Just 10 minutes into the game, Lucio took the ball himself into midfield after a steal at the back and handed the ball to Ricardo. Ricardo made a gesture to cut in, swept his right foot over the ball, but smashed the ball with the back heel of his left foot to Cicinho, who was cutting in at high speed along the right side.

Cicineo quickly got up and crossed diagonally to Adriano, who flicked a cross away from Heinze and shot before Cambiaso tackled.

The ball grazed the turf, skimmed the fingertips of Argentine goalkeeper Lukes and flew into the corner of the goal.

"Adriano Goal! He opened the scoring for Brazil with a brilliant long-range shot! It was a beautiful combination, with the Brazilians showing their masterful footwork and understanding from Lucio's break, with Ricardo's back-heel knock being a stroke of genius and Ciciño's cross being spotted accurately. The narrator sighed.

"From the opening 10 minutes, Brazil had the absolute initiative and the advantage, and now they are taking the lead again, the Argentines are very dangerous. They had to tie the score quickly, or the game would fall completely into the rhythm of the Brazilians. ”

The Argentine certainly wanted an equaliser. But things on the football field often do not depend on people's will, unless that person is a superstar, just like Pele and Maradona in the past, Ronaldo now, Messi and Ronaldo in the future, who have the ability to change the situation by themselves.

It is clear that there is no such figure in Argentina at the moment. Their leader for the next decade, Lionel Messi, has yet to wear the national team jersey.

At the heart of this Argentine team is Riquelme, who is known as the "last classical striker" and is 26 years old this year and is in his prime.

He previously played for Boca and then Barcelona, but the arrival of Ronaldinho cost him his place in Barcelona and he had to switch to the yellow submarine Villarreal.

At Villarreal, he enjoyed the same core treatment as he did at Boca. He has excellent technique and dribbling, a good sense of the big picture, and a subtle final pass, but his speed, strength, and confrontation ability are relatively poor, so he is a representative of the classical midfield.

In this edition of the Confederations Cup, Pekerman has built his tactics around him, and he has been exceptionally good in the previous games.

However, in the face of the same technically excellent and faster Brazilian team, his advantages could not be brought into full play, and his shortcomings were completely magnified.

Although a few long-range shots were quite threatening, they did not provide a steady stream of shells to the forward line as usual.

Riquelme's loss left Argentina completely passive.

Five minutes after the first goal, the Brazilian made a comeback. This time they attacked from the left, and after Gilberto was blocked by Zanetti along the wing, he handed the ball to Emerson, who quickly tucked it into Adriano, who ran to the left.

Adriano used his strong body to squeeze past Inter Milan team-mate Cambiaso, calmly turned the ball and made a gesture to shoot with his left foot, but flicked the ball sideways and handed it to Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho didn't stop the ball and moved the ball directly to the right side of the box, where Ricardo was already on the lookout. Ricardo rushed to the ball and made a gesture to stop it, but at the last minute, the ball passed between his legs and deftly shook Thorin away.

He then quickly turned, took the ball forward with his right foot, caught up with the ball, and suddenly volleyed hard with the outside of his right foot.

The ball made a clear arc into the far corner and Argentina goalkeeper Lukes leaped high, but the ball went around his fingertips and flew into the net against the far post.

"Ricardo Goal !!!!" The narrator excitedly exclaimed, "This is a world wave!" I don't remember ever seeing Ricardo shoot in this way, but today he showed great outside instep technique, and the football was played very tricky and the arc was obvious! ”

"Ricardo proves to us once again that he is a genius and all the praise given to him is true!"

"Hey, he's going to play that Chinese kung fu again. The last time I looked it up, this set of kung fu is called 'Tai Chi', which is said to have been comprehended from the way of 'yin and yang' in the ancient Chinese philosophical work "I Ching". The philosophical foundation of this set of kung fu is 'overcoming rigidity with softness', which is a very interesting philosophical idea. Perhaps Ricardo's ability to have world-class strength at the age of 19 is inseparable from his understanding of Chinese culture. ”

This time, when Licardo was doing Tai Chi movements, Adriano and Ronaldo also came over to have fun and imitated him comically, which had a comedic effect.

"By the 15th minute, Brazil was already 2-0 up, so it wasn't like a close match, it was like a professional vs. amateur match. If the Argentines don't pick themselves up, they are likely to suffer a massacre. ”

Pekerman, of course, was very anxious, and he stood on the sidelines shouting incessantly. Ricardo's Spanish is quite good, having played for the Yellow Submarine before joining the Premier League.

He vaguely heard Pekerman getting the Argentines to stretch out and make good use of the space, especially taking advantage of the gaps in the ribs after the Brazilian full-backs came up to assist, allowing Riquelmedo to split the ball on either side.

He also shouted to make Delgado Jr. and Figoroa more flexible in their positions and not to fight hand-to-hand with the Brazilian defenders.

Pekerman's shouting did not make Argentina any better. On the contrary, they make frequent mistakes.

In the 20th minute, Ronaldinho's free-kick was almost headed into his own goal by Heinze.

Two minutes later, Coloccini's defence leaked and Ricardo's long ball of more than 30 metres landed accurately at Ronaldo's feet.

Ronaldo took a big step and used his pace to get past Placent, who had come from the back of the line, and fired a low shot from less than 10 yards out.

It stands to reason that he would never miss such a shot, but by his mistake, his inevitable kick bounced off the post.

Annoyed himself, he shook his head and sighed and ran back.

In the 28th minute, Riquelme finally showed a delicate pass, his through ball found Delgado Jr., who did not take the ball and crossed to the goal, causing danger in front of the Brazilian goal. But back to the defense of Ze. Roberto's kick was half a beat faster than Figoroa, and he gave the ball to Dida, who immediately cleared the ball with a big foot.

The Brazilians then slowed down the tempo and did not let the Argentines get close to the penalty area, and the Argentines could only finish the attack with a long-range shot.

Brazil didn't get too many chances, with both Ricardo and Ronaldinho putting a lot of energy into defending, going into the break with a 2-0 score in the first half.