The Day I Played with Ronaldo

In football, there are many factors that determine the outcome. There are the team's strength, tactics, players' psychology and competitive state, the head coach's on-the-spot command, the star's flash of inspiration, the influence of fans, the referee's biased judgment, and... luck.

Zidane, who has almost never scored a header, scored two headers in the 1998 World Cup final. Is this his strength? Or luck?

Defender Thuram, who has never had a scoring record in the national team, scored at a critical moment. One goal is two, helping France reverse and eliminate Croatia, which is in good shape. Is this strength? Or luck? You know, these are the only two goals he scored in his national team career.

In football, the stronger team has a greater probability of winning, but only greater, not absolute.

Otherwise, there is no need to play the game, everyone highlights their strength, and then announces that the stronger one wins and the weaker one loses.

It is precisely because of the uncertainty that football is so attractive.

Sometimes, the strong team can bombard the weak team indiscriminately, hitting three or four goal frames, and the opponent has only one chance to counterattack, and it leads to a goal, and the weak wins the strong.

Sometimes, a strong team may be completely out of shape, and be beaten by a weak team with momentum and passion, but instead appear to be one-sided on the scene, with different strengths and weaknesses.

Sometimes, the two sides may be evenly matched, but suddenly a certain star on one side has a flash of inspiration and scores a fairy ball, which determines the outcome of the game.

Sometimes, I can only sigh, time and fate.

In today's game, Santos is undoubtedly the weaker side in terms of strength on paper.

The development in the first 15 minutes of the game also confirmed this point.

However, when Arauyo scored a ball, everything changed.

Some Sao Paulo players felt that the opponent was too lucky and began to shrink back; some players were not convinced by this, their movements became rough, and their kicks became more and more awkward.

The Santos players felt that they had won the favor of the goddess of fate, so they played more relaxed.

What are the characteristics of Brazilian players playing football? Some people describe that Brazilian football is like samba, passionate and sexy.

Of course, there is no lack of freedom and slack.

The Brazilians value tactics far less than they value player talent.

There's nothing a star talent can't solve.

If so, then two. Even three, more.

And Brazil has never been short of talent.

When this group of talents get together and play relaxed and smooth, they are the most powerful team in the world.

Because Santos is relaxed now, he plays passionate and sexy football like samba.

Between Robinho, Elano, William and Diego, there was a smooth coordination.

Not according to the tactics formulated by their coach Celsorot, but from an impromptu performance between them.

This also makes their running and passing more unpredictable and difficult to guard against.

Sometimes they crossed positions, sometimes interspersed and involved, sometimes used their personal abilities to break through with the ball, and sometimes played exquisite small coordination, which made Sao Paulo's defense exhausted.

As the situation on the court changed, the commentator also yelled from time to time.

"Renato steals the ball from Kaka and sends a long pass to Robinho on the left. Robinho makes a feint, breaks through, goes in and unexpectedly passes with his heel, Willian Sweep the ball straight in front of the goal, Elano shoots! The ball is saved by Cheney. Santos gets the corner."

"Santos took a tactical corner kick, Almeida hit the ball to the front of the penalty area, Diego kicked it straight to the goal! It was blocked by the defender."

"Robinho got the ball, he made a match with Willian, he broke into the box! Pass to Elano. Elano didn't have a chance to kick, pass back! Diego followed the shot,

A little bit off, this ball is very dangerous! "

"It's Robinho again, stepping on the bicycle twice, fake move! Pass Simplicio, then dunk, and shoot directly from a small angle! Cheney was very focused and blocked the ball."

"Diego picks a pass! Great! Willian puts the ball in the middle, Lugano returns in time and kicks the ball out of the baseline. The ball is dangerous, Elano is already in position, if Lugano doesn't touch it With the ball, Elano in the middle will get a great chance. Santos gets another corner."

Sao Paulo's defense crumbled under such attacks.

But fortunately, the first half of the game ended quickly.

When the referee blew his whistle for halftime, the Sao Paulo players all breathed a sigh of relief. During this time, Sao Paulo was completely suppressed and could not fight back.

When walking into the player tunnel, the Sao Paulo players all showed tired looks. Of these, Cheney looked the most exhausted.

In the second half of the first half of the game, he became the busiest person in the game, receiving high resistance and not having a moment of leisure. It is precisely because of his full concentration that he was able to keep the goal. Otherwise, the current score is definitely not 1:1.

Back in the locker room, the players were still panting heavily. They were passively defending, and because of their high mental tension, they consumed more physical energy than usual.

Osvaldo's face was gloomy, and he tapped on the tactical board. After attracting the players' attention, he said: "You played good football for 15 minutes, but for the next half hour, you played like shit!"

"Look at the game stats. Possession, Santos 55 per cent, us 45 per cent. Shots, Santos 9, 6 shots on target, we had 5 shots, 2 shots on target. Corners, Santos got 4, we got 4. There is only one. Now we can maintain the score of 1:1, I really have to thank Rogerio."

"What the hell are you doing on the field? You are not showing that you want to win games! Is this a team that wants to fight for the championship? I only see a team that is weak under the attack of Santos and plays like a stinker Smelling team."

Some of the players down there are absent-minded, some look angry, and some seem ashamed. But Ricardo looked calm. He really did his best and has a clear conscience.

After venting a lot, Osvaldo tapped the tactical board again, "Listen to me now! I need to see you perform differently in the second half! There is no problem with our tactics. The opening 15 minutes The absolute advantage within is the proof. We don't need to change our style of play, as long as you show your performance in training, you can win this game!"

However, he still made a small adjustment for the midfield. "Ricardinho, your position has to go a little further, you are a little out of touch with the frontcourt. Julio, you have to pay attention to the protection of Ricardinho. If he loses the ball, I hope you Can fight back on the spot. Alessandro, you have to protect the two central defenders, I don’t need you to participate in the offense, and do the defensive work for me. If you can’t do it, I’ll replace it with someone else!”

"Yes." Alessandro replied curtly, suppressing his anger.