The Day I Played with Ronaldo

I never miss any of Ronaldo's game broadcasts. Looking at his skills, style, feints, and brilliance, I told myself that he is the best, the most comprehensive, and unique. —Ibrahimovic.

Despite the warm welcome from his teammates, head coach Osvaldo still did not allow Ricardo to participate in the joint training.

Although there is only a small forest separated from the training ground of the youth team, the training ground of the first team has a completely different scene. Applauded for every wonderful move, almost crowded both sides of the training ground. In fact, the number of fans coming to the training ground has decreased a lot due to Kaka's absence from training these days due to injury.

The two new faces did not cause any disturbance. Ricardo and Rico looked very young at first glance. They were transferred from the youth team and could not attract the attention of the fans.

Ricardo was training alone next to him, and Osvaldo prescribed the training content for him. Although Ricardo wanted to say, I have my own pace, but he was not brainless enough to enter the first team. Going to contradict the head coach in one day. Plan your own training content, that is the treatment only top stars have.

Now he can only take the form seriously, wait for the whole team to finish training, and then carry out targeted training according to his own ideas.

Rico would occasionally look at Licado with worried eyes. This also caused him to make several mistakes, causing Osvaldo to stop training and give reprimands and explanations.

Osvaldo frowned. It's stressful! The match against Atlético de Parana is coming soon. Although Atlético Parana is not a traditional giant, it was the champion of the Brazilian National Championship last season after all, which should not be humiliated.

Sao Paulo is currently short of major generals. If they can't grab enough points, fail to get the top 8 in the single-round regular season participated by 26 teams, and fail to enter the playoffs, it will be a big embarrassment.

Rico and Ricardo's first day of first-team training passed uneventfully.

Ricardo still stayed for additional training.

Osvaldo also noticed this, but he was too busy preparing for the match against Atletico Parana five days later, so he didn't have time to pay attention to the young man, he just nodded his approval slightly.

After training and returning to Uncle Paul's house, Ricardo saw several text messages and missed calls from Julia, but he ignored them. He is so unfeeling, all his enthusiasm is given to football.

After dinner, he searched for football videos on the Internet to pass the time. At night, he went to watch the live broadcast of the football match with Uncle Paul and Stella. Even though Stella kept rolling her eyes at him, she couldn't stop his enthusiasm for watching the game. He yelled with Uncle Paul, applauded for the wonderful performance on the field, and laughed at the low-level mistakes.

...

the next day. After training in the morning, while eating in the cafeteria, Rico said with an exaggerated smile: "Ricciardo, I feel that I will have a chance to play soon! Haha, I will become famous by then, and I will earn money every day." Roll around, go to nightclubs to catch two women every day, one for me and one for you!"

In Brazil, players from the slums play football to make money, for beautiful women, this is very straightforward. Also realistic.

Licado smiled slightly: "Okay, come on."

"Don't worry!" Rico patted Ricardo heavily on the shoulder and comforted him, "You've just been unlucky recently, and you'll get out of the trough soon. Since Mr. Osvaldo called you to the first team, You will definitely be given a chance, you have to seize it!"

Licado nodded with a smile, thanking his friend for his kindness. But actually he wasn't very eager. Playing in the Brazil Sao Paulo first team? His goal is not so low.

In his previous life, he also scored goals in the World Cup, won the Golden Boot in Serie B, and experienced the three major leagues of Italy, England, and Spain. He has seen the world.

The tiny Brazilian domestic football league,

Such a stage is too small.

However, he was still eager to play football. Some people are born for football. Such as Ronaldo, such as Messi, such as Ronaldo.

He is not. But the meaning of his life is football.

Without a woman, he can use the fifth girl. He cannot live without football.

...

For two consecutive days, Ricardo was training alone.

third day. "Today, we will play an intra-team match to test new tactics." After the team assembled, Osvaldo announced.

The team lost the main scorer Luis Fabiano one after another, the attacking core Kaka, and the playmaker Ricardinho, and the formation was suddenly stretched.

With such a remnant team, he has no confidence to score points in an away game against Atlético Parana.

Therefore, it can only be changed temporarily. Try to keep a tie and bring back 1 point.

So before the game, it is necessary to test the new formation and new tactics.

For the sake of confidentiality, this intra-team match was not made public, and the staff cleared reporters and fans out of the venue in advance.

The main lineup here is a 4321 formation, with three midfielders in charge of defense piled up in the midfield. This is Osvaldo's thinking for the next game, using the midfielder to block the opponent's offensive.

As for the substitute lineup, feel free... But, wait, Osvaldo suddenly realized that there was one less player on the substitute side.

After thinking for a while, he waved to Ricardo who was training alone on the sidelines: "Ricardo, come here."

Ricardo had counted the number of people a long time ago, knowing that he had the opportunity to play football today, he had long since felt itchy, so he didn't hesitate at this time, and ran over with his legs.

"You play..." Osvaldo thought for a while, "Let's go forward, play in the middle, and partner with Rico, you are very familiar with it, and there should be no problem with the cooperation." So the substitute team is the classic 433 formation.

Licado simply replied: "Okay." Then he put on the green vest of the substitute team.

Rico was a little trembling with excitement: "Ricardo, this is an opportunity! If we perform well in this confrontation, maybe we can kill Renaldo!" In his eyes, there seemed to be shining dollar signs , beach, bikinis, cocktails...

The single striker on the main team's side is Reynaldo.

"Come on!" Ricardo naturally wouldn't be excited. It was a small scene, he played in the knockout stages of the Champions League... well, even if it was only with Tottenham, came off the bench in the Champions League and was mediocre. That also played in the Champions League.

Osvaldo himself acted as the referee, looked down at his watch, and blew the whistle.

The home team kicks off. They didn't rush to launch an attack, but passed it backwards. This is the tactic that Osvaldo arranged for them, focusing on stability, based on defense, and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

The forwards of the substitute team quickly pressed up-no, there was a strange thing mixed in. Ricardo went up slowly, not taking the initiative to press down, but cooperating with his teammates to block positions.

The ball came to the team's main central defender Diego Lugano. Lugano saw the space in front of him and sent a long pass to the winger Wilson.

Wilson took the ball from the wing, made a quick attack, and Reynaldo followed up in the middle.

The substitute team in the green vest retreated like a tide, while Ricardo, who was walking back slowly, was extremely eye-catching on the court.