This summer, the 2018 World Cup reignited war in Russia, giving fans a summer of passion. Just as the French team passed all the way and finally reached the top to win the Hercules Cup, a 19-year-old player in the formation, Mbappé, with lightning speed, extraordinary skills, and efficient scoring rate jumped into everyone’s field of vision. Among them, he won the title of FIFA's best young player and won the World Cup's best rookie award in one fell swoop, becoming the most shining, rising, and promising supernova.
While the talented teenager Mbappe has caused widespread heated discussion around the world, because he has many amazing similarities with the generation of legendary football kings decades ago, this football king has been mentioned again. It is also the first time to participate in the World Cup to win the championship, and it is also the player under the age of 20 who scored in the World Cup final. Having said that, maybe you have already guessed who he is. Yes, he is Dico. Maybe the family's nickname "Dico" doesn't sound familiar? Then he has a well-known name, Brazil's Pele!
The new film "The Birth of a Legend" released this month reveals the little-known experience of Bailey before he became famous. Bailey himself said after watching the film, "The most valuable thing about this movie is that the audience sees me. How did you become a'Pele'". Like most sports biographical movies, the protagonist who wears the protagonist's halo is not favored by others at first, and with very few people's support, he overcomes many difficulties and walks to the peak of the game with a strong will and quality, and even completes the reverse of life. Attack. But what is unexpected is that even the origin of the world-renowned name "Pele" is an insulting nickname full of contempt, hostility and ridicule given by opponents when he was a child.
And as the saying goes, "Anything that fails to defeat you will make you stronger." In different periods of Pele’s growth, from being discovered by scouts to join the Santos team in his youth, to finally representing the Brazilian team in the 1958 World Cup and becoming famous, Pele gave amazing performances time and time again on the court. This is also what Pele was the father of a football player. Before Pele was selected for the national team, he tried to tell him by giving him a dress that showed the word "Pele". My father said, "When someone speaks harshly to you and points fingers at you, don't feel humiliated, but keep your heart strong."
When this powerful black storm swept across the world from the slums of Brazil, and people once again called the nickname "Pele", the word "Pele" had long been full of respect and love, and was the most affectionate name for him. The nickname Bailey hated when he was a child, and he wanted to get rid of it, accompanied him throughout his life.
And the Renjia football game represented by Pele, finally, after years of silence, set off an upsurge and regained its glory. As a result of the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, Brazil lost to Uruguay and failed to win the title in the homeland. In 1954, the “Bern Miracle” of the Swiss World Cup was staged one after another. It fell into the sand in the 1/4 finals and plunged the whole football kingdom into ruin. , The Brazilian who made the enthusiasm unrestrained, had a strong passion for football, and put football into his blood was heartbroken. The men gathered in a small restaurant to listen to the live broadcast of the game. When they heard the news of the Brazilian team's defeat, they all felt sad and weeped silently.
People blamed Renjia football's playing method, which had deep suspicion. Many people even stood on the side of boycotting. Renjia football was labelled as traditional, backward, and juggling because of this. Pele’s Santos team and the Brazilian national team coaches played a tough role at the beginning of abandoning Renjia football, which became a huge resistance to him on the road of football, which made Pele have to put down his strengths and converge on the edge. Follow the coach's instructions to tie hands and feet.
Should I defend my football style and keep my nature? The development of football to this day, this choice is also faced by all teams, but it is not as prominent as a contradiction in Pele's era. Whether it’s the gorgeous football or the utilitarian football that is often said nowadays, it’s not as unique and distinctive as Renjia football. Although the line between the two is becoming more and more blurred, and more teams are seeking a balance between gorgeousness and utilitarianism, their relationship can more or less explain the abandonment of Renjia football.
Renga football originated from a Brazilian martial art. The Brazilians combined their martial arts with football, making Brazil embarked on the road of a football power. Today's gorgeous football is relatively close to Renjia football, with higher excitement and appreciation, and won the applause and applause of the people, but it is difficult to exchange good results in the competition with stable performance, and insist on the utility of pragmatism. Football, although conservative and criticized for its ugly play, can often go further and have the last laugh.
In the team, Bailey was entangled in the choice between the two, encountered unprecedented confusion and confusion, and even thought of giving up. And every time at the critical moment of the game, when the coach’s advanced style of play cannot help the team, and the team is passive, Pele can always focus on recalling his original intention of loving football, and regaining the slums with his friends. And the footballing nature unleashed in the company of his father. It is these skills that can not be cultivated through formal training, and can only be created with extremely high football talent and savvy, which allows him to shine on the field, quickly grow into the absolute core and leader of the team, and become the world football stage. Focus.
