Chapter 16 State Championships
Time slipped away in such a hurry, when the Gang of Four practiced free kicks, sometimes Zhu Wen would also translate at the moment, but after all, it was a voluntary labor after work for her, but everyone was Chinese, and there was no calculation, if there was time, they would come, and if they were not free, they would not come, after all, they had lived in Brazil for most of the year, and simple communication was not a difficult thing for Yin Sen. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The end of 2002 was a sad day for Yin Sen, due to some problems in the club's visa processing, resulting in Yin Sen's New Year in 2003 Yin Sen could not go home for the New Year, for which the club specially sent someone to apologize to Yin Sen in person, and at the same time as compensation specially sent a lot of compensation, Yin Sen checked the current foreign exchange odds, equivalent to 20,000 yuan, immediately felt that this was not a bad thing, but after the parents heard the news on the phone, the mother blamed the club for its incompetence, This thing can't be done, Yin Sen is reassuring and comforting, and hung up the phone in the repeated instructions of his parents.
Brazil also has a New Year, the club's New Year's holiday has nearly 10 days, the Brazilian New Year is January 1, Yin Sen thought that this New Year alone he would have nothing to do, but he didn't expect Caca to find him, asked him to climb the mountain together, Yin Sen immediately agreed, and then Yin Sen knew that the Spring Festival mountaineering in Brazil has this custom, and more unexpectedly, the Caca family has a villa on this unknown mountain, after being surprised, Yin Sen was invited to live in Caca home, When the two of them went down the mountain and returned to the club to report, the holiday was almost over.
Starting on January 20th, the semi-finals of the Rio-São Paulo Continental Championship will also begin, although the tournament adopts a single round-robin system, but after entering the semi-finals, the semi-finals are home and away system, the impact of home and away on the team, that is obvious, some people may say that as long as the team strength is higher than the opponent, no matter where the venue will win, in fact, this is not necessarily true, some are possible on the football field, imagine the two armies on the football field, and the back is full of opponents' supporters, In fact, because it is the opponent's home field, the familiarity with the field, the softness and hardness of the turf, and the humidity of the air are not adaptable, which limits the good play of technical movements, so it is normal for strong teams to lose away from home. São Paulo were in luck for the state tournament, as the semi-finals were against Barbarense from the northern region of São Paulo, while the other two teams were Palmeiras and Santos.
For Yin Sen, the complicated Brazilian league is not something he can understand at all, except for his parent team Sao Paulo, he has never heard of other teams, as for the strength of that needless to say, maybe the coach is also worried about these factors, so in this kind of critical game, there is no intention to let Yin Sen play, but as a substitute, it is necessary to play with the team, as a result, the away game is very smooth, with Lu's goal, 1:0 victory over the opponent, and after returning to the home field, the home team is even more imposing, The early 3:0 unveiled the suspense of the victory and defeat, and Yin Sen was unexpectedly sent on the field at 43 minutes in the second half, according to Zhu Wen's translation coach, it is familiar with the atmosphere of the game, which is also a surprise for Yin Sen, although the game will end soon, when Yin Sen thinks, if I play in the final, I am not the first person in China, thinking of this I am secretly a little proud, but in a blink of an eye, I think about CACA, Lu These peers have been on the court, And I'm satisfied when I just show my face, so it's not too embarrassing.
On January 30, the home and away matches of the other two teams were also over, and Santos finally drew 3-3 on aggregate, but due to the advantage of more away goals, they eliminated Palmeiras and advanced to the final.
On March 4, Sao Paulo vs Santos, in the first leg of the away game, neither side found a good chance to score, and finally ended 0:0, and Yin Sen did not play in that game.
