Ronaldinho takes the free-kick.

The penalty spot was a little far from the goal, almost 36, 37 meters. Unless Butters makes the same mistake as Kahn in the '02 World Cup, a direct shot is out of the question.

Ricardo was ambushed in the box with his teammates. In Brazil, he was not designated as a penalty taker for free-kicks or penalties.

Although he is confident that his free-kick skills are no worse than that of Xiao Luo at this age, the national team is a very senior place, and he can only put away his pride and self-confidence and start from scratch to win everything for himself.

After a brief run, Ronaldinho drove the ball into the box, but France's steely defence pushed it out.

The ball fell in front of Ricardinho, but he didn't have a chance to slow down the ball as the French defenders rushed up.

Ricardinho glanced at Pire, who was approaching quickly, and without stopping the ball, he picked the ball straight into the box.

Several Brazilian players who fell into an offside position consciously did not make a run and receive the ball, and Ricardo rushed forward quickly at this moment, he was not offside!

The French defender, who was in an offside position, noticed Ricardo's high-speed insertion, and Thuram and Desailly quickly chased after him.

The two world-class defenders, like a huge black dragon, spread their wings and pounced on Ricardo, giving Licardo great psychological pressure.

But Ricardo still unloaded the ball steadily, and he didn't hesitate to try again in the face of the attacking Butters. The opportunity was fleeting, and with a moment's hesitation, Desailly and Thuram could rush over and destroy the ball.

Ricardo shoots straight with his feet!

Butters was already guarding against this hand, and the soles of his feet jumped up like a spring, but to his horror, he couldn't reach the football!

Maybe Ricardo knocked the ball away, and Butters comforted himself at this moment. After hitting the ground, he couldn't wait to look into the goal.

After flying to the highest point, the football followed the physical characteristics of the earth's gravity and began to fall rapidly.

Butters' heart froze.

And after Ricardo shot this kick, he had already turned around and started to celebrate. He is confident in his footwork.

Lizarazu is still struggling to fight back. As France's quickest player ever, he should be able to catch up with the ball if he were a few years younger. But no matter how invincible a hero is, he is no match for time, he is 34 years old after all. He chased after the goal, jumped up and tried to clear the barb, but he missed the ball by a fraction of a second.

With a "bang", the football fell into the net!

"Tick!" The referee blows the whistle and reaches out to the centre circle. The goal works!

France coach Santini looked serious.

For the Brazilian team, this Confederations Cup may be just for training, not about results.

However, for the French team, this cup tournament held on home soil is a must-win.

If someone else wins the championship on their own doorstep, French fans will not tolerate it.

Still, it doesn't matter, there is still time. Santini has confidence in the lads under him. Henry, in particular, has the ability to influence the situation of the game, as long as Henry can break out, it is just a small matter to fall behind by one goal, and it can be pulled back in minutes.

Thinking of this, Santini relaxed slightly and sat back in the coach's seat.

Pereira just stood up, applauded Ricardo's goal lightly, and sat back in the dugout.

For this game, as long as the Brazilian team does not lose by a big score, he can accept any result, he will not be very happy if he wins, and he will not be depressed if he loses.

Rekick off.

The French team did not rush to press the attack, but still slowly reversed, organized by Piret in the midfield, and steadily advanced. Once up front, they will try to split the ball to either Lizarazu or Saguenau, or a couple of midfielders will play the ball forward.

Once they conceded the ball, their players would be involved in counter-attacking on the spot, not giving Brazil a chance to counter-attack quickly.

The game went into a stalemate.

The two sides battled their muscles in midfield, with Brazil slightly inferior, but with the individual skills of Ronaldinho and Ricardo, they were able to play well at times and threaten the French goal.

But the French team had more chances.

Playing at home, they were full of momentum and did not affect their emotions at all because they conceded the goal first.

In the 37th minute, Pire made a clever pass to Dacourt at the edge of the penalty area, and Dacourt received the ball and turned to shoot, which was saved by Dida.

In the 41st minute, the French team played a combination on the left side, Lizarazu passed a low ball into the penalty area, and Henry grabbed the point and shot slightly wide.

Three minutes later, in the same position, Henry received another pass from Lizarazu, this time adjusting it, turning the ball and firing a right-footed shot into the far corner.

Dida failed to make another contribution and France equalised in the 44th minute by Thierry Henry!

Watching the players of the French team celebrate passionately, Ricardo was full of emotion.

Even if half of the main team of the Brazilian team is here, it will not allow the French team to be so wild.

Of course, Henry was indeed very strong. Ricardo must admit that there is still a gap between himself and Henry.

If you put yourself in Henry's position, you're likely to run a little bit worse. Stopping the ball, smashing the ball and turning around, it will be a little bit worse. These two little things add up, and although he is confident that his shooting skills will not be inferior to Thierry Henry's, it is likely that he will not be able to score.

The gap is objective, Henry is now absolutely world-class, and Ricardo is just a weak intercontinental level.

But...... Ricardo was filled with pride: I'm only 17 years old now, and you're 26 years old. When I was 26 years old, I didn't know I was going to be world-class! Even the world's top!

As for the king of the ball, he didn't dare to think about it for the time being. Throughout the ages, there have only been 3 football kings, Maradona, Pele, and Ronaldo. By the way, there are also Messi and Ronaldo in the future.

There are talents from all generations, each leading the way for more than ten years.

Ricardo doesn't think he has the ability to dominate, but if he can assist Ronaldo to dominate football for ten years, it will be in vain.

Now, he does not have a clear understanding of his potential, and he does not know what height he will reach in the future.

At this point, he was only looking for a world-class star like Thierry Henry to catch up.

Brazil kicked off again and the two sides went into the break after a tacit effort to finish the first half.

On the way back to the dressing room, there was little exchange between the Brazilian and French players, with the exception of Ronaldinho, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, and a brief conversation with his opponent.

Entering the dressing room, Ricardo had expected to see Pereira put on a stinky face because the team didn't play well in the first half.

To his surprise, Pereira was smiling and light-hearted.