The Day I Played with Ronaldo

"Understandable," Licardo said with a smile, "I have just played 14 professional games, people are worried that I may be a short-lived meteor. Even if they are curious about me, they will be patient first. At least until this time Only after the end of the season can there be more reports on me. Moreover, this can also allow public opinion on the Internet to ferment first, which is not a bad thing."

"I think so too," Yang Fan secretly admired, this child has a maturity and vision that is not commensurate with his age, "Then I will report now what I have done and how much it cost..."

The current pre-publicity expenses are actually not much. The main thing is to invite some sailors on the Internet to guide public opinion. Domestic fans have a good impression of Ricardo.

The money was provided by Ricardo. He received a signing fee of 500,000 reais, from which he drew 50,000 reals, or almost 20,000 US dollars, for Yang Fan to operate.

In the short term, there is no benefit to be seen from this money, but as long as public opinion ferments and Licardo’s influence in China increases, he can earn back hundreds of times and thousands of times by simply accepting a few advertisements.

But the premise is that Ricardo can continue his performance on the field. A football star must speak with football after all.

After the report, seeing that Yang Fan hesitated to speak, Li Kaduo asked curiously: "Is there anything else that is inconvenient to say?"

Yang Fan smiled bitterly: "It's not inconvenient to talk about it. I didn't ask for your consent for this matter, and it didn't have a good result. In fact, it doesn't affect you, so I thought about whether I should mention it to you."

"Go ahead."

"That's right. When I returned to China this time, I went to the Football Association, found several main leaders, and invited them to a meal," Yang Fan said slowly, "During the meal, I mentioned your business."

"What do you want me to do?" Ricardo wondered.

Yang Fan said frankly: "I just want to ask, in your situation, can they help you apply for Chinese nationality. The 2004 Olympic Games will be coming soon. If you can become a Chinese citizen and represent China in the Olympics, you will definitely be able to lead this team. achieve better results.”

Ricardo shook his head and smiled, "You think too much, no one can move the current Chinese team."

"If it's you, it's definitely possible!" Yang Fan seemed to have become a fan of Ricardo, "You can definitely bring something different to this Olympic team."

"Don't talk about it," Licado still shook his head, "After you mentioned it, what did the other party say?"

Yang Fan had a bitter smile on his face, and deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead, "Several people told me that there was no such precedent before, and China has never had naturalized players, and they don't plan to start it for the time being." Said that China has a vast land and rich resources, there is no shortage of talents, and there is no need to import from outside. The top leader said that you have not made any contribution to Chinese football, and it is impossible to make an exception for you. If you want to become a Chinese citizen, you must invoke the regulations of the Nationality Law , lived in China for more than 8 years, or invested in China for more than 3 years, or returned to China to participate in the A-League, achieved good results, promoted the development of Chinese football, and made contributions to the development of Chinese football..."

In other words, I was rejected... Licado waved his hand and said: "Okay, needless to say. That is to say, it is impossible for me to have the opportunity to become a Chinese citizen in the short term, so I can play on behalf of the Chinese team."

Yang Fan shook his head: "Frankly speaking, it's impossible."

"I didn't expect this at all," Ricardo said with a smile. "Maybe Scolari will recruit me soon. It would be better to play for Brazil, at least there is hope for the World Cup."

"It's true. For a football player, the World Cup is the biggest dream." Yang Fan smiled.

"Sure. Which soccer player doesn't dream of a World Cup." Although he said so,

Ricardo still had deep regrets in his heart.

On the one hand, he really wants to compete with Ronaldo for the highest honor in world football. On the other hand, he actually has no sense of belonging to Brazil. If he wants to fight for his country, he is more willing to represent China in the competition.

If the Brazilian team does not call him up, but China calls him up, he will hesitate, and may even choose China. But the reality is that it is impossible for China to recruit him, but the Brazilian team is likely to call him up in the past two years.

He was not given a chance to choose and hesitate. The Chinese Football Association has simply rejected him.

"That's the end of the matter." Ricardo was still very calm on the surface, "Just talk between us, don't go to the media."

"I know," Yang Fan nodded and said, "If the media reported this, the Football Association would think that we were putting pressure on them, and would probably make a decision to ban you, so that all sports media across the country would not be allowed to report your news. That’s more than worth the candle.”

Then concentrate on preparing to play for Brazil. Next year's Confederations Cup, do you have a chance to participate? If not, there should be a chance in the Copa America next year.

After sending Yang Fan away, Ricko drove his newly bought second-hand car to the training base with Licado.

The team began to prepare for the away game against Santos.

Santos is currently not ranked high in the standings, only ranked 6th. They were rookies this season, and set off a youthful storm in the national championship. The main players on the offensive line, Robinho, Elano, William, and Diego, are all under 21 years old. Among them, Robinho was only 18 years old, and Diego was only 17 years old. Their reputation in today's Brazilian football is no less than that of Ricardo.

The young players are full of drive, but their disadvantage is that they are unstable. They can beat strong teams like Flamengo and Corinthians by a large margin, or lose to underdogs like Gama and the Portuguese inexplicably. And their home record is very good. They are unbeaten at home so far this season, but their away record is poor.

It is conceivable that, facing Sao Paulo at home, they are entirely likely to perform beyond the level and create great difficulties for Sao Paulo.

Santos is a team with a great history. The ball king Pele once played here. In the past 20 years, no one can resist. He scored 1091 goals for Santos, won 9 Sao Paulo state championships, 6 national championships, and 2 South American liberations. The winner of the Players Cup was extremely popular for a while.

But since Pele's departure, Santos has never been honored again.

In Ricardo's memory, in the original time and space, it was in this season that Santos showed his status as a dark horse, participated in the playoffs at the bottom of the crane, and finally defeated Corinthians to counterattack and win the championship. In the end, it became a good story in Brazilian football.