The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Before leaving, Osvaldo made a farewell call to Ricardo. There was no resentment in his voice, but he still slightly expressed his dissatisfaction with Ricardo. "Actually, we could have won the championship."

Ricardo didn't know if he only called himself, or all the important players. After thinking about it, Licardo said: "Actually, we might have lost to Santos and only finished 8th."

Osvaldo smiled: "I still remember that game, it was one of the best games I ever coached. I also remember that you didn't follow my instructions during the game, but scored a key goal .”

"Sometimes players need a little improvisation," Ricardo said.

"Perhaps." Osvaldo's voice was obviously depressed, "I wish you all the best."

"Thank you, the same blessing is also given to you." Licado said. He has mixed feelings about Osvaldo. He is grateful for Osvaldo's support, but also feels aggrieved by Osvaldo who put him on the bench several times and asked him to play with injuries.

After hanging up the phone, Ricardo suddenly realized that the new era of Sao Paulo was coming.

But who will be at the helm of this new era?

After the holiday, Ricardo returned to his home in Rio de Janeiro and spent a relaxing Christmas.

It is a pity that Ronaldo has not returned. He has a series of publicity and TV program arrangements in Europe, and he is too busy to keep his feet on the ground. In addition, there will be the Golden Globe Awards and World Footballer awards in early January.

After Christmas, Licardo went to the beach to play for half a month. Of course, even during the vacation, he insisted on exercising for more than 5 hours in the hotel gym every day.

It happened that Ambrosio was also taking a photo shoot in Rio de Janeiro. The two went out to dinner twice, and the chat was quite pleasant, but there was no further development.

The two also watched the Golden Globe Awards and the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony together.

Ronaldo successfully won his 4th Golden Globe Award and 6th World Footballer Award by virtue of the World Cup Golden Boot and his outstanding performance in Inter Milan last season.

Of course Ricardo called his brother to celebrate, and Ronaldo was also very happy. He is enjoying the pinnacle of his playing career, and Ricardo only hopes that he is the one who celebrates with Ronaldo now.

But there will be opportunities in the future. There will be countless opportunities in the future, and the two will celebrate together holding the Serie A championship or the Champions League trophy.

On the phone, Ronaldo said that he has been paying attention to Ricardo's development, and persuaded Ricardo to take the ball more boldly in the game. Of course, he must also pay attention to self-protection and not to be injured at a young age.

Then Ricardo returned to Sao Paulo and trained every day as if he were in the middle of the season. Both Kaka and Rico advised him not to push himself too hard, and Licardo replied: "Now is the age when the training effect is the best. If I don't work hard now, I will need more time to achieve it in the future. Ideal height."

"Then what is your ideal height?" In the gym, Kaka looked into Licado's eyes.

"Of course it is the second in the world! The second in the world after Ronaldo!" Ricardo grinned.

On January 14, the coach of the Brazilian team was finally determined. After leading Corinthians to win the 2002 Brazilian National Championship and the Brazilian Cup, Pereira retired and resigned from Corinthians. The duties of the head coach. After 8 years away from the national team, he will once again coach the Brazilian national team.

At the press conference, he said meaningfully: "... Yes, I will call some new faces. Everything is preparing for the 2006 World Cup. Who will be called? I will call based on the players of the past season. It is determined by their performance. Only one candidate is certain: Ronaldo. The rest, I will conduct further investigations.

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Pereira's words immediately triggered a feast for the Brazilian sports media.

The whole of Brazil is speculating on possible fringe internationals, making suggestions, ink and saliva flying.

"Reims Sports Daily" expressed the hope that Pereira called up Ricardo. This talented boy has proved himself in the national championship, and he deserves a place in this Samba team.

"Scoreboard" published an article by Adrian Jesús: "Ricardo is not good enough. Yes, he has a few good performances, but he is not consistent enough overall. And his skills are not yet mature. , and his physical confrontation ability is too poor. After all, he is half Chinese. Such a player may be suitable to play in the second division. Even if the U20 national youth has no place for him. If Licado is selected for the adult national team, it will be A disgrace to the Brazilian national team. Maybe he is more suitable to join the table tennis national team and maybe bring us a championship or two."

Of course, it wasn't just Ricardo that the media discussed. The 36-year-old veteran Romario, the 31-year-old veteran Edmondo who has performed well in the past season, Djaminha who played in Vienna, the midfielder Juninho, the master of midfield command, and Romario who is only half the age of Romario. Binho, Diego, etc. have their own supporters.

So the head coach of the Brazilian national team is really one of the most tormented positions in the world.

The point is that Brazil has so much talent. Take out any fringe international footballer, and put it in other football powers, it may be a proper main force.

A midfielder like Ricardinho should have his place in England, France, Germany, and Italy.

But in Brazil, his competitors include Emerson who played in Rome, Junior Juninho, Vampeta, Dejaminha, Kleberson, Gilberto Silva... As a result, he has only Has played 7 times for the national team, and the chances of being selected this time are also very slim.

And Fabiano's forward position is even more desperate.

Even the veteran Romario, Edmondo, Giovanni, Sony Anderson, Bundesliga Golden Boot Elber and other intercontinental forwards were selected ahead of him. Not to mention Ronaldo, the current number one in the world, Denilson who broke the transfer fee record, Amoruso, Adriano and Ricciardo, who are rising rapidly, and Robinho, Elano , Niermar and other pursuers.

Think about it, even the active Bundesliga Golden Boot Elber couldn't be selected for the Brazilian national team, so why should Fabiano?

So, as a striker, it was a beautiful mistake to be born in Brazil.

Many outstanding strikers have never had the opportunity to play for their motherland Brazil in their entire lives. This has also led to many outstanding Brazilian midfielders changing their nationalities in recent years, hoping to play for other countries and get the chance to compete in the highest honor in football-the World Cup.