In the second round of the championship, Sao Paulo challenged Gama away.

Gama is a team from Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. This team is not strong and is definitely not a traditional strong team in Brazilian football.

However, there was one thing this team did a sensational job - they took the Brazilian Football Association directly to civil court.

That was the case in 1999. When the league finally ended that year, the traditional strong team Botafogo faced the embarrassing result of relegation. But as a traditional giant in Brazilian football, how can he easily accept the misfortune of relegation?

So the Brazilians who are good at taking advantage of loopholes in the rules began to use their brains.

According to the rules of the Brazilian Football Association, there are four teams that need to be relegated this season, but the decision of who will not relegate is not the final league points of this season, but the average scores of the first phase of the 1998 season and the 1999 season. Why is such a weird rule? This is to protect the interests of those big clubs and to ensure that traditional giants in Brazil's domestic football will not be relegated due to accidents.

However, such a weird decision was not unique to the Brazilian Football Association. They learned the rules of the Argentine domestic league. In Argentina, they even need to refer to the results of the previous three seasons.

But even so, those wealthy families still don’t give face to the Brazilian Football Association.

According to this rule, Rio de Janeiro's traditional strong team Botafogo will definitely be relegated.

Botafogo lost to Sao Paulo in a shameful 1-0 game this season. But Sao Paulo used a striker named Sandro Irohi at the time. The striker was strictly speaking, not yet fully a member of the Sao Paulo team because of suspected age fraud and transfer fees. Therefore, the Sao Paulo club is an illegal player. Botafogo club used this to sue the Brazilian Supreme Court of Sports Arbitration. The Sports Arbitration Court naturally ruled Botafogo to win the case, and this game was considered to be Botafogo. In this way, Botafogo not only got an additional three-pointer, but also had the average score of two seasons that could be separated from the relegation zone.

However, in this way, another traditional Brazilian giant, Brazil International Team will rank fourth from the bottom and need to be relegated. Of course, the international team dare not give up. Just so happened that Sao Paulo also used Sandro Iroshi in a game against them, and the score of that game was 2:2. The international team also acted as usual and sued the Supreme Sports Arbitration Law. The Sports Arbitration Court also ruled that the international team would win in the end. The international team's points in that game also changed from one point to three points, and the total average score of the two seasons also allowed them to leave the relegation zone.

However, the appeal result of the two giants made the Gama team, which had not been relegated to the top, ranked fourth from the bottom because of their extra scores, and had to be relegated to the B. The team finally got promoted from the B League last season to the A League. After only participating in one season, they had to bear such unfair treatment, so they naturally escaped anger. They directly bypassed the Sports Arbitration Court and sued the Brazilian Football Association in civil court.

It wouldn't be a great thing if it were just sued by the Brazilian Football Association in civil court.

In Brazil, the National Football Association has a bad reputation and image.

What really caused a sensation was actually the consequences of this incident...

The civil court ruled that Gama won, and they could continue to stay in the first league in the 2000 season. FIFA, which has always opposed the team's lawsuit in the civil court, immediately decided to ban Gama from participating in all levels of events. This put the Brazilian Football Association in a dilemma. If national laws are followed, Gama should be allowed to participate. However, FIFA banned Gama from participating in the competition. There is less than a month before the league starts, and no one knows whether there will be any organization to undertake the game. In order to protest such a ridiculous thing, there is even a fan on a hunger strike in front of the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Association's Rio headquarters.

In Brazilian football, the power of the "Thirteen Club" is very powerful, and they can already influence the football of the entire country. Although the name is "Thirteen Club", there are actually twenty major clubs.

These big clubs came up with a way to hold a one-time event, the Avilan Groce Cup, independent of the Brazilian Football Association. In order to legally go out of this unobedient Gama team, any similar parts of the Avilan Groce Cup and the National League have to be redesigned ingeniously. So a total of 104 teams invited to participate were divided into four levels, called "units" and distinguished by colors. It seems that you can get away with it.

But how could Gama be able to swallow this? They sued the court again and gained the right to participate in the "Blue Unit", which was a slightly disguised League One. When the Avilan Cup finally started, the teams participated in 116, and yes, this event became the largest event in Brazilian football history.

Even compared with the original standards of flawed events, the organizational structure of the Avilan Grill Cup is still terrible. In the "Blue Unit", some teams have three more home games than i-squads, one third of the game is rearranged, and one team has not played for a month...

