The Day I Played with Ronaldo

The tired Sao Paulo didn't want to go to overtime. There are also AC Milan people with league missions who don't want to play overtime.

After the time node reached 75 minutes, the two sides intensified their offense in unison.

The difference is that under Pirlo's scheduling, AC Milan's speed was raised all of a sudden, and the rhythm suddenly accelerated; while the players in Sao Paulo seemed to be a little ignorant, their minds were not unified, and some players' physical fitness declined sharply, resulting in three strikes. The thread is pulled a little.

Rojas knew that he had to make a substitution decision. But who will be replaced? Who is going to play again? These main players on the field are temporarily irreplaceable.

Once Ricardo and Ricardinho are replaced, Sao Paulo's offense will have to stop.

Replacing Fabiano, Sao Paulo's ability to seize opportunities in front of goal will decline.

Replacing Rico, Antonio, and Ferreira does not seem to have any impact on the team, because they are not star players. But there is no player on the bench who can replace them.

But there must be substitutions, and the exhausted 11 players cannot be allowed to deal with the entire game on the court. The appearance of a few freshmen is helpful to the team after all. Even if the skills are poor and the consciousness is poor, they are physically fit and can put a lot of pressure on the opponent.

After thinking for a long time, Rojas finally made up his mind.

Leonardo replaced Ricko and retreated to the right midfielder.

The teenager Elton replaced Marco Antonio and played the midfielder position, specifically harassing and pressing Pirlo. Ricardinho retreated to reduce his defensive pressure and continued to be in charge of midfield scheduling.

The teenager Tardelli replaced Luis Fabiano and put him on the left wing, playing a left forward position he was not familiar with.

Ricardo went to the front, acting as an arrow.

This was the best way Rojas could think of.

But after this substitution, Sao Paulo did not show much improvement.

Both Tardelli and Elton are relatively inexperienced in the game. It is really embarrassing for them to compete with experienced world-class players such as Gattuso, Pirlo, and Cafu.

Despite their power and impact, they played like headless flies.

Although Ricardinho retreated and avoided Gattuso's strangulation,

But there is also Seedorf. Seedorf's defensive experience is also very seasoned. In this game, Seedorf has been silent, but he has made great contributions to AC Milan in terms of midfield organization, defense and offense.

Last season, many media believed that AC Milan exchanged left back Koko for Seedorf, which was the best deal AC Milan did in the past 10 years, because it completed the last piece of the AC Milan championship.

It was Seedorf's addition that made AC Milan's midfield complete and finally won the Champions League.

Ricardinho is a very good player, but in the previous confrontation with Gattuso and Pirlo, as well as the current confrontation with Seedorf, he is at a disadvantage in an all-round way.

In the 83rd minute of the game, AC Milan completed several threatening offensives. Although Sao Paulo's offensives did exist, most of them did not create real threats.

Rojas stood on the sidelines and yelled, asking the young players Tardelli and Elton who had just entered the field to strengthen the frontcourt press, and handed over the ball to Ricardo after grabbing the ball.

The midfield organization is weak and the defense is full of loopholes. This is not a problem with one player, but a problem with the whole team.

Rojas had no other thoughts. At this time, he could only choose one person to trust, hoping that this person could turn into a hero and kill the game with his own power.

It's like two boxers fighting each other in the ring, one of them has an absolute advantage, and the other is beaten to the brink and flees with his head in his arms.

At this time, the latter has only one chance, and can only release his own trump card. If he succeeds, he will come back, and if he fails, he will lose the game.

He can only use his best skills and most reliable moves.

The person Rojas chose to believe in was Ricardo.

In the 84th minute, Tardelli's frontcourt press made Cafu make a mistake and kicked the ball out of the touchline. Tardelli immediately threw the ball in front of the field and handed it to Elton. Elton wanted to find Ricardo after getting the ball, but seeing that Ricardo was being marked to death, he had to pass it back to Ricardo.

But at this time Ricardo had already used his running position to run out of the gap, and Ricardo immediately passed through. After taking the ball, Ricardo had no extra strength to dribble and break through, and chose to shoot from the spot. His strong shot from 17 meters away from the goal was resolved by Dida and created a corner kick.

A corner kick was taken, Maldini made a header to clear the siege, and AC Milan launched a counterattack. The ball raced across the midfield to the front of the Sao Paulo penalty area, where Pirlo flicked an overhead ball with his right foot and the ball found Shevchenko precisely. Shevchenko leaned on Julio Santos with his body, stopped the ball with his chest calmly, turned around and volleyed with his right foot 7 meters away from the goal. Cheney judged the wrong direction, but he was in In mid-air, he blocked the ball with his vacated legs.

In the 86th minute, Ricardo withdrew to the position of the midfielder and found Ricardo with a precise long pass. Ricardo barely sprinted a few steps to throw off Gattuso, but Gattuso was caught up immediately Down from behind. Gattuso already has a yellow card in his body, this time Ivanov was merciful and did not show him a second yellow card.

Ricardo personally took the free kick, and the football flew out of the baseline against the crossbar.

After 1 minute, AC Milan had a chance to kill the game, Ferreira kicked Seedorf in front of the penalty area, and Ivanov gave AC Milan a frontcourt free kick.

Pirlo took a free kick with a low arc and gave it to the front point. Inzaghi grabbed the ball and scored.

At that moment, Rojas almost collapsed. Fortunately, the linesman raised the flag to indicate that Inzaghi was offside first, and the referee Ivanov declared the goal invalid.

AC Milan protested around Ivanov for a long time, but Ivanov did not change the penalty and the game continued.

Soon the 90-minute regular time was up, and the fourth official raised the electronic card for 3 minutes of stoppage time.

The running of both sides slowed down, and only a few players who had just entered the field were able to run and sprint quickly.

In the 91st minute, Ricardo made a long pass to find Ricardo. Ricardo turned around in an "L" shape and found a gap in front of Maldini. Knock across the middle. Elton, who followed up, raised his leg and shoveled a shot, but he was a little slower, and the football was kicked by Pancaro first and it was destroyed. Leonardo rushed up and took a shot, but the ball hit the side netting hard.

AC Milan took a goal kick. Under the pressure of Sao Paulo, they played a little messy and handed the ball to Pan Carlo's side. Pan Carlo kicked Leonardo when he was about to pass a long pass to the frontcourt.

The young player Elton quickly controlled the second landing point, followed Rojas' instructions, quickly released the ball, and found Ricardo.