It is a well-known thing that a fierce confrontation increases the exertion of physical strength.

For example, if Ricardo wants to break through an opponent from the wing in the Brazilian league, perhaps he only needs a shoulder-heavy movement, or a simple left and right slump.

However, in this game, facing world-class defenders such as Maldini and Cafu, he needs more moves to lure the opponent into being fooled and find a chance to break through. The physical strength consumed in this is more than doubled!

For example, in the Brazilian league, he only needs a simple run to receive a pass from a team-mate.

However, in this game, he needs to run around continuously, make feints, and sprint left and right in order to get rid of the opponent's entanglement and blocking, and get the pass from his teammates.

A simple action of catching the ball will consume several times more physical strength than usual!

In addition, they also had to surround in the front court, which was also very physically demanding, so Ricardo felt tired just after the halfway point of the first half!

As you can imagine, the rest of Sao Paulo's players should be a little tired by now. Such high-intensity frontcourt pressing can't last long!

If they can't open up the situation in the first half, Sao Paulo will have to choose to recover in the second half, try to hold on to a draw, and finally hope for a penalty shoot-out.

So in any case, if Sao Paulo still want to win this game, they will have to score a goal in the first half!

Ricardo headed for goal and the free-kick would be taken by Ricardinho.

The ball is located about 35 or 6 meters from the goal, on the left side of the penalty area, and there is almost no possibility of a direct shot. Sao Paulo's centre-back Lugano also came into the AC Milan penalty area to scramble for a header. His header was a set-piece weapon for Sao Paulo.

Ricardo first set up an ambush at the back post, and when Ricardinho was running, he suddenly ran to the front post, and Gattuso, who was in charge of keeping an eye on him, hurriedly followed.

But Ricardo suddenly turned back and ran towards the back post, by which time Ricardinho had already kicked the ball and the ball was spinning fast and flying towards the back post!

Several players jumped midway through, but none of them reached the top of the ball, and as the ball approached the back point, the ball began to fall.

Gattuso was pulled out of two positions by Ricardo, who scrambled to get up and clear, but the ball flew past him and Ricardo made a headbutt to the ball, which changed direction and flew into the bottom corner of the net.

However, AC Milan's goalkeeper Dida made an incredible save, he almost subconsciously raised his leg to block, so close distance, he couldn't have had time to react, but he just blocked the ball!

The inevitable chance turned into a corner, and Licardo was much chagrined. Rojas also looked a little excited on the sidelines, jumping twice on the spot, cursing in his mouth, not knowing whether he was blaming Lady Luck or blaming Ricardo for wasting his chance.

Ricardinho scurried towards the corner flag area and prepared to take the corner.

With the horror just now, Gattuso looked at Ricardo more closely, stretched out his right hand and almost hugged Ricardo, and secretly grabbed the hem of Ricardo's jersey, almost the whole person hung on Ricardo.

Ricardo also didn't appeal to the referee, which doesn't make sense. This time, he is still ambushed at the back point, and the front point will be handed over to Lugano and other players to grab.

Ricardinho takes a small step to drive a corner. The ball flew low and flat, with a less obvious arc, and flew forward.

Lugano broke free of Costacuta's defense, leaped forward, flicked his head hard, and flicked the ball towards goal.

Dida made the right judgment again, but the ball was too fast and the angle was too awkward, and he couldn't hold it, so he could only slap the ball with one palm.

By the time Lugano hit the goal, Ricardo had already moved, and by the time Dida slapped the ball out, he had already rushed to the football, all he had to do was raise his leg and make a slight block, and the ball folded into the goal.

"Ricardo goallllllll!" The commentator of Globo Sports in Brazil shouted, "In the 27th minute of the game, Sao Paulo opened the scoring!" It was Ricardo who scored the goal! ”

"The AC Milan players surrounded the referee and they thought the goal was Licardo offside."

"Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay. Ricardinho's corner kick was taken, Lugano grabbed the front point and shook his head to hit the goal, looking at this moment, the positions of Ricardo and Gattuso were parallel, he was not offside! ”

"The referee Ivanov insisted on the penalty and the goal was valid! Sao Paulo leads AC Milan 1-0! ”

The match was broadcast live to 127 countries and hundreds of millions of fans were watching the game. Even if you are not a fan of AC Milan, most of them are inclined to AC Milan, after all, AC Milan is familiar with the name, and has several of the best players in the world, such as Shevchenko, Seedorf, Pirlo, Maldini, Cafu, Inzaghi, etc., no one is optimistic about Sao Paulo.

However, the underdogs Sao Paulo scored first!

Rojas jumped excitedly and threw his fist into the air, happy as a child.

A hint of helplessness appeared on Ancelotti's chubby face, shook his head, and turned back to sit down in the dugout.

Ricardo began to celebrate as soon as he finished his shot, running under the stands where the small crowd of fans wearing São Paulo shirts were sitting and waving. Regardless of whether it is the Sao Paulo fans who have come from afar or the Japanese fans who support Sao Paulo, at least in this game, they are in the same place.

The celebration in São Paulo didn't last long, with Milan kicking off.

AC Milan continued to play slowly, while Ricardinho and Antonio received instructions from Rojas not to press Pirlo again, and the whole team retracted from the defense and waited for an opportunity to counterattack, and Pirlo was able to calmly organize the attack.

In the 31st minute, Pirlo made a sharp stop in midfield and turned away from Ricardinho's defense and crossed to the edge of the penalty area. Shevchenko appeared in this position, but instead of receiving the ball, he missed it and followed him with Julio. Santos lost his mind and let the ball go as well, and Tomasson slashed out of the stab and fired a shot into the far corner.

Luckily, Cheney's concentration was more focused, and a nice side pounce knocked the ball off the line.

Ricardo shook his head. Rojas had a problematic tactical set-up and should not have relaxed his pressing on Pirlo, who was too threatening with his passing.

This is a superstar player who has redefined the tactical role of a football field, and the word metronome (regista) has been referring specifically to Pirlo for quite some time.

If Rojas lets Pirlo alone, it will be a slow suicide!