Chapter 204: A good start

As the game drew to a close, the players from both sides fought more fiercely, and many players received yellow cards, showing the brutal style of the South American players.

Li Cardo was also kicked down several times, but fortunately, his confrontation ability has improved in the past six months, and he also pays more attention to protecting himself, so he will not be injured.

He's still running aggressively, looking for opportunities.

This age is the age when physical fitness grows the fastest, so after half a year of hard training, Licardo's speed, physical fitness, and strength have improved, and he is now a strong intercontinental player. However, there is still a short distance from his original goal of becoming the pinnacle of the continental level.

This is also helpless.

If he wants to become the pinnacle of the continental level or even the world, he now has three paths.

One way is to strengthen the body, but after all, he is still too young, and his muscles and bones are far from mature. If he wants to rise to the world class by improving his physical fitness, he will have to wait at least until he is 22 or 23 years old.

Another way is to improve various skills through technical training, and his various skills are actually very good, and if you want to improve it further, it will take several years, or even more than ten years of hard work, and it cannot be achieved overnight.

The third way is to increase the game experience and improve the "ball quotient". But this requires participating in more and higher-level competitions, and through the comprehension of the game, you can enhance your understanding of the game, judge the situation, and grasp the opportunity.

For Ricardo, breaking through to the continental level and even the world level through this third route is the most likely to be achieved in recent years.

After all, he is about to join the Serie A giants, mingle in the top league in the world at the moment, and is expected to play in the highest level of club competition, the European Champions Cup.

After joining Serie A for 2 years, Kaka has been promoted from the national peak to the world.

His talent is no worse than Kaka, and he will only work harder than Kaka in training, and it shouldn't take more than two years to upgrade from a strong continental level to a world-class level.

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In the 79th minute, Andreas Pereira used up his last substitution and brought on Cruzeiro right-back McConn, the future world number one right-back, for Roberto Mancini Jr.

On the one hand, it is because of a yellow card on Mancini Jr., and on the other hand, it is due to the fact that Mancini Jr. assists very frequently, which has led to a serious decline in physical fitness.

And McCone is more balanced and defensively better than Mancini Jr.

So Pereira's move is a signal to everyone: steady! It's good to win, of course, but first of all, you have to make sure you don't lose.

After McCone came on, Brazil's offensive eased and they focused more on possession and protection of the defence.

Chile replaced Milosevic with striker Gallas, which was a counter-substitution, indicating that Chile's coach Olmos did not want to give up and still had to keep the pressure on Brazil.

In the 87th minute, the Brazilian team's "Sao Paulo Triumvirate" played a match. Neri assists up the pitch and hands the ball to Fabiano, who immediately passes to Ricardo.

Instead of breaking forward, he took two steps backwards and made an arc with his left foot near the baseline.

Gustavo. Neri cut in at high speed, received the ball and quickly crossed with his feet, and the ball hit the left arm of Chilean full-back Villaroel and bounced off the bottom line.

The Brazilian players immediately surrounded the referee and demanded a penalty. The Chilean team also gathered around and pleaded loudly, and Villarroel signaled that he was not spreading his arms when defending, not intentionally handballing.

Rodriguez ran to exchange a few words with the linesman and pointed to the corner. No penalty awarded!

Edu shouted a few words of defence and Rodriguez showed him a yellow card.

The Brazilian commentator sarcastically sarcastic: "Brazil was awarded a false penalty in the first half, and now it is blowing away the penalty that Brazil deserves, Rodriguez should really go and get a pair of glasses." ”

The neutral commentator said: "It's understandable, after all, the game is almost over, and if you give a penalty at this time, it will completely change the outcome of the game, and Rodriguez must be cautious." It makes sense not to give a penalty for this goal, and what the Brazilian team needs to do is to stabilize their emotions and quickly get into the game, and not lose their minds for this goal. ”

After Edu's yellow card, the Brazilian players ended their defence, after all, Rodriguez is so tough, they may be sent off if they argue a few more words, it will be worth the loss.

Alex takes the corner. He held the ball steady, watched carefully at the pushing and running positions of the players on both sides in the penalty area, took a deep breath, and began to run.

Corner kick out and fly to the back post! Fabiano leaps high and heads the ball into the middle! It was not clear whether he wanted to ferry or go straight to the goal, but the ball fell in front of the goal anyway, and the Chilean goalkeeper Ballas did not hold the ball.

In the crowd, a figure in a yellow jersey nimbly jumped to the goal, poked his toes, and the ball changed direction and flew into the net.

Rodriguez whistles and points to the center circle. The goal works!

The Brazilian fans in the scene celebrated.

"Licardo goalllllll! In the 87th minute of the game, Ricardo's goal helped the Brazilian team achieve a reversal! It was a combination between two players from Sao Paulo, Alex took a corner, Fabiano headed it into the middle, and Ricardo grabbed the goal! ”

"It's not a great goal, but it's important enough! As long as Brazil hold on for the remaining minutes, they will be able to take all three points and win the opener! This goal almost laid the foundation for the Brazilian team to qualify from the group! ”

'Ricardo has continued his horrific goalscoring efficiency in Sao Paulo and it saddens us that perhaps we won't see him active in Brazil for the second half of the season, and it's almost certain that he'll be leaving in this transfer window, with the only question being where he's going.'

After this goal, the Brazilian team did not celebrate for long. After the restart, they didn't drop back all the way either, it's not their style. They use their skillful ball control skills to kill the game time.

Any player can play a few kicks after getting the ball.

Due to the number of fouls in the second half, referee Rodriguez gave four minutes of stoppage time. However, Chile were unable to use that time to organise an effective attack.

With three whistles, the score was fixed at 2:1, and Brazil defeated their first opponent in the group to take all three points.

In the press conference after the game, Pereira did not express the slightest dissatisfaction with the referee, and the winner has to be generous, isn't it. 'We didn't play well enough, there were some problems with the players, some players didn't play 100 per cent. But luckily, we won. ”

'I didn't see the two goals [the penalty dispute] clearly and I believe the referee knows how to do his job, maybe he made a mistake or maybe he didn't, the important thing is that we won the game.'

'It was very difficult for us at one point, after [Chile] scored the penalty. But the lads picked themselves up quickly and I'm so proud of them. ”

Chile coach Olmos was not convinced by the defeat to Brazil: "I don't think we were taken care of by the referee. In my opinion, this Brazil team is not so strong, it is not invincible. In fact, we had a lot of chances in the game, but we were a little bit less able to take them. ”

"Now we just want to play well in the next games and try to qualify from the group."