Chapter 446: The New Ball King Arrives

"The game has been played in the 66th minute, and the score is still 2:0. Brazil leads. Argentina will have to act as soon as possible if they want to equalise," said the commentator Marcos, "and at the moment I don't see any hope of an equaliser. They had a lot of attacks, but rarely managed to find their way into the Brazilian penalty area, and most of them ended up with long-range shots. Riquelme was closely defended by Brazil today and failed to deliver a steady stream of brilliant passes as usual. Youngster Lionel Messi has also been lost in Brazil's defence, and he has not been able to pose a threat to the Brazilian goal until now. โ€

The commentator said: "On the other hand, Argentina also made a key defense against Ricardo, but when Ricardo was frozen, Kaka stood up at the right time and became the hero of the game. Not only did he score a goal and assist a goal, but Kaka's high-speed dribbling today caused Argentina many times on the counter-attack. โ€

"Brazil's counterattack!" Marcos, the commentator, shouted, "The Brazilians are here again!" This time it was Ricardo who dribbled the ball, he went straight to the left side of the penalty area, two Argentine players went over to press, and Ricardo did not try to break through himself, passing the ball to Kaka. Kaka can choose to shoot directly! โ€

Kaka can indeed shoot, there is an empty space in front of him, and he can get up and down. But he hesitated, thought of Ricardo's record, and passed the ball to Ricardo, who got rid of the Argentine defender.

"Kaka puts the ball back, Ricardo continues to take the ball, to the edge of the penalty area, he can shoot!"

Ricardo did not hesitate. In this position, if you shoot, there is indeed a good chance of going in. But it's not insured.

And now, the team needs to score another goal to secure the win. He looked up to see Lowe thrust forward from his side, and nudged the ball lightly.

"Ricardo chose to give the ball to Lowe. Lowe, feint, pass to the back point! Alves Goalllllllll! Brazil scored the third goal of the game! The score became 3:0 and the suspense of the game was lost! Argentina has completely collapsed and it is almost impossible for them to save the situation! โ€

"No, there is still suspense," the commentator laughed, "The suspense is whether Ricardo can score and break the record for the highest goal in the Copa America." โ€

"Yes, yes," Marcos echoed, "Licardo has played five games so far in this Copa America and scored nine goals, tying the Copa America goal record. He has scored nine goals in the Copa America and has Brazilian Gal. Rosa. Pinto, Argentine Humbert. Mascho and Uruguayan player Javier. Ambrois. Pelรฉ's record for the most goals scored in this tournament is 8. โ€

"You know, football is more and more defensive, and there are fewer and fewer goals in the game; And in the past, the Copa America used a double round-robin of home and away matches, with more games. In recent years, it has often been possible to become the top scorer in the Copa America with 4 or 5 goals. In '99, Ronaldo was the top scorer with five goals, and in '04 Adriano and Ricardo tied for the Copa America's Golden Boot with seven goals. And in this competition, it is not easy for Li Cardo to tie the record of his predecessors! And now he only needs to score one more goal, and he is the only one! โ€

"With more than 20 minutes left in the game, can he still score?"

Of course Ricardo wanted to score. When Argentina restarted the kick-off, he played very aggressively, attempting two long-range shots in four minutes.

Now that the win is decided, he can play a little wayward.

Dunga didn't say anything about it, leaning back in his chair, his eyes no longer fixed on the pitch, as if contemplating what he would say at the post-match press conference.

How do you say that the winning speech has momentum? That's a problem.

This is the first time he has won a major tournament as a head coach...... Lack of experience, lack of experience.

Perhaps a reference can be taken to what he said when he won the World Cup in the United States as captain in '94.

On the pitch, Brazil continued to play defensive counter-attacks.

Anyway, Argentina's defense is so porous, it is more comfortable to play counter-attack than offensive football, and it is easier to score goals, so why not.

The Argentine players were exhausted on the field, while the Brazilian team used counterattacks again and again to make the Argentine fans tremble.

In the 76th minute, Ricardo won the ball in front, he burst into the box with two people in a row, and was tackled from the side by Zanetti.

The referee signaled for the game to continue. After Zanetti broke the ball off the line, he picked up Ricardo with apologies. He knew very well that he had actually committed a foul just now, kicking Ricardo's ankle before touching the football.

"I'm not going to let you break the record with us." Zanetti whispered.

Ricardo endured the pain and smiled slightly, "Old captain, I'm sorry. โ€

The corner kick is taken, the Argentine pushes the ball out of the box, and Argentina counter-attacks. Aimar stealthily poked the ball to Messi on tiptoe in a high-speed dribble, and Messi tried a shot from the right side of the box that was deflected wide of the goal.

In the 81st minute, Riquelme's scalpel-like through kick gave Messi a chance to make a solo move, and Messi shook off Doni and smashed the ball into the empty net, but he didn't celebrate. The referee's whistle had sounded, and the moment Riquelme passed the ball, he was already in an offside position.

Doni slowed down, delaying as long as possible before kicking the goal.

The Argentine took the ball down and tried to set up another attack, but when the ball reached Riquelme's feet, Baptista cut it off with force. Alves followed up with a ball on the right wing.

Kaka cut in at high speed and immediately got the ball into the box, where Lowe had the upper hand in the battle with Ayala and headed it back.

Ricardo dodged the ball with a cushion on his thigh and dodged Keeley. Gonzalez's eyes defended, and then gently flicked the ball to avoid Mascherano's upper grab, when Mascherano used his hands and feet to squeeze away from Ricardo, Ricardo pulled the ball back with a light pull, sideways to shake off Mascherano, and then 31 meters away from the goal, suddenly raised his leg and kicked in the lower left part of the football.

The soccer ball draws a delicate arc and looks like it is about to fly out of the goal, but it changes direction in the middle of the way and goes straight to the corner of the goal.

Abondancheri reacted quickly, and the moment Ricardo kicked out, he was already in the air, but he was still half a beat slower, and the ball flew past his fingertips and plunged into the junction of the column and the beam.

"Licardo Goalllllllllll!" Marcos was like crazy, shouting for more than twenty seconds, "This is an unparalleled world wave!" Ricardo broke the 58-year-old record of the Copa America with a world wave! Now he is the all-time top scorer in the Copa America! 10 goals, can you believe it? He scored 10 goals in 5 games! If the Copa America hadn't changed its format, I don't think it would have been broken again in 100 years! โ€

"The new king of the ball, Licardo, has arrived!"