'It's not the end of the world to be three goals down, we still have hope.' This was said by Corinthians coach Júnior at a press conference ahead of the second leg of the final of the São Paulo State Championship against Corinthians at home.

"I've found a way to limit Licardo and Kaka, and they can't do whatever they want like in the first round."

'Rojas has had a brilliant career, but he's not even had a lot of coaching experience, so I think that's where our opportunity lies.

Rojas responded: "Júnior had a great playing period and I admire him, but tomorrow we will give it our all. ”

"Both Licardo and Kaka have the potential to be the best players in the world. There may be people in this world who can defend against them, but it's not Corinthians. ”

"We have a three-goal advantage in our hands, and tomorrow we will focus on defending and counter-attacking and not giving the opponent any chance to turn the game around. We won't let up until the game is over. ”

'Yes, both Ricardo and Kaka will start and they can give the team a win that they wanted.

On March 15, São Paulo's home match against Corinthians began.

The São Paulo crowd celebrated the win before the game even when they set off fireworks and threw countless pieces of paper into the pitch as if it were snowfalling, and the referee had to postpone the start of the game and ask the staff at the Molumbi Stadium to scramble to clean up the debris that had been thrown on the lawn.

When the game finally began, Júnior muttered, "Rojas, you liar!" ”

In Sao Paulo's starting line-up, Ricardo was indeed listed, but Cocaka was on the bench.

Sao Paulo, who play at home, still use the 4231 formation, but the players are heavily rotated, with youngster Gabriel and new left-back Fabiano both starting at the back, Ricardinho and Gian at the back, Rico appearing for the first time in the left midfield position, and the right midfielder is new signing Leonardo, and Elton plays in the front midfield. Single striker Ricardo.

This line-up is younger and more impactful than Sao Paulo's usual starters.

Rojas did not resort to what he called a "defensive counter-attack" in his press conference, with Sao Paulo launching a fierce attack towards Corinthians' goal from the first minute.

In the front line, Ricardo can often use his individual ability to involve multiple defenders of the opposing position, and then give the ball to Rico or Elton who are inserted, and often create danger in front of the Corinthians goal.

Unfortunately, neither Rico nor Elton had shooting boots in their hands, and several good chances were wasted by them.

Corinthians, who trailed by three goals on aggregate, were of course not willing to admit defeat, and after stabilizing their position, they also launched a tidal wave of attacks.

However, Rojas was not worried about being scored by Corinthians at all. His dominant idea today is just one word: attack!

If you can score one, I can score one and see who scores the most goals.

So the audience at the scene was fortunate enough to see a goal battle.

It was Corinthians who scored first, and in the 33rd minute, Fabiano's powerful shot from outside the box found a hole in Cheney's 10 fingers.

Corinthi arranged a very aggressive 433 formation in this game, with new signing Amaral rushing forward, Gil and Robert from Santos playing as wingers, and among the three midfielders, Wanpeta fell behind to organize the attack, and Fabricio and Fabinho both acted as B2B midfielders, taking turns to attack the Sao Paulo penalty area.

Sao Paulo's defenders were a bit unprepared and didn't get the help in place when they got in, which allowed Fabinho to score a goal.

However, Sao Paulo, who are leading on aggregate, have a psychological advantage and are still attacking boldly. Corinthians, who were eager to score, were a bit of a defensive defender after all, and they were soon seized by Sao Paulo.

Five minutes later, Sao Paulo attacked, and Ricardinho found Ricardo with a half-high ball, who took control of the ball in a scramble with Anderson and then tucked it into the left flank.

Rico plugged in at high speed, caught up with the ball, observed it, and crossed with his feet.

Ricardo started an aggressive run after the pass, by which point he had run to the front post, shook off Anderson's defence, and jumped high to head the ball into the net without interference, but Doni couldn't save and could only watch the ball fall to the bottom of the net.

The goal instantly ignited the atmosphere at the Molumbi Stadium, with streamers, confetti falling and fans throwing burning fireworks into the stadium.

Ricardo took off his shirt and ran wild on the pitch.

“Goallllll!! Ricardo's header equalizes for Sao Paulo! Ricardo is so well-rounded, he can open the bow with his left and right feet, and his heading skills seem to be good now, so people can't find his shortcomings. Perhaps the best fit for him is the striker position, it would be a waste of his attacking talent to put him in the midfielder or left wing-back position," said the commentator, "Júnior will have to figure out a way, if Corinthians can't find a way to limit Ricardo, the balance of victory and defeat in this game will definitely be tilted in Sao Paulo's side!" ”

As if to annotate the commentator's words, Sao Paulo launched a fast break towards the end of the first half.

Ricardinho drove the ball directly down the left in midfield, Rico cut in at high speed, padded the ball past Rogerio with his thigh, and then stumbled to compete with Rogerio for speed, and finally he had the upper hand, stabbing the ball first and passing the ball towards the vicinity of the penalty area.

There were also two people in the middle of the race, Licardo cut forward at full speed, and Anderson blocked Ricardo with his right hand and pulled Ricardo's jersey with his left hand, trying his best, but was still forced to overtake by Ricardo.

Seeing this, Corinthians' goalkeeper Doni had to attack, but as soon as he was halfway through, Ricardo had already caught up with the ball and fired a volley.

The ball flew high above Doni's head, and Doni didn't even have time to jump, so he could only turn and stare at the ball.

The ball flew past the highest point and quickly fell, eventually hitting the crossbar and bouncing off to Dhoni right for him. Dhoni was frightened, and quickly hugged the ball and pressed it under him, and was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Rico passed diagonally, Licardo plugged in at high speed, and in the face of the attacking Doni, he chose to shoot! This goal is going to go in...... The beam saved Corinthians' lives! Ricardo almost killed the suspense! If this goal is scored, Sao Paulo will have a four-goal lead and Corinthians will have no hope. Now they still have one last glimmer of hope, and it will only be up to Júnior to make the right adjustments at half-time. ”

Ricardo also felt sorry, and he turned to give him a round of applause to Rico, who gave him a thumbs down: You bastard, waste my pass.

Ricardo smiled. What does it feel like to play football with friends...... That's nice.