Chapter 455: Du Xinghe's Football Memories (Part II)
Despite his claim that he is already 100 per cent Parisian, his subjective desire for higher honours and the objective deterioration of the club's financial situation have told him the reality that the summer of 2003 was the time to say goodbye to Paris. Facing the call of many giants, facing a more tempting European arena, a broader stage is waiting for him to conquer, where will Ronaldinho's next stop be?
When Ronaldinho took over the number 10 shirt from Barcelona president Joan Laporta, a new era dawned on Barcelona, with the arrival of the Brazilian elf bringing joy to the entire city of Barcelona. Although Ronaldo's dazzling skills were enough to convince Barcelona fans, no one knew at the time how much of a difference the magical Brazilian could bring to the club.
At that time, FC Barcelona was in a turbulent period, and the team was full of contradictions and scattered. Some people compared Barcelona, which had missed the title for five years at the time, to the ruins of a giant club, and what Ronaldinho needed to do was to rebuild the prestige of the giant club on this ruin.
As soon as he landed in the passionate land of the Iberian Peninsula, Ronaldinho touched the hearts of the fans with a vow to lead Barcelona to the league title. Ronaldo's enthusiasm and expressiveness matched the Catalan people's uninhibited personality, and fans quickly fell in love with the showman's every move on the pitch.
Ronaldinho did not disappoint the Barcelona fans, in the UEFA Cup against Slovakian Pucciov. He scored his first hat-trick for Barcelona. For a time, Barcelona fans affectionately called Ronaldo "God's gift to Barcelona".
Despite a near-perfect start, Ronaldinho's first season at Barcelona has not been smooth sailing, and like many stars, Ronaldinho has not escaped injuries that have interrupted him in the league and missed a number of games in his quest to the title, including the Spanish derby at the Camp Nou.
Just as the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid in the standings was widening, Ronaldinho, who had recovered from injury, returned. A healthy Ronaldo has injected endless motivation into the Barcelona team. In the second half of the league. Barcelona are on the back and are even on the verge of winning the title after a record of 17 unbeaten runs. During that season, Ronaldinho contributed 22 goals for Barcelona. Barcelona in the final moments. Surpassed arch-rival Real Madrid. Finished runner-up in the league.
In the eyes of Barcelona fans. Xiao Luo is the hero of the team, the soul of the field, and an absolute idol. Ronaldinho has also been influencing all his teammates on the field, the fans on the pitch, and even the opposing players with his happiness. Even when he was repeatedly violated by his opponents, he would still face these with a smile, and whenever Xiao Luo smiled, his bright smile could not hide the protruding buckteeth.
Some say Ronaldinho has the face of a devil and the footwork of an angel, while others say that if he were to have Beckham's looks, he would be even more perfect.
Ronaldinho would always respond with a smile: I'm ugly, but I'm charming.
There was a famous dentist in Barcelona called Cavo who said: I have told Xiao Luo many times through the Barcelona management that I will make his smile more perfect, and now I feel stupid, because Xiao Luo is to make others smile more perfectly.
However, Ronaldinho also has angry times, when the captain Puyol was unreasonably violated by the other party, Xiao Luo rushed forward angrily, and fought unevenly, whenever there was an unfair penalty in the field, Xiao Luo would also show his rare angry expression, in his eyes, there is no room for any unfair sand in his eyes, football is always pure, in his eyes, football is his own life.
In the 04-05 season, Barcelona made a big move in the transfer market, and even several talented players Saviola, Kluivert and Riquelme were excluded from the squad and loaned.
At the same time, around Ronaldinho, Barcelona brought in new blood such as Eto'o, Deco, Giuli and Larsson, and Barcelona created a new and strong squad for Ronaldo.
Although many people think that Barcelona are taking risks, more people who have been impressed by Ronaldo's wonderful skills have given him their trust. The reforms of the Barcelona team quickly brought them to the top of the league standings, and they have not been at the top of the league for a long time, and they have not smelled the championship for a long time.
