Chapter 134 Samba Legion

Brazil!

Degan's lingering nightmare. He once fantasized about being able to realize his World Cup dream in the Samba Legion, and also fantasized about being able to work with Kaka, the two brothers, to create a great era of Samba football.

But because of Pereira, the Five-Star Army rejected Degan, and at the same time Degan also closed the door to the Samba Army.

During his brief trip to the Brazilian national team, Degan was only ignored. This was the most unbearable thing for him. If it was because of strength, he could accept it. For tactical reasons, he could face it calmly, but Pereira The attitude towards him is just because of ignoring, so ignoring, there is no reason, this is absolutely intolerable to Degan.

Degan thought about competing face-to-face with Brazil on the stage of the World Cup, and used his strength to make Pereira understand how big a mistake it was to give up on him.

But the outside world is not optimistic about Belgium. As before, fame, strength, Belgian football and Brazil are not on the same level.

For the Belgians, football is a sport, but for the Brazilians, it is a sport, but it is also a culture.

Whenever the league or major domestic and international competitions are held, Brazilians often go to watch the games with their families. The whole city is empty and the stadium is crowded with people.

Almost everyone in Brazil is a football fan. Brazilians laughed and said, "People who don't know football and don't know football can't be the president of Brazil, and they won't get a high approval rate."

Brazilians believe that Brazilian football is naturally listed in the forest of world cultural heritage. Brazilians call football a "mass sport". In Brazil, people play football no matter on the beach or in the streets and alleys of the city. Even in the slums, children from poor families kick their socks full of paper as balls with their bare feet.

The Brazil team is the most successful team in the history of the World Cup, optimistic, it is the most successful team, not one of them.

The Brazilian team has never missed a World Cup final match, and won the championship five times in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. The number of championships ranked first in the world, and it also achieved the reputation of the five-star team.

In 1958, the Brazilian team defeated the host team Sweden in the final and won the World Cup for the first time. The classic 4-2-4 formation shocked the world. Superstars such as Pele, Garrincha, Didi, and Vava through perfect performances, Convincingly snatches the Goddess Remit Gold Cup.

Four years later, when Pele missed most of the games due to injury, Garrincha "Bird" took on the offensive responsibility of the Brazilian team. The Brazilian team defeated Czechoslovakia in the final and successfully defended their title.

1970 was the last World Cup that Pele participated in. The Brazilian team picked up the classic 4-2-4 formation 12 years ago. They beat the Italian team 4:1 in the final, won the World Cup for the third time, and permanently Possessed the Gold Cup of Goddess Remet.

Unexpectedly, with Pele's retirement, the Brazilian team fell into an unprecedented trough. They missed the World Cup championship for 24 consecutive years until ~~~~~~~

In 1994, the new coach Pereira created a brand-new, Europeanized Brazilian team. The Samba Army, which gave up artistic football, played a "practical" World Cup. They defeated the Netherlands and Sweden successively in the elimination And Italy, three top European teams, won the World Cup again after a lapse of 24 years.

In 1998, when the Brazilian team was unanimously optimistic, they inexplicably lost to the French team in the final and lost the chance to defend their title.

In the following four years, the Brazilian team had a poor record and withered talents. In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, they were not favored by more fans.

However, the head coach Scolari, who had only been in office for half a year at the time, played out the potential of the "3R" very well. Rivaldo was at the peak of his career. Ronaldo was also recovering from a long injury. Neo threaded the needle in the frontcourt, and their terrifying attack power was brought into full play in this game. In the midfield, the configuration of three central defenders and two defensive midfielders tightly defended their own penalty area.

In the end, the Brazilian team won seven games and seven victories all the way. Captain Cafu became the first player in the history of the World Cup to appear in the finals for three consecutive games. Ronaldo also became the top scorer with eight goals.

In the history of Brazilian football, too many great players have been born. Their skills and personalities have become synonymous with football in an era.

Ball King Pele, a child of Brazilian street football, was born on October 23, 1940 in the impoverished town of Colacois near the Brazilian coastline. His father was also a player, but he did not make a name for himself and his income was low. The mother didn't want Bailey to follow his father's path, but she soon found that she couldn't stop a certain desire in her son's nature.

