The Day I Played with Ronaldo

On the court, misjudgments are also an inevitable part. Especially now it is more than ten years before VAR technology is introduced into the football field.

Ricardo took a few deep breaths to calm himself down as soon as possible, and then went to pull away Ronaldo and others who were fighting with the referee, lest they take the initiative to apply for a yellow card.

In the rest of the first half, Inter Milan still had a few good quality attacks, but Adriano was very rough. Barely shot and squandered the chance.

In stoppage time, Ricciardo's pass gave Adriano the chance to go straight, but Nesta's tackle ruined the attack and he was also saddled with a yellow card. If AC Milan finally advances, he will miss the next game.

Ronaldo took the free kick, which was held by Dida, and the first half ended.

Entering halftime, the song "Solol' Inter" kept drifting into the locker room. The players, panting, listened to Mancini's instructions.

Mancini didn't comment too much on the performance of the players, he just said "not bad" in general, and seized the time to arrange the tactics for the second half.

Ricardo listened carefully, Mancini did not blame him for the conceded goal, but asked him to participate more actively in the overall defense in the second half, and asked him to cut inside more, if AC Milan continued to use foul tactics, it would be Create more free kick opportunities in dangerous areas.

Correspondingly, Mancini was prepared to replace Mihajlovic with free-kicks at the beginning of the second half in order to seize the opportunity of set-pieces. Mihajlovic replaced C. Zanetti, who will play central defender.

The team changed to 343, and Favalli and Zanetti's positions were advanced. However, Mikhailovich's running ability is very poor. Coverage and filling are his shortcomings. After all, he is 35 years old. In the system of three central defenders, he is a time bomb, so this substitution is still There are great hidden dangers.

In addition, Mancini was obviously dissatisfied with Adriano, and another substitution adjustment he made was to replace Adriano with Martins.

Adriano hung his head, unable to see his expression clearly. Presumably he should feel uncomfortable. However, since the second half of the season, his state has indeed declined sharply, which may be related to his spending too much time in nightclubs.

Of course, even if the state declines, he is still a first-rate striker. In this time and space, his father has not passed away, he has not completely fallen, and the person who is most important to him always calls him back on the edge of the cliff. But the lack of self-discipline common in South American players has been reflected in him.

However, Mancini replaced him not only because he was in poor condition, but also because his injury had not healed, and his running ability on the field became worse, making it difficult to continue to threaten AC Milan.

At the same time, Mancini also removed Veron, who had not passed the ball to Ricardo and Ronaldo, and replaced him with Emre. Emre plays the front midfielder. One of his important responsibilities is to mark Pirlo and destroy Pirlo's rhythm.

The 3 substitution quotas were used up in one breath. If Inter Milan suffered an injury in the second half or a player left the field with a red card, the team would face a situation where no one could be replaced, so this was also a big gamble.

Ricardo thought that Mancini's gambling was really heavy, so he didn't know if he bought the betting for this game...

"We only have 45 minutes left." After arranging the tactics for the second half, Mancini glanced at the players. If you don't seize those 45 minutes, you will be ruined."

The players listened carefully, nodding slightly from time to time.

Mancini continued: "I've never tasted the Champions League yet,

You too. Don't you want to win a Champions League in your lifetime? This is the highest honor a player can receive outside of the World Cup. "

"I want to!" "Of course I want to!" "I want to win the Champions League too!"

"That's good," Mancini nodded with satisfaction, "Our goal is the same. Then in the next 45 minutes, let me see how much you want to win the Champions League and whether you are willing to pay for it everything."

The game restarted and AC Milan kicked off. After getting the ball, they started to fall in the backcourt and were not in a hurry to launch an offensive. However, Inter Milan followed Mancini's tactical arrangement and launched a fierce high-position press. All players except Ronaldo were involved in intercepting and stealing.

Such crazy pressing is still effective. Although AC Milan has a master of rhythm control like Pirlo, but the new force Emre's close defense against him makes it difficult for Pirlo to play the ball. It is difficult for AC Milan to be as leisurely as in the first half of the game. The backcourt fell.

In the 49th minute, Inter Milan made a successful steal in the frontcourt and immediately passed the ball to Ronaldo. After Ronaldo caught the attention of two defensive players, he stuffed it to Ricardo on the left. Ricardo took the ball and entered the penalty area with a flicker, raised his left foot and volleyed to the far corner, but he didn't hit the right part when he kicked, the ball was soft and was easily confiscated by Dida.

Riccardo himself was also very annoyed that such a good opportunity was wasted by him. If he failed to win this match, he would regret it for a long time.

Faced with Inter Milan's pressing, AC Milan failed to come up with a good solution for a while. Perhaps they were waiting for the Inter Milan players to exhaust themselves. After all, such a high-position pressing consumes a lot of energy.

But in the 51st minute, there was a turning point on the field. After another tackle in midfield, Cambiasso handed the ball to Emre, who immediately passed it laterally to Ricciardo on the left.

Ricardo sprinted immediately after taking the ball, and used his speed to pass Cafu. This was one of his few breakthroughs in this field. When he arrived at the corner of the penalty area, facing the oncoming Stam and Cafu who had been chasing him, Ricardo did not dribble too much, and immediately returned a kick to Emre.

Emre passed it to Ronaldo. At this time, Ronaldo showed the tactical quality and imagination of top players. He faced the incoming ball sideways and made a posture to take the ball and wipe it in, but he tapped the heel of his right foot lightly and knocked the ball to nothing. after the point.

Martins jumped in at high speed and grabbed the ball before the AC Milan players. Then he lightly dunked in front of Nesta to shake the angle, and immediately volleyed from a close corner.

Dida reacted accurately, but the ball was too close to the goal, only about 6 or 7 meters, and he couldn't make a full move. After blocking the ball, the football bounced off the post.

Before the AC Milan players breathed a sigh of relief, a player wearing the blue and black No. 9 jersey appeared in front of the football like a god descending from the earth.