On 21 November 2004, the Camp Nou welcomed Ronaldinho's most important game since his arrival, which was also the first national derby Ronaldinho faced at the Camp Nou.
On this day, Ronaldinho and his senior brother Ronaldo met for the first time as rivals at Camp Nou.
On this day, the comparison of the two became the focus of all the media attention, and during the match, the table of the two became the main line of the broadcast of Barcelona TV, and Ronaldo and Ronaldo will compete in this match.
Halfway through the first half, Ronaldinho passed through Eto'o, and with his help, Eto'o continued his Real Madrid killer magic.
Barcelona's second goal was also initiated by Ronaldinho, and it was Van Bronckhorst who delivered the fatal blow.
Of course, assists alone are not enough for Ronaldo, who is eager to score in a game that is watched all over the world.
When Samuel Eto'o awarded Barcelona a penalty, Ronaldo did not hesitate to step up to the penalty spot, followed by scoring and celebrating.
Ronaldinho was the happiest man in the crowd and he turned Camp Nou into a sea of joy. After the game, the Spanish media wrote: The happy Ronaldinho defeated the frustrated Ronaldo to establish a new order in La Liga.
2004 is a major year in world football, and it is also the year of the dark horse in world football. It is the outstanding performance of the dark horse team in the tournament that makes it difficult for world football to choose a convincing hero.
this year. The European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year award are in suspense. With his outstanding performance, Ronaldinho was nominated for both awards, and for the first time the European Ballon d'Or trophy was so close to Ronaldinho.
In the end, the election of the Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shevchenko somewhat disappointed Xiao Luo's 2004 deposit. But when the results were announced, Ronaldinho finally lifted the trophy by a wide margin, the first time FIFA has given the award to a player who has not won any titles this year.
Perhaps in the eyes of many, Ronaldinho's results are no longer important, because the championship is only a matter of time for him.
With the La Liga title largely secured, what Ronaldinho needs to do is lead Barcelona to victory at the Bernabeu.
However, this time, the star-studded and united Real Madrid team did not let Barcelona and Ronaldinho get their wish.
If there are any regrets about Ronaldinho's 2004. That is not to win Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Win the second national derby.
Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Raul, Owen, under the bag of the five superstars, Ronaldinho was alone, after losing to Real Madrid 2:4. Barcelona and Ronaldinho can only save their hopes of victory at the Bernabeu for next season.
However, the defeat in the national derby did not affect the pace of Barcelona's progress. Under Ronaldinho. The Barcelona team played triumphantly all the way and smiled proudly in La Liga.
In the end, Barcelona won the league championship two rounds ahead of schedule and beat rival Real Madrid. They also broke the club's all-time record with 84 points.
To commemorate this great occasion, the club held a gala dinner at the Camp Nou stadium, and Ronaldinho naturally became the most eye-catching figure of the party, when he appeared at the Camp Nou stadium with a toy gesture symbolizing his signature move, the most enthusiastic applause in the stadium was dedicated to the magical football elf.
After winning the title after a six-year absence, Barcelona will need to face how to truly build their dynasty and defend their title. In the first few rounds of the season, they were not as invincible as one might think, and in the first few rounds of the league, the dark horse team occupied the top spot in La Liga.
Amid people's doubts, the defending champions, under the leadership of Ronaldinho, have steadily advanced and finally returned to the top of the standings. Ronaldo has made almost 100 appearances for Barcelona over two years, scoring a total of 44 goals in 100 games, almost one in every two games, and in those games, Barcelona have a whopping 60% win rate.
On 25 October 2005, Ronaldinho made his 100th appearance for Barcelona, scoring a goal and providing an assist. After the game, Ronaldinho put the two jerseys worn in the game into a safe and treasured them forever. Ronaldinho also scored his 50th goal for Barcelona this season. These numbers bear witness to Ronaldinho's success, and these matches have become Ronaldinho's most memorable memories.
Of course, the new season should be remembered by Ronaldinho, who returned to the Bernabeu six months later to face the Real Madrid stars again.
Passing like Beckham, organizing like Zidane, passing like Ronaldo, shooting like Raul, this is what many domestic websites say about Ronaldinho.
