Chapter 119: A Ball of Hope

Robinho's goal caused a moment of silence at the Molumbi Stadium.

Osvaldo stood motionless, as if his whole person had been transformed into a statue.

Celsorot was as happy as a child, ran into the arena with his hands raised and hugged Robinho.

"In the 59th minute, Santos scored a goal by Robinho to rewrite the score to 2:1 and the aggregate score to 3:2," the commentator analyzed, "The current situation is very unfavorable for Sao Paulo, even if they pull a goal back and make the aggregate score 3:3, they will be eliminated because of the disadvantage of away goals." In the remaining 30 minutes of play, they must score more than two goals and not allow their opponents to score again. This difficulty is quite large. ”

"At this moment, São Paulo is calling for heroes. Fabiano, Kaka, and Ricardo all have the ability to change the game on their own. Will they be able to step up at this critical time? ”

While Santos' players were running wild on the pitch to celebrate, Ricardo was not idle. He ran back to his own penalty area first and comforted the captain Cheney, who had just been pierced through the small goal: "Rogerio, this goal is not your fault, don't take it personally." ”

As the captain, Cheney has a strong will. He smiled and rubbed Ricardo's hair with his big gloved hands: "I don't need your comfort, I need you to score." ”

"I will."

After a brief exchange with Cheney, Ricardo ran back to Kaka. "We have to be closer, not divided."

Kaka hesitated: "But Mr. Osvaldo said......"

"Never mind what he says!" Ricardo said categorically, "Right now, we're losing this game. I hate the feeling of losing! If you hate losing as much as I do, let's work together to change this! I believe we have what it takes! ”

Kaka nodded, "What do you need me to do?" ”

"I need you to go with me, to the left, to empty the middle and the right." Ricardo simply stated his idea.

Kaka was a little surprised: "This? ”

'We played on the left. Santos' right-back Arauyo is a cut behind left-back Leo in terms of defensive ability. At the same time, we have the air and the right side, so that Ricardinho and Baptista and Simplicio can be plugged in from the back. If we can't find a chance on the left, we move the ball to them. We must commit more offensive forces! ”

"I see," Kaka said, nodding, "I'll go tell them." ”

Sao Paulo immediately launched a wave of attacks after the restart, but Kaka's forced shot was denied by the opposing defender.

After Santos got the ball, he was not in a hurry to counterattack, but slowly fell in the backfield.

Now they have a two-goal advantage, there is no need to rush at all, just pass the time and wait for the victory to fall into the hands.

Sao Paulo immediately launched a press up front, but this caused a sharp drain on the physical strength of their frontcourt players.

Osvaldo was not idle, as he let Rico warm up and prepare for the substitutions.

Under the pressure of Sao Paulo, in the end, Santos chose to drive the ball to the front, Elano, who was not dominant in height, did not fight for the landing point, and the ball was pushed by Lugano to Ricardinho.

Ricardinho sensed Diego approaching behind him, so he chested the ball and didn't try to control it, but instead of trying to control it, he picked it up and played it directly to Baptista on his flank.

Baptista unloaded the ball with his thigh, looked up and chose to give the ball to Ricardinho, who was free from Diego's entanglement.

At this time, Licardo smelled something called "opportunity". He quickly turned and thrust forward.

Sure enough, Ricardinho noticed his movement, and from a distance of 25 minutes, he passed a half-high ball, and the trajectory of the ball flew quite accurately, bypassing Almeida's defense and flying straight behind Ricardo.

At this time, in front of Ricardo was Arauyo, who was like a great enemy.

Arauyo pounced cautiously and waited for Ricardo to get the ball with his back before attempting to interfere or make a tackle.

But Ricardo didn't mean to take the ball with his back at all, his body kept facing the direction of Santos's goal, twisted his head back to observe the trajectory of the football, and when he was about to collide with Arauyo, the football flew to his side, Licardo did not stop the ball, but quickly raised his foot back, and with a knock on his heel, the football that had a tendency to fall to the ground flew up again, drew a wonderful parabola, and flew over his and Arauyo's heads.

Arauyo hurried to pull Ricardo, preferring to give a free-kick in front of him rather than let him pass. But Ricardo was faster than he could have imagined at this moment, like a gust of wind, blowing past him and catching up with the football.

Arauyo could only quickly turn around and chase after him.

When the ball fell from the sky, Ricardo lifted his foot lightly, and the ball rolled down obediently, landing less than half a meter in front of him, he accelerated again, and the ball went sideways and forward, and it hit the left corner of Santos' penalty area.

Alex quickly approached, sank his weight, put his hands behind his back, and stared at Ricardo's shoulder, looking at the football only with the rest of his gaze.

Ricardo's left shoulder sank, and his whole body tilted to the left, and Alex was fooled and moved. But Ricardo quickly adjusted his center of gravity and swung to the right like a pendulum, while turning the ball over with his left foot.

There's an angle to shoot!

Ricardo's gaze noticed that Fabio. Costa was standing closer to the near post and was not inside the goal, but two or three metres outside the goal line, looking ready to strike.

A great opportunity to buy! Without hesitation, Ricardo quickly picked up his right foot and kicked heavily into the lower right part of the ball.

The soccer ball flew out with grass roots and dirt, drawing a clear arc like a rainbow and flying towards the far corner of the goal!

There was a huge bang at the Molumbi Stadium, and countless fans in São Paulo shouted as much as they wanted to send the football to the goal with their shouts!

Fabio. Costa knew what Ricardo was trying to do in an instant, and with a look of panic on his face, he quickly stepped in the direction of his left hand, and then leaped to his feet, stretching his arm as far as he could to reach the ball.

But it's not close! It's not close!

The soccer ball bypassed his gloves and flew into the junction of the beam and the post.

"Boom!"

The Morumbi Stadium is set on fire in its entirety! At this moment, almost all the Sao Paulo fans jumped and no one could sit comfortably in their seats after witnessing such a goal.

It was probably not the prettiest goal.

But this is a ball of hope!

"Ricardo continued to dribble the ball, he shook Alex off and shot with his feet! goallllllll! The commentator seemed to be showing off his lung capacity, "Perfect goal!" The angle is tricky, so that Fabio. Costa is helpless! Just five minutes after Santos' goal, Ricardo rewrote the score again! Now with an aggregate score of 3:3, São Paulo sees a ray of light! ”