Chapter 186: