The Day I Played with Ronaldo

In the locker room of the home team, Rojas had a calm expression. No one could see that his team was behind with a goal and the hope of a reversal was slim.

"We played well in the first half, but we were not lucky enough, but I firmly believe that as long as you can maintain this high level, we may achieve a reversal." Rojas said.

Most of Sao Paulo's players looked downcast. Not everyone can ignore the huge gap of the ball.

In the 45 minutes of the second half, Sao Paulo had to score at least one goal, and also had to ensure that the opponent did not score. Such difficulty... Even Ronaldo would feel tricky.

Of course, fortunately, the opponent is not an Italian team known for its defense, but a free and undisciplined Argentine team, so this goal is still possible.

Just, how to achieve it? The players are desperate for Rojas to come up with a solution.

But where does Roxas come from? Even if the players are given banned drugs, there is no guarantee that they will hit the ball in the second half.

"We performed very well in the last ten minutes, and continue to play at this pace." Rojas did not pursue Licardo and Kaka's unauthorized change of tactics, but encouraged him.

Next, he began to paint on the tactical board, showing how the players should cooperate with running without the ball when Ricardo, Kaka, and Ricardinho hold the ball.

Needless to say, everyone can see that these three Ricardo are the key personnel for Sao Paulo to turn the game around.

In the first half, Sao Paulo had 57% possession of the ball, 7 of 11 shots were on target, and 8 of these 11 shots were provided by them. And their excellent technology and skillful cooperation ensured Sao Paulo's possession rate. Especially in the last 10 minutes of the first half, Boca Juniors were not given a chance to counterattack.

If it wasn't for bad luck, and Abangdan Sheri's performance was a little brave, the score in the first half would not be 0:1, but 2:1 or even :1.

If they can maintain this state... By the end of the game, let alone an equalizer, they can only score one or two face-saving goals, right?

Thinking of this, the morale of the Sao Paulo players gradually improved again.

Rojas was making the final deployment when suddenly there was a knock on the locker room door.

Captain Rogerio Cheney went down to open the door at the gesture of Rojas, and then everyone heard him shout in surprise: "Mr. Chairman!"

Following Cheney into the locker room,

It is Sao Paulo's chairman Gao Weia and his right-hand man, the newly appointed sports director Juventio.

"Hi everyone!" Gavia smiled. From his expression, it was impossible to tell that Sao Paulo was three goals behind at this time.

"Hello Chairman." The players greeted unevenly.

Rojas stood scowling in front of the tactical board, unhappy to be interrupted. And even the chairman should not easily break into the locker room. The locker room is a sacred and most private place, and no one should step in except the head coach and players.

"You all played well and I am very satisfied. Sao Paulo is a great team and I am glad that you have given your all to defend the honor of this great team," Juventio said with a smile. "Of course, I also hope that in the second half, I can see you perform better, if you can turn defeat into victory, it will be great."

After speaking, he took a step back and let Gowea speak.

Gowea took a deep breath and said loudly: "I don't have much to say, you are all professional players. moalks. million!"

He looked around the audience, his eagle-like gaze made every player who looked at him bow their heads uncomfortably.

"Million dollars! As long as you win, you can get this money!"

There was a sound of gasping in the locker room.

In this era of Brazil, 1 million US dollars is considered a huge sum of money!

You know, the weekly salary of most players in Sao Paulo is only one or two thousand dollars!

Even Licardo, who received the top salary, only had a weekly salary of 1,000 reais, equivalent to 5,000 U.S. dollars.

And 1 million dollars is allocated to the whole team—of course, the amount that everyone can get is definitely different. There must be a world of difference between those who have entered the big list and those who have not. There is also a big difference between the main force and the substitute. There are extra rewards for goals and assists-but at least $100,000 is available. For many players, this is equivalent to getting an extra season's salary!

Ricardo didn't expect Gao Wei's willingness to be so generous, he clearly heard that many people around him were breathing heavily.

Why do professional players play football? For the love of football? Because of a noble pursuit? These may be all reasons, but the most important thing is money!

If you have no money, you might as well play street football or beach football.

Without money, who would play high-intensity and high-confrontation professional football at the risk of being seriously injured, sitting in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, or even dying suddenly on the field!

The so-called, under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and everyone will definitely try their best to recover the score in the second half.

A reward of 1 million is more effective than any encouraging words!

The dark cloud on Rojas's face disappeared, and he was full of smiles at this moment. This kind of support was beyond his imagination.

Of course, he was upset that Gowea hadn't ventilated him earlier. However, the more such surprises, the better!

"Okay, I won't bother you. See you after the game. If you can win the Libertadores Cup, I will personally celebrate for you!" Gowea strode out of the locker room after finishing speaking.

Juventio followed suit.

He is the person who knows the whole story best. Gowea had no intention of offering a bounty of 1 million US dollars at all. In fact, the club had a corresponding plan before the start of the season. It was 2 million reais, or almost $800,000.

It’s just that Makali, the chairman of Boca Youth, had a few conversations with Gowea just now. The words were sarcasm. The players were promised extra bonuses of $000,000.

Prodigal local tyrant. Juventio complained in his heart. You must know that before the start of the season, the team's main player Baptista switched to Sevilla, which only brought more than 1 million US dollars to the club.

Seeing the changes in the expressions of the players, Juventio knew that the team would definitely do their best in the second half.

However, winning or losing on the football field is as simple as that. Is it really possible to win as long as you do your best?

If hard work is sure to be useful, why do you need training, why do you need a head coach, and why do you need stars?

So he is still not optimistic that the team can reverse.

But... the faces of Ricardo, Kaka and Luis Fabiano flashed in Juventio's mind in turn.

If they can break out, it is not impossible to equalize the score.