Chapter 502: The Olympics Begin

The Olympic Village is lively.

A total of 204 countries and regions participated in the Olympic Games, with 11,438 athletes participating, including logistics teams, coaching staff, sports officials, etc., a total of more than 60,000 people were stationed in the Olympic Village.

The Brazilian men's team prepared for the tournament with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Ricardo in their hands, and they felt that no team could stop them from winning the title.

As a result, Dunga is also looser in his management of the players, allowing them to run around after training.

Li Cardo's Chinese is indeed a thief6, and he often runs to the residence of the Chinese Olympic delegation, and soon gets acquainted with a group of athletes in the delegation, taking countless group photos and everything, and the storage space of his iPhone is full several times, and each time the photos are turned upside down, and it is full again in two days.

As a world-class star, in the eyes of others, his appearance is an honor, so these Chinese athletes are also happy to associate with him.

Some people even jokingly suggested that he become a Chinese citizen and play for the Chinese team in the future.

Of course, everyone knows it's a joke.

From a practical point of view, Chinese nationality is not so easy to get, and he has already played for the Brazilian team in the senior national team, even if he joins the Chinese nationality, he cannot represent the Chinese team.

But it's really a gimmick.

Soon someone approached him and asked him to wear the jersey of the Chinese Olympic Games and shoot advertisements with the players of the Chinese Olympic Games.

Why don't you make money if you have money? So for the first time in his life, Li Cardo wore the jersey of the Chinese Olympic team.

Before the start of the Olympic Games, it is also a good time for famous athletes to make gold. Of course, Ricardo didn't just shoot this commercial, and during the Olympic competition, it is estimated that his handsome face can be seen every time the ad is inserted.

As a semi-Chinese candidate, he is more popular in China than people think, even more so than the current Ronaldo. His jersey sales are the kings in China.

In recent years, as he has frequently appeared in high-level European competitions, he has almost become a household name in China. Lao Yang once half-jokingly said, "Do you know Licardo, an aunt selling braised vegetables on the street of a fourth- or fifth-tier city in China has heard of your name." While it may be confusing whether you're playing basketball or football, you'll definitely recognize you when you see your face.

Ricardo also felt the terrifying popularity effect. Every day, volunteers, security guards, and police secretly come to him to sign autographs and take photos, and every day, TV stations around the world try to interview him, even if it is only one picture of him. Tickets for Brazil's training sessions were always sold out, and fans waved flags during his training, always trying to get his attention and take a picture of him from the front.

Ricardo felt a little overwhelmed. He is also very popular in Europe and Brazil, and is even regarded as a national hero in Brazil, but his popularity has not yet reached its peak because he has not yet brought home a World Cup for Brazilians.

In China, because he is half of Chinese blood, Chinese fans regard him as "their own person", pinning their best expectations and deepest love on him, and in the past two years, he has operated Chinese players to go to Brazil, and has also been over-interpreted by the media and fans, thinking that he will be the savior of Chinese football.

All kinds of conditions have made him the most popular star in China.

His Facebook is followed by tens of millions of people, most of whom are accounts from China. I don't know how many fans have registered Facebook accounts over the wall in order to follow him.

How could Ricardo not be moved.

He vowed in his heart that all the money he earned in China would be invested in football schools, and he would do his best to discover and cultivate talents for Chinese football.

Before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the football match was played first.

Brazil's first match was played on August 7 at the Wulihe Stadium in Shenyang.

Before the game, Brazil were relaxed, and with Belgium having not reached the Olympics in decades, it is hard to imagine that they will pose any threat to the Brazilian team.

Although there are several good players in this Belgian team, such as Kompany and Vertonghen, can they freeze Ronaldo and Ricardo? That's a big joke.

Dunga lined up in a 442 formation, with Ronaldo and Ricardo up front.

The race was easier than expected.

In just eight minutes of the opening game, Ronaldo received a through ball from Ricardo and successfully countered offside, passed the goalkeeper and scored the ball into the empty goal.

In the 35th minute, Ricardo doubled the score with a brilliant free kick.

At the end of the first half, Brazil led 2-0 and almost completely controlled the game, and Belgium had few chances.

In the 61st minute of the second half, Diego added the icing on the cake for Brazil. Dunga began to put Ronaldo and other main players on the field, allowing the youngsters to come on the field to find their feelings.

The score of 3:0 remained until the end.

At 8 p.m. on August 8, the opening ceremony of the 29th Summer Olympics was held in the Chinese capital.

The entire Brazilian team also rushed back to the capital for the opening ceremony.

More than 90,000 spectators and dignitaries from many heads of state watched the opening ceremony live, and the performance began with a breathtaking performance.

The theatrical performance made Li Cardo yawn a little, and he was not very interested in these. Brightman's singing of the Olympic theme song "Me and You" could not lift his spirits.

He likes to listen to the cup of life, to the Italian summer, to do you mind if I play, to listen to Hala Madrid, Pazza Inter, salve o tricolor paulista......

All about football.

Ronaldo stood at the front of the Brazilian delegation at the entrance ceremony, a position that no one could compete with him, Ronaldo, who had already brought back the World Cup trophy for Brazil, was Brazil's national hero, and Ricardo was a little bit closer.

Li Ning was hoisted to the air with a steel wire, and after a week of "aerial walking", the cauldron in the shape of "auspicious clouds" was lit, symbolizing the official start of the Beijing Olympic Games on the 16th.

Ricardo was eager to watch the Chinese athletes compete, but unfortunately the Brazilian Olympic team had to run around and did not always compete in Beijing.

On August 10, still at Wulihe Stadium, Brazil faced New Zealand. It's a much better opponent to deal with.

People commented that the Brazilian Olympic team was weaker than the opponent in the group, and they were not wrong at all.

In this game, Dunga tried a 4231 formation, with Ricardo returning to the left winger, Pato as the right winger and Ronaldinho playing as the central midfield.

In the 18th minute, Ricardo and Ronaldo kicked into the wall, and Ricardo burst into the box from the left and fired a left-footed shot into the far corner to open the scoring for Brazil.

Three minutes later, Brazil took a corner kick, the New Zealand goalkeeper came out but did not pick the ball, and Ricardo took advantage of the chaos to score the ball.

In the 41st minute, Ricardo scored a hat-trick with a powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area, which also sealed the victory of the Brazilian Olympic team.

In the end, the Brazilian team defeated New Zealand 5:0 and qualified for the group ahead of schedule.