Ricardo stood on the edge of the box and got his back to the ball. Behind him was Costacuta, who was constantly squeezing him with his body, trying to squeeze him away from the box; Next to him was Gattuso, trying to break the ball from his feet.

Ricardo stepped the ball back and flicked it to the left, dodging Gattuso's tackle and following up with a half-turn shot.

When he shot, he felt a little weak in his supporting legs, which led to insufficient power, but the angle was still tricky, passing under Costacuta's crotch and going straight to the bottom left corner of the goal.

Dida made an accurate judgment and quickly fell to the ground and pounced, and finally flicked the ball with the tips of his fingers, and the ball changed direction slightly, hit the post, and went out of the baseline.

Ricardo roared in frustration. Hastily, this goal was not scored!

"Ricardo shakes off the angle and shoots! Brilliant save, Dida saves AC Milan. Ricardo missed a chance to kill the game! If the ball had a little more power and a little faster, it might have gone in. What a pity! Sao Paulo's corner. The commentator of Globo Sports in Brazil spoke with regret.

'The game has entered the last minute of stoppage time and Sao Paulo will be at the end of regular time after this corner.

'Ricardinho took a corner, got too close to the goalkeeper and was confiscated by Dida. The referee blows the whistle and the two sides will go to extra time! ”

"This year's Toyota Cup overtime will be played with a silver ball system, and if a team scores within 15 minutes of extra time in the first half of extra time, and the opponent does not equalize within 15 minutes, the team that scores first will win. But if the opponent equalises, then it will go into the second half of extra time. ”

When we got back to the sidelines, we didn't have the strength to speak. The team doctor nervously gave the players a massage to relax, but fortunately, AC Milan did not play dirty today, and no players were seriously injured.

Of course, a small injury is inevitable, such as Ricardo, who has suffered the most fouls in the whole team of São Paulo, has several bruises on his legs and a slight strain on his ankle.

Ricardinho was also kicked in the head by Gattuso during a scramble with Gattuso, and he was kicked with a thick bandage in the second half of the game, and at this time he was also cleaning the wound and then re-wrapping the bandage.

Rojas seized the time to instill extra-time play in his players. In fact, there is nothing to adjust, at this time, a "spelling" word is enough to summarize.

In terms of the overall strength of the players and the team's tactical play, Sao Paulo is fully behind, and only relies on the individual ability of a few players such as Ricardo to deal with AC Milan.

Although it is not impossible for Yiruo to win if the tactics are properly arranged, Rojas is not a master tactician.

He has previously been a youth team coach and has only managed the senior team for the first time this season.

Although the state league, the Brazilian league, the Copa Libertadores and other competitions have given him some experience, he is still too immature compared to Ancelotti, the world famous coach.

After explaining the tactical arrangements to several key players, Rojas looked at Ricardo in a daze.

It would be wrong to say how much he takes the Toyota Cup, the event is not very important and there is not much prize money.

But since you have fought to this point, wouldn't it be a pity to lose again?

Can you lead the team to victory again, Licardo?

……

On AC Milan's side, Carlo Ancelotti made the final substitution. "Gnaro, take a break."

Gattuso nodded. His short hair was all wet and sticky to his head, and his image was a little embarrassed. He was not dissatisfied with being substituted, he fought too hard, the physical exertion was too great, and everything was for tactical purposes.

"Massimo, get ready to play."

Ambrosini, who still has an ankle injury, replied: "Good boss." He quickly got up and took off his coat. After the 75th minute of the game, he was already warming up, and it was almost there.

"My task for you is to follow Licardo and follow him wherever he goes. Don't give him another chance to shoot. ”

Ambrosini nodded: "Understood." ”

In this game, Ricardo's performance was obvious to all, and he was arguably one of Sao Paulo's most dangerous players. If he could be frozen, São Paulo would be defeated.

Ambrosini is not worried about whether he can complete the mission, although Ricardo is very strong, although he himself has minor injuries, but after 90 minutes of high-intensity confrontation, now Licardo should run out of energy even if he is Iron Man.

After a short break of five minutes, the players slowly walked back to the field in preparation for extra time.

In fact, in the history of overtime, there is a similar situation, that is, the two halves are usually dominated by two teams respectively.

This is mainly due to the physical bottleneck, no team can last 120 minutes of high-intensity games, so in extra-time, it is often used to retreat to catch a breath in half time, and attack aggressively in the other half.

In today's game, the first half of extra time was dominated by AC Milan.

Sao Paulo left only one Ricardo to play a counterattack in front, and the rest of the players retreated in an all-round way, gritting their teeth and insisting.

In the 98th minute, AC Milan had a good chance when Andrea Pirlo took a free kick on the right side of the Sao Paulo penalty area and crossed the ball diagonally into the box, where Shevchenko beat Giulio at the back post. Santos headed the ball back in front of goal and Maldini swept a left-footed shot from less than 3 yards in front of goal. But he missed the ball when he kicked the ball, Cheney fell to the ground in time to block the ball with his body, and Ricardinho jumped up to volley the ball away.

It was a goal to the dismay of the commentator on Italian television, and it was the best chance for AC Milan in extra-time.

In the 103rd minute, Pancaro broke through on the left side and crossed a high ball, and the first few people did not reach the ball. Ambushed at the back post, Inzaghi grabbed a right-footed volley from 4 yards out, but the ball hit the side-netting, causing the Sao Paulo players to break out in a cold sweat.

When AC Milan pressed hard, even Maldini, who played as a central defender today, sometimes rushed to the vicinity of the Sao Paulo penalty area to assist, but Ambrosini, who kept Ancelotti's instructions in mind and never left Licardo's side.

Ricardo has been on the pitch for a long time. Occasionally, a teammate passes the ball to him, and if he finds that he doesn't have much of a chance to fight for, he doesn't bother to sprint. Only when he has a particularly good opportunity, he will muster up the little strength he has left and fight for it. But now his speed has dropped dramatically, and his ability to fight has also declined, and under Ambrosini's interference, he failed to hold the ball once in the first half of extra time.