Chapter 226: Serie A Opener

Although captain Zanetti's party was a success, it didn't mean that Ricardo could fit in with the team so easily.

However, the team's biggest boss Ronaldo is his own brother, and no one dares to offend him in the team, so his integration process is smoother than that of ordinary players.

It can be seen in the training that although not everyone deliberately comes to please him, they will basically give him a smile when facing him, and they will not spend money.

In addition to Adriano, Ricardo quickly made several friends. There is Recoba, the eldest boy, who is 28 years old, but he does not look very good; There is Martins, although the two have conflicting positions, Martins is Ronaldo's little fan brother and is also very affectionate to Ricardo; There is also the prince of nightclubs, Vieri, who looks like a big brother, patting his chest and saying that he wants to familiarize Ricardo with all the nightclubs in Milan within a month, but Ricardo can only thank Bumin, saying that he is a tracheitis.

Cambiaso has finally been officially announced, and Inter's recruitment work continues, with Favali and Mihajlovic soon joining Inter on free transfers.

Mihajlovic wanted to choose the number 11, but after Adriano gave the number 10 to Ricardo, he picked up the number 11 himself, and the free kick master Mihajlovic had to choose the number 22.

Edgar. Davies also finally agreed personal terms with Inter Milan on a free transfer, and he opted for the No. 8 shirt.

This season, Inter Milan continues to have a careful recruitment policy, except for spending more on Ricardo, the rest are less than 10 million or even free reinforcements.

In terms of the structure of recruitment, there are experienced veterans 29-year-old Veron, 31-year-old Davis, and 30-year-old Ze. Maria, 35-year-old Mihajlovic and 31-year-old Favali can form an instant combat force; There are also 18-year-old Ricardo, 23-year-old Burdisso, and 24-year-old Cambiaso, who are making reserves for the future, at least those transfer experts can't find fault with them.

Aside from the criticism of letting Cannavaro go, there's really nothing wrong with it.

And Helwig, Adani, Caron, Almeida, Ventola and other players have also left the team one after another, giving Inter Milan a little blood.

All told, Inter Milan's net transfer expenditure this season turned out to be less than 30 million euros.

Before September, Inter Milan played several friendly matches in succession, and the results were not bad, and Ricardo played all the games, starting and subs, and scoring goals and assists repeatedly, but Mancini still does not seem to have any intention of using him as the main player.

He has used three formations in friendlies, 352, 442 and 4321, and it is unclear which one he intends to use as his main formation for the new season.

Ricardo appeared in five positions: as a midfielder, left wing-back, right wing-back and forward, as well as a left winger in the 4321 formation.

His personal favourite is the left winger position, and he plays best in that position, often making beautiful crosses, cutting inside or coming down the middle to assist in the midfield set-up, but he doesn't know if he's living up to Mancini's expectations.

Ronaldo's position is unshakable, and in the choice of strikers, Mancini has shown a preference for Adriano.

This preference manifests itself in the form that he often gets angry at Adriano in training, asking Adriano to retreat more and respond more, and not to play so alone.

It can be seen that Mancini prefers Adriano to be Ronaldo's assistant rather than Ricardo.

What can Ricardo say? You can only train harder.

This season, the number of Serie A teams has expanded from 18 to 20 teams, and the number of league games has increased from 34 to 38. This is an important reform of Serie A, how important is it? Basically, after this reform, Serie A quickly declined.

The opening match will be on September 11.

Prior to the Serie A opener, Ricardo, Ronaldo and Adriano received a call-up to the Brazilian national team, where they will play in two matches: a World Cup qualifier against Bolivia and a friendly against Germany.

Entering 2004, Brazil's record in World Cup qualifying was not good. They drew 0-0 away at Paraguay and 1-1 at Chile, but the 4-1 home win over Argentina was remarkable, with Ricardo also coming off the bench to score a goal in that game.

On 6 September, Brazil hosted Bolivia and the big names returned from overseas, while Ricardo was unexpectedly scheduled to start alongside Ronaldo.

Ricardo didn't waste a rare starting opportunity, scoring a goal in each half and setting up a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo to give Brazil a 5-1 victory.

Presumably, Pereira will be impressed by Ricardo's performance this time.

Three days later, Brazil faced Germany away, and most of the main players were rested. Ricardo came on late to assist Ronaldo for a goal in a 2-1 victory over Germany in this friendly match.

After this game, the Brazilian team was disbanded on the spot, and the players looked for their own mothers.

Ricardo flew back to Milan with Ronaldo, Adriano and Kaka, who didn't play the full game against Germany, so they weren't particularly tired, but jet lag took time.

The day before the match, Ricardo was told that he had been named in the squad. Ricardo is very calm about this, although it is difficult to compete for the main position at this stage, but he is a strong intercontinental player, and it is funny that he cannot be selected for the squad.

In the opening game of Serie A on September 11, at the Bent Gordy Stadium, facing the "flying donkey" Chievo, Inter Milan did not play well.

Mancini played a 442 formation in a parallel position in midfield in this game, goalkeeper Toldo, and the back line was Zanetti, Mihajlovich, Materazzi and Favali. Maria played on the right wing, Stankovic on the left, Veron and Davies in midfield, and Ronaldo and Adriano up front.

On paper, this team would have no problem playing the Champions League final, but against Chievo, who were only promoted to the first division in 2001, Inter Milan couldn't come up with a good solution.

Although only in the 18th minute, Stankovic received a wonderful pass from Veron and scored a goal, but soon after Mihajlovic was picked up by Chievo's Semioli because of a leak, and the chest stopped and shot the goal to equalize the score.

In the 37th minute, it was Mihajlovic who was out of position defensively, Chievo's Franceschini pass penetrated the Inter Milan defense, and Pelissier easily burst into the penalty area, and stabbed into the near corner in the face of Toldo's block, leading Inter Milan at home.

Throughout the first half, Mihajlovic made four headers and three defensive errors, and the 35-year-old was completely out of shape.

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