Chapter 58: Enter the Two Gates

It was a shame that we missed the chance to play against Romario last time. However, in the playoffs of the national championship, there should be a chance to play Fluminense again...... Ricardo's thoughts drifted involuntarily.

Until Osvaldo shouted, "Okay, let's play, give them something awesome!" ”

Ricardo came to his senses and yelled with his teammates: "Kill them!" ”

Sao Paulo's players came out of the tunnel in a murderous manner, eagerly awaiting the kick-off of the second half.

The commentator took note of the scene: "Sao Paulo is very aggressive, of course they want to get all three points at home. However, today's Atletico Mineiro's tactics are quite sophisticated, and the central idea is to defend and counterattack, and do not give Sao Paulo too many chances. However, Atletico Mineiro defended and did not counterattack much, and did not cause too much trouble for the Sao Paulo defence......"

Amid the chatter of the commentators, the second half began.

According to Osvaldo's instructions, both Ricardo and Kaka consciously leaned more into the middle in the second half, relying on the tacit understanding between the two to try to play some smooth small combinations to advance.

However, Atletico Mineiro's defensive hierarchy is quite good, and there is no problem with the defensive players complementing each other, especially in the middle of the field.

The combination between Ricardo and Kaka did work, but it still had little effect for a while, and it was unable to cut through the three-dimensional defense of Atletico Mineiro.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Ricardo went viral. In his previous life, he was just a national star, not even the pinnacle of a national star. And once faced the reinforced concrete defense of Serie A. Compared to that kind of defense, Atletico Mineiro's defense is really a papier-mΓ’chΓ© Maginot line!

If you can't do it, you can't break it!

After 55 minutes into the second half, Ricardo knew that time was running out for him, and Osvaldo would not let him play the whole game, so he began to use his pace and dribbling to attack the opponent's defence.

"Ricardo suddenly changed his style, and in just a few minutes, he made two consecutive attempts to break through with the ball!"

"Brilliant pass, but Cicineo was very focused, kept clinging to Ricardo and didn't give him a chance to get on his feet. Ricardo is forced to near the baseline, cross! Fabiano didn't grab the point. ”

"Here it again is, Ricardo rushed to the middle and began to rush with the ball, distributed it to Kaka, and continued to walk forward, and Kaka handed the ball back. What is Licardo going to do? Nice smash and hit the goal! The ball was hit a bit squarely, and goalkeeper Eduardo held the ball. ”

After several successive attacks to no avail, Ricardo was not discouraged. As he ran back, he clapped Kaka, who was making the ball for him, signaling a good pass. Kaka also gave him a thumbs up.

Although there is no frustration, there is still a little regret. Ricardo felt he was in great shape today, but a few shots were always a little bit off target.

Time was running out, and Ricardo turned his head to glance at the home team's dugout, where Osvaldo sat motionless with a grim expression, like a statue of silence; And the youngster Elton is already starting to warm up.

Elton has just turned 18 and has a similar level of skill as Rico, but his shooting skills and spirit in front of goal are stronger than Rico. It's just that the body is a little thin. He has yet to start for the team and has only made a few substitute appearances.

If he is replaced by him in the same striker position, it means that Osvaldo is not willing to get only one point in a draw, and he also wants to win and get all three points.

Ricardo took a deep breath. Then I'll bring you victory.

However, it is useless to be brute, and Ricardo clearly knows that there is still a huge gap between himself and a world-class player like Ronaldo, and it is unrealistic to want to pass the opponent's entire backline and score goals by himself.

You still have to rely on team-mates to tear apart the opponent's defense, and use speed and dribbling to create space for yourself at critical moments.

In the stands, Yang Jingyu was so nervous that her hands were clenched into fists, and at this time the scene had become white-hot, the movements of players on both sides increased, and there were often scenes of people turning on their backs, and Li Cardo was also violated several times.

Yang Jingyu said in her heart: Don't get hurt, don't get hurt!

At this time, whether Ricardo can score or not is no longer important to her.

On the other side, Ambrosio finally cheered up, singing and dancing with the SΓ£o Paulo fans around her, shouting loudly, sweat wetting her thin clothes, looking particularly sexy and touching. However, with such an outstanding beauty close at hand, real fans will still look at the stadium intently, and will not glance at her at all, so Ambrosio's identity has not been revealed until now.

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On the field, Kaka takes the ball. He didn't rush forward with the ball because the Atletico Mineiro players were already back in position and didn't have much space for him to speed up.

Two Atletico Mineiro players approached from different directions, and before they could get closer, Kaka had already kicked the ball out of the gap, and Licardo appeared in his passing path and made a steady stop for the ball.

Ricardo was also accompanied by someone at this time, and it was Paulinho, a young midfielder from Atletico Mineiro. Paulinho is not tall, only 1.68 meters, half a head shorter than Licardo, but he has excellent running ability, his body is quite strong, and his movements are very flexible. As soon as he got close to Ricardo, he used a quick frequency to try to break the ball.

At this time, Ricardo showed the technical characteristics of a center forward, steadily took the ball with his back and turned around, carried Paulinho with his body, and dribbled towards the Atletico Mineiro penalty area.

With two steps, he swept the ball back to Kaka with a flower kick.

The commentator instantly ignited passion: "Very covert pass! Kaka got the ball! The cooperation between him and Ricardo is really smooth! ”

Kaka took two steps after taking the ball, and saw that Ricardo was inserting into the center of the penalty area, and the other Sao Paulo players were not in a very good position, he hesitated for a moment, but still chose to believe in Ricardo's skills and stuffed the ball to Ricardo who was caught in the crowd.

"Kaka passed, Licardo ...... Direct shot! The commentator himself was startled, and when he saw the football rolling in the net, setting off white waves, he couldn't believe his eyes, "goallllllllll!" Ricardo scored! He kicked a difficult turning shot! Sao Paulo leads 1-0 at home! ”

"A lot of people don't see how the ball goes in, let's see in slow motion!"

"Kaka passes, Ricardo retreats to get the ball, his position is not offside! When the football reached the feet of Ricardo, he turned around and shot directly! The soccer ball passes between Aylardo's legs, goes through the small gate, and then enters the gate! Eduardo's vision was blocked and he didn't react at all! ”