Chapter 177: Suspense Returns

While everyone in the stands was talking, Ricardo had already placed the ball in the centre circle, and the Boca Juniors players stepped forward to kick off a little casually.

Several players looked at each other with a blank look in their eyes, and the goal just now was really demoralizing.

But what hits them is the way they concede, not the goal itself. What's the big deal about conceding a goal? Now they are still two goals ahead on aggregate.

They didn't think they had to win away from home, after all, Sao Paulo is also a strong team.

As long as they can draw the opponent or even lose a small goal, they can win the cup smoothly.

So for them, it's not the end of the world.

Bianchi waved his arms and shouted a few words from the sidelines to calm them down.

After the referee's whistle, Boca Juniors kicked off again. This time they learned their lesson, and Kania took the ball and passed it directly back to centre-back Schiavi, who was slow to organise the attack.

Sao Paulo also continued to press up front, but both sides knew that the press was not destined to last. After all, three of the four players in Sao Paulo's front court had only returned from France three days earlier, and their fitness had not yet fully recovered.

If they continue to press and run at such a high intensity, I am afraid that they will run out of energy in less than 70 minutes.

So the Boca Juniors, under Bianchi's instructions, used their foot skills to unhurriedly maneuver with Sao Paulo, not rushing to hit the ball to the front, and constantly killing time between going back and forth, causing boos in the stands of the Molumbi Stadium.

But they don't care about the boos, as long as they can win, a few boos are nothing.

Sao Paulo had to keep the intensity of the press up front while cherishing every chance to steal.

And when they press up, the defense will inevitably be a little empty, Boca Juniors will see the right moment, focus on the weak points to break through, and the occasional attack is quite threatening.

In the 54th minute, Bataglia launched an attack with a sudden long pass in the midfield, and the ball fell accurately in front of Shelotto. Shelotto caught up with the ball, unloaded it securely and passed it to Tevez in the middle. Tevez tried to break through but the ball was stabbed by Gian and fell to Cania, who immediately had a straight kick and Delgado cut in from the edge of the box to carry Giulio. Santos fired a powerful shot, but fortunately Sao Paulo's captain Cheney focused and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one palm.

Sao Paulo quickly returned the color, 3 minutes later, after a patient midfield organization, hit the ball to the front of the opponent's penalty area, Ricardo ran to the middle to respond, dribbled the ball in, and when he saw that he could shoot with the momentum, he knocked the ball lightly with his heel and passed the ball to Kaka behind him, Kaka fired a low shot at the top of the arc, which made the post clang, and scared the Boca Juniors players into a cold sweat. Louis. Fabiano also wanted to make up for the shot, but unfortunately Burdisso rushed to destroy the ball, Fabiano did not close his foot in time, kicked on Burdisso's calf, and instead received a yellow card.

Burdisso didn't play in the centre-back position he excelled at today, but instead filled the gap at right-back. He doesn't have a lot of assists and is solid defensively. He has never attacked a half of the court and has been defending diligently in his own half. From this, it can also be seen that Boca Juniors' overall tactical planning today is on the defensive side.

At this time, Boca Juniors is like a combination of a hedgehog and a tortoise, shrinking back to defend and threatening Sao Paulo's goal with long spikes.

As the minutes passed, the situation became more and more unfavorable for São Paulo. The frontcourt players are seriously physically exhausted, and if they don't equalize as soon as possible, wait for Ricardo, Luis. Fabiano and Ricardinho are physically exhausted, so it is even less likely that they will have a chance.

Rojas paced back and forth on the sidelines and finally made the risky substitution decision.

In the 61st minute, Rico came on and replaced the back Ferreira!

After Rico came on the field, he brought Rojas's latest instructions: play 4 strikers!

Ricardo and Fabiano played as the two central strikers, Rico was the right winger, Kaka was the left winger, and Ricardinho dropped back a bit to control the midfield with Gian.

Change the style of play, no longer control the ball slowly, take the ball and pass it forward.

Boca Juniors don't have an advantage in height at the back, so play more on the flanks and let Luis Young. Fabiano and Ricardo battle for headers.

Roxas is in a hurry!

Ricardo was not surprised. If there is enough time, then Sao Paulo will naturally have to pursue stable possession first to prevent being counter-attacked.

But now, with only 30 minutes left in the game, Sao Paulo can only take risks if they want to score two goals in a row.

Passing straight forward, getting the ball from the wing, it's a double-edged sword.

If the battle is completed, a chance can instantly reverse the outcome of the battle; Once the attack is unsuccessful, it gives the opponent a chance to counterattack.

Ricardo was already out of breath. He felt like his fitness was close to his limit. But at this time he can't apply to get off the field, instead, he has to hold on until the last second! Even if he has cramps, even if he can only walk on the field, he has to stay on the court.

He believes that in this situation, even if he lacks physical strength, even if he can only act as a transit station for a one-foot ball or stand as a center forward in the penalty area, he is more dangerous than Elton, Tardelli and other young players.

At this point, he had forgotten that Elton and Tardelli were actually older than him.

Rojas's all-or-nothing gamble soon paid off.

In the 68th minute, Sao Paulo launched an attack with great momentum, Ricardinho handed the ball to Ricardo, and when Ricardo retreated to receive the ball, he did not stop the ball, and directly passed the ball in a half-turn, and handed a half-high ball to Rico on the right side, and then turned back and sprinted into the penalty area.

Rico used his speed to force a breakthrough through Rodriguez, glanced at the middle, and crossed the ball directly!

Ricardo judged the ball accurately, grabbed the front post, pressed Vargas's shoulder and jumped, and in the moment he was about to head the ball, he found himself too far from the goal, and the trajectory of the ball was slightly higher than he expected, which was not conducive to heading the goal. So he temporarily changed his mind, shrunk his head slightly, and rubbed his header back.

Fabiano, who was ambushed in the middle, saw the opportunity, forcibly carried Schiavi with his body, and without waiting for the ball to land, he raised his right leg and volleyed directly!

Abondanshari couldn't do anything more this time, the ball was so close to goal that he didn't have time to react, but reflexively deflected the ball into the net.

The score became 2:1 and Sao Paulo took the lead! And in terms of the total score, they only have one goal left!

If Ricardo's previous shot gave fans a glimmer of hope, then Fabiano's goal made people really feel that the game was full of suspense again!

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