After Sao Paulo passed the Santos level, his opponent in the semi-finals was Gremio, a strong team from Rio Grande, South Brazil.

This team has been through stars like Ronaldinho.

He is one of the traditional wealthy "Thirteen Clubs" in Brazil.

In the regular season, Sao Paulo fought with them and defeated Gremio 20 at home.

But there was nothing worth remembering about that game.

However, Kaka scored another goal, overshadowed his popularity.

In that competition, Rongguang basically did not show his characteristics much.

Because the trident had not yet been formed, the tactics of the double front midfielders were not inconsistent, and Rongguang and Kaka could not be connected at all, and both of them played their own games.

When one of them performs well, the other person is destined to disappear from the court.

It was just in time for the disappearance of glory - he performed well in international competitions, and after being focused on by his opponents, he fell into a goal drought and had no performance that he could show off.

But this time, Gremio's head coach dared not underestimate the glory easily.

Especially in the game against Santos, Rongguang scored such a beautiful goal.

Even the media in Rio Grande, the South, far south, are reporting on this matter. So Gremio's head coach does not have to send someone to fly to Sao Paulo to buy newspapers.

The first round is St. Paul's home court.

In this game, nearly 70,000 Sao Paulo fans flocked to the Molombian Stadium - they all came to see the "New Trident".

The attack combination of Lucas Sutton, Glory and Kaka, made Santos, who had the "Youth Guards", lay at their feet.

Everyone is very interested in them.

I want to see what amazing performances these three people can perform in the game.

The glory of this game was closely guarded by the opposition.

But in comparison, Lucas Sutton and Kaka are facing much less defensive pressure.

So although Rongguang did not perform much in this game, he invisibly helped other teammates disperse a lot of defensive pressure.

This is also the reason why even if he has no performance, Osvaldo insists on keeping him on the court. The glory now does not require goals or assists, but can still threaten the opponent's goal and provide help and support to his team.

In the end, Sao Paulo defeated Gremio with a net-clear victory in his home court.

The score of this game basically means the end of the suspense in the second round.

If nothing unexpected happens, Sao Paulo will reach the final of the National Championship.

This result also means that Sao Paulo will definitely be qualified for the Liberators Cup.

The two teams that reached the final will definitely be qualified to directly participate in the South American Liberators Cup.

Now for Sao Paulo, it is really just pursuing the national championship.

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In the second leg, Sao Paulo lost to Gremio 0l away.

Rongguang and Kaka were replaced one after another in the game.

It’s not that they perform poorly, but that they need to give them more rest time to avoid injury.

The score of 0l cannot change the final result.

Sao Paulo eliminated Gremio with Bl's total score and qualified for the national championship finals.

Coincidentally, Sao Paulo's opponent in the National Championship final is their opponent in the Rio-Sao Paulo Championship final - Corinthian

Of course, Corinthian's performance has been excellent in recent years, so they can always meet in the finals with Sao Paulo.

In the Brazil National Championship this season, Corinth ranked third in the regular season, and he was ranked among the top in strength.

Sao Paulo and Corinthian met again in the final, and the happiest person was the reporters.

Because these two teams have too many topics to hype this year.

Sao Paulo's current head coach is Osvaldo, who was once Corinthian's head coach.

But the biggest topic is not him, but glory.

There are really many stories between Glory and Corinthian.

When Rongguang went to Brazil, the first stop was to find Corinthian, but Corinthian ruthlessly refused, everyone knows this.

Rongguang scored one goal and defeated Corinthian in his first game, and now it has become a legendary story.

In the final of the Rio-Sao Paulo Championship, Glory's final defeat to Corinthian after appearing on the bench is also talked about.

It can be said that the three most embarrassing things about Corinthian are all related to glory.

So when it comes to Corinthian, glory is a name that cannot be circulated.

Before the game, many reporters went to interview Corinthian's head coach Carlos Pereira.

"Don't ask me why Corinthian didn't leave a question like Rong... because I wasn't in Corinthian at that time." As soon as he saw these reporters, Pereira said first-hand-he already knew what these people were here to do.

"I have nothing to say about Rong's debut match that Corinthian is the opponent, because I didn't coach this team at that time."

In a blink of an eye, he cut off two-thirds of the problems in the minds of many reporters.

"I met twice in a row in the finals, the first time your team lost to Sao Paulo... or rather to Rong. So have you made some arrangements for him?"

Pereira shook her head: "I can't tell you."

"So can you evaluate Rong?"

“He is a great player, that’s all.”

"But he has just been in contact with football for ten months..."

"I was surprised by his progress, but what does it have to do with me? He is not my player

Pereira seems to have been prepared for these reporters' questions, so the soldiers come to block the enemy and the water comes to cover the enemy's door.

When a reporter asked a question, he immediately answered a question, but in fact it did not give the reporter any practical answers.

Everything he answered was difficult to publish in the newspapers in a blatant way.

If the media were to report on the interview, they could only say “…Perreira is wary of the question about Rong.”

In fact, that's what they do.

"...Our reporter asked Pereira many questions, all of which were related to Rong. But Carlos Pereira seemed very alert to all questions about Rong. His answers were perfunctory and lacked sincerity.

"We may see from Pereira's attitude towards Rong that he is very afraid of Rong. If he can't come up with a strategy to deal with Rong, then Corinthian is likely to lose another championship under Rong's feet."

When Pereira saw these reports, he snorted.

These journalists really like to make up for their brains.

But it doesn't matter. They did this to help me...

I have no way to deal with Rong?

I don't need to deal with him, why should I deal with him?

My opponent is St. Paul, a trident, not a glory

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The first leg match between Sao Paulo and Corinthian was played at the home court of Sao Paulo.

In this game, Lucas Sutton was defended by Corinthian players almost fouled. The young and immature Lucas showed his weakness of lack of experience and insufficient level under the opponent's high-pressure defense.

He couldn't control the ball steadily like Fabiano when facing high-pressure defense, and then connect Glory and Kaka in series.

The football was lost at his feet again and again, giving Corinthian a chance to fight back.

"Although Lucas Sutton scored goals in his virginity, he is a young man who has participated in the first team game for the first time. His experience is actually not much richer than the original glory... Carlos Pereira's right choice to use him to attack. Whether it is Fabiano, Renaldo, or Lucas Sutton now, they are the core of the trident tactics. So just focus on the players in this position, it is enough..."

"Lucas fell to the ground again, his ball was also lost, the referee did not whistle, this was not a foul... He might never have thought that he would encounter such a defense in the game... Pereira has really invested a lot with such a tough defense to curb Lucas's newcomer. But at present, the effect is good."

The bet on Lucas Sutton's embarrassment was the score, with real-time scores of both sides on the big screen at Molonbi Stadium.

The score of Sao Paulo's home game against Corinthian is...02

Sao Paulo, who played at home, did not take advantage, but instead allowed the visiting team Corinthian to score two goals and scored the lead.

The game time is already the 81st minute.

Although St. Paul would love to win.

But the tridents could not be combined, and they were once again trapped in the quagmire of ineffective attacks.

"After all, Rong and Kaka cannot be connected." Grayson sat in the media seat, shrugging his hands. "This is a fatal injury. No matter what method Osvaldo uses to make up for this problem, it will treat the symptoms but not the root cause."

Osvaldo stood on the sidelines, frowned and looked at the game on the court with a solemn look on his face.

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In the end, in the first leg of the final, Sao Paulo lost to Corinthian at home 02.

In the competition for the championship, Corinthian has taken the lead.
To be continued...