Back in the summer of 1956, former Brazilian international Brito brought a child to Santos club officials and said to them: "Believe me, this child will become the greatest player in the world."

This kid is Pele. He dispelled everyone's doubts shortly after joining the team. He played for Santos for the first time and scored in his debut against Corinthians. At that time, he was only 15 years and 11 months old.

The career of the ball king is so legendary. From 1956 to 1974, Pele played for Santos for 19 seasons, winning 11 Sao Paulo state league championships, 6 Brazilian Cup championships, 2 South American Libertadores Cup championships, 2 Among them, Bailey was elected as the top scorer of the Sao Paulo State League 11 times, especially from 1957 to 1965, he was the top scorer Golden Boot for 9 consecutive years, which is incredible. No one can surpass this record.

Bailey's body is not outstanding, but he has great talent. Excellent speed, extraordinary balance, wide vision and amazing ball control ability are all his "weapons". Of course, the precise shooting skills of his feet and header help him knock on the goal again and again.

In Pele's career, he played a total of 1363 official games and scored 1281 goals, which is the highest record in history with official records.

It is not difficult for Bailey to score more than 100 goals in a year. He scored 127 goals in 1959 and 110 goals in 1961. The peak season was 1958. At the age of 17, he scored 58 goals in the Sao Paulo State League. The total number of goals in the event reached 139, and these numbers can only be looked up to.

On November 19, 1969, Bailey scored the 1,000th goal of his career at the Maracanã Stadium. For "Pelé Day", to commemorate the achievements of the king.

In addition to the goals in his 22-year football career, the most important thing to achieve Pele's status as the world champion is naturally the World Cup. From 1958 to 1970, Pele participated in 4 World Cups and won 3 championships. The player who won the World Cup three times in history is only Pele. He is the king of the World Cup.

Brazil has two Pele, one is "Black Pearl" Pele, the other is "White Pele" Zico. Apart from his skin color, Zico is exactly the same height as Bailey. His appearance made the world football world lack of revolutionary changes in the 1980s spring up. The 1982 Brazil team composed of him, Socrates, Falcao and others was recognized as the best team in the 1980s.

Zico gained the reputation of "White Bailey" when he was 24 years old. In the 11th World Cup qualifier in Cali, Colombia, Brazil beat Bolivia 8-0. Zico scored 4 goals alone, causing a sensation in South American football. Fans think he is the star of hope to revitalize Brazilian football after Pele retires, and affectionately call him "White Pele".

In the so-called "Pelé rebirth" era in the early 1980s, many "Pelés" were produced in world football. The young Maradona was the "Little Pele" and Platini was the "European Pele". , Zico is "white Bailey".

Pele thinks Zico is the most like him, saying he is "a very good athlete, and he is good at scoring around the penalty area. He has good judgment and can use the smallest space in the melee to maximize his tricks." , bouncing the ball and volleying, giving the opponent a fatal blow."

Zico has outstanding skills, a wide range of activities, extraordinary ability to break through with the ball, and has a strong sense of offense and shooting. He is resourceful, can play a variety of positions, is excellent in offense and defense, has rich on-the-spot experience, and is good at grasping the rhythm of the game. He is the soul of the Brazilian team. His kicking style is light and nimble, and his left and right shots are powerful. For all his talent and skill, Zico's football career, especially at the World Cup, was fraught with sadness.

Lone wolf Romario, in 1989, Bailey made one of the most accurate predictions in his life: "The 90s belong to Romario."

Regarding this unique striker, the then Barcelona coach Cruyff once recalled: "One morning after training, Romario came to me and said that he would take 8 days off to go back to Brazil to participate in the carnival. I said Unless you scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid on Sunday. In the end, he scored three goals in that game, Barcelona won, and after the game Romario went to the airport without saying hello."

On July 17, 1994, under the scorching sun of the United States, the most classic confrontation of fate in the history of the World Cup was staged. Romario and Baggio, the kings of the two respective teams, stood together on the lawn of the Rose Bowl Stadium.

Prior to this, the two scored five goals each. The Melancholy Prince almost single-handedly brought Italy to the final. The ball is also the key. This decisive battle will determine who is the real king of that World Cup.

