The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Before the game, Riccardo just wanted to train hard and try to get back in shape, but Susan's phone call disrupted his plan.

"What? On TV?"

"Yes," Susan's always gentle and elegant voice floated out of the receiver, "I have already agreed on your behalf, this is a very good opportunity for you, after all, it is Brazil Globo Sports, 99% 100% of Brazilians will watch the program of this TV station, which is very helpful to increase your popularity."

"Can I say no?" Ricardo asked cautiously, "The training task is very tight."

Susan's laughter is also the kind of very restrained and gentle laughter, and she will never laugh out loud, "Of course not. I know that training is very important. For an athlete, training is the foundation of life, but Ricardo , You are a professional player, playing football is your profession, accepting interviews, endorsement advertisements, etc. are also part of your profession.”

Ricardo pondered for a while. "Well, when?"

"The night after tomorrow. When are you free?" Susan asked, "I'll go to your house. We need to discuss some issues first."

Li Kaduo looked at the time, "Why don't you just come here now."

Susan said with a smile: "You'd better spare some time, I have to take you to order a decent formal suit. This is not a newspaper interview, this interview column is to be recorded and broadcast to audiences across the country."

Licado reluctantly agreed: "Okay, I will leave the whole morning to you."

Susan acted quickly, arriving at Licado's residence half an hour later. She wore an OL-style suit and short skirt, and only put on light makeup. She didn't hide the wrinkles on her face at all, but her temperament and smile made it easy for people to ignore her wrinkles and her real age.

After entering the door, she casually greeted Ricko who was playing PS in the living room, sat on the sofa in front of Licardo, and took out a thick stack of A4 printing paper: "This is what I predicted the host might mention. I also prepared an answer for you. Of course, you can also answer according to your own ideas, but if you want to say something out of line, you'd better communicate with me. "

"No problem, you are an expert, I will listen to you." Licado took the printing paper and looked at it seriously.

Susan's drafted answer obviously refers to his previous interview style, which is generally more generous, moderate and peaceful, with a little wit and a little humor added, which looks good.

Ricardo never thought about showing his own personality in the talk show. He prefers that people know and remember him through his football, rather than through some eye-catching dresses or pretentious words.

"That's it, no problem. I don't have anything else to add." Half an hour later, Licado raised his head from the file.

"That's good," Susan said, putting down the lemonade, which seemed to be poured by Rico. She raised her wrist and looked at her watch, "There's still time, we'll order formal clothes before lunch, and then we'll have dinner together at noon, and then I'll tell you about the interview."

Ordering a formal suit is simply torture, and Ricardo never wants to experience it again. The subsequent lunch was not pleasant either. Susan kept nagging in his ear, talking about the points that should be paid attention to when recording the program; she also simulated asking him questions, and if he answered slightly incorrectly, Susan would have a stern face. Looking at him: "Are you putting your heart into it? It's no child's play to be on a TV show. This is for a national audience. Do you want to make a fool of yourself in front of 200 million people?"

Fortunately, he had to participate in training in the afternoon, so Ricardo had an excuse to escape.

During the training, Ricardo found that Rico was a little listless. When the training was over and the two stayed for additional practice, Licado asked him: "What's wrong with you, what happened?"

"I'm just a little jealous of you," said Ricko, who is a very straight-hearted person, "You can even be on TV, and it's Globe Sports, my God, my dream in this life is to be on Globe Sports.

I'm 5 years older than you, and I haven't even secured the main position yet. "

Licado smiled and said, "Isn't your dream to buy a bunch of champagne, cover the bed with dollar bills, and roll on the dollar bills with two beauties?"

"People have many dreams, and this is just one of them," Rico curled his lips. "I also dream of playing with Gisele Bundchen and Adriana Lima."

Licado didn't hold back, and spewed out: "Your dream is indeed great."

After laughing for a while, Ricko put on a serious face and said: "Licardo, I am different from you, I don't have the talent like you. Global Sports Channel will not invite me to do talk shows. I am very jealous of you, But you are my friend, and I sincerely wish you the best."

Ricardo was a little moved by what he said: "I know, thank you."

"Invite me to the nightclub that night. I'm going to bring two girls back for a big fight to heal my mental pain."

"...If this kind of training hasn't exhausted you, I think the amount of training can be doubled."

Rico screamed, "No!"

"I think it's necessary. Don't be verbose, double the training today." Licado said coldly.

Brazilians are talented in football, but they don't always cherish this talent. He is not even willing to participate in normal training, let alone extra training.

Far away, such as Garrincha, never participated in the team's systematic training. There is also Romario, the biggest contributor to winning the 1994 World Cup, who avoided training if he could. It is rumored that the reason why he left Barcelona was that he could not stand the harsh training. After returning to Brazil, he focused more on women and beach football, and rarely participated in training seriously.

There are also Ronaldinho, Robinho...they are all examples of falling from the peak prematurely because of not paying attention to training.

Even the good boy Kaka is not so keen on training. And Ricciardo's idol, Ronaldo, is not a very diligent person in training.

Rico is also talented, fast, and good at dribbling. If he can really insist on increasing the amount of training with himself and persevere, Ricardo believes that he can make a name for himself in football.

Two days passed in a hurry. That night, accompanied by Susan, Ricardo appeared at the recording site of the "Star Zero Distance" column of Brazil Globo Sports.

This is a program with a high ratings on Global Sports. Almost all the famous Brazilian football stars have been on this program.

The general process is that the host and the stars interact, talk about some topics not limited to football, and then the stars demonstrate their skills on the spot, usually juggling the ball. Finally, the audience asked questions.

Licado was wearing a freshly made formal suit, and he looked energetic, much more mature than his appearance on the green field.

After the make-up artist made the final touches on him, he took the guest seat and gestured "OK" to Susan, who was sitting in the audience.