Chapter 32: Ronaldo's successor
You certainly can't expect Ronaldo to score two or three super goals in every game, but there is no doubt about his ability to be the best player of the day. - Maldini the Elder
"Just one minute after his debut, Ricardo gave us a wonderful world wave! He proved that he deserved those accolades! ”
"The Brazilian international team is behind again, their players are stunned on the field! All their previous efforts have been in vain! Hey, what is Licardo doing? He ran up to Nirmal and seemed to say something. ”
After the goal, Ricardo rushed to Nilmar, in fact he didn't say anything, just put his index finger in front of his lips and made a "silence" gesture.
It's all big guys, don't BB if you can move your feet!
What can be done with one goal doesn't need to be added with words!
Nirmal was dumbfounded, not knowing what to do for a moment.
By the time he got angry and was about to fight back, Ricardo had already left with his arms up to celebrate with his teammates in São Paulo.
This goal was devastating to the morale of the Brazilian international team.
After that, for a long time, they didn't play much, lazily as if they had been drained of their strength, and they made frequent mistakes.
Instead of dribbling himself, Ricardo reverted to a simple style of kicking the ball out of the way, lest the opponent get angry and retaliate against him. Taking advantage of the Brazilian International's distraction, he frequently sent wonderful passes to his teammates, but unfortunately Sao Paulo was unlucky, Baptista hit the crossbar with a burst shot from inside the box, Lugano stepped forward, rushed to the box and headed the ball close to the goalkeeper. The goalkeepers of Internacional Brasil are busy, and so are the commentators.
Osvaldo sat back in the dugout after Ricardo's goal, smiling with satisfaction. This kid still keeps surprising himself!
In the stands, the São Paulo fans, who numbered only a few hundred, sang loudly, penetrating the waves of more than 40,000 Brazilian international fans, and clearly reaching the ears of every São Paulo player.
Sao Paulo has become more and more courageous, frequently threatening the goal of Internacional Brazil, not satisfied with a small victory, constantly looking for opportunities to extend the score advantage.
Osvaldo had to come to the sidelines again and signal the players to recycle, not to press too high and not to give the Brazilian international a chance to counter-attack. Their striker Niermar and left wing-back Daniel. Carvalho is a player with skill and speed, and the threat of counter-attacking is not small.
The hot-blooded state gradually cooled down, and São Paulo, under the direction of Ricardinho and Ricardo, lowered the tempo. Ricardo simply ran out of the penalty area, returned to the vicinity of midfield, linked up with Ricardinho, and used precise short passes to control the ball in the middle and firmly control the rhythm.
Osvaldo nodded reservedly. Licardo's performance was too much in line with his heart.
When the clock ticked for the 80th minute, Osvaldo said to Kaka: "You warm up and get on the pitch to get your senses. ”
Kaka smiled obediently and quickly got up to warm up. Two minutes later, Kaka came on to replace Alessandro.
"Sao Paulo made substitution adjustments, forward Kaka came out, replaced a back midfielder, I don't understand Osvaldo's substitution, people who don't know still think that Sao Paulo is behind, why did he remove a defensive player at this time and replace an offensive player?" The narrator was puzzled.
But soon the situation on the field revealed Osvaldo's intentions.
After Kaka came on the field, Sao Paulo's midfield pass was more stable, and at the same time, Kaka's high-speed insertion was also an offensive weapon for Sao Paulo, which continued to put pressure on the Brazilian International's backline, so that the Brazilian International team did not dare to press on the attack.
It was the first time that Kaka and Ricardo had played together in an official match, but he found that Ricardo always knew his running line clearly and gave him a good angle and strength pass.
Osvaldo also looked at it. In his mind, Kaka and Ricardo are São Paulo's future hopes, and he is already thinking about the coexistence of the two at the same time, but he did not expect Ricardo to hand in a satisfactory answer so quickly.
He didn't know that Ricardo's father in his previous life was an avid fan of Kaka, and collected all the video footage of Kaka's games, and Ricardo grew up watching Kaka's football since he was a child, and knew Kaka's playing habits well......
In the 89th minute of the game, there was a mistake in the Brazilian international attack, and the ball was cut off by Baptista. Baptista quickly passes the ball to Kaka and Sao Paulo counters!
Kaka ran wildly with the ball and crossed the halfway point in the blink of an eye. He glanced up and saw only Ricardo running fast.
At this time, the defenders of Brazil International also posted up, after all, Kaka had just recovered from the injury, and he was not afraid to play a physical confrontation, and he was not sure to pass the ball to the feet of Ricardo, so he had to pass the ball back to Ricardinho.
When Kaka passed, Ricardo suddenly stopped and turned back, and Ricardinho saw this and stabbed the ball to Ricardo again.
Kaka plugged in at high speed next to him, running without distraction, and when he ran parallel to the last defender of the opposition, the ball arrived as expected, flying about a meter in front of him.
The ball was so comfortable that Kaka strode forward, stopped the ball and took a trip past the last defender of the opposition to face the goalkeeper.
The Brazil International goalkeeper went out on a shot and came to the penalty spot, where Kaka got up at the top of the arc, deceived the opposition goalkeeper and fired a low shot in the opposite direction, and the ball rolled smoothly into the goal.
"Sao Paulo cooperated up front, Ricardinho didn't stop the ball and passed it directly to Ricardo! Ricardo, the ball stopped very steadily, he took two steps, the defender came up! Feints! Ricardo didn't choose to break through, he chose to pass! A scalpel-like straight plug! Kaka catches the ball! Single-handed! goal!!!!! Sao Paulo scored another goal to lead Internacional Brazil 3:1! ”
Osvaldo clenched his fists tightly and couldn't help but exclaim: "Good ball! ”
The biggest takeaway from this game was not the three points, but the discovery of the chemistry between Licardo and Kaka!
If the two of them could maintain such a tacit understanding, Osvaldo could not imagine who would be able to stop them in the Brazilian National Championships!
The commentator was still chattering: "Kaka showed good form in the first game of his comeback...... It is worth mentioning the youngster Licardo, who came off the bench for the third time, but once again handed in a perfect answer with one shot and one pass. I can assert that he will be the main striker of the Brazilian team for the next twenty years! He would be Ronaldo's best successor! As Ronaldo's younger brother, he has the potential to surpass his brother! ”