In the eyes of fans, he alone is enough to replace Real Madrid's four heavenly kings.
In this derby of the century, the legend of the hero of the Ronaldinho derby continues. In front of Ronaldinho, Real Madrid's backline was useless, and he twice dribbled with the ball, made a long run from midfield, and penetrated the Real Madrid goal guarded by Casillas twice in almost the same way. Ronaldinho single-handedly sank the Galaxy Battleship, and even more legendary, Ronaldo's wonderful goal actually made the proud Madrid fans all stand up and applaud him.
The last time he created such a miracle at the Bernabeu was Maradona, the football champion 16 years ago.
Just a week after the national derby victory at the Bernabeu, Ronaldinho finally did what his father Joao had predicted. Standing on the podium of the European Ballon d'Or, Ronaldinho must also recall his father's words: There is a Golden Ball in Europe that will belong to you.
Since 2005, the trophy has forever engraved the name of Ronaldinho's new generation of champions.
Compared to 2004, Ronaldinho's 2005 was even more exciting, and after winning the European Ballon d'Or, he defeated Frank Lampard and team-mate Samuel Eto'o to become the world footballer of the year again.
At the same time, Ronaldo also became another Mr. Double winner in the same year after Ronaldo and Rivaldo, so the 3R group has become the only three Mr. Double winners in world football, in this year, Ronaldinho has a number of titles such as La Liga title, Spanish Super Cup and Confederations Cup.
Thanks to Ronaldinho's magical table xiàn. Veteran football kings Pele and Maradona competed to be the first to compare Ronaldo to himself. They all see Ronaldinho as their best successor.
After the Pele era, the Maradona era, the Zidane era, the Ronaldo era. We are ushering in a new era in world football. This was the Ronaldinho era.
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And the golden jersey of the Chinese national team in this plane has a meaning. In the last plane, the yellow jersey represents the highest honor for every Brazilian player. All the Brazilian players see the yellow jersey of the national team as their goal and direction.
From signing his first professional contract to wearing the national team jersey, Ronaldinho took only one year.
In 1999, then-Brazilian national team coach Luxenburg recruited Ronaldinho, who had only one year of domestic league experience, into the national team in preparation for the Copa America in Paraguay.
In a warm-up match before the Copa America, Ronaldo made his debut for the national team with a 3-0 win over Lithuania for Brazil.
In the first match against Venezuela on June 26, Luxenburg sent Ronaldinho on the field in the 70th minute of the game, so that Ronaldinho wore the number 21 shirt and made his official international debut, but no one expected that Ronaldo's debut with the national team would be so perfect, because after only four minutes on the pitch, Ronaldo scored his first goal for the national team, which was reminiscent of Pele's goal against Wales in the 1958 World Cup.
The day after the match, Brazilian television repeatedly broadcast two goals from Ronaldo and Pele. Ronaldinho, who became famous in the first game, did not quickly become the main force of the team in that cup, because the national team had Ronaldo and Rivaldo two major strikers at that time, and it was with their excellent performance that the Brazilian team won the final championship, and tasted the taste of winning the cup in the national team for the first time on the international stage, and Ronaldo's international career had a good start.
After the Copa America, Brazil participated in the Confederations Cup in Mexico, and the big names such as Ronaldo and Rivaldo did not come with the team, so Ronaldinho played a regular role in the national team for the first time.
If his performance at the America's Cup was his debut on the international stage, the Confederations Cup was his first full-fledged appearance.
At this time, Xiao Luo's jersey number has changed from 21 to 7.
In the first three group games, Ronaldinho scored a goal in each of their games, and Brazil beat Germany, the United States and New Zealand to advance to the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals, in a heavy rain, Brazil swept Saudi Arabia, known as the Brazilian team in Asia, 8-2, in that game, Ronaldinho scored his first hat-trick in the national team, and all three goals were spectacular.
In that game, Ronaldo was brilliant, he won the cheers of the stands in the opposition penalty area with his magical passing skills and feints, and he unscrupulously teased the opposing players, and the Brazilian media believed that Ronaldo was brilliant and reached a new height in this game, which also proved that in the Copa America, that magical goal was not made by Romont, his technical foundation is strong, and his future is limitless.
