The Day I Played with Ronaldo

In this Brazilian national team, 9 players are from overseas and 13 players are from domestic clubs.

Overseas players form their own faction, while domestic clubs are vaguely divided into three factions. Three players from Sao Paulo form their own faction; in addition, Corinthians also have three players selected, Gil, Fabio Luciano and Kleber. They are also in their own way; the rest of the club players are also in their own way.

However, due to the charm of live football, the barriers between the various factions have been slightly dispelled.

Although Sao Paulo and Corinthians are enemies, they are not mortal enemies. Sao Paulo-Santos and Corinthians-Palmelas are the mortal enemies.

So after a few days of training and the tacit understanding formed on the live battlefield, the players quickly chatted and laughed.

In this Brazilian team, factional struggles are not harsh. The most important point is that most of the players selected this time are fringe players of the national team.

It was hard to be selected once. If you don’t train hard and compete well, you may not have a chance to be selected next time, so everyone didn’t put too much attention on the faction struggle.

Before the game against Cameroon, several players from Sao Paulo got good news: In the second leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-final, Sao Paulo, who was missing them, drew with Medellin Independiente 2:2, Kaka scored two dollars alone.

In this way, Sao Paulo advanced to the final with a total score of 5:2. Their opponents in the final will be born between Boca Juniors and Cali America. The two teams met in the first round, and Boca Juniors defeated their opponents 2-0 at home.

So Sao Paulo is likely to join forces with the powerful Boca Juniors from Argentina in the final.

But if Brazil go far enough in the Confederations Cup, they will only be able to reach the second leg of the final.

The first round of the Copa Libertadores will be played on June 25, just after the group stage of the Confederations Cup.

The proud Brazilian doesn't think he can break out of the group.

However, Cameroon, the first opponent in the group stage, gave them a blow!

The match at the Stade de France on the evening of June 19th has gone on to the 77th minute, and Cameroon is still leading 1:0! It was Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o who scored the goal.

This patchwork Brazil team has no cooperation on the court and no big names. Ronaldinho is considered the biggest name in this Brazilian team, but he has not yet joined Barcelona at this time, and he is far from being able to compare with the state when he won the Golden Globe in the future.

The heavy tank Adriano on the front line is still a little immature at this time, and his individual combat ability is slightly insufficient.

Pereira observed the situation on the field indifferently, and then turned his gaze to the bench: "Ricardo, Ricardinho, go warm up."

Ricardo and Ricardinho quickly took off their coats and stood up.

They've suffocated on the bench.

Pereira used 4231 starters in this game, Adriano came forward, behind him were Ronaldinho, Gil and Luis Fabiano, Emerson and Clay from Parana Burson teamed up to occupy the midfield.

Judging from the game content of the more than 70 minutes on the field, this lineup did not produce the chemical reaction it should have.

Ronaldinho was obsessed with individual performances, and he made all kinds of fancy moves at his fingertips, playing tricks on Cameroon's defensive players, but he failed to create more murderous intentions.

Both Gil and Fabiano seem to be a bit out of tune with the rhythm of the national team's game. They run like headless chickens on the field and can't always appear on the correct route.

Adriano did have a few threatening shots, but there is still some distance from the real goal.

Those players from the top five European leagues regarded this Confederations Cup match as a vacation, and did not take it seriously at all. Emerson, Lucio, Dida, etc. all seemed not concentrated enough.

Pereira looked very calm.

He led the team in this cup for the purpose of training troops, and he didn't think about what kind of results he would achieve. According to the tradition of the Brazilian team, even if his performance in these games is poor, his position will not be shaken. There is only one indicator to evaluate his merits and demerits: the World Cup.

Apart from the World Cup, other games are not important.

There is no way the Brazilian Football Federation will sack him for losing a few inconsequential games before the World Cup results come out.

But losing to Cameroon is a matter of shame after all, so he has to dispatch troops to change the situation on the field.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Ricardo and Ricardinho both played, and they replaced Gil and Kleberson respectively. In this way, the three players of Sao Paulo got together on the field.

The appearance of the two of them also seemed to activate Fabiano. Two minutes later, the three of them played a wonderful cooperation: Ricardinho passed a half-high ball of about 25 meters in the midfield, which was just right. found Licardo.

Ricardo bent his legs slightly, stopped the ball with his chest in a half-squat position, and then passed the ball to Fabiano neatly.

Fabiano stopped the ball firmly and tried to break through, but found that the opponent's defensive position was very secure, so he passed the ball back to Ricardinho who was plugging in at high speed.

Ricardinho didn't stop the ball, he directly put the ball in, and the football rolled accurately to the feet of Ricardo who had just run into the penalty area.

Ricardo was not greedy, and quickly hit the ball horizontally with his left foot, but he used a little more force and the speed of the ball was a little faster than he expected. It was not convenient for Adriano to stop the ball, so he just shot directly. The football is like a cannonball Cameroon's goal was also slammed, but the opponent's goalkeeper struggled to resolve it, and Brazil won a corner kick.

Although he didn't score a goal, he did play a wonderful match this time, which won a burst of applause from the neutral fans, and Pereira also applauded softly from the sidelines.

This is what people think Brazil should look like.

The Brazilian team took a corner kick and sent it to the front point, which was headed out by the Cameroon defender.

The Cameroonian controlled the second point and was about to counterattack, but was intercepted by Emerson when he turned around. Emerson quickly handed the ball to Fabiano. Fabiano glanced at it, took a few steps to the bottom line, and kicked a pass.

Adriano used his physical advantage to lean against the Cameroonian central defender, jumped up and stopped the ball with his chest and then forced a goal. The ball bounced off the Cameroonian player.

Ricardo, who had been waiting for an opportunity in the penalty area, stepped forward sensitively, and volleyed directly, and the football hit the net!

In the 86th minute, Brazil equalized the score!

Afterwards, although the Brazilian team got two more chances, both Adriano and Ricardo's shots missed the goal, and the score was maintained until the end.

After the game, the media criticized the Brazilian team, thinking that they lacked fighting spirit, lack of cooperation, and ugly skills. They almost lost to the African team and shamed the Brazilians. However, for the performances of Ricardo, Adriano and Ronaldinho, they are still unanimous in their praise.