The flexible dribbling presented in the film, the picking of the ball, the turning around, the false motions hitting each other, and the dazzling technique of the foot are all the weapons that Pele breaks through layers of defense, and finally guides the opponent with a fatal blow. And these superb, human-ball-integrated skills are due to the unfettered play of games with friends in the back alleys since childhood, agreed on the goal to be reached, but we must make sure that the football does not fall. This method of playing not only uses oneself to hit the ball, but also passes each other over obstacles. Roofs, walls, etc. are all available natural space environments, fully practicing the participants’ ball skills, and constantly stimulating creativity and creativity. Imagination, the tacit cooperation between contract partners.
This method was reproduced on the eve of the final tense finals of the film. The outside world predicted that Sweden would win the championship. The Brazilian team was demoralized under the pressure of the opponent's relentless words. In order to encourage his teammates, the young Pele proposed a collective pass and catch the ball to the distant lighthouse. No one responded at the beginning, but once the ball was kicked, the players had a childlike joy. Football is a game, but football is also a source of fun and happiness. They scrambled, jumping up and down, kicking their heads and kicking, passing through the back kitchen of the hotel restaurant, passing by the people dining, outside, and all the way to the lighthouse in the distance. The entire scene was quickly edited and edited in one go. You say that they are juggling, they are juggling opponents.
In the process of running to the lighthouse, when passing by the guests sitting in the hotel hall, the film's biggest actor appeared. At first I saw his familiar back, then slowly turned around to show his profile, and finally the camera advanced to reveal his complete face. Taking a closer look, it turned out that it was Bailey himself! The nearly eighty-year-old veteran king made a cameo appearance to fans and movie fans a big surprise. When he meets with the young Pele in the film, it is like celebrating with his youthful past, and also waving goodbye. More importantly, the salaries of Brazilian football can be passed on to later generations.
The economic foundation determines the superstructure. Advanced football has continued to grow and develop due to its complete league system, professional equipment, and technical support. The niche style of play seems to be gradually lost, but in fact, the essence of Brazilian football has always been passed on. , This has also allowed them to always be based in the forest of strong football teams in one wave after another. They are the only team in the world that has never missed any World Cup finals. Winning the World Cup has become the country with the most championships in the world, and was awarded the "Five-Star Brazil", which is supremely honorable.
Fortunately, as a fan, although he has not watched Pele’s game, his influence on Brazilian football and the world is profound, allowing the younger generations to enjoy the cool under the big tree. In the short time I have been in contact with world football, there are countless spiritual and talented Brazilian players such as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Neymar, etc. who have grown up with me and can learn from them. See the shadow of Renga football and the samba dancing on the field.
In "The Birth of a Legend", in addition to the ball not landing to the end, the father's mango training method also smeared Pele's story with a magical color. The solid mango does not have the elasticity of an inflatable ball. Once you do not have too much strength, the mango will crack and you need to control the force and master the skill. Bailey's ball bumping, ball possession, shooting and difficult back hook shots were all practiced under his father's careful guidance, and the restoration of the final black and white record of the film tells us that everything that happened to Bailey is real, nothing exaggerate.
The film also focused on portraying the leader of Pele’s team. The moment he boarded the World Cup, the camera used the main perspective, looking around, bringing the audience into the arena, thus feeling that tens of thousands of people watched on the scene, representing the national team. The shock, glory, suffocation and pressure of the game, the teamwork of the team and other characters have become more of a foil.
For real football games, people discuss not only gorgeous football and utilitarian football, but also individualism and team football.
In the period of Pele and Maradona, there is still the possibility of almost relying on their own efforts to lead the team to the end. But now the five major leagues are attracting and gathering more and more top players from all over the world. There are no secrets between teams and countries. I want to break through the team's thorough defense with outstanding personal ability. It's not realistic anymore.
In the 2018 World Cup, the role of superstars was mainly used to drive the entire team. Messi’s Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal were all spared. They went home early after the breakout of the group. Although many fans are still willing to regard Messi as the "king of the ball", he lacks the coronation of the World Cup, and he still lacks a trace of the king's charm. Because of this, the glorious era of the world king is gone, and Pele's story can be called a legend! 2018.9.8
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