In the dull 120 minutes, Baggio struggled with a leg injury, Romario also lost his former calmness, and the final judgment was made on the penalty spot.

Baggio, who almost became Maradona, fell at the last moment. Fate made two decisions in 1986 and 1994. Maradona passed the winning pass in the final. Therefore, he is Maradona. Eight years later, when the ball wiped off the crossbar with a gap of one meter and flew into the sky, Baggio could only be Baggio.

Before that, Romario's penalty kick hit the post and bounced into the net. It was this close difference that determined who was the king of that World Cup.

Romario is better, or Baggio is better?

Different people have different answers, but fate's answer is: Romario.

It was in this year that Romario not only led Brazil to win the World Cup, but also became the best player in the competition. At the end of the year, he was also elected as the World Footballer. In 1994, this was Romario's year.

Alien Ronaldo, the day Ronaldo was born happened to be the day Pele announced his retirement, and it seemed that God had brought the Brazilian the successor of the ball king. His career is full of controversy, that is, he joined Real Madrid and Barcelona, and also joined the two rivals of AC Milan and Inter Milan. But he is recognized by the fans as Pele, the greatest striker after Maradona. He is a three-time World Player of the Year, two-time European Golden Globe winner, World Cup Golden Globe Golden Boot Award winner, two-time World Cup champion, one-time runner-up, World Cup Golden Globe Award, the best scorer in World Cup history, and the only one who played for Real Madrid , Barcelona, Inter Milan, and AC Milan, the player of the four giants, has scored countless wonderful goals in his life, and people simply call him "alien", the king of the era.

Many people have a poster in their homes celebrating the group photo after Brazil won the 1994 World Cup. In the center of the photo is a young man wearing the No. 18 jersey of the rival Italy team. He sits on the grass, showing two rabbit teeth, stretching out his hand and making a V sign, enjoying his first World Cup trip brilliantly. He is not yet 18 years old and is the youngest player in this Brazil team. He didn't get a chance to play in this World Cup. At this time, he didn't know what sorrow is.

This young man had a name that later shocked the world: Ronaldo? Luis? Nazario? Da? Lima, people later called him "alien."

In 1998, the Brazil team used the 3r combination for the first time in the World Cup qualifiers. Romario, Ronaldo and Rivaldo formed an all-conquering offensive line. Before the World Cup, Romario was unfortunately injured, and the burden of Brazil's offense was completely on the shoulders of Ronaldo, who was only 22 years old. However, Ronaldo did not perform well in the first game. It was not until the second round that Brazil scored his first goal in the World Cup. In the eighth-final victory over Chile, Ronaldo scored two consecutive goals in the second half. Against the Netherlands in the semi-final, Ronaldo flashed his way between two central defenders, calmly unloaded a cross and poked it into the goal guarded by Edwin van der Sar. Everything seems to indicate that a new World Cup superstar is about to be born.

Maybe it's because immature shoulders can't bear so many expectations. Under the happy appearance, the gifted boy is under pressure that ordinary people can't imagine. On the eve of the World Cup final, Ronaldo suffered a strange illness, but the head coach still sent him to play under pressure. In the end, Brazil lost three goals to France. Ronaldo was sleepwalking on the court. He was unanimously questioned after the game. This has become one of the major unsolved cases in the history of the World Cup.

The strong mental and physical pressure caused Ronaldo's state to plummet. In November 1999, Ronaldo suffered a serious injury to his fragile knee, which kept him away from the game for 4 months.

Ronaldo returned from injury 4 months later, but unfortunately it happened again, this time with more damage than last time. In the Coppa Italia final against Lazio, Ronaldo collapsed without contact six minutes after coming off the bench. This time, Ronaldo needs a truce for 18 months.

After a blank year in 2000, it seems that people have forgotten the aliens. It was not until the second half of 2001 that Ronaldo re-entered the pitch. The alien, who was suffering from injuries, has become a little more cautious, and his body is also slightly fatter. People will never see the scene of him riding through the level alone and connecting several people. Coach Cooper's defensive tactics tied his hands and feet, and Vieri's main position was difficult to shake. He even had to serve as a substitute for the young Caron at one point.

