Chapter 360: Calm Liccardo

Seeing that the victory was decided, Pereira replaced Kaka with Ricardinho and Juninho Jr. replaced Adriano, allowing the two players to get plenty of rest.

Ghana also made a last-ditch push with Boateng coming on for Addo. But their players don't know why they're still playing.

It's impossible to equalize, it's impossible to equalize in this lifetime. Some people want to get at least one to save face. Some people think that this score is enough, and if they attack again, if they are counterattacked by the Brazilian team one or two more, the face will be even more ugly.

The lack of unity of thought caused them to start kicking more and more chaotic.

In the 80th minute, they made matters worse, Giann fell down in the Brazilian team's penalty area without physical contact with anyone and tried to cheat the penalty, and was shown a second yellow card by referee Michel, two yellows turned into one red and was sent off.

At this point, the players of the Ghana team have completely lost confidence.

In the 84th minute, Ricardinho sent a long pass over the top in the midfield. Roberto successfully formed a single knife against offside and picked the ball past goalkeeper Kingston on the edge of the penalty area to extend the score to 4:0.

The score was also maintained until the end.

The Brazilian team has taken another solid step on the road to winning the championship!

After the game, Pereira kept his promise and took Ricardo to the press conference.

Licardo, who used to always smile when facing the media, today has a tense face the whole time, and he can't see a trace of smile, and he can't see the joy after the big victory.

The two managers summed up the game separately and answered questions from reporters, and the reporters cheered up and began to focus their firepower on Ricardo.

"Licardo, what do you think of this game?"

'The opponent played tenaciously but we had more experience, so it was a natural win.' Ricardo replied expressionlessly.

'It's your second World Cup game and you've scored twice, how do you feel about that?'

'I saw an opportunity, so I took action and then I scored. I'm calm, I've scored a lot of goals every season, there's nothing to say. ”

Can a goal in the league be as valuable as a goal in the World Cup? However, the reporters looked at Ricardo's calm eyes, and the calmness was not faked, but had all the inside and the outside.

He really doesn't care!

Why can a 20-year-old young man have such calm eyes that have read all the vicissitudes of life?

"On Ronaldo's injury ......"

'I'm sad, but I'm sure he'll be back. He's back on the pitch and he's giving us a great show. He will still be the number one striker in the world. Ricardo said categorically.

"Real Madrid are said to be considering bringing in a striker to take his place due to Ronaldo's injury, and they are very interested in you......"

"I don't know about it. The only thing I have on my mind now is to help Brazil defend their World Cup title, and the transfer can be considered after the World Cup. ”

"That is, you are really planning to transfer?"

"I didn't say that, I'm still thinking about my options. I'll give you an answer after the World Cup. ”

After satisfying the curiosity of the reporters, Ricardo left the press conference with Pereira.

Later in the evening, France eliminated Spain 3-1 and they will be the opponents of Brazil in their next match. The match will be played in Eintracht Frankfurt, and Brazil will have to move again.

There have been no big upsets in this World Cup so far, the big teams have all qualified naturally, and the sixteenth finals are basically won by the favored teams.

Germany, Argentina, Italy, England, Portugal, France, Brazil and other traditional powerhouses have all made it to the last eight.

There is only one slightly eye-catching figure in the top 8, and that is Ukraine, led by the nuclear warhead Shevchenko.

However, it was no surprise that Ukraine squeezed Tunisia and Saudi Arabia out of the group, and it was not impossible to knock out their opponents on penalties after a draw with Switzerland.

But that's where their luck ended, and their next opponent was Italy.

Italy, who are deep in the phone gate, are in desperate need of a shot in the arm to cheer up, and they have been playing steadily in this World Cup, not too good in form, not very luxurious in the squad, but they have always been able to overcome strong opponents from all walks of life and continue to move forward.

However, Brazil must reach the final to meet Italy. Now, they have to deal with the French team first.

And the French team with Vieira, Zidane, and Henry is by no means so easy to solve.

In particular, the Brazilian team itself is also full of hidden dangers.

In the major media the next day, critics were not optimistic about the Brazilian team because of a big victory for the Brazilian team, but believed that the Brazilian team exposed a lot of problems under the pressure of Ghana, and only because the Ghanaian team's forwards were not strong in seizing opportunities, so they played a big score.

Judging from the content of the game, the difference in strength between the two teams is not so obvious.

"Brazil's victory was not convincing...... Of course, Brazil, with Ricardo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, will win in the end no matter what. Ricardo has shown that he is no less attacking than Ronaldo, and under his leadership, Brazil can take advantage of opportunities to score even if the content of the game is not good enough. ”

"Ronaldinho didn't show the Ballon d'Or winner in the slightest, and Pereira's tactics seriously hampered Ronaldinho's performance."

'Adriano has lost his ability to dominate in the Copa America and in the Confederations Cup, he can only score goals that he should have scored, and sometimes he can't even score goals that he should, and he can't score all kinds of incredible goals like he did a year or two ago.

"Brazil, who lost Ronaldo, did not show weakness against Ghana. But the game against France was the real test for them. The consequences of losing Ronaldo will eventually show. ”

Although judging from the odds offered by the major bookmakers, people still prefer Brazil to win, but the gap is very narrow.

Thierry Henry is on the rise, Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira are no longer in their prime, and if there is anything this French team really has, it can only be said that it has experience.

However, the Brazilian team also has its own problems, and Pereira still has to work whether the magic quartet after losing Ronaldo can be played.

When Ronaldo is around, Brazil can be unreasonable, even if they don't have a chance, they can score a goal or two.

But neither Ricardo nor Adriano have that ability, nor can Ronaldinho and Kaka.

If the midfield continues to be disorganized and the backline makes the same mistakes as they did against Ghana, they may well not be able to get past France.