Chapter 163: Brazil VS Colombia

Ricardo received the ball smoothly, pulled the ball on the left side of the box and shook off a defender, then used his right foot to make a small curling ball close to the ground, which bounced off the ground and changed direction and flew past the hands of the Turkish goalkeeper and into the corner.

3:2, the Brazilian team overtook the score!

The commentator of Globo Sports in Brazil excitedly shouted: "Goallllllllll! Ronaldinho's brilliant pass, Licardo in his best position, scored a valuable goal! This goal completely decided the outcome of the game! Brazil will enter the last 4! ”

'With two assists and three goals in four appearances for Brazil, all of which were as substitutes, I think Pereira should seriously consider playing Ricardo as a regular player. It is a crime to press such a genius on the bench! ”

"Maybe he's not strong enough physically, he's not mature enough, but he's a player who can do wonders on the pitch! Pereira should give him a little more credit! ”

The Turks also tried to counter-attack in the last minute, but Emre's long-range shot flew just over the crossbar.

In the match held at another venue, the U.S. team showed tenacious fighting spirit and held Cameroon to a 0-0 draw with the African Lions

Brazil were able to finish top of their group and face Colombia, who were lucky enough to knock out Japan's Colombia in the semi-finals.

Japan were unlucky, as they dominated the game against Colombia and kicked the post three times, only to lose by one goal. Colombia scored with the only shot on target of the game.

Football matches are sometimes like that, after all, football is round and anything can happen.

Ricardo was a little regretful. He is Chinese at heart, and his favorite thing is to play against Japan and South Korea and win against each other.

Winning against Japan and South Korea is happier than entering the World Cup.

It's a pity that there is no chance to fight this time.

After this game, the team rested for two days, and this time they did not have to travel, as the next semi-final was still played in Saint-Etienne.

Several players from São Paulo received the not-so-good news that Kaka was injured again and that in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores final, Sao Paulo, who was short of soldiers, lost 0-2 to Boca Juniors.

This is a heavy blow to them who are aiming to win this event.

If they reach the final of the Confederations Cup, which will be played on the evening of 28 June, and the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final on 2 July, they will not have much time to rest, which will be detrimental to São Paulo.

When joking in private, Fabiano even said that we should just lose to Colombia in the water, so that we can go back to play Boca Juniors.

But it's just a joke.

Although the Confederations Cup is not heavy, if you win, it is also a world championship title, and you can't give it up easily.

In the past two days, Ambrosio took the time to make two phone calls, and in his words, he expressed great resentment that Ricardo was ruthless and did not take the initiative to contact her after sleeping with her.

How could Licardo have the spirit to pay attention to her, and now the whole team is actively preparing for the game, and he hung up the phone with only a few perfunctory words.

This Colombian team is not very strong, and the most famous is the defender Ivan who plays for Inter Milan. Córdoba.

But that's not a reason for Brazil to be underestimated.

This Brazilian team is at most the second team in Brazil, while Colombia is the best in the country.

At the pre-match press conference in the afternoon, Pereira confidently announced the squad ahead of schedule.

Forwards Adriano, Fabiano. Forwards Ronaldinho, Ricardo. Defenders Emerson, Kleberson. Defenders Gilberto, Lucio, Juan, Belletti. Goalkeeper Dida.

The Brazilian media are satisfied that this is the strongest squad that this Brazilian team can put together, and it will not be a problem to win Colombia.

The course of the evening seemed to bear this out.

From the first minute, Brazil were firmly in control of the situation on the field, and with Ricardo starting, the attack up front was tightly organized.

Ricardo is not very old, but his style of play is very old, and the Brazilian players on the field are mainly European players, which is more suitable for his concise style of play, which makes Ricardo like a fish in water, better than when he was in Sao Paulo.

He was like a lubricant that kept the gears in Brazil's midfield tightly in place and running smoothly.

The Brazilian team frequently hit the Colombian penalty area, and if it weren't for the Colombian goalkeeper Oscar. Cordoba played well and the goal was broken early.

However, in the 38th minute of the game, Brazil still got the goal as they wanted. Ronaldinho combined a one-two with Ricardo before bursting into the box himself, and just when everyone thought he was going to shoot, he gave the ball to Fabiano, who volleyed hard into the top corner.

At halftime, the Brazilian team, which had a goal in hand, looked very relaxed, and everyone talked and laughed, as if they had already won the ticket to the final.

But shortly after the start of the second half, Colombia took advantage of a corner kick opportunity led by defender Ivan Ivan Brown. Córdoba equalised with a header.

At this time, the Brazilian team was in a hurry and wanted to cheer up again. However, due to impatience, some balls were not handled properly, which increased the chances of Colombia to counterattack.

Seeing this, Pereira quickly replaced Kleberson, a purely defensive midfielder, with Ricardinho and Emerson, and the Brazilian midfield was strengthened again.

In the 77th minute, Ricardo ran to the left to get the ball, and after receiving a long diagonal pass from Ricardinho, he stopped the ball safely, and then swiped past the opposing defender Valleyo. After a few steps towards the baseline, he caught a glimpse of Ronaldinho running into a good position, so he suddenly planted a flower foot and poked the ball at Ronaldinho with his left foot.

Ronaldinho met the ball at the edge of the penalty area, dodged the opposition defender's press, and then picked the ball behind him and turned to face the goal, but the Colombian defender's attention was drawn to him and blocked his shot.

Ronaldinho smiled and with a little force, the ball was picked over the head of the Colombian defender and landed in the open space in front of the goal.

Ricardo had already understood, and at the moment when Ronaldinho came out of the ball, he suddenly accelerated and sprinted, just in front of the ball, and without waiting for the ball to land, he directly volleyed with his left foot, which was flat and fast, almost without any arc and spin, and went straight to the far corner of the goal.

Oscar. Córdoba was caught off guard and could only watch the football go into the net.

Brazil took the lead again!