The Day I Played with Ronaldo

"Being three goals behind is not the end of the world, we still have hope." Corinthians coach Junior said at a press conference before the second leg of the São Paulo state championship final against Corinthians at home in Sao Paulo.

"I have found a way to limit Ricardo and Kaka. They can no longer do whatever they want like in the first round."

"Rojas has had a brilliant career, but his coaching experience is still young, and I think that's where our opportunity lies."

Rojas responded: "Junior has a great player era, I admire him a lot, but we will go all out for tomorrow's game."

"Both Ricardo and Kaka have the potential to become the best players in the world. There may be someone in the world who can guard them, but it's definitely not Corinthians."

"We have the advantage of 3 goals. Tomorrow's game we will focus on defensive counterattacks and will not give the opponent any chance to comeback. We will not relax in the slightest until the end of the game."

"Yes, Ricardo and Kaka will both start the game, and they can bring the team a victory as they wish."

On March 15, Sao Paulo's home game against Corinthians started.

Before the start of the game, the fans of Sao Paulo had already celebrated the championship in advance. They set off fireworks and threw countless pieces of paper into the field, making it look like heavy snow. The referee had to postpone the opening time to let Mo The staff of Lumby Stadium urgently cleaned up the debris thrown on the lawn.

When the game finally started, Junior murmured: "Rojas you liar!"

In Sao Paulo's starting list, Ricardo was indeed on the list, but Kaka appeared on the bench.

At home, Sao Paulo still uses the 4231 formation, but the players are greatly rotated. The defensive youngster Gabriel and the new left-back Fabiano both made their debuts. The double midfielders are Ricardinho and Ji An, Rico It was the first time he appeared in the position of the left midfielder, the right midfielder was the new aid Leonardo, and Elton played the midfielder. Single striker Ricardo.

This lineup is younger and more impactful than Sao Paulo's usual starting lineup.

Rojas did not resort to what he called a "defensive counter-attack" in his press conference, with Sao Paulo attacking Corinthians' goal hard from the first minute.

On the front line, Riccardo can often use his personal ability to drag the opponent's multiple defenders, and then hand the ball to Rico or Elton who are plugging in, frequently creating danger in front of Corinthians.

It's a pity that Rico and Elton didn't wear shooting boots, and several good opportunities were wasted by their volleys.

Corinthians, who were behind by 3 goals in total, were of course not reconciled to conceding defeat. After they stabilized their position, they also launched a flood of attacks.

However, Rojas is not worried about being scored by Corinthians at all. His dominant thought today is just one word: attack!

You can score one, I can also score one, see who scores more goals.

So the audience at the scene was fortunate to see a goal battle.

It was Corinthians who scored the first goal. When the game progressed to the 33rd minute, Fabiano's shot from outside the penalty area pierced Cheney's fingers.

In this game, Corinthy arranged an extremely aggressive 433 formation. The new aid Amaral rushed forward, and Gil and Robert from Santos played as wingers. Among the three midfielders, Vampeta fell at the end of the organization Offensively, both Fabrizio and Fabinho acted as B2B midfielders, taking turns hitting Sao Paulo's penalty area.

Sao Paulo's defensive players were a bit underprepared. When the opponent plugged in, the defense was not in place, which allowed Fabinho to score a goal.

But Sao Paulo, who is leading the total score, has a psychological advantage and is still attacking boldly. After all, Corinthians, who was eager to score a goal, was a bit empty in defense, and was quickly seized by Sao Paulo.

Five minutes later, Sao Paulo launched an attack, and Ricardinho made a half-high ball to find Ricardo.

Ricardo took the lead in controlling the ball in the fight with Anderson, and then stuffed it into the left space.

Rico cuts in at high speed, catches up with the ball, observes it, and kicks a pass.

After passing the ball, Ricardo started to actively run. At this time, he had already run to the front point, threw off Anderson's defense, and jumped high with a header without interference. Doni couldn't make a save. , can only watch the football fall into the bottom of the net.

This goal instantly ignited the atmosphere of the Morombi stadium, streamers, confetti fell, and fans threw burning fireworks into the stadium.

Ricardo took off his shirt and ran wildly on the field.

"Goallllll!! Ricardo's header equalized the score for Sao Paulo! Ricardo is so comprehensive, he can open the bow with both feet, and his header skills seem to be good now, people can't find his shortcomings .Perhaps the most suitable for him is the striker position. Putting him in the midfielder or left midfielder position is too wasteful of his offensive talent," said the commentator, "Junior must think of a way, if Corinthians can't find a way to limit Ricardo, and the balance of victory and defeat in this game will definitely tilt towards Sao Paulo!"

It seems to be an annotation for the commentator's remarks. At the end of the first half, Sao Paulo launched a fast break.

Ricardinho drove the ball directly to the left in the midfield, Ricko inserted at high speed, passed the ball with a thigh pad past Rogerio, and then stumbled to compete with Rogerio for speed, and finally he took possession With the upper hand, take the first stab and pass the ball near the penalty area.

There are also two people racing in the middle, Ricardo is driving forward at full speed, while Anderson is blocking Ricardo with his right hand and pulling Ricardo's jersey with his left hand.

Witnessing this, Corinthians goalkeeper Doni had no choice but to attack, but just halfway through, Ricardo caught up with the ball and lobbed a shot.

The football flew high above Doni's head, and Doni didn't even have time to jump, so he could only turn and stare at the football.

The ball fell quickly after flying over the highest point, and finally hit the crossbar, bounced out, and fell right on to Dhoni. Just as he was in shock, Doni quickly hugged the ball and pressed it under his body, and was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Riko made a diagonal pass, and Ricardo inserted at high speed. Facing Doni who was attacking, he chose to shoot! The goal was going to go in... the crossbar saved Corinthians life! Ricardo almost killed suspense If this goal is scored, Sao Paulo will lead by 4 goals, and Corinthians will have no hope. Now they still have a last hope, it only depends on whether Junior can make appropriate adjustments during the intermission gone."

Riccardo also felt that it was a pity, he turned around and applauded Riko who sent him a wonderful pass, Riko pointed his thumb down to signal him: You bastard, wasting my pass.

Ricardo smiled. The feeling of playing football with friends is... so good.