On March 7, the second leg was played at the Morumbi Stadium, the home of São Paulo.
may be because of the away draw with the opponent, this time back at home the head coach basically retained the main force on the field, but because of the away game CACA right foot strain, so he withdrew from the starting lineup, this time with Yin Sen sat on the bench, CACA generally plays the role of a shadow forward on the field, commonly known as the second striker, or a backward forward, such an arrangement often appears in the 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 lineup, the position is slightly retreated to avoid being robbed by the opponent's defender at the first time, It is also conducive to more cooperation with their own players, and the characteristics of CACA's breakthrough with the ball also determine that this position is indeed very suitable for CACA, but this time it cannot start, so the head coach replaced a high school forward to cooperate with Lu, such a combination of one high and one fast, which is also a special run-in in the usual training.
Molumbi Stadium is not a new stadium, this stadium was completed in 1960, and has experienced a lot of ups and downs, the whole stadium from top to bottom, like a flattened football, so there is a nickname called "Rugby Stadium", the whole stadium can accommodate more than 80,000 people, which is also considered big in the whole Brazil, at this time, the seats are full, the two big screens on both sides are playing the lineup of the players of the two teams, and the on-site commentator excitedly introduces the names of the players on both sides, When it came time to introduce the home team's players, every time a Sao Paulo player was introduced, the sound from the crowd was like a huge wave crashing against a rock.
Yin Sen has appeared on the court as a substitute for a while, and he also played in the state championships at the end of last year, but this is the first time to feel this kind of formation, from the audience to throw sequins and white paper tapes, countless banners pulled on the audience, there are patterns on it, there are slogans, Yin Sen can't understand a word, but in the many patterns to see a big-headed caricature, the characters to like their coach, it seems that spoof is a Brazilian tradition, Yin Sen feels fresh, but also thinks it's funny, I don't know how the coach would react if he saw it.
The game started immediately, the players of both sides stood in their respective positions, the referee was a tall white man, raised his hand to signal the goalkeepers of both sides, and then as the whistle blew, the game officially began.
The outcome of the game, the final ownership of the entire state championship, and the trophy was also displayed on one side of the field, with three security personnel defending in three different directions.
From the perspective of the overall strength of the team, the Santos team is an old strong team, and in recent years in the state league has performed well, is the runner-up of the state league last year, the champion of the previous year, the São Paulo team in recent years in the middle of the standings, after the change of coach last year, and excavated a group of young newcomers, including CACA, LU, etc., since the second half of the force, and finally won the fourth in the league, and the state championship is even more thorny, and finally went to the championship and runner-up finals, Yin Sen still has heard of these things, so he still respects the head coach, His decision was also actively implemented.
It's been 10 minutes since the start of the game, both sides are playing very cautiously, the Sao Paulo team due to the more complementary types of players on the front line, many balls are taken by the defenders directly to move forward, the forwards grab points, Yin Sen can see that the players should be very familiar with this routine, because the purpose of the defenders is very strong, and Lu's speed and flexibility in the front court ensure the efficiency of grabbing the first landing point, but the Santos team seems to be very well prepared, and the backcourt also has a defensive lineup of 8 people, and the pressing of the half court is very good, Because of the beginning, the two sides are still relatively full of physical strength, so although the overall Sao Paulo team has the right time, but failed to turn the advantage into a victory quickly, the most important thing, Santos team is a team that is good at playing defensive counterattacks, the efficiency of defensive counterattacks ranks among the top teams in the entire league, it is said that the head coach of the Santos team has led the team in Serie B for 5 seasons, and it seems that he has fully mastered the essence of defensive counterattacks.
Yin Sen watched the two sides go back and forth, but he didn't think it was very complicated, but he felt that although the Sao Paulo captain's style of play was good, the opponent's defensive formation had been kept very neat, and because the two forwards had been taken care of more closely, although Lu kept pulling and creating space for the high school striker to take the ball, but the effect was not good, and the other party seemed to be happy, even if he had the possession of the ball, he did not immediately react back as he was used to, Yin Sen felt that this continued, Sooner or later, the São Paulo team had problems with their physical strength.