Although Brazil lost to Mexico in the final and failed to win the championship, Ronaldo won the Golden Boot of this cup with six goals and gradually became known to fans around the world.
However, Ronaldinho's international career has not always been smooth sailing. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Ronaldo led the team to defeat in the quarter-finals. They were unable to help Brazilian football win the only missing Olympic gold medal.
In that game, Ronaldo's last-minute free-kick dragged the game into extra time, but a golden goal from Cameroon ruined the Brazilians' dream of winning the championship, and what made Ronaldo feel even more regretful was that it was he who was tackled by the opponent while dribbling the ball, which led the Brazilian team to concede. Sydney's defeat also left Ronaldo's biggest regret in his international career.
For any player to become an international superstar, the World Cup is the ideal stage. Before the 2002 World Cup, when people mentioned the 3Rs of the Brazilian team. Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Romagno come to mind. With the defeat of the veteran Romagno, the 3R combination was changed to Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho, who is only 22 years old.
In fact, in that World Cup qualifier, Ronaldo was not the main player of the team. He made a total of five appearances for Brazil. But in the next game. Ronaldo proved Scolari's choice right.
In the first match of the World Cup. In the match against Turkey, Xiao Luo made his first appearance in the World Cup finals, and in the next match against the Chinese team. Ronaldo made another breakthrough, and after Ronaldo scored a penalty, several big brothers gave Ronaldo the opportunity to give him his first goal in the World Cup with the team's victory already decided.
In the 3R combination, Ronaldo, wearing the No. 11 shirt, is a playmaker on the field, and his main responsibility is to pass good balls to the two big brothers in the front line, so that Ronaldinho has only scored two goals in this Cup, which is not as good as Rivaldo who scored five goals and Ronaldo who scored eight goals. But Xiao Luo's optimistic and lively attitude to the game is still admirable.
The 1/4 final with England became a game that belonged to Ronaldinho, because in that game, wonderful assists, weird goals, and even the final red card, Ronaldo made the whole game deeply branded himself.
In South Korea and Japan, Brazil had the last laugh with a seven-match winning streak and Ronaldinho winning his first World Cup.
In the final, Ronaldinho was replaced by Jujunio five minutes before the end, and Scolari also recognised his contribution to the game in this way. But frankly, this World Cup belongs to Ronaldo, and Rotunguò Jr. has become a world superstar in this World Cup, but he can only be regarded as an important figure in the team and has not yet become the master of the team.
After winning the World Cup, this situation has changed a lot, and Ronaldo's position in the national team has become more and more important, and in the 2006 World Cup South American qualifiers, Ronaldo's Brazilian team led all the way to the test and won the right to qualify early.
In the friendly match, Xiao Luo's table xiàn was also excellent. In a friendly match against Germany, Kahn's goal was even more talked about by the fans.
In 2005, at the Confederations Cup in Germany, Ronaldinho wore Brazil's number 10 shirt and wore the captain's armband.
In the game, people saw the core Xiao Luo, the captain Xiao Luo, and the brave Xiao Luo.
Ronaldo's three goals helped Brazil win the title convincingly against Germany and Argentina. And Xiao Luo's performance in this cup is also convincing, and lifting the championship trophy as captain is the best reward for him.
However, after the five-star Brazil defeated Germany in 2006, Xiao Luo's peak career also deteriorated, saying that alcohol has ruined countless talented players, but the fault is not alcohol, it is the will of the players themselves.
Although Xiao Luo has long been away from the mainstream football world when he crossed over in Du Xinghe, the happiness he brought to Du Xinghe and the happiness he brought to all fans is worth remembering.
On the plane back to Fuwan, Du Xinghe kept replaying in his mind the shocking performances that Xiao Luo had brought him.
It would be nice if I could bring Xiao Luo's eye-opening performances in the previous plane to this plane.
Du Xinghe couldn't help but think like this. (To be continued......)