The Day I Played with Ronaldo

The Republic of Peru is located in the west of South America, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil and Bolivia to the east, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

As one of the ancient civilization centers of Indians in the American continent, it once gave birth to the world-famous Xiaobei civilization, Moche culture and Inca civilization. The latter became the largest country in South America in the pre-Columbian period, the Inca Empire.

The 41st Copa America will be held here.

The host team, Peru, was once strong. In the 1970s, its strength was second only to Brazil and Argentina in South America. They have won the Copa America twice, entered the World Cup finals four times, and participated in the Olympics twice.

But since 1982, Peru has been out of the World Cup, and always positioned in the last few qualifying rankings.

This year's Copa America, in order to prepare for the upcoming Olympics, many participating teams have chosen to send a lineup dominated by u23 players, such as Paraguay. The Brazilian team also chose a lineup dominated by young players. This is because most of the big names playing in Europe have already entered the holidays, and they are not eager for the Copa America. champion. So Pereira would rather give those star players a long vacation and choose to inspect young players.

Although the Brazilian team's squad is a bit controversial, it still satisfies the fans overall.

The goalkeepers are Fabio from da Gama and Julio Cesar from Flamengo, the defenders are Cruzeiro's Cris, Maicon, Roma's Mancini, Sao Paulo's Gustavoneri , San Caetano's Gilberto, Leverkusen's Juan, Stuttgart's Bolden and Benfica's Luisson.

In the midfield there is Dudu from Japan's Perezol, Renato and Diego from Santos, Felipe from Flamengo, Kleberson from Manchester United, Alex from Cruzeiro, Arsenal's Edu, and Baptista, a former Sao Paulo player who played for Seville.

The choice of striker is the least controversial, Oliveira who has just transferred from Santos to Valencia, Adriano who has just been repurchased by Inter Milan, Fabiano and Ricardo from Sao Paulo.

Although Kaka is suitable for U23 in terms of age, he was injured at the end of Serie A and could not keep up with the Copa America.

Although it is only a u23 team, this team cannot be underestimated, especially the front line composed of Adriano, Fabiano and Ricardo, it is difficult to find opponents in South America.

In training, Pereira used the 442 formation the most, and the forward partner was a combination of Adriano and Ricardo.

This made the Brazilian fans a little dissatisfied.

They prefer the combination of Riccardo and Fabiano. Because this pair has proved themselves countless times in front of their eyes, and they are unstoppable in Brazil's domestic arena; while Adriano is too far away from them, and his technique is not delicate enough, and his body is too strong, which they think is "not enough for Brazil".

The Brazil team was divided into Group C in this competition, and the opponents in the same group were Chile, Costa Rica and Paraguay.

Needless to say, Costa Rica was brutally abused by the Brazilian team in the World Cup two years ago. It has never won Brazil in a major competition in history, and the Brazilians are never worried about losing to such an opponent.

Both Chile and Paraguay are capable opponents, especially Chile. Although Shuangsa, Navia, Pizarro and other stars are absent, they should not be underestimated.

It is not easy for Brazil to get off to a good start.

On the evening of July 4th, all members of the Brazilian team boarded a plane bound for Arequipa, Peru from Rio de Janeiro. In an interview before boarding the plane, Pereira said: "I don't think we will play at the highest level in the first game because the players have never played together."

"I think we have the strength to win the championship. Although Ronnie is not there, we are still the best team in South America. We will not be afraid of any opponent. But the strongest team in this competition is undoubtedly Argentina. They brought They've got a first-team team and that's definitely going to help, they have a team that's ready. They didn't play last time and maybe now they're under a little bit of pressure to play with the main squad."

"Adriano or Fabiano? I will decide the starting lineup based on what they do in training."

"Ricciardo has shown us that he is one of the best players in Brazil and he scored a beautiful goal against Argentina [in the World Cup qualifier]. Lots of great performances. I don't see any reason not to play him."

"Kleberson's injury is our loss, but the Brazilian team has many good talents and I believe we can find good replacements."

Chile coach Olmos expressed his respect for Brazil when looking forward to the first game: "Brazil is Brazil, whether it is the first team or the second team, they are all Brazil. They are the world champions. I hope the boys will play against Brazil. When the two teams play against each other, they can learn something. Of course, we will not admit defeat easily, we are growing rapidly, and we have the strength to threaten the Brazilian team."

"Brazil's best player? I think it should be Adriano. He scored a lot of goals in Serie A. Being able to become the main force of a giant like Inter Milan has proved his strength. He can become one of the best players in the world. 1. Of course Ricardo is also great, some of his performances are fantastic, the most amazing thing is that he is only 18 years old, he has unlimited possibilities. In addition, Alex is also a very good player, he is my One of the best playmakers I've seen."

Before the game, both sides were complimenting their opponents. As a result, on the day of the game on July 9, both sides tried their best from the beginning. It can be seen that the Brazilian team really wants to win this game, and the Chilean team is not willing to give up the victory. . The two sides fought fiercely in the midfield, and the referee showed 3 yellow cards in the first 20 minutes.

Ricardo and Adriano are forward partners. Among them, Adriano's position is on the left, forward. Ricardo’s position is on the right, and he often retreats. His tactical responsibility is equivalent to a false No. 9. The task assigned to him by Pereira is not to score goals, but to assist captain Alex to organize the attack, or use his personal ability. After the breakthrough, a threatening ball was sent to deliver shells to Adriano.

Of course, he can also try to score by himself when necessary, but he does not have the unlimited firepower that he had in Sao Paulo.

In the first 20 minutes, he didn't have a shot, but sent two wonderful passes, but Adriano didn't seem to find the game state, and the two hasty shots didn't create enough threats.

Like the Brazilian team, this Chilean team is also newly formed and faces the same problems as the Brazilian team, that is, the lack of coordination and frequent mistakes in passing.