The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Ricardo and Figo greeted each other, but their eyes drifted to Ronaldo involuntarily.

For future football players like him, Ronaldo and Messi are two living legends, two immortal monuments, and two record holders.

Although in his mind, Ronaldo is the only one, the number one lover, and irreplaceable.

But it is undeniable that Messi and Ronaldo represent the pinnacle of football player development!

Anyone involved in football cannot avoid these two names, just like Pele and Maradona cannot be avoided!

In an era, they are synonymous with football! Just like Ronaldo today!

Noticing Riccardo's gaze, Ronaldo smiled shyly. At this time, he was still a young man with a tender face and high spirits, just like the rising sun.

And the Portuguese players seem to love him very much and protect him very tightly.

His status in the minds of Portuguese fans may be equivalent to Ricardo's status in the minds of Brazilians.

And his performance in this World Cup is also remarkable.

It's just that his performance is also controversial. Especially in the game against England, he encouraged the referee to send off his club teammate Rooney, which provoked the anger of England, especially Manchester United fans.

"Hi, Cristiano," Riccardo suppressed his emotions and greeted him, "This is the first time we've played against each other. I'm very glad to have an opponent like you."

Cristiano Ronaldo blinked his eyes in confusion. He is just a rookie star who has gained fame, while Ricardo is a world-renowned star. The two are not players of the same level. Moreover, they had never met before, and he didn't understand why Ricardo would take the initiative to greet him.

But he responded politely: "I am also very happy to have the opportunity to compete with you. You are the best player in our age group. I hope I can reach your height one day."

"There will be such a day, and it will be very soon." Licado said lightly.

Ronaldo has made rapid progress during this period. It won't take long, in another time and space, but two years later, in 2008, he won his first Golden Globe Award and World Footballer.

So Ricardo was right when he said that.

But Ronaldo was delighted when he heard it. Although he is a very confident player, he never thought that he could reach Ricardo's level soon.

After all, Ricardo is already the "successor of the ball king" in the media. The data of 38 goals and 16 assists in a season cannot be faked.

He couldn't help laughing: "Let's exchange jerseys after the game."

"Okay." Li Kaduo nodded.

When you arrive at the field, you should be ready to line up, shake hands, play the national anthem, take pictures, guess coins...

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started.

Both teams played with all their main players, and Brazil's Emerson and Adriano returned to the starting lineup.

Portugal has a customary 4231 formation, the goalkeeper is Ricardo, defenders Miguel, Meera, Carvalho, Valente, double midfielders Costinha and Maniche, midfielder Deco, Ronaldo He and Figo are the left and right wingers, and the center is Pauletta.

Before the game, the Brazilian team studied the Portuguese game video. Portugal's style of play is very European, the defense system is well done, and the offense is also very layered. But their biggest weakness is the lack of a good center.

Figo and Ronaldo can create a lot of opportunities in every game, but Pauleta always spits out cakes like crazy. When it reaches his mouth, he just refuses to eat it, which is very individual.

This also caused Portugal to play well offensively, but once it entered the opponent's penalty area, it began to be constipated. It only scored 6 goals in 5 games and always gained momentum without scoring.

Pereira's strategic policy for the Brazilian team is: keep an eye on Pauleta, let Pauleta lose the role of the fulcrum in the frontcourt; Carlos stared at his former club teammate Figo and cut off the connection between Figo and Deco.

As long as these points are achieved, there will be no surprises in winning this game.

As for Ronaldo... To be honest, if the current Ronaldo is in the Brazil team, he won't even be able to enter the national team's 23-man roster. In Pereira's mind, his strength is not even comparable to Robinho. Don't need to pay too much attention at all.

At the beginning of the game, the Brazilian team followed Pereira's arrangement and grabbed Deco in the midfield. Roberto Carlos kept a close eye on Figo, which made Portugal's offense impossible.

Portugal's defense simply could not stop Brazil's magic quartet.

Only 2 minutes into the game, Kaka opened the prelude to Brazil's attack with a long shot.

One minute later, Ricardo pulled to the right, and after cooperating with Kaka, he made a pass from the bottom. Adriano grabbed the spot and shot with his right leg. The ball hit Maniche's leg and popped out of the baseline.

In the 5th minute, Ricardo swam to the left to cooperate with Ronaldinho. After taking the ball, he pulled the ball continuously to avoid the Portuguese player's pressure, and then made a through pass. Ronaldinho understood He ran into the penalty area to catch the ball and shot with his left foot from a small angle, but it hit the side net.

In the 7th minute, Ronaldinho made a wonderful pass to Roberto Carlos. Roberto Carlos ended the attack with his trademark powerful long-range shot. The long-range shot was of high quality, but it missed slightly.

Scolari deserves to be the champion coach. He immediately made fine-tuning, allowing Deco to recover his position and return to the middle of the two defensive midfielders, allowing the two defensive midfielders Maniche and Costinha to protect him.

After the retreat, Deco played a greater role. In the 9th minute, he made a wonderful pass from the left. Ronaldo took the ball and broke through Cafu's defense and cut in, and then passed back with his heel.

In the next attack, Portugal switched to the right. Figo broke through and made a pass to find Pauleta, but Juan blocked the pass and destroyed the ball. Pauleta's reaction to this ball was a little slow. If he found Figo passing the ball and immediately stepped forward to respond, it should be able to cause a greater threat.

In the 11th minute, Deco retreated to get the ball and moved to the right in a wide range. Figo dribbled the ball to the ribs and then kicked it into the penalty area. This pass was very delicate, but Pauletta failed to understand Figo's intention. Didn't run at all.

Figo shook his head involuntarily. If he was in the club and he passed this kind of ball to Ricardo or Adriano, he might be able to get an assist.

Pauleta still can't compare with these world-class forwards.

If Portugal can have one of Ronaldo, Adriano, and Ricardo, he is also confident to compete for the World Cup championship.

But he couldn't ask for more, and a genius appeared in his own country... He looked at Cristiano Ronaldo.

It's a pity, I can't wait for him to really grow up... The dream of being a champion, in my generation, cannot be realized...