After winning the Copa Libertadores, Kaka went to play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, while Sao Paulo seemed to be in a slump as a team, failing to win three games in a row, while Ricardo also suffered a goal drought in three games.

However, in the fourth game, Ricardo started scoring and led Sao Paulo to a narrow 1-0 win over Flamengo, turning the tide around.

Flamengo is coached by Osvaldo this season, and the defeat in this game also widened the gap between Flamengo and the top of the table to 15 points, and almost completely lost the hope of competing for the title.

Speaking at his post-match press conference, Osvaldo said bitterly: "I know how good Ricardo is and I actually did a lot of stuff for him. But as soon as he gets back in shape, all my arrangements will be useless......"

Sao Paulo also overtook Santos with the win to move up to second place, although they are still six points clear of Cruzeiro at the top of the table.

Cruzeiro has been exceptionally strong this season, and without the drag of the Copa Libertadores, he has been spreed by points at the start of the season.

And the four teams that participated in the Copa Libertadores did not perform well in the league.

However, for São Paulo, having won the Copa Libertadores and the São Paulo state league this season, there will be no criticism if the league cannot be won.

In the second half of the season, São Paulo will continue to fight on three fronts: the Copa Sudamericana (formerly the MERCOSUR Cup), the league and the Copa do Brasil. The status of the Copa Sudamericana is roughly equivalent to the UEFA Cup, but unlike the Europa League, even teams that have participated in the Copa Libertadores can also participate in the Copa Sudamericana.

São Paulo can't fight for all of these three events, and there are always trade-offs. After a meeting with several bigwigs in the dressing room, Rojas decided to concentrate on the league, with the Copa Sudamericana and Copa do Brasil ready to be substituted.

Whether the league can win the championship depends largely on whether key players such as Licardo can maintain good form.

Licardo's poor form on the pitch in recent times is actually a very important reason for the impact on his private life.

After winning the Copa Libertadores, Ambrosio came to the door again, and the two rolled the sheets a few times in a happy way.

If it were just rolling the sheets, Ricardo would have laughed happily. But Ambrosio hasn't been too busy with work recently, so he runs to him at two ends of three days, asking him to eat, watch movies, and go shopping...... Of course, Ricardo didn't want to agree, but Ambrosio was so soft that he had to find time to spend with her.

After accompanying Ambrosio to the mall twice — and before he could finish the walk, he was chased and stopped by fans on the way — Ricardo said to her, "Why don't we go out and watch football at home, I have a lot of footage of classic games here......

And then there was no then. Ambrosio slammed the door and left, leaving a sentence before leaving: "Ricardo, if you can find a girlfriend with your character, I will run on the beach in Rio de Janeiro." ”

The two just broke up.

A week later, Ambrosio called again and asked: Are you a dead man, I told you to break up, you won't keep it? Won't you call to apologize?

Licardo also lamented in his heart, he finally got a week of quiet, but he didn't expect Ambrosio to let him go.

His attitude towards Ambrosio is also unclear. felt that Ambrosio was a gift in the room, so he lingered and knew the taste. But he didn't want to spend too much time on Ambrosio, he didn't want to delay his time watching videos and training, and he wasn't interested in understanding Ambrosio's heart and spending time with her in romance.

So, I guess this relationship won't last long. He was mentally prepared for this, and even if Ambrosio did leave, he would not be uncomfortable.

Naturally, this affair between him and Ambrosio could not be hidden from the all-pervasive reporters. Soon, large and small media began to publish the news that he and Ambrosio were in love.

Ambrosio was not yet famous throughout the country at this time, far from reaching the height of one of the "three supermodels in Brazil", so the exposure of her relationship with Ricardo has greatly improved her popularity. After all, Ricardo is now one of Brazil's hottest stars. Note that it's the stars, not the new ones.

With 30 appearances for Sao Paulo in all competitions this season (including four as a substitute), 16 assists and 29 goals, he cannot be described as a "rising star" in any way.

Ricardo doesn't care about his relationship with Ambrosio being exposed, none of the Brazilian stars have a mess, as long as the ball is played well, Brazilian fans have a high tolerance for the stars' affaires. Even a star like Garrincha, who has slept with hundreds of women and has more than a dozen illegitimate children, is still a cult favorite among Brazilian fans.

What bothered him was that Stella called after reading the newspaper and questioned him. Ricardo wanted to reply to her aggressively: "What qualifications do you have to question me?" What do I have to do with you?

But he still didn't say such hurtful words after all, so he could only be speechless.

When he went to ask Stella for a morning run the next morning, Stella ignored him at all, and it seemed that she was not going to pay attention to him anytime soon.

Then forget it.

As long as there is football.

Licardo liked Shankly's quote very much: Football has nothing to do with life and death, football is higher than life and death.

And women are just a little honey between life and death. It's sweet, but it's dispensable.

……

One day in late July, a young man with a bald head and a pair of rabbit teeth on his face walked into the Brafonta training base and was warmly welcomed by the entire club of São Paulo.

He went to the sidelines, spoke to Rojas, said hello to the players who had stopped training, and hugged Ricardo tightly.

After a while, he pushed Ricardo away, looked at him with delight, and said, "Brother, you are strong again!" ”

I haven't seen Ronaldo for half a year, and Ricardo is also very excited: "Daddardo, why are you here?" ”

"I'm on vacation, I'm coming to see you." Ronaldo squeezed his eyes.

"It's a pity to win this year's Champions League, when I go, our brothers must join forces to win a Champions League!" Ricardo swore by it.

"That's good. You train first, and then talk at dinner together in the evening. ”

São Paulo naturally can't stop training completely because of Ronaldo's visit. Reception of Ronaldo's work, own club staff to do.

Training began again when Ronaldo was surrounded by the sporting director, the club's vice-president and others to visit the trophy showroom.

Ricardo was a little distracted: if Ronaldo wanted to see him, he would just go back to Rio. Why come to São Paulo in person?