Chapter 70

When Rongguang opened the door, he was prepared to receive Godo's roar: "Where the hell have you been?!"

But such a scene did not happen.

When he pushed the door open, he saw that the room was still the same as it was a month ago when he left.

Without Godo, there was naturally no roar.

Rongguang was not used to this at first. He stood at the door, scratched his head, and then let out a sigh of relief, quickly slipping into the room and closing the door.

Then he threw down his bag and started cleaning—He didn't know why Godo hadn't returned, nor when he would return. What if Godo came right after he entered? How would he explain the dusty house?

Rongguang spent an hour cleaning the entire house, except for the curtains, which he didn't take down to wash.

Only then did his heart, which had been hanging, finally settle.

It must be said that Rongguang's actions were very correct.

Because just an hour after he finished cleaning, Godo, looking tired and travel-worn, pushed the door open.

At that moment, Rongguang was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

When he saw Godo, despite having washed all the equipment from the special training, hidden everything that needed to be hidden, and cleaned the house, creating the illusion that he had been living there all along, Rongguang still felt a sudden sense of guilt.

He quickly got up, warmly welcomed Godo's return, and "surprised" said, "Weren't you supposed to bring your daughter back? Why did it take so long, Godo?"

Godo sighed, "Don't even mention it. My daughter is too stubborn, and I couldn't persuade her. So I accompanied her to the rainforest! Look at me..." Godo rolled up his sleeves, which were dotted with marks. "All mosquito bites, the mosquitoes in the rainforest are too fierce!"

Rongguang almost burst out laughing at Godo's explanation.

Chasing his daughter to the rainforest to feed mosquitoes, Godo was really too worried...

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Godo's return meant that Rongguang's life returned to normal.

He still went to the lakeside park every day for special training, kicking walnuts.

Although the old sage was no longer by his side, he still meticulously followed the old sage's requirements: if the walnut rolled out of bounds, he had to pick it up and return to the starting point to start running again.

The pedometer the old sage gave him was still on his wrist. However, the intensity was not as high as before, reduced from ten kilometers to five kilometers.

Because now there was no old sage to massage his body...

Godo, on the other hand, stayed at home to catch up on the World Cup matches he had missed.

In another part of the city, Lucas and Rico also insisted on training every day at the front of Rico's store.

In another part of the world, Kaka accompanied the Brazilian team as they advanced through the tournament, heading towards the final and the championship. However, after the unimportant group match against Costa Rica, he never got another chance to play. Even though Ronaldinho received a red card in the quarterfinals and was suspended for the semifinals, Kaka volunteered to start in the semifinals without Ronaldinho, but Scolari did not agree.

In this Brazilian team, Kaka was more like a tourist, filming his experiences in the national team with a handheld DV before and after each match...

Time flew by, and the World Cup ended.

The Brazilian team won the World Cup championship they had longed for, becoming the first team to win the World Cup five times!

When Rongguang finished his training and returned home, Godo gave him a warm embrace.

He was still confused and didn't know what was going on, but then he heard Godo excitedly shouting, "We are the champions! Rong! We are the champions!"

Only then did Rongguang realize that the Brazilian team had won the World Cup...

However, he still lacked a direct understanding.

It wasn't until a few days later, when he went out for training and saw the enthusiastic people celebrating everywhere, that he understood. Some people, seeing Rongguang with a soccer ball, shouted at him, "Brazil! Brazil! Champions!!"

The pride was evident.

Only then did Rongguang understand what the World Cup championship meant to this country and its people.

Soccer was just a tool for him to earn a living and achieve success, but for this country, it was much more than that...

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The enthusiasm for Brazil's World Cup victory continued to ferment in Brazil, lasting for a whole month.

But this had nothing to do with Rongguang.

This year, due to the World Cup, the schedule for the Brazilian National Championship was adjusted, with the full competition starting on August 10th.

The São Paulo team's training began in early July, just a few days after the World Cup ended. Rongguang received a call from the head coach, Oliveira, notifying him to return to the team for training.

The players who did not participate in the World Cup would return to the team at this time to prepare for the second half of the Brazilian National Championship.

