At the end of August, Ricardo renewed his contract with Sao Paulo, and many European giants returned disappointed.

In the new four-year contract, Ricardo's weekly salary rises to R$20,000, surpassing captain Cheney and Luis. Fabiano is the highest paid member of the team. Of course, there is still a big gap between this salary and Kaka's salary at AC Milan, but there is no way, the Brazilian economy in this era is not in a recession.

His appearance fee rises to R$8,000, goals bonus R$3,500, assists R$1,500, signing fee of R$800,000, plus a special clause: if he becomes the top scorer in the Brazilian league, he will receive a bonus of R$1 million. It's almost a gift of money to him, because now he's leading the scorers in the Brazilian league.

Juventio once wanted to adjust his contract break to $30 million, but under the mediation of Ronaldo, and Licardo threatened "If this is the case, I will not accept the contract renewal and accept Real Madrid's contract immediately", and finally only set his contract break fee at $20 million, which is only effective for foreign clubs.

The breach fee has only increased by $5 million, which may not seem like much, but it represents a step up the value of Ricardo. Di Vaio's move to Juventus and Crespo's move from Parma to Chelsea also cost just over $20 million.

In the current transfer market, those who can get almost $20 million are already considered world-class stars by default.

Of course, if it is a young player, there is also a premium, such as Adriano has just broken through to the continental level after the Confederations Cup, but his value has soared to more than 30 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 20 million euros. However, one of the important reasons is that his transfer from Inter Milan to Parma is an internal transfer in Serie A, and does not occupy a non-European place.

If Licardo has an EU passport, it is possible that his worth will exceed $30 million in minutes, or even reach 40 million.

Even if it's hard to get an EU passport right now, if he can maintain his current form and goalscoring efficiency until he turns 18, there will certainly be plenty of teams willing to shell out $20 million for him.

After the renewal of Ricardo's contract was completed, Ronaldo retired and returned to Milan to participate in Inter's pre-season training camp.

And Ricardo threw himself into the league without distraction, scoring goals one after another, helping Sao Paulo to win four consecutive victories.

In September, the World Cup qualifiers officially began, and Ricardo was selected.

However, he was on the bench in the away game against Colombia and the home game against Ecuador, and in both games he only managed to get a little playing time in garbage time. There is no way, the current Brazilian team is too star-studded, although he already has the strength to compete for the main position, but Pereira also has to consider the balance of the dressing room.

Ronaldo is naturally the biggest boss in the dressing room, but he is not too eager to support his own brother on the top, and during the game, he hinted to Ricardo that he should take his time and he will gradually buy more playing time for Ricardo.

Brazil won both of these games and got off to a good start in World Cup qualifying.

Ricardo is not really unhappy about sitting on the bench, he is only 17 years old, and there is no need to rush too much.

And Pereira has hinted to him that as long as he stays in form, there will be a place for him in next year's Copa America, so what else is he unhappy about.

With São Paulo knocked out of both the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Sudamericana, São Paulo began to go all out to snatch points in the league.

But Kaka's transfer did make Sao Paulo's strength suffer greatly, and the front court lost a burst point, and the offensive power decreased significantly.

Rojas experimented with several formations and is now trying to play a 352. Ricardo and Fabiano are paired up in front, with Ricardo playing the role of shadow striker slightly behind.

Gustavo. Neri and Simplicio acted as wing-backs, both of whom were strong in attack and weak in defence, and they were at home in this position.

The midfield trio is slightly more forward, somewhere between a midfielder and a regular B2B midfielder, who has to organise attacks and provide shells to the front line like a traditional midfielder, while taking on more defensive responsibilities than a traditional midfielder. The selection of the double midfielder is not fixed, and the youngster Marco. Antonio, Alejandro and Pacos Ferreira rotated.

The back three were Gian, Lugano and teenager Giulio. Santos.

Rico has temporarily lost his place in the main line-up and only has the opportunity to play as a substitute for Fabiano or Ricardo, or when the team changes formations.

This line-up has been tested in several games and has played well. In particular, the activation of Ricardo gave Ricardo more tactical freedom, allowing Ricardo to devote more energy to attacking, and when he needed to possess the ball, Ricardo was able to retreat a little and join forces with Ricardinho to contain the midfield.

However, there have been no bad battles in the past few games, and if you really want to review the gains and losses of this formation and tactics, we have to look at the next highlight - Sao Paulo at home against Cruzeiro.

In the first leg between the two sides, Sao Paulo drew 1-1 away and did not open up the points gap.

So far, Cruzeiro still leads the league standings, with São Paulo in second place with four points less than their opponents, followed by Santos, five points behind São Paulo with a game in hand.

Santos was also stunned by Sao Paulo in the first round of the league, resulting in a poor start, with only one win in the first six league games. Although he later regained his form, Robinho, Diego, and Oliveira frequently played their power and went against the current, but they failed to catch up with the leader.

In Santos' home game against Sao Paulo, it was only 0:0 and failed to shorten the gap with Sao Paulo.

So although Santos has not withdrawn from the championship race, there is little hope; There is hope for São Paulo. If they can beat Cruzeiro at home this time, they can close the gap to one point, and they could catch up at any time.

Of course, Cruzeiro won't sit still. It is conceivable that this game must be a battle between the dragons and tigers, and the two sides will fight each other without giving up an inch of land.

In his pre-match press conference, Rojas expressed cautious optimism: "The squad is more complete now, Ricardo and Fabiano are in better form, and I think we have every chance to win at home. ”

Cruzeiro coach Luxemberg said: "Sao Paulo's attacking power is obvious to all, Ricardo and Fabiano are the top goalscoring partners in the league at the moment, and we are under a lot of pressure when we travel to Sao Paulo. But Cruzeiro doesn't back down, we don't have the word 'towel' in our dictionary. We've got the best defence in the league, we're in great form at the moment and I'm sure the lads can give us a good result. ”

Players from both sides also expressed their ambitions in interviews. "We are the South American champions, in the first half of the season we were distracted by the continental competitions and then everything will be back on track and in this game we will prove the quality of the South American champions," said Ricardo. ”

The heart of Cruzeiro's midfield, Alex, who has been outstanding this season, said: "Sao Paulo have a very good group of players and I respect them, but I won't be polite in the game. ”