On May 5, 2002, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Inter Milan played away at Lazio with a one-point lead over Juventus. As long as you win, the league championship after 13 years will be in your pocket. However, fate was so ruthless that Lazio turned defeat into victory after conceding a goal first, and Inter Milan missed the championship again. Ronaldo, who was substituted early, shed bitter tears at the edge of the sad field. At this moment, the happy boy back then was so helpless.

However, returning to the Brazilian team, without the shackles of defensive tactics, Ronaldo quickly recovered his peak form. In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup qualifiers, the Brazilian team stumbled, but with Ronaldo, the team has undergone a radical change. In the first game against Türkiye, Ronaldo equalized in the 50th minute. In the second game against the Chinese team, Ronaldo was the icing on the cake in the second half. In the third game, Ronaldo's two goals in less than 20 minutes set the tone for the game. The Brazilian team won all three games and qualified first in the group.

In the knockout stage, Ronaldo broke through the gates of Belgium and Turkey in a row. Among them, the stabbing shot in the crowd against Turkey was amazing. Ronaldo also said after the game, this is my favorite game. Ronaldo used his own strength to send the Brazilian team to the final again. Ronaldo, who left his Afu head, was a lucky star in the final. Kahn's accidental shot fulfilled his wish of surpassing the curse of the World Cup's top scorer with 6 goals. And his counter-attack goal in the 79th minute completely sealed Brazil's fifth World Cup title. This World Cup belongs entirely to Ronaldo alone. This is a World Cup that belongs to Ronaldo. He scored 8 goals in total. The world is amazed that the omnipotent alien is back.

The elf Ronaldinho on the football field, he has excellent ball-handling skills, is good at fast breakthroughs in the middle and sideways, changes in the way of positioning the ball and precise passes like a scalpel. Although the style of play and Ronaldo are very different due to the difference in position, they are also all-powerful. His name Ronaldinho means Ronaldo Jr. in Portuguese.

In 1999, he became famous in the America's Cup. His outstanding skills were called "the king of the new generation" by the public. He was awarded the World Footballer for two consecutive years from 2004 to 2005. Winner of the inaugural World Professional Players Association Player of the Year.

In the 2002 World Cup, Ronaldinho became famous in the quarter-final match against England. He first made a long-distance attack to collapse England's defense and assisted Rivaldo to score an equalizer. Then he took a free kick with a weird arc, playing tricks on the opponent's goalkeeper Seaman. After that, Ronaldinho became the hottest signing target of Europe's top giants.

On July 19, 2003, Ronaldinho joined Barcelona for $28 million. When Laporta accompanied him to the stadium, about 30,000 fans cheered on the long-admired idol in the stands, and the jerseys with Ronaldinho's name printed on them that day were sold out. Afterwards, Ronaldinho was like a duck to water in this top European giant, and the Brazilian began to flex his muscles in this fertile football ground. His arrival also injected new vitality into the sickly Barcelona. In the match against Sevilla, Ronaldinho dribbled the ball from the backcourt to 25 meters in front of the goal and scored a goal. This is his debut in La Liga. Ronaldinho scored a hat-trick in an 8-0 UEFA Cup win over Slovakia Puchov. In his first season, Ronaldinho helped Barcelona unbeaten in 17 consecutive league games, and finally won the league runner-up and won the opportunity to directly qualify for the UEFA Champions League. In the second season, the 2004/05 season, Ronaldinho and his teammates broke out in an all-round way and led the league all the way until the end. Ronaldinho gradually became a well-deserved world number one superstar.

Brazil seems to never be short of geniuses. A boy who is casually on the street may be regarded as an amazing genius boy in other countries. This is why Pereira can afford to ignore a super shooter like Digan.

People do have reason to think that the Belgian's World Cup journey is coming to an end, because no matter in any position, the five-star Brazil team seems to have the absolute upper hand.

However, Degan obviously didn't want to let go of this opportunity for revenge. He had been waiting for this opportunity since the day he decided to leave the Brazilian team and join Belgium.

He wants to use his feet to make Pereira bow his head in front of him, use his football to amaze the world, and let those who have slandered him understand that the most suitable person to stand in front of Kaka is not the idiot The big black and thick Adriano, but he Rodrigue Izersen Santos Wright.

"Brazil is strong, but Belgium will win in the end!"