stomped hard into the puddle, splashing a puddle of water. He was very hard because his left foot had to be used as a supporting foot, and it had to be supported firmly.

He then picked up his right foot and kicked it towards the ball.

There is a lot of water in this puddle, otherwise the football would not have been able to get out as soon as it falls, because the football floats directly on the water.

Sammy's right foot was not the first to hit the football, but the water in the puddle.

As we all know, the resistance of water is very high, but for footballers, there is not a lot of water in this small puddle, and this little resistance is nothing at all.

Ignoring the resistance of the water, his right foot continued to pull forward, and the water was separated by his right foot, causing a wave.

His right foot is like a giant ship, breaking the waves on the sea!

Then he finally got into football!

Boom!

As if the guns on a giant ship were firing in unison, the football rushed towards the goal.

At the same time, his feet kicked all the stagnant water!

Water splashed in all directions.

At this time, Fluminense's midfielder came from the side, and in order to stop Sammy's shot, he used a flying tackle, but it was still a step too late. On the slippery grass, he lay on his side and slid over.

Sammy's right foot kicked the ball up and just brushed his body past him, dodging the tackle.

The Fluminense centre-back was the closest to the ball when he blocked head-on, but he was the last to arrive because of his slow pace.

Not to mention the first kick to clear the siege, he didn't even have time to interfere with Sammy a little.

As soon as he arrived, he saw a big wave coming! He reflexively tilted his head and closed his eyes. Then he felt as if he had been splashed from head to foot by a basin of water, which made him shiver.

As for football? I closed my eyes, how would I know!

The football broke through the waves in the heavy rain, and it barely rotated in the air, breaking through the dense rain line and tearing a hole in the rain curtain that connected the sky and the earth!

Because it was so fast, when it rushed to the door, the crack behind it hadn't even had time to be refilled by the rain.

This hideous scar pierces Fluminense's goal!

Fluminense's goalkeeper Murillo sprang to his feet and pounced on the football.

This time he didn't have a ball flying into the goal before he did, but he actually touched the ball!

But the soccer ball on a rainy day is very heavy, and the surface is smooth when it gets wet.

Murillo couldn't compete with the power of Sammy's long-range shot with one palm, but he just blocked it slightly and was swept away by the football.

Then he heard the sound of a soccer ball hitting the net.

He was clear that the ball had gone in.

Witnessing the whole process of Lu Feng's eyes, his eyes widened! The face is incredible!

(End of chapter)