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Pereira quickly made adjustments to Deco's retreat, and he sent Kaka and Ronaldinho to press Deco.

When Deco stepped forward, let Emerson mark it.

The adjustment quickly paid off, as Deco could no longer play the ball as he pleased, making Portugal's attack even more difficult.

In the 15th minute, Kaka and Ronaldinho stepped up together, Deco was not fully prepared, and when he wanted to pull the ball on the spot to get rid of it, Kaka successfully picked up the ball.

Kaka immediately passed the ball to the left. Robert. Carlos cut in at high speed, overtook Miguel on the ball and crossed low to goal. Ricardo scrambled to the front post, but Mela and Maniche twined tightly to prevent him from having space to stop the ball and shoot.

When the ball reached him, Ricardo was about to shoot, and Mela immediately fell to the ground and slid the tackle, but instead of going for Ricardo's leg, he intended to block Ricardo's shot.

But Ricardo's foot didn't touch the ball. Instead, the ball rolled between his legs.

Mela and Maniche were stunned, while Adriano in the middle was in good spirits, squeezing Carvalho away with his body and firing a left-footed shot into the far corner.

Ricciardo reacted with a save but couldn't save the team, his fingertips were still some way away from the ball, and the ball was so close to goal that it was remarkable that he could react.

Adriano Goal!! A simple tie from the Brazilian team! Robert. Carlos crosses, Ricardo cleverly misses, Adriano follows up with a push to open the scoring for Brazil! ”

"This goal seems so easy, the Brazilian team has not yet made a force at all, and it is easy to take the lead!"

Adriano looked very excited after the goal, he jumped on Ricardo's back and waved his fist, as if proudly announcing: "Lao Tzu is Ronaldo's successor!" Lao Tzu can score! ”

On the sidelines, the expression on Pereira's face relaxed. Now it's stable. He has studied the Portuguese game and is very familiar with the Portuguese style of play and he does not believe that Portugal can come back in this game.

Portugal's ability to take chances in front of goal is well known.

In the ensuing game, Portugal significantly stepped up their attack, while Brazil appropriately recycled.

Both sides had some chances, but neither was particularly good.

In the 18th minute, Miguel returned a pass on the right side, Figo took the ball and cut inside and shot himself from a distance, but Dida held the ball.

Two minutes later, Ricardo took the ball and fired a tricky shot at the top of the arc, but Ricardo couldn't save the ball, but the ball was slightly off the verge and flew off the post.

Scolari jumped to his feet on the sidelines, shouting and screaming, so that the Portuguese defenders could not give Ricardo such an easy chance to get up in front of goal.

In the 28th minute, Ricardo shook Valente with continuous feints on the right side of the penalty area, and passed to the edge of the penalty area in an inverted triangle, and Kaka followed with a low shot, but he missed the spot when he shot, and the shot was not powerful enough, and was held under the ball by Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo.

One minute later, Portugal played a very high-quality attack, Cristiano Ronaldo and Figo switched positions, he pulled to the right and broke through at high speed, leading Roberto Robert. Carlos was in high shape and volleyed hard at the near post, but his shot went just wide.

In the 35th minute, Brazil played again to cooperate, after a series of passes, Ronaldinho passed the ball to the front of the penalty area, Ricardo caught up with the football, stepped on the stop, and suddenly flicked into the penalty area.

Carvalho was half a beat slower to react, and when he stretched his leg, the ball had already passed him, and he only had time to trip on Ricardo's feet. Ricardo fell to the ground.

Referee La Leonda immediately ran over and pointed to the penalty spot!

"Penalty! In the 35th minute of the game, the referee gave Brazil a penalty! "The Portuguese players were very angry, they thought Carvalho had fouled the ball outside the box, and they were protesting to the referee." The referee exchanged a few words with the linesman, and he upheld the original decision! ”

"Let's look at the slow-motion replay, Ricardo takes the ball, stops and then suddenly pulls the ball up, Carvalho stretches his leg to intercept...... It did tripped over Ricardo's feet. The place of the foul was in the penalty area, and the ball was not disputed! ”

Ricardo looked calm. It seems that he didn't realize that as long as Brazil scored this penalty, it could almost be said that they would win this game and advance to the final.

For him, reaching the final is just the starting point, and if he can't win the title, there is no point.

In competitive sports, the focus is on competition, not on sports.

If you don't want to win the championship, go play beach soccer.

Many years later, when he retires, of course he will play beach soccer and enjoy the pure joy of football.

But now as a professional player, his natural duty is to lead the team to win one championship after another and make the fans happy. Make Ronaldo happy.

This one, in particular, cannot afford to lose. He would rather never have the chance to win the World Cup again and win the title this year. Because, this is likely to be the last World Cup that Ronaldo will participate in.

Ronaldinho took the penalty. He easily deceived Ricardo and scored the ball.

Brazil leads 2:0!

Portugal stepped up their offensive again. At this point, it was useless to be conservative, and with only one goal in the first half, they had a faint hope.

In the 36th minute, they set up an attack just after kick-off, but Brazil's defense was tight and they couldn't find a chance, and eventually Deco ended the attack with a long-range shot from 32 yards out.

A minute later, Portugal made a comeback and Figo shook off Robert lightly on the right. Carlos' defensive cross was met by Ronaldo who flew over the top and failed to eat the middle.

The Portuguese players immediately protested, believing that Cafu had an interfering move behind Ronaldo when he was pushing the ball over, pulling Ronaldo's shirt. However, referee La Leonda did not award a penalty.

Scolari looked disgruntled and kicked a mineral water bottle away.

In the 39th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo played well on the left side, and he broke through Cafu and Ze. Roberto's combination was clamped in, inside the box and fired a low left-footed shot, but Dida was focused and saved the ball.

Cristiano Ronaldo looked very regretful, and his handsome face was clouded. It was arguably Portugal's best chance of the first half.

In the 44th minute, Ronaldo switched positions with Figo again, and he used his speed to break through Robert. Carlos then volleyed with his right foot, and the ball went just a little high.

The first half ended with Brazil leading by two goals.

Back in the dressing room, Pereira praised the performance of the players and made some set-ups. In the first half, Pauletta and Deco did little under the close watch of the Brazilian team, but Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo were very active, and his layout was mainly how to contain the two.

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