Chapter 358: Brazil VS Ghana
Pereira sent reporters away by promising that if Brazil wined, he would take Ricardo to the post-match press conference.
At 16:55 pm on the 27th, the match between Brazil and Ghana is about to start.
Ghana's midfield stalwart Essien was suspended and today they fielded a 442 formation, with youngster Draman taking Essien's place.
Brazil had won all of their matches against African teams in the World Cup without conceding a single goal, so the media generally believed that Brazil would win comfortably.
The Ghana team, judging from their formation today, is not conservative, and it is difficult to imagine that they can withstand the attack of the Brazilian team.
Ricardo was in a calm mood, lined up, took pictures, and hummed along to the national anthem of the Brazilian team.
As he prepared to kick off, Adriano and Ricardo gossiped: "How many are you going to score today?" ”
"Didn't think about it," Ricardo shook his head, "as long as he won." ”
"How long are you going to keep a straight face?" Adriano grimaced.
"By the time we win the championship."
"That's too long," Adriano shrugged helplessly, "Listen, I'm sad that Ronnie was hurt, of course, I understand your feelings, but you can't ......"
"Let's cooperate." Ricardo interrupted him.
"What fit?"
Ricardo lowered his voice: "That's it...... ...... like this"
Adriano nodded repeatedly.
In Ronaldo's absence, Ricardo was still on the right and Adriano was playing on the left, considering that Ricardo and Kaka worked better together.
After the Brazilian team kicked off, Ricardo took the ball, he controlled the ball without accelerating, and easily avoided Matthew. Amoah stepped up and passed the ball when he noticed that Adriano had already slotted into the Ghana penalty area like a sharp knife.
The ball flew towards Adriano with precision as if it were being pulled by an invisible hand. Adriano jumped high and headed the ball down the right wing. Kaka stopped the ball and made a feint to shake off Papoe and break through the bottom.
Ricardo was running at high speed.
Now he has broken the 100-metre mark of 10.6 seconds, and he has just over four seconds to rush into the Ghana penalty area from midfield, and no one can keep up with him.
When he ran to the top of the Ghana penalty area, Kaka just broke through to the bottom line, inverted the triangle pass, and flew accurately in front of him.
Ricardo slowed down, leaned back slightly on his chest to stop the ball, and before the ball hit the ground, he directly volleyed with his feet.
Ghana goalkeeper Kingston made an immediate save, but Ricardo volleyed the ball with the outside of his right foot, with a strong arc, and the ball spun past his glove and into the net as Kingston watched as he was about to touch the ball.
"Ricardo Goal! After just 17 seconds, Brazil took the lead! Ricardo blasted a world wave, and Kingston was completely powerless! It was Ricardo's first goal at the World Cup! His brother's injury gave him a huge boost and he was full of desire to score today! Overwhelming! The commentator at the scene shouted.
"It's the record for the fastest goal in this World Cup. The record for the fastest goal in the World Cup was the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. Suker scored in the 11th second. The Ricardos almost rewrote the record! ”
"Going into the knockout rounds, the morale of the Brazilian team is very high. No one would have doubted that they would be able to beat Ghana, but they didn't expect them to take the lead so quickly! It's a fantastic start! ”
Ricardo ran to the sidelines and lifted his jersey to reveal a sentence on his white shirt underneath. "Ronaldo, you will always be number one in the world!"
Adriano rushed up and jumped on Ricardo's back, and his nearly 180-pound weight couldn't overwhelm him. "Why are you so awesome! Why are you so awesome! He yelled into Ricardo's ear.
"Because I'm such a cow!" Ricardo roared, "We are champions!" ”
"We are champions!" The Brazilian players who came to celebrate shouted along.
Ghana looked helpless after conceding the goal, most of them were not in game shape yet, and they didn't even touch the ball once.
After the restart, Ghana launched a fierce attack.
Taking advantage of the physical and physical advantages, coupled with the ferocious scrambling, the Ghana team forced the Brazilian backline to make frequent mistakes for a while.
However, such a ferocious scramble also comes at a price, with Ghana's midfielders, Appia, who played for Juventus, and Muntari, who played for Inter Milan, received yellow cards one after another.
In the 13th minute, Ze. Roberto counter-attacked with the ball in the middle and stuffed it to the right, and Ricardo used his speed to overtake Mensah and get a one-on-one chance!
Ghana goalkeeper Kingston came out quickly.
At this point, Ricardo has two options, he can pass the ball to the back post and give it to Adriano, so that Adriano can get the opportunity to hit the empty goal; Alternatively, he can shoot on his own.
What would Ronaldo do if he was there? At this moment, the question crossed Ricardo's mind.
He hadn't had time to think about the answer, but his body had already figured it out for him automatically.
His left foot runs over the soccer ball while his body leans to the left and then his right foot slashes over the soccer ball with his body exaggerated to the right. The pendulum is over!
Kingston was stunned and fell to the ground regardless of the ball, and Ricardo immediately made a flower foot movement with his left foot, and the ball rolled behind him and over Kingston's hands.
Kingston's hand touched the upper of Ricardo's shoe. He stumbled. However, instead of falling, he supported the ground with his hands, then accelerated to catch up with the football, pushed the empty goal from a tight angle, and the returning Panthiel made a sliding tackle that failed to touch the football.
The ball is in!
"Ricardo Goal!" The on-site commentator shouted excitedly, "He let us see Ronaldo's pendulum again!" After Ronaldo's injury, we thought we would never see it again! ”
"He's a real genius and Ronaldo at 20 is by no means as good as him! Another ball king is growing! I bet Ricardo will be the king of the ball! ”
"In just over ten minutes of the opening game, Brazil led 2:0! Ghana are tough to play right now, and Brazil can comfortably play defensive counter-attacks. And with Adriano and Ricardo's striker, everyone can see how Inter Milan has counterattacked this season! ”
Ghana continued to press the attack, and Brazil, under Pereira's command, began to recover, slowly possessing the ball and suddenly accelerating on the counter-attack.
In the 21st minute, Brazil counterattacked, Ronaldinho cleverly pulled the ball away from the opponent and stuffed it straight into the penalty area. Adriano squeezed Ghanaian defender Sheila away with his body and followed up with a direct left-footed shot that was saved by Kingston.
"Look at Brazil's counter-attack, it's very threatening! If you continue to fight like this, Brazil will still be able to score! ”