The players who participated in the World Cup would report later. On the one hand, they needed rest, and on the other hand, as members of the champion team, they would have to tour Brazil to enjoy the people's adoration.

They would visit almost every major state.

This is a characteristic of Brazil, where soccer is not just a popular sport but is closely tied to national honor, politics, economy, social life, and cultural customs. In Brazil, soccer is politics, economy, and everything.

The World Cup champion players in Brazil can enjoy countless privileges and honors, while the losers can only bear the stigma for the rest of their lives...

In the São Paulo team, three players participated in the World Cup: Kaka, Ricardinho, and the team captain, goalkeeper Ceni. However, they were all fringe players and did not play much.

But they still needed a break, so they were allowed to return to the team on July 20th.

However, what many people did not expect was that Kaka returned to the team on July 12th, just after the various celebrations in Brazil were over!

"Hey? Kaka?" When they saw Kaka, everyone was surprised. "Didn't the coach allow you to return on the 20th?"

"Since there's nothing to do, I might as well come back and train," Kaka said with a smile, sounding very relaxed.

"Truly worthy of Kaka! He won the World Cup and is still so hardworking!"

"Exactly, that's why he has the potential to succeed!"

Listening to these comments from his teammates, Kaka still smiled.

Reinaldo approached Kaka, making a microphone gesture with his hand: "Interview, dear Kaka, how does it feel to lift the World Cup? Hahaha!"

He couldn't hold back and burst out laughing first.

Kaka still had a faint smile: "It doesn't feel like much, after all, it wasn't my achievement..."

"Hey, what are you saying? We would love to have the chance to lift the trophy!" Reinaldo said enviously. Just to be called a "World Cup champion," he would even be willing to be a training partner!

Kaka shook his head firmly: "One day, I will lift the World Cup through my own efforts."

This was a grand statement, but no one in the locker room thought it was out of place.

Kaka was only twenty when he was called up to the Brazilian team, participated in the World Cup, and won the championship. In four years, or eight years, he would certainly become a core player of the Brazilian team. At that time, he would certainly lift the trophy!

Because Kaka is a genius!

Reinaldo sighed, "This is a true genius, completely different from those who just talk big."

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When Kaka was being praised in the locker room, the so-called genius was already on the training field.

The training field was still empty; he was the earliest to arrive.

Rongguang had a soccer ball at his feet, wanting to test the results of his month-long special training of kicking walnuts.

Kicking walnuts trained his ability to change direction while dribbling, and he wanted to see if he had improved.

He kicked the ball out and started dribbling. At first, it was straight dribbling, and after countless falls, he was now very proficient.

His rhythm was very good.

But Rongguang's goal was not just this. Next, he lightly flicked the ball to the right, used his left leg to push off, caught up with the ball, pointed his right foot to the left, and used the inside of his foot to pull the ball to the left.

His left leg served as the support, then moved to the left.

When he caught up with the ball again, this time he used his left foot to pull the ball to the right.

Thus, he dribbled the ball in a snake-like motion across the training field, from one end to the other.

There were almost no mistakes, and the few that occurred were quickly corrected by Rongguang's speed.

However, because he was being cautious, the overall dribbling speed was not fast.

Because of this, Rongguang was not satisfied with this dribbling.

For Rongguang, precise dribbling at a slow speed was meaningless.

His greatest weapon, the sharpest and most powerful, was his speed, and he recognized this very clearly.

No matter what, he had to ensure his speed.

Without speed, he was not a threat.

So if his dribbling speed did not improve, it was meaningless.

No matter what, he had to increase his speed.

So Rongguang ran again.

This time, the speed was much faster, but his control of the ball was much weaker.

Several times, Rongguang was flustered.

Thus, Rongguang fully recognized that he needed more practice in changing direction while dribbling. It wasn't as if a month of kicking walnuts made him a master.

But did this mean that his month of special training was useless?

Rongguang thought carefully and did not believe so.

Kicking walnuts involved constant changes in direction, sudden stops, and accelerations.

Could he apply this to his dribbling?

Rongguang looked down at the ball at his feet.

If someone was blocking me, how would I get past them