After Inter Milan's victory over Juventus, the newspaper "Milan Sport" published a long commentary.

'Ronaldo is still the best striker in the world, not one of them. Against Juventus' world-class defence, he scored an explosive goal in almost no solution to help Inter open the scoring. Although it is a rehash of the same old tune, we still have to emphasize once again that Ronaldo is no longer 'Pele's successor', he is Ronnie, he is an alien, he is a phenomenon, he has become a part of history. ”

"We also have to note that Licardo played strongly in the game. With an assist and a direct free-kick, Ricardo continued his highlights since joining Inter Milan. Let's take a look at his stats: he made 10 appearances in the league and Champions League, including six starts, and played a total of 671 minutes. In those 671 minutes, he completed 29 shots on goal, 17 on target, a 58% shot on target; 9 goals were scored, with an efficiency of 31% in converting shots into goals; He made 27 key passes and provided 12 assists. He averaged 4.7 dribbles per game, with a 90% success rate. ”

'Few South American players have been so shocking when they first entered Serie A, and Ronaldo was no more than that when he first arrived in Serie A, he was 21 years old. And Ricardo was only 18 years old. I can't imagine what kind of future awaits him. He is now seen as Ronaldo's successor and is known as Ronaldo's younger brother. Perhaps in a few years, he will write his own legend, and Ronaldo will be called 'Licardo's older brother'. ”

"With a transfer fee of $20 million, Inter Milan made a good deal, and now it is almost certain that this is the best transfer operation in Serie A in the summer transfer window of the 04-05 season, and even the most successful transfer operation in Europe. As long as the three Brazilians – Ronaldo, Ricardo and Adriano – can maintain their current form, Inter Milan have every chance of winning the league title and even hope to make another breakthrough in the Champions League, where their best record in recent years is the last four, and they are expected to go one step further this year. But only if Mancini improves his defence immediately. ”

'Inter have not conceded any goals this season like a strong team, they have had a lot of problems defensively, they have won too many draws, which has affected their position in the league. In fact, Inter Milan has a lot of excellent defensive players, and what Mancini needs to do is to build them into a solid defensive system, rather than blindly relying on individual ability to defend in the game. ”

"If Inter's defensive quality can improve, Inter will be a strong contender in the league, the Champions League and the Coppa Italia this season."

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Naturally, Licardo also saw the article. But contrary to the point of view of this article, he believes that Mancini is incapable of reforming the team's defense and should focus more on attack.

It's not that he doesn't think defense is important, in modern football it's much more about defending than attacking. It's that Mancini is not good at defending at all, and no matter how hard he grasps, the team's defensive quality will be difficult to improve, so it is better to work the offensive side.

The other party scores 1, and I score 2. If the other party scores 2, I score 4. Carry out the vigorous offensive football to the end, even if you die, you must die with dignity, and give up everything, maybe you will succeed.

Ricardo felt that Mancini's current thinking was like this.

However, Mancini's attacking thinking is still relatively chaotic, and the midfielders mainly rely on familiarity and understanding of each other to cooperate. Truth be told, Inter lack a midfield playmaker like Xavi and Andrea Pirlo.

Veron has the ability, but what can he do if he doesn't pass the ball to the Brazilian player.

Emre's ability to resist is too poor, and his spirituality is gradually disappearing; Stankovic and Cambiaso lack a bit of spirituality; Davis' form has slipped dramatically; "White Davis" C. Zanetti has been reduced to a fringe player who does not rely on three things.

Inter Milan's midfield looks full of talent, but none of them can carry the banner of organising the attack. This situation will not be corrected until many years before Sneijder joins.

From the '97-'98 season until Sneijder's arrival in '09, Inter's tactics were simple and brutal: midfielders and defenders intercepted the ball and handed it over to the super-strikers to settle the battle.

In another time and space, from Zamorano, Ronaldo, Robert. Baggio, Vieri, Recoba, Crespo, and later Adriano, Martins, Ibrahimovic, Milito, Eto'o, Inter Milan have always had the best strikers in the world, but they lack a good midfielder who can fully bring out the best in these strikers.

Ricardo could not solve Inter's ill either. He has some organizational skills, but he can't compare to the professional playmakers like Xavi, Pirlo and Sneijder. He's better at attacking.

So, so, let's make the most of your strengths and destroy your opponents with your offense!

After a home win over Juventus, Inter Milan had good results for the rest of 2004.

In the Champions League, Inter Milan beat Anderlecht 4-0 at home on 7 December to finish top of the group.

In the league, Messina was beaten 6-0 at home, Siena was beaten 4-2 away and Brescia was beaten 2-0 at home.

Ricardo started all four games and although his performances were not as sharp as before, he was also well received, contributing one goal and three assists in four games. It is worth noting that all three of his assists were given to Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is even more crazy, scoring 7 goals in 4 games, he is simply a walking goal machine.

In an interview, Ronaldo attributed his good form to Ricardo: "Ricci (Ronaldo's nickname for Ricardo) always makes the ball very comfortable for me, he is the one who knows me best, he knows my way of playing. With just one look, he could understand what I was going to do. And he's very good at breaking through and always creating chances where it's impossible. With him by my side, I just have to focus on scoring goals and that's what I'm good at. ”

In the 16th round of the league, although Ronaldo was out of action for more than a month due to injury, he still scored a terrifying 14 goals and temporarily topped the scorer list.

After the game against Brescia, the team entered the winter break, Ronaldo scrapped many commercials and TV shows, and returned to Brazil for Christmas.