The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Although he kept saying that he wanted Cruzeiro to see the strength of the South American champion, Ricardo would not take Cruzeiro lightly.

Aside from the fact that Cruzeiro is Ronaldo's home team, in fact no one can ignore Cruzeiro's record this season. It is no fluke that they can be ranked first.

Alex, who has played 0 times for the Brazilian national team and scored 10 goals, is the core of their midfield, commanding and dispatching in the midfield, and has excellent free kicks and long-range shots; Cruzeiro was gradually transformed into a defensive midfielder. His strong defense made Cruzeiro's waist stiff; in addition, the midfielder also included the newly promoted international footballer Mao Linhuo and the 94 World Cup hero Jinhuo. On the front line, there is Aristi Abal, an experienced veteran who has played 61 games for Colombia.

The strongest part of Cruzeiro is the defense line. They have conceded the fewest goals in the Brazilian League so far this season.

Their centre-back is a pairing of Chile international Maldonado and Brazil international Chris. Maldonado grew up in Sao Paulo but moved to Cruzeiro before Ricardo entered the first team last season. . The right back is Maicon - he will grow into the world's number one right back in the future. He has strength and speed, is tall and has long legs. He is a full back with excellent offensive and defensive skills.

If you only look at the current strength and ignore the potential, Cruzeiro actually has a steady lead over Santos and deserves to lead the league.

Before this battle, Sao Paulo conducted closed training, and Rojas also made many arrangements for Cruzeiro's characteristics.

However, at the Morombi Stadium, it was the visiting team who scored first. They took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt and Alex took the penalty into the penalty area. He shook his head and attacked the goal. Cheney stretched as much as he could, but it was still a hair's breadth away, and Cruzeiro took the lead in the second minute.

Sao Paulo fans are not discouraged, they are still cheering for the home team enthusiastically, and the tricolor flag is flying all over the sky. They didn't have to wait long.

In the 5th minute, Sao Paulo played an exquisite cooperation on the right. Leonardo, who replaced Simplicio who was absent due to injury, tried to break through the side and failed, then handed the ball to Ricardinho who came over to respond.

Ricardo didn't even look at it, and passed the ball directly with a cross-legged kick, and the ball flew to Ricardo's feet. Ricardo directly passed the ball back, then turned around and ran forward, Ricardinho understood and did not stop the ball, and then gave the ball to Ricardo.

Ricardo once again passed the ball without stopping, this time he swept the ball to Fabiano in the middle. After Fabiano stopped the ball, he found that the opposing defender had rushed up and there was no room to shoot, so he passed the ball back to Ricardinho.

Ricardinho rubbed the ball directly,

The football flew high, quickly climbed to the highest point, passed over the heads of the opponent's defenders, and fell sharply. Ricardo caught up with the ball, and before the football hit the ground, he volleyed. Although the angle was small, his shot was quite precise, and the ball went straight to the far corner, hitting Cruzeiro goalkeeper Andre by surprise.

After finishing the shot, Ricardo didn't look at the result at all. Based on the feedback from his feet, he was confident that the goal would definitely be scored, so he took off his shirt and started running wildly to celebrate.

"Riccardo goalllll!" The commentator roared passionately at the right time, "Amazing goal! Sao Paulo equalized the score and the two sides returned to the same starting line! Ricardo showed his excellent sense of smell in front of goal, excellent His running position and top-level footwork! This is his 25th Brazilian goal for Sao Paulo this season, and he continues to lead the scorer list!"

"Sao Paulo, who played at home, was very conservative from the first minute. This was their first threatening attack of the game and they scored a goal!"

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In the stands, Shidela was in a happy mood, not just because of Riccardo's goal. Recently, she has been in a good mood.

Ever since the morning run with Licado was exposed, reporters often ambushes on their running route in the morning, and once they pass by, there will be a burst of flashing lights.

Shi Dela was very annoyed and a little uneasy, but her fame skyrocketed. Many shows, exhibitions, ceremonies, and high-level social receptions sent invitations to her, and countless magazines and newspapers invited her For the photo shoot, she and her agent were very busy.

Although she was unwilling to rely on the scandal with Ricardo to gain attention, Shi Dela had considered denying her relationship with Ricardo in an interview, but after a long talk with her agent, she accepted the reality— —At this time, she has no room for bargaining, and must seize every opportunity to climb up. Since Ricardo didn't come forward to clarify, it's best for her to keep silent.

After Ricardo and Ambrosio officially broke up, Shi Dela was also the first to get the news. At first, she felt a little guilty, mixed with a little joy; soon, she realized that her chance had come.

How to seize the opportunity and shorten the distance with Ricardo?

In Shi Dela's view, the only way to start is from football. So in the last few home games in Sao Paulo, she never lost a game. After each game, she chatted with Ricardo about the game during the morning run the next day.

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Rojas, who has always been conservative, continued his conservative style in this game. The team has always focused on solid defense and possession of the ball, and the offense is very cautious.

In fact, most attacking players prefer to play offensive football, and Ricardo is no exception, because of course that way of playing is more hearty.

However, playing relatively conservative football, concentrating on the whole game, paying attention to the fleeting opportunities that rarely appear, and firmly grasping them once they appear, turning them into goals is also a kind of fun.

After the score was equalized, Sao Paulo continued to recover and confronted Cruzeiro in a leisurely manner.

Rojas emphasized in the locker room that the second half is the time to exert strength, and it is good to keep the tie in the first half.

Even if the second half begins to exert strength, it is necessary to stabilize the defense first, because Sao Paulo cannot lose this game and cannot continue to be stretched.

If he had to take risks to win, then he would rather choose a safe draw and then grab points from other teams in the future, and he must not lose to direct competitors.

Cruzeiro did not act recklessly. They also chose to defend first and then counterattack in the away game. Therefore, in the rest of the first half, the two teams played extremely dull and returned to the locker room with a score of 1:1.

In the locker room of the home team, Rojas was smiling. Although he valued the game very much, he did not want to show anxiety to affect the performance of the players.