Chapter 78: Merlot's hesitation

Also don't know their head coach Nelson O. Baptista gave his players a lot of blood in the dressing room, and at the start of the second half, Flamengo went on a mercury-like attack, slotting the ball into the Sao Paulo penalty area four times in five minutes, one of which came close to finding the back of the net.

However, teenager Gabriel made a difference, and when Andrew Zinho was about to pass the ball to the unguarded Flamengo right midfielder Baiano on the baseline, his resolute tackle broke the ball off the line.

Ricardo also returned to his own penalty area at this time, and when he was about to defend the corner, he wiped his sweat, made eye contact with Kaka and Ricardinho, and signaled them not to forget what he just said. Kaka smiled and bowed his head, and Ricardinho made an OK gesture.

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In the stands, the few Sao Paulo fans were doing their best to cheer on their team.

In the frenzied crowd, the calm Yang Rui stood out. He's too sane to be fully engaged, and in his opinion, the crazy behavior of those fans is no different from that of a madman. Besides, he is not a fan of Sao Paulo, and his favorite team is in the first A (the Chinese Super League has not yet been established).

Looking at his daughter who was crazy and bouncing with other fans, Yang Rui smiled wryly. This daughter is really not like him at all, from her appearance to her inner personality, she is completely different from him. If it weren't for Yang Jingyu's typical mixed-race appearance, he would even wonder if this was his own species.

Yang Jingyu was already sweating profusely, her bangs were tightly attached to her forehead, and the little beauty turned into an ugly girl. She didn't care about her image at all, she didn't care if her voice was hoarse, she just cared about cheering for Ricardo.

Seeing Flamengo take a corner kick and Lugano pushed the ball out of the penalty area, she applauded happily; Seeing Fabiano grab the second drop point and pick up the ball to Ricardo, she was full of anticipation; Seeing Ricardo chest stop the ball and ready to turn around, Felipe . Melo rushed over to destroy the ball with a high leg lift, and when she kicked Ricardo in the thigh, she was so excited that she burst out a string of expletives: "You butcher!" Scoundrel! Damn the referee, don't give him a red card yet! Hurry up and get this bastard down! ”

Yang Rui tugged at the corner of his daughter's clothes and reminded: "Hey, hey, pay attention, I won't take you to watch the game next time." ”

"But he's just a nuisance! Always bullied Ricardo. ”

Yang Rui shrugged: "Football is a man's battle, the enemy may not necessarily abide by the rules, all kinds of tricks and damage moves will definitely emerge in an endless stream, and Li Cardo will have to face a lot in the future." He has to learn to face it, learn to deal with it. ”

"Hmph, stinky, you're going to say a bunch of meaningless clichés."

Yang Rui said with a dark face: "Do you want to be grounded?" ”

Yang Jingyu turned her head angrily and ignored him.

"It's a move that deserves a red card," said the commentator Oliveira, "but this is Flamengo's home stadium and the referee's decision may be affected to a certain extent. Sure enough, the referee showed a yellow card! In fact, in order to protect technical players like Ricardo, the referee's penalty scale can be a little stricter, so that we can see more spectacle football games. ”

On the pitch, Ricardo lay on the turf for a while, wheezing violently, taking the opportunity to regain his strength. It wasn't until the referee showed Melo a yellow card that he slowly got up.

Melo was a little dissatisfied with the decision, and waited for the referee to walk away, then looked at Ricardo and said, "Sissy, what to pretend?" Does it hurt that much. ”

Ricardo was not angry, smiled and whispered, "One more time, it's a red card." ”

Melo didn't want to admit defeat, and said, "You wait, don't complain if I'm abolished." In fact, he was also a little stunned in his heart, he and Ricardo had no grievances, and he didn't really want to abolish Ricardo. If he is sent off for a second yellow card for another foul, it will certainly be detrimental to his prospects at Flamengo.

"Abolish me? You don't have the skills yet. Don't just talk big, try it. Ricardo shook his head and walked away. He felt that his plan could be implemented. Now Melo will definitely be restrained when defending him, and he will not dare to make big moves as often as before.

If it was a physical confrontation on a normal scale, Ricardo was confident that he would never lose to Melo.

Sao Paulo took the free-kick from defender Gian, who played a short pass to Baptista, who in turn passed it to Ricardinho, who set up the attack.

Ricardinho looked up and kicked the ball to Ricardo, who was pulling back to pick up. Under Melo's continuous pressure, Ricardo did not stop the ball and returned the ball directly to Ricardinho, at which time Ricardinho chose to transfer the ball with a big foot and passed it to Rico on the right side.

After Rico got the ball, he tried to get past Flamengo's left-back Anderson, but Anderson was very steady, although he was very slow, but his prediction was very accurate, making it difficult for Rico to move an inch.

When Rico stepped on a bike and tried to break down on the right, Anderson suddenly stretched his leg and cut the ball off steadily, then played a long pass to Zecarlos. Flamengo strikes back!

Flamengo put a lot of effort into the counter-attack, with the players pouring into the Sao Paulo penalty area. Marsh. Carlos and Baiano made a one-two, broke into the box and suddenly passed the ball back to midfielder Fabinho.

Fabinho didn't stop the ball, he met the ball with a furious shot, and looked at the way of the ball, just running towards the corner of the goal. At that moment, everyone thought the goal would go in, but the crossbar of the Maracanã Stadium did not bless the home team, and the "bell" turned the ball away.

"Hey!" Long sighs echoed over the Maracanã like the sound of the tide.

Returning right-back Gabriel controlled the drop and, after a stunned glance up, found Kaka unmarked with a mid-range pass.

Kaka spun around in one go, controlling the ball at high speed towards Flamengo's half. In just a few seconds, the offense and defense were transposed, and São Paulo counterattacked!

Seeing Kaka dribbling the ball, Ricardo resolutely ran to the left touchline, almost along the sideline to the baseline. This time Melo is very embarrassed, if he follows Ricardo, Kaka in the middle will be unguarded, and will directly challenge the two central defenders of Flamengo; Regardless of Ricardo, this dangerous man doesn't know what to do.

However, the Flamengo defence reacted quickly, with centre-back Fernando stepping up and right-back Santos filling in to move closer to the middle and vacating the right wing. Ricardo immediately turned and followed in the direction of the penalty area.

Kaka, who was running at high speed, noticed this scene and lifted his spirits, which was exactly the situation that Ricardo wanted. Still, he wanted to try to solve the problem on his own first. In the face of Fernando, he made a simple left and right sway, Fernando did not eat his feints, and the pace followed closely. Kaka didn't reluctantly struggle with Fernando, and after pulling the ball back, he quickly slammed the ball with his backheel and cut himself into the box.

Ricardinho, who was following him, did not stop the ball to adjust, and directly stuffed the ball, and the football stuck to the turf and quickly rolled in front of Ricardo.

Melo had the upper hand in the contest of speed, but still gritted his teeth and chased after it, and at the moment when Ricardo stopped the ball, he finally caught up and was about to make a flying tackle, when he remembered that he had already been saddled with a yellow card, and hesitated.