"All you have to do is prove to everybody," Dunga impassioned at the team meeting, "that you deserve the shirt you have." I don't want the media to say, 'This is the Brazil of Ricardo and the other nine Kakaga', after the next match, I want people to call you a qualified Brazil!" ”

Robinho hung his head.

I want to prove it too! But you won't give me a chance!

He almost wanted to roar and shout it out.

Last season, he was sent to Inter Milan by Real Madrid in the form of a voucher. Everyone in the world knows that he is the addition of Real Madrid's bid for Ricardo.

He tried to prove himself at Inter Milan, but the fans of Inter Milan always talked about Ricardo, whether it was praise, curse, or nostalgia, they couldn't do without Ricardo.

"Ricardo, that son of a bitch! He betrayed us like this! ”

'Robinho played well and sometimes he reminded me of Ricardo.

"It would be nice if Ricardo was still around. If it was him, the goal would have gone in. ”

"If Ricardo is still around, how can we be eliminated by Valencia!"

Haven't I proven myself yet! I've scored 14 goals at Inter this season!

Well, that's a little less than Ricardo's 49 goals......

But I have more assists than Ricca!

Don't you deserve to get a main position!

After the meeting, Robinho finally couldn't take it anymore and he dragged Diego and Elano from the Santos side to Dunga.

"If you're not going to let us play," Robinho said, "then sir, you shouldn't have called us up in the first place. ”

"There's a reason why you can report 22 men instead of 11 in the Copa America. There's always someone who starts and someone who comes off the bench," Dunga said calmly, "and to convince me, show it in training first." ”

Most Brazilian players don't pay attention to training, and the same goes for players like Robinho and Diego, who like to eat on their talent, and training is just another show for them.

On the other hand, there are Ricardo and Kaka, both of whom always give their all in training and treat training as if it were a World Cup final.

Elano was unconvinced: "I think I did a better job than Baptista and Josue." ”

"They're better suited to the current system than you." Dunga didn't say it too explicitly, but everyone understood what he meant. The backbone of the team is now Sao Paulo's players, and Ricardo, Kaka and Baptista were responsible for all the goals of the Brazilian team in the group stage.

In this case, Dunga did not want to rush into using Santos-based players.

Some media have complained about this, believing that Elano and Diego are always better than Josue, and Robinho should also replace Wagner. Lowe starts, but Dunga is unmoved. He wants to win, not to take care of the emotions of one or a few players.

"If it's all right, please leave. I still have work to do. Dunga issued an eviction order.

"Please give us a chance," said Robinho, almost pleading, "and we will not let you down, sir." ”

"And what I'm thinking about is not letting down the fans across the country," Dunga said coldly, "keep waiting, your chance will come, but not now." ”

How long will it take? Wait until Ricardo is not in good shape?

But...... When is Ricardo going to slip into form?

After a win over Ecuador, Brazil finished second in Group B.

And their opponents in the quarter-finals are...... Chile.

That's right, Chile, humiliated 4:0 by Brazil in the group stage.

This is thanks to the Copa America schedule, which has a total of 12 teams and is divided into 4 groups, with the top two teams in each group and the two best thirds advancing to the last eight.

Chile is third in Group B. Although they lost to Brazil, they came back from behind to beat Ecuador in their opening game and played a tacit game against Mexico in the final group game to win one point each.

However, they will face Brazil again.

Chilean coach Acosta vowed to say: "I have found a way to deal with Brazil. The lads are eager for a shame. We're going to freeze Ricardo and Kaka and not give the opponent a chance. We're hungry for glory, we're hungry for the finals, and the lads won't let you down again! ”

However, at the end of the first half, the score was 3-0 and Brazil took the lead.

Just 10 minutes into the game, Brazil were awarded a corner, Alex headed back, and Juan flanked the ball with a header.

Three minutes later, Ricardo broke through the middle and disrupted the Chilean defence before stuffing the ball to Lowe at the top of the arc. Instead of being greedy, Lowe tapped the ball to the left and Baptista followed up with a powerful shot that once again penetrated the Chilean goal.

In the 28th minute, Brazil broke the ball in the midfield to launch a counterattack, Baptista sent a penetrating through ball in the middle, Licardo received the ball in front of the penalty area and buckled the opponent's forward blocked Itura, and scored with a low shot into the near corner of the goal after dribbling the ball horizontally. 3-0, only halfway through the first half, Brazil completely lost the suspense of the game.

Brazil used the same lineup from the previous game, with the only difference being that the injured McCone replaced Alves, and the midfielders were Baptista and Gilberto. Silva's combination still uses the São Paulo trio of Josoué, Ricardo and Kaka in the frontcourt.

The single striker is still Lowe.

Yes, Lowe has limited personal abilities, but he is a positive runner.

Yes, he doesn't have a lot of scoring ability in front of goal, but he can play the ball.

Yes, his passing quality is not high, but he will at least pass the ball to Ricardo.

And how much does Brazil's offense rely on Ricardo?

He has scored five goals in the Copa America so far.

As for the first goal against Chile in the group stage, although it was not his assist, if he had not distributed the ball to Anderson, Baptista would not have been able to score; Against Ecuador, it was he who created the penalty and allowed Kaka to score; Although the second goal against Chile was not his direct assist, his well-placed through ball allowed Lowe to contribute an assist.

It can be said that the attack of this Brazilian team is completely dependent on the play of Ricardo. If Ricardo is not in good form or does not play, the Brazilian team will not be able to play.

Ricardo was on the field, and he was able to slaughter Chile by 3 goals in half time.

The veteran Acosta clutched his chest and sat in the Chilean team's dugout in agony. His carefully arranged defense before the game was messed up by Ricardo alone.

His pre-match words to his players: "Freeze Ricardo, hold for a draw, and we will play Brazil again in the penalty shoot-out final", has become a joke.