Renato was the first to get up, after all, he was the one who hit the people, and he did a good job of protecting himself. Ricardo looked a little embarrassed, rolling on the ground a few laps before he got up.

After getting up, his mind was occupied by anger for a moment, and he rushed up and grabbed Renato's neck and shouted, "Are you here to play football or fight!" ”

Renato didn't fight back, but spread his hands out with an innocent look: "I'm just using my body reasonably." ”

"It's your paralysis!" After scolding this, a string fluttered in Licardo's head, and he slowly let go of his hand and began to breathe deeply.

At this time, the other players on both sides also rushed over, ready to protect their teammates. But seeing that the conflict did not expand, he did not take action.

The referee also rushed over, and Renato spread his hand to the referee, signaling that he had done nothing.

Ricardo gently patted Renato's cheek with the hand that pinched Renato's neck to show friendship, and then said to the referee: "I'm sorry, I couldn't control my emotions just now." Won't do it again! ”

The referee shook his head and pulled the card out of his trouser pocket: "I have to give you a warning, there will be a red card next time." ”

He pulled out his yellow card and shook it at Renato and Ricardo. Apparently he thought Renato's pedaling was dangerous enough to deserve a yellow card.

Ricardo made a pouting expression, shook his head, and walked away. It was the first yellow card of his career. I didn't expect it to be the first time to contribute under such circumstances. Renato trotted two steps to catch up and whispered, "I'm not targeting you, man, but it's a game." ”

"It's okay," Ricardo had regained his composure by this time, "I understand. ”

Seeing that Ricardo was constantly being defended hard, Ricardinho and Kaka consciously reduced the number of times they played the ball to his side.

But things weren't going well on Ricco's side either.

He was defended by Santos' left-back, Leao, who has played six times for his country.

You must know that the main left-back of the Brazilian national team is the world's No. 1 left-back Robert. Carlos, in Robert. Carlos is still at the peak of his career, and he can represent the national team 6 times, Leo's strength is by no means simple, and he may be the main international player in other countries.

Leo is not only strong, but also very flexible, no slower than Rico, and has so much experience that he doesn't give Rico a chance to rush at all, always pestering him firmly.

When Rico also lost possession a few times, Sao Paulo could only force his way through the middle, intending to use Kaka's individual ability to force his way through the middle.

However, Santos' defence is not soft. Although their main central defender Alex is only 20 years old, he has already sat in the main team of the U21 national youth team, and the call for selection for the national team is also very high. With his frontal defense, Kaka struggled to form an effective break.

The São Paulo offensive was almost completely paralyzed.

And Santos played well.

In the 14th minute, Santos had a great chance. Robinho switched to the right and was on the right side of Gustavo. Defending Neri, he stepped on the bike a few times in a row, then broke through to the baseline, shook off the gap with a quick stop, and crossed the ball to the goal.

Cheney didn't dare to attack, and the Sao Paulo defender, eager to break it down, kicked it and kicked the ball into the left corner of the box.

Diego rushed up, stopped on his chest, and shot with his feet, but fortunately, Cheney's attention remained focused, and he made a timely save to get the ball off the line.

Less than five minutes later, Santos made a comeback, and this time it was Robinho who dominated the attack. He was in control of the ball at the edge of the box, and this time Baptista didn't dare to make a rash move, just clinging to him.

Soon Ricardinho also came back to defend and prepared to flank Robinho.

However, Robinho showed the style of "Little Pele" at this time, pulled the ball back, and then picked it forward, avoiding the attack of the two. After shaking off the angle, he didn't stick to the ball again, but nudged it with the arch of his foot, and the ball drilled between Gian and Lugano, and Elano jumped out of the diagonal spur and shot directly at the goal without stopping the ball!

Cheney reacted, but was a beat slower, but the ball went slightly off the post.

The goal scared the Sao Paulo backline into a cold sweat.

Osvaldo ran to the sidelines in a rage and roared, "What are you doing! Are you playing at home? If you don't want to play well, just tell me, I'll replace you right away! Julio, didn't you get a good night's sleep last night? Lugano, don't make such a low-level mistake again! ”

Ricardo also had to admit that although Robinho's future development was not smooth, he had already shown a real national peak strength at this time, and there was only a layer of window paper behind the intercontinental level. Compared with himself, he will never fall behind.

The reason why he scored more goals efficiently than Robinho was because the technical characteristics of the two were different. In terms of dribbling kung fu and moving and controlling the ball in a small area, Ricardo thinks that he can't compare to Robinho. But Robinho shoots scum, and the awareness in front of goal is inferior to his own.

'We have to try to score as soon as possible and get Santos down.' Ricardo found Kaka.

Although he had only played for more than ten minutes, Kaka was already a little tired, his hair was wet on his forehead, and he shook his head and said: "I want to score too, but Santos' defense today is very focused and tough, so it is not so easy to open up the situation." ”

'We can't play the way Osvaldo did, he made us play in the middle, but it doesn't seem to work now.

Kaka was a little surprised: "You're going to change tactics again?" ”

Ricardo nodded. "You tell Rico to ask him to do more. We pulled Santos' line out of the way, let Fabianodo retreat, and then you suddenly plugged in from behind. ”

Kaka muttered, "I'll go inform them." ”

If it was Ricardo who went to Fabiano to point fingers, Fabiano would not have paid attention to it at all. But Kaka, as Sao Paulo's most popular star at the moment and the core of the team, will still give face to what he says.

Osvaldo was quick to notice the self-imposed adjustment of São Paulo's frontcourt players. His face turned a little blue, and he opened his mouth several times, but the words shrank back when they came to his mouth.

Judging from the situation on the field, after such adjustments, Sao Paulo's offense has finally improved a little. Ricardo and Rico made the most of the width of the pitch, bringing Santos' two midfielders and two full-backs to the wings, allowing Kaka and Fabiano to play in the middle.

In the 26th minute, Sao Paulo had the first shot of the game. Ricardo received a pass from Ricardinho on the flank and was quickly met with strong blocks from Almeida and opposition right-back Reginaldo. He didn't dribble too much and quickly passed the ball diagonally to Fabiano, who dropped back to pick it up.

Fabiano didn't turn around, he flicked the ball directly to his side, Kaka and he staggered, led the ball and burst forward, got up on the edge of the penalty area, and caught the opponent off guard, but Santos goalkeeper Fabio. Costa was in a good position and still struggled to block the ball.