The Day I Played with Ronaldo

"Sao Paulo's starting lineup has changed a lot compared to the previous games."

"They still lined up in the 4231 formation today, with four players in the frontcourt unchanged, but the midfielder Ricardinho's partner has become the teenager Marco Antonio. This is also the first time Antonio has started for Sao Paulo."

"At the left-back position, last season's main force, Gustavo Neri, did not start, and was replaced by the newly joined teenager Fabiano Rodriguez. Gyan returned to the position of central defender, and another central defender The defender is Lugano. The right back is Leonardo. Leonardo is more used to the position of the right avant-garde. He has a strong assist ability, but his defense is weak."

"It seems that Sao Paulo intends to play against Santos away."

After watching the game for a few minutes, the commentator Oliveira corrected his previous statement: "Judging from the running positions on the field, Sao Paulo's formation today is not 4231, but a 4132. Riccardo is more present In a striker position on the left, not a left midfielder. Kaka played more to the left than usual, and often moved to the left to attack, leaving the center for Ricardinho."

"It's clear that Sao Paulo is looking for a win, their formation is very aggressive. Maybe we can see a good goal fight."

However, the goal was not seen, and yellow cards were flying all over the sky.

Just in the 5th minute of the game, Ricardo tried to break through with the ball, but was tackled from behind by Almeida with an exaggerated movement, and the opponent received a yellow card.

Just four minutes later, Marco Antonio also received a yellow card for pulling Diego down from behind in order to destroy Santos' counter-attack.

And this is just the beginning. As the competition intensified, the movements of both sides became bigger and bigger. For a while, Andre Luiz elbowed Fabiano to get a topaz card when he jumped up to fight for the top. At a while, Gyan pushed down Elano from behind when he was fighting for the top. Received a yellow card.

In the first half of the game alone, Sao Paulo received 6 yellow cards, and more than half of the players were yellow cards. Ricardo also received a card for his retaliatory action after being kicked down by Renato.

Santos, who played at home, was not much better, they received a total of 4 yellow cards.

At the end of the first half of the game, the commentator said with emotion: "We originally expected to see a wonderful game, but the coaches of both sides adopted foul tactics at the same time, constantly interrupting the rhythm of the game, making it difficult for both sides to play smoothly. The offense came together. Until the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0."

"Although both players showed some individual skills, it was difficult for them to really pose a threat. The most threatening attack in the first half belonged to Santos. Robinho and Elano played together in the penalty area of ​​Sao Paulo and directly faced the goalkeeper. Unfortunately, when Robinho shot, Lugano interfered from the side, the football hit Lugano's leg and was refracted to the post."

"Sao Paulo also had a few good chances. Leonardo crossed to find Fabiano, but Fabiano's header went out. There was also a free kick from Ricardo that was quite threatening, but Fabio Costa reacted really well and took the ball out."

"The possession ratio in the first half was 47%-53%, and the home team was ahead. It can be seen that Sao Paulo has a slight advantage. The shooting ratio is 6:8, Santos has 2 shots, and Sao Paulo has 3 shots. This data is similar. Corner Santos Get 4, Sao Paulo 2. The number of fouls, Santos fouled 19 times, Sao Paulo fouled one less, only 18 times, but Sao Paulo got two more yellow cards."

"This was a first half that was more than intense but not exciting. I hope that after the two sides make adjustments, they can bring us something different."

"Toreo, what's your prediction for the second half?"

Guest commentator Torreo said: "Judging from what was shown in the first half of the game, the coaches of both sides tended to attack.

Trying to take all 3 points, all of them are extremely aggressive lineups. At the same time, they are very afraid of the opponent's attack power. "

"So you can see that both sides are sparing no effort to launch full-court pressing and foul tactics to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm."

"So the tactical intentions of the two head coaches in the offense were almost impossible to realize. The offense of the two teams in the first half relied on the personal ability of the stars to launch."

"I think it's going to continue in the second half until both teams are degraded and can no longer press full court."

Oliveira smiled and asked: "Then which team do you think can win the final victory?"

Torreo hesitated for a moment before saying: "I personally prefer Santos to win. They don't have the task of the Copa Libertadores this season, they have more physical fitness, and they are playing at home."

At the same time, Rojas said seriously in the locker room: "If we continue to play like this, we are likely to taste the bitter fruit of failure."

The players were silent. In fact, although the statistics of the two sides were very close in the first half, Sao Paulo had an absolute advantage in the first 25 minutes of the game, while Santos had the advantage in the last 20 minutes.

If this trend continues, Sao Paulo may indeed lose.

Moreover, the Sao Paulo team has received 6 yellow cards. If any of these 6 people receive another yellow card, the consequences will be disastrous. This is a detonator that may detonate at any time, and the efforts of the entire Sao Paulo team will be wasted.

Rojas' countermeasure is: Substitution. The defensive midfielder Alessandro replaced the teenager Marco Antonio, and the central defender Julio Santos replaced Ji'an. At least solve the hidden danger in the middle road first.

"In the second half, we have to control the rhythm and not be led by the nose by the opponent. Riccardo, Ricky (Kaka's nickname), you all have to move back. Riccardo, you kick the midfielder, Ricky, you go back Midfield, with Ricardinho controlling the midfield."

Both Licado and Kaka nodded.

"The two full-backs must be resolute in assisting, and in some areas, play more and play less."

Ricardo thought about it. Although Rojas' usual coaching style is more cautious and conservative, but when it's time to be crazy, he is not lacking in madness at all.

To challenge Santos in the away game, if it is replaced by Osvaldo, he must focus on defense and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

But Rojas just dared to set up a full-time defensive midfielder and liberated Ricardinho to organize the offense.

The activeness of Ricardinho forced the opponent to deploy special personnel to mark. Coupled with the activeness of Kaka and Ricardo, this disrupted the opponent's midfield and made it impossible for the opponent to organize the attack. .

Up to now, the contest between the two sides is no longer a contest between the head coach's tactics. At this time, any tactics are useless.

The game has become a contest of pure talent between the two players.

Whichever side has better talent and can find more opportunities in this chaotic battle will win.