The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Chapter 373: Portugal

For the players of the Brazilian team, it is better to focus on Portugal for the time being. Although everyone thinks that defeating Portugal is not a problem, the atmosphere in the team is relatively relaxed, and everyone seems to think that the victory can be easily won during the conversation, but a few seasoned and prudent players still remind everyone not to underestimate the enemy.

There are no underdogs in the World Cup, and it is a grand ceremony for players every four years. How many people's entire football career is just for this blooming?

Although everyone thinks that Portugal's overall strength is average, but Portugal was the runner-up of the European Cup two years ago, and they are good at playing big games.

They also have Figo, Ronaldo and Deco. Deko may be a bit inferior to Zidane, but Figo is also a great player. He is only two months older than Zidane, and he has the same ability to dominate the game like Zidane.

It's just that as a winger, he is more susceptible to the influence of age than Zidane as a midfield organizer.

But he's still a player who can do wonders. This World Cup can be said to be his last trip to the World Cup. It is conceivable that he will go all out and it will be more terrifying than when he was in Inter Milan.

As a teammate of the club, Ricardo knows enough about Figo and is also vigilant enough.

Moreover, Portugal also has Cristiano Ronaldo. At this time, he was affectionately called "Little Ronaldinho" by Chinese fans.

He is 21 years old this year. He played 33 Premier League games for Manchester United last season, scoring 9 goals and assisting 6 goals. In World Cup qualifiers, he scored a total of 7 goals for Portugal.

Of course, this data cannot be compared with Ricardo, but it is already considered the data of a super rookie.

The media throughout Europe agree that Ronaldo is a rising star. Of course, at this time, except for Ricardo, no one knows what kind of achievements Ronaldo will achieve.

Everyone just regards Ronaldo as Figo's successor.

When it comes to his status in football, the current Ronaldo cannot be compared with Ricardo.

Manchester United offered Inter Milan £50 million plus Cristiano Ronaldo to exchange Adriano, and Ricardo and Adriano are now worth about the same.

In other words, there is a difference of 50 million pounds between Ricardo and Ronaldo's current worth.

But this is not to say that Ronaldo cannot pose a threat to the Brazilian team.

Portugal also owns Deco. Deco is actually a Brazilian. He once played for the Sao Paulo youth team, but he was not appreciated in Brazil. He came to Portugal early and ventured into Europe. As a result, he made a breakthrough and finally decided to become a Portuguese citizen.

The 29-year-old Deco is at his peak, with both offense and defense, he even squeezed Rui Costa out of the national team. Last season, together with Ronaldinho, he helped Barcelona win the La Liga title.

In addition to these three well-known players, Portugal also has powerful players such as Carvalho, Maniche, Pauletta, and Simao. They won the runner-up of the European Cup in 2004 and entered the semi-finals of the World Cup this year, which is definitely not a word that can be summed up by luck.

The main reason why this Portuguese team is called the "European Brazilian team" is that the Portuguese players have excellent skills and have some characteristics of South American players.

Moreover, Brazil was once a colony of Portugal. Many Brazilians will choose Portugal as their first stop in Europe. Over the years, many Brazilian players have chosen to become Portuguese nationalities.

Moreover, the Portuguese coach Scolari was the hero who led the Brazil team to the 2002 World Cup.

He brought the concept of pragmatism to the extreme in the Portuguese team. Portugal only scored 6 goals in 5 games, but it qualified as the top of the group and eliminated the strong Netherlands and England in a row. . It can be seen that their defensive skills are not weak.

Although there is only Carvalho as a star player in the defense, their overall defensive tactics have allowed them to concede only 1 goal in 5 games.

In contrast, the Brazilian team's offense is much sharper and concedes more goals. They have scored 14 goals in 5 games but also conceded 4 goals.

Therefore, the media generally believe that although the Brazilian team can win Portugal, it should be only a small victory. Portugal's overall defense is not inferior to France.

As for whether the Brazilian team can play such a goal battle with Portugal? The media generally believes that it is impossible.

After the victory over France, the Brazilian team came to Munich as a whole.

The wags, of course, followed suit.

Li Kaduo did not contact Shidela, but he also heard some news about her from his teammates. Like a normal person, she went shopping and shopping with other players' wives every day, and sometimes took one or two simple commercials, and her life was pretty good.

Ricardo himself is bored in the hotel every day, except for the team's training and fitness, and occasionally interacts with fans on Facebook.

Now, all his thoughts are on winning the championship.

Brazil's defeat of France proved that fate is not immutable. Who said that Italy will definitely win the championship like in another time and space?

Who can deny that this Brazilian team already has the image of a champion!

The Brazilian team is training hard from top to bottom. The attitude is much more serious than before.

Perhaps it was almost falling in front of the French team, which made the players of the Brazilian team realize that they are not invincible.

The good news for the Brazilian team is that Emerson's injury is almost healed and he can participate in the team's joint training.

His joining will definitely improve the overall strength of the Brazilian team.

With him in the midfield, the Brazilian team's offensive and defensive transition is more comfortable, and the defense is more reassuring.

On July 5, the German team unexpectedly lost 0:2 to Italy, which made the media's glasses shattered.

Italy, which was deeply involved in the Calciopoli scandal, exploded with great energy. Cannavaro and others teamed up to contain Klose's offense and maintained the score at 0:0 within 90 minutes.

After entering the overtime, everyone thought that the German team would rely on perseverance and determination to win the game, but Italy became more and more courageous. First, they attacked the center post twice in a row, and then in the 118th and 120th minutes, Grosso And Del Piero scored separately, defeating the mighty German chariot.

They will be Brazil's opponents in the final. Ricardo thought so. He never considered the possibility of the team losing to Portugal.

Yes, Portugal is very good, Figo, Ronaldo and Deco are very strong. But Brazil must win!

On July 6, at the Allianz Arena in Munich, the battle between Brazil and Portugal is about to begin.

At the press conference before the game, both Scolari and Pereira expressed their admiration for each other, their emphasis on their opponents, and their cautious confidence.

Because the atmosphere is better, the attitudes of the players on both sides are also more friendly when they walk out of the player tunnel. Ronaldinho and Deco put their shoulders together and laughed, and Figo also greeted Ricardo, Adriano and Maicon in a friendly manner.

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