Ricardo and Figo greeted each other, but their eyes involuntarily drifted to Ronaldo.

For footballers like him in later generations, Ronaldo and Messi are two living legends, two immortal monuments, and two record holders.

Although in his mind, Ronaldo is the only one, the number one lover, and irreplaceable.

But it is undeniable that Messi and Ronaldo represent the pinnacle of the development of footballers!

Anyone involved in football can't avoid these two names, just like Pele and Maradona!

In an era, they were synonymous with football! Just like Ronaldo today!

Noticing Ricardo's gaze, Ronaldo smiled a little shyly. At this time, he was still a young man, with a young face and high spirits, like the rising sun.

And the Portuguese players seem to be very fond of him and protect him very tightly.

His status in the minds of Portuguese fans may be equivalent to that of Ricardo in the minds of Brazilians.

And his performance in this World Cup is also remarkable.

It's just that his performance is also controversial. In particular, in the game against England, he instigated the referee to send off his club teammate Wayne Rooney, which provoked the anger of England, especially Manchester United fans.

"Hey, Cristiano," Ricardo said, holding back his excitement and beckoning, "this is our first time fighting each other, and it's nice to have an opponent like you." ”

Ronaldo blinked in confusion, he is still just a rookie star with a good reputation, but Ricardo is a world-class star with a global reputation, and the two are not players of the same grade. And they had never crossed paths before, and he didn't understand why Ricardo would take the initiative to greet him.

However, he responded politely: "I'm also very happy to have the opportunity to play with you, you are the best player in our age group and I hope that one day I can reach your heights." ”

"There will be such a day, and it will be soon." Ricardo said lightly.

Cristiano Ronaldo improved quite quickly during this time, and it didn't take long for him to be in another time and space, but two years later, in 2008, he won his first Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year.

So Ricardo is not wrong to say that.

However, Ronaldo was very happy to hear it, although he is a very confident player, he did not expect that he could quickly reach the level of Ricardo.

After all, Ricardo is already the "successor of the king of the ball" in the mouth of the media, and the data of 38 goals and 16 assists in a season cannot be faked.

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Let's exchange jerseys after the game." ”

"Okay." Ricardo nodded.

When you arrive at the field, you should be ready to line up, shake hands, play the national anthem, take pictures, and guess coins......

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the game officially began.

Both teams played with their full squad, with Emerson and Adriano returning to the starting line-up on the Brazilian side.

Portugal lined up the usual 4231 formation, with the goalkeeper Ricardo, defenders Miguel, Meera, Carvalho, Valente, Costiña and Maniche at the back, Deco in midfield, Ronaldo and Figozhin on the left and right wingers, and Pauletta as the center.

Before the game, the Brazilian team studied the video of the game against Portugal, and Portugal's style of play is very European, the defensive system is very good, and the attack is also very layered. But their biggest weakness is the lack of a good centre-forward.

Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo create plenty of chances in every game, but Pauletta is always spitting out the pie. When it comes to his mouth, he just doesn't eat it, and he has a lot of personality.

This also led to Portugal's attacking play, but once it entered the opponent's penalty area, it began to be constipated, scoring only 6 goals in 5 games, and always scoreless.

Pereira's strategic approach to the Brazilian team is: keep an eye on Pauletta and let Pauletta lose its role as a fulcrum in the frontcourt; Emerson grabbed Deco and didn't let Portugal's midfielder play the ball easily; Left-back Robert. Carlos stares at his former club teammate Figo, severing the link between Figo and Deco.

As long as you do these things, there will be no surprises in winning this game.

As for Cristiano Ronaldo...... To tell the truth, if the current Ronaldo is in the Brazilian team, he will not even be able to enter the 23-man list of the national team. In Pereira's mind, he is not even as strong as Robinho. Don't pay much attention to it at all.

At the beginning of the game, the Brazilian team followed Pereira's arrangement and robbed Deco and Robert Deco in the midfield. Carlos kept Figo on close again, causing Portugal's attack to be unable to fight at all.

And Portugal's backline simply can't stop Brazil's magic quartet.

Just two minutes into the game, Kaka opened the prelude to Brazil's attack with a long-range shot.

A minute later, Ricador pulled to the right side, and after combining with Kaka, he crossed the bottom of his own, Adriano grabbed the point and shot with his right leg, and the ball hit the leg of Maniche who returned to the defense and bounced off the bottom line.

In the 5th minute, Ricardo swam to the left side to cooperate with Ronaldinho, he took the ball and pulled the ball continuously to avoid the pressing of the Portuguese players, and then made a straight stopper, Ronaldinho ran into the penalty area to receive the ball with understanding, and shot with his left foot from a small angle, but kicked it in the side netting.

In the 7th minute, Ronaldinho passed the wonderful pass to Robert. Carlos, Robert. Carlos ended the attack with his trademark powerful long-range shot, which was of high quality but unfortunately went just wide.

Scolari was worthy of being the champion coach and he immediately made a tweak, allowing Deco to reclaim his position and return to the middle of the two midfielders, with Maniche and Costinha at the back to protect him.

After the retracement, Deco played a greater role. In the ninth minute, he made a clever pass to the left, Ronaldo took the ball and cut through Cafu's defence, and then returned a backheel pass, Maniche followed up with a long-range shot that went over the crossbar.

The next attack, Portugal switched to the right, Figo broke through and crossed to Pauletta, but Juan blocked the pass path and broke the ball. Pauletta was a bit sluggish to react to the ball, and if he spotted Figo's pass and immediately stepped forward to receive it, he should be more of a threat.

In the 11th minute, Deco retreated to take the ball and then moved to the right side in a wide area, Figo took the ball to the ribs and stuffed his feet into the penalty area, this pass was very exquisite, but unfortunately Pauletta failed to understand Figo's intentions and did not run at all.

Figo couldn't help but shake his head. If he were in the club, he would have been able to provide an assist to either Ricardo or Adriano as a pass.

Pauletta still can't compare to these world-class strikers.

If Portugal can have one of Ronaldo, Adriano and Ricardo, he will also have the confidence to compete for the World Cup title.

But I can't ask for more, and there is a genius in my own country...... His gaze was on Cristiano. Ronaldo.

Unfortunately, I can't wait for him to really grow up...... The dream of a champion, in my generation, is unattainable......