The relegation of a team eventually led to such a chaotic game, which is Brazil, which is Brazilian football.

Many people's impression of the chaos of Brazil's football matches may be because of this - although the Brazilian league in the past was also chaotic enough, the Avilan Grey Cup appeared at the turn of the century and the media was becoming increasingly developed, so it is naturally known to more people.

In Brazil, Brazilians can always find ways to deal with the rules whenever they need them. In Brazil, rules are used to overturning, and people are used to finding relationships and going through backdoors rather than following rules and regulations.

Perhaps this is also why Brazil is called "South American China". From a certain perspective, Brazil and China are really similar...

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There is nothing to say about Sao Paulo's away game against Gama. The game itself may not be as interesting as the storm caused by Gama at the beginning.

Rongguang did not score or assist in this game, but Sao Paulo, who was strong and in good condition, easily defeated Gama 2:0 away.

Although there were no goals and no assists, Rongguang's performance was still recognized by many people, especially those commentators.

From their professional perspective, it is impossible to simply judge whether a player's performance is good or not based on whether he scores goals and assists.

Especially for players with a single characteristic of Glory, even if they don’t score goals, they can play a tactical role that can be involved, which is already very impressive.

Only Rongguang looks very depressed when he ends up.

Because he didn't get anything except the appearance fee, and his goal and assists were all wasted.

In fact, he worked very hard in the game and wanted to score.

He kept trying to shoot.

But unfortunately, he has no luck in scoring today.

Kaka had five more minutes of playing time in this game than the first game, and he played in the 75th minute.

Replaced glory.

But he didn't score.

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After the game, because Glory did not score a goal, his voice criticizing Osvaldo's stubbornness increased.

They think the reason Kaka is not performing well is that he has given too little time.

The last game was ten minutes, and the game increased, and it was only fifteen minutes.

What is fifteen minutes enough to do?

Kaka went up and heated up the game was over!

What are you expecting to do?

Some media reported Kaka's depressed expression in the game was full of energy and nowhere to be used.

Images are always much more powerful than words.

This picture alone can make countless Kaka fans, especially female fans, feel sad and angry.

However, Kaka did not publicly express his dissatisfaction with his current situation. He just trained harder and was waiting for an opportunity.

All the pressure was on Sao Paulo coach Osvaldo.

The host of a TV show also teased him on the talk show he hosted.

"Who is the most talented man in Sao Paulo now? Of course, it is Sao Paulo's head coach Osvaldo de Oliveira! He actually insisted on pressing Kaka on the bench despite the protests and anger of tens of thousands of female fans! He really has the courage to change it to me..."

The host shook his head and smacked his lips. "I may have knelt in front of Kaka for a long time and begged him to play! Don't mess with women if you mess with anyone! Especially the fanatical star-chasing people!"

The audience burst into laughter.

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In the third round of the league, Sao Paulo was away again, and this time their opponent was Athletic Valana.

This is also the first time that Glory has come to Brazil for more than half a year. He has encountered a team that is not São Paulo or Rio.

Athletics in Valana is a team from Curitiba, Valana.

In Valana, they won 20 state league titles, and they are considered strong teams in Valana. But in Brazil, they are not an amazing team.

In Brazil, even Valana is not a football state.

But even such a team is now the defending champion - they were the champions of the Brazil National Championship last season!

The Brazilian football world entering the new century is very chaotic, not only the chaotic competition system, but also the situation is also very chaotic. Due to the lack of superstars, the strength between the teams is closer. Therefore, the chance of winning the championship becomes even greater. You should know that they also experienced the coach change storm last season when Valana Athletic won the championship.

There are no big-name stars in the team. From head coaches to players, they are all unknown small characters. Such a team actually won the National Championships last season.

Moreover, in the quarterfinals of such a team, they defeated Sao Paulo!

At that time, São Paulo had veteran Leonardo, Baptista, who was in good shape, and the rising star Kaka who had just emerged in the Rio-São Paulo Championship. They also lost to Athletic Barana 1:2 away, and in the last ten minutes of the game, the top scorer of Athletic Barana, Alex Minero, was the final scorer of Athletic Barana.

If it weren't for the encounter with Athletic Valana, maybe the league champion of last season would be Sao Paulo.

This time, when going away again, the entire Sao Paulo team maintains a revenge mentality.
Chapter completed!