The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Injuries to the shoulder joints will make it difficult for players to swing their arms when running, maintain their balance, and make it difficult to engage in physical confrontation.

Therefore, although the consequences are not as serious as leg and foot injuries, they will also cause players to be unable to adapt to intense competitive competitions for a period of time.

Inter Milan lost Ricciardo and Ronaldo, and their offensive power dropped significantly. In the match against AC Milan at home on October 25, they were tied 0:0 by their opponents—or 0:0 tied with their opponents.

Facing the full lineup of AC Milan, Vieri and Adriano's front line hardly found any decent opportunities. Veron still refused to pass the ball to Adriano, causing the latter to spend most of his time on the court. Combat alone.

But Mancini still valued Veron's ability to sort out and organize in the midfield, so he endured his willfulness and continued to give him starting opportunities.

And Davis has not found his status. Cambiasso was originally considered to be bought as a substitute for Davis, but gradually gained a foothold.

On October 28th, Inter Milan tied Pepper Lecce 2:2 in an away game. This time they led 2:1 in the first half, but they did not maintain the victory until the end.

On October 31st, Inter Milan was at home and was tied 1:1 by the Blue Eagles Lazio.

On November 3, Inter Milan drew 0:0 with Valencia at home in the Champions League group stage.

On November 7th, the away game drew 1:1 with Fiorentina...

"Inter Milan has lost 5 games in a row..."

"Five consecutive draws, Mancini's team lacks stamina."

"There were frequent mistakes in the defense, and Inter Milan could not open the door to victory."

"Without Ronaldo and Ricciardo, Inter seems to have dropped a notch."

The media kept firing at the team, and even Ricardo, who was recuperating at home, was interviewed by reporters many times.

"I believe in Robert's ability, he can lead the team out of the woods."

"We played well, we just lacked a little bit of luck."

"Inter Milan is not a team of one person. We are a team. Although the injury of Ronaldo and I has brought a little negative impact on the team, I believe the team can overcome difficulties."

Ricardo skillfully used social rhetoric to dismiss the reporters.

Hmph, want to get a cliché from him? Don't be ridiculous, he is a reborn. Dealing with the media, he has 20 years of experience.

He is very clear that as long as he utters a wrong sentence, it will be infinitely magnified by the media and interpreted as a discord between the Inter Milan generals and strife in the locker room.

Therefore, every word he said was cautious, with clear meanings, and would never be misinterpreted.

Inter Milan's winless - or unbeaten continues.

On November 11th, facing his younger brother Bologna, when Inter Milan fell behind by two goals at home, Ronaldo came back and came off the bench, scoring twice and tenaciously chasing the score to 2:2.

On November 14th, in the game as a guest in Sardinia, Ronaldo finally made his debut. Facing Cagliari, Inter Milan was two goals behind in the away game. Ronaldo passed a shot and Adriano scored twice to reverse the score to 3:2.

But their fragile defense made funny mistakes again, and they conceded another goal before the end. In the end, it was difficult to win a victory, and they tied with their opponents 3:3.

After this game, Inter Milan remained unbeaten, but the embarrassing thing is that they didn't win a few games.

They are the team with the most draws in the league, with only 3 victories in 12 league games, 3 wins, 9 draws and 18 points, ranking fifth in the standings.

As a team aspiring to win the championship, such results are far from good.

Their two main competitors,

Juventus ranked first with 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 31 points, and AC Milan ranked second with 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss with 25 points.

The schedule is not over halfway, and the gap between Inter Milan and Juventus is already a desperate 13 points.

The next round of the league will be the first direct match between Inter Milan and Juventus this season. If you can't take advantage of this game to narrow the points gap, then Inter Milan will definitely miss the championship this season.

For Inter Milan, the good news is that the current top star Ronaldo is very healthy, and Ricardo has resumed training with the ball and should be able to play in the game.

But before that, they still have two games to play.

And Ronaldo and Adriano have to go to the world preliminaries.

In the absence of Ricardo, the Brazilian team is still strong enough to sweep Ecuador 5:1.

In this game, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and he also reached a milestone.

After this game, he has scored 79 goals for the Brazilian national team, and Pele's record of 77 is declared dead!

Ricardo regrets that he was not able to witness this historic moment by Ronaldo's side.

On November 21, in the second round of the Coppa Italia, Inter Milan, who came off the bench, beat Bologna 3-1 at home.

On November 24th, Inter Milan, which has hidden most of the main players, drew 1:1 with Werder Bremen in an away game. In the Champions League G group, they ranked first with 3 wins, 2 draws and 11 points. It has been confirmed that they can qualify for the group.

Ricardo entered the squad, but did not appear in the game, and sat on the bench for 90 minutes. The media speculated that he hadn't recovered from his injury.

Mancini said in an interview after the game: "I am very happy that we have won the right to qualify. We will go all out in the next game and strive to get the top spot in the group."

"Ricciardo hasn't recovered to 100%. In order to protect him, I didn't let him play. As for whether he can play in the next game, I have to listen to the team doctor's report."

After the game, Inter Milan returned to Milan and entered closed training after only half a day of rest.

Mancini does not allow anyone to contact the media, nor does he allow reporters to enter during training. He wants the whole team to go all out to deal with the next life-and-death game.

At the Pinettina training base, Inter Milan are experimenting with a strange formation.

In the team match, the main team formed a 4321 formation that had never been used before.

The midfielder is Stankovic in the center, with Cambiasso and Davis behind.

Ricardo is on the left of the front line, Adriano is on the right, and Ronaldo is at the top in the center.

This is not the first time Adriano has played the position of right winger. Although he prefers to play forward, in front of his big brother Ronaldo, he has to play as a defender honestly.

Mancini stopped the game from time to time, corrected the player's running position and direction of the ball, or pointed out the defensive player's replacement and mistakes in assisting defense.

When the match was over, Mancini nodded with satisfaction. Now this team finally had the prototype of a strong team in his mind.

What makes him regret is that Ricardo came back from injury too late, leaving not enough time for the team to adjust. He hasn't had time to tailor specific tactics for the front three, and can only rely on the three players in Brazil. tacit understanding to operate.

But he is confident that as long as the three players in the frontcourt can perform at a normal level, they can beat Juventus to the ground.

As for defense, what is that, can it be eaten? A real man will destroy his opponent with offense!

At this time, he selectively forgot the many previous games where he had an advantage, and the scene where he regretted getting a draw because of the loopholes in the defense...