Chapter 218: $20 Million Is Too Cheap
"Diego takes a corner, Adriano! It didn't reach and the ball was pushed out of the box by the opposing defender. Did Ricardo rush to the ball and shoot straight at goal? He opted to hoist the ball back into the box! β
"Gustavo. Inside! Shot! Hit Abondan Sheri and was destroyed by the Argentine defender's big foot. It's a shame it's a wonderful anti-offside combination! Ricardo faked a shot and picked up a pass, and players such as Adriano in an offside position did not run, and Gustavo, who played with Ricardo at Sao Paulo club. Neri stepped forward with understanding, unloaded the ball and shot straight at goal, but unfortunately hit a little right. β
"The Brazilian team broke the ball at the back and handed it to the retreating Ricardo, who passed the ball, it was a two-over-one combination, and Ricardo continued to take the ball and shot directly! The ball is out of the door! It was two consecutive long-range shots by Ricardo, both of which were played with quality. I wonder if this is a tactic arranged by Pereira? β
"Personally, I think the Brazilian team should be more patient and not rush to finish the attack with a long-range shot."
Pereira frowned and shouted at defender McConn close to the touchline: "What is he doing? You find an opportunity to tell Licardo not waste his chances with a long shot, give me a steady shot, and play patiently! β
McConn nodded. Taking advantage of the assist to get forward, the opponent broke the touchline and caused a dead ball, and he ran to Ricardo to convey Pereira's meaning.
Ricardo nodded and said absentmindedly, "Got it." β
He didn't care what Pereira thought. There's only one thing he cares about, and that's to win this game.
The situation on the field now is that except for Adriano, who is still worth looking forward to, the other players are not in form and are not worth believing. If he wants to win the game, he can only be selfish and choose to shoot himself or pass the ball to Adriano.
This is his judgment of the situation at the moment.
'The Argentine captain passed to Tevez and Chris got to the ball...... After scrambling in midfield, Brazil now controlled the ball and handed it to the left and Diego dribbled forward. There is no room to get up, pass to the Licardo who came to pick up, and turn around beautifully! Ricardo turned and brushed Mascherano and straight through! Adriano! Straight shot! Abondan Seri saves the ball. β
"Adriano hit with a lot of momentum, Abondansheri reacted quickly, Brazil's corner."
'Diego took a corner, too close to the goalkeeper, Abondancheri confiscated the ball and threw it in his hands to attack.
'Renato knocked down Delgado, Argentina free-kick in front.'
"Juan heads the ball out, Felipe controls the ball, Brazil have a chance to counter-attack."
"Give it to Ricardo, shoot! Abondan Sheri slammed the ball over the crossbar with a one-handed punch. Ricardo chose to shoot directly from a distance, in fact, this ball can choose to continue to be distributed to Felipe, Ricardo rarely plays so alone, maybe the Brazilian team is behind in the score, and he is also mentally unbalanced. β
"The game is in the 88th minute, and there is not much time left for the Brazilian team," the commentator said anxiously, "During this time, the Brazilian team attacked fiercely, but the momentum was scoreless, and it was always a small difference. β
"Diego takes the corner, Adriano heads it! The ball flies to the back point, Ricardo, Ricardo takes the ball, beautiful pass! He fell in the box, penalty! Penalty kick! It's a penalty! The referee points to the penalty spot! In the last minute of the game, Brazil got a penalty! β
The Brazilian players rushed up to Ricardo, helped him up, patted him on the shoulder and touched his head to express their joy. The Argentine players argued fiercely around referee Amalia, who had to show a yellow card to Abondancherry and Mascherano before he was relented.
The Argentine knew that the decision could not be reversed and retreated. Ricardo held the ball himself, carefully swinging it back, and took a few steps back.
At this time, the commentator of Brazilian television was still analyzing the penalty: "...... Everyone watched the slow-motion replay, Diego took a corner kick, Adriano grabbed the front point, he seemed to want to head the ball directly, but he didn't eat the right part, the football flew to the back point, and when it was about to fly out of the bottom line, Ricardo stopped the ball. It was a pretty nice stop. β
With his feet crossed in succession, he tricked Heinze into losing his center of gravity and managed to break through and shoot with his left foot. At this time, Mascherano came to make up for the defense, Ricardo hooked the ball back with his left foot, and suddenly flicked it forward, the ball flew over Mascherano's leg, and then when he tried to run forward, he tripped on Mascherano's leg and fell to the ground. β
It can be seen that Licardo was intent on creating a penalty, and it could even be said that he took the initiative to hang on Mascherano's leg. Very clever approach! This penalty is likely to pull Brazil back from the edge of the cliff! β
"Ricardo took the penalty himself. He started running...... Shot! GoalllllοΌ Abondan Sheri made the wrong save and it was a spoon penalty! Licardo really has a big heart and kicks a spoon penalty at such a critical time! In the 90th minute of the game, Ricardo used a penalty kick to tie the score for Brazil! β
Bielsa's face turned blue and kicked over a mineral water bottle on the sidelines.
And the people in the coach's box and on the bench of the Brazilian team rushed to the sidelines, shouting excitedly.
Regardless of what little energy he had left, Ricardo ran wild to celebrate. This is the time to be wanton! This is the time for rejoicing! This is the time to let the passion in your chest burst out!
It was Ricardo's sixth goal in the Copa America, behind only Adriano with seven, with Brazil's forward combination taking the top two of the scorers' charts! Ricardo is likely to leave Sao Paulo in this transfer window, with a $20 million release fee not stopping the European giants from taking interest in him, with Milan, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid also reportedly linked to Chelsea. With his current performance, no matter which team gets him, it will be a good deal, $20 million is too cheap! β
The Argentines were dejected, and the victory flew away from their mouths, and then they had to prepare for penalties, and the format of the Copa America was that there was no extra time, and the two sides went straight to the penalty shootout.
The Argentine, on the other hand, has never been good at taking penalty kicks.
While the Brazilian players were celebrating, the fourth official had already raised the electronic card for four minutes of stoppage time.
After the restart, Argentina attacked quickly, but it may have been that the mood did not settle down, they did not play at their normal level, and there were several mistakes in the passes, giving Brazil the opportunity to steal. Of course, the Argentines quickly counter-attacked, and after several battles between the two sides in midfield, Da Lisandro's pass was sub-par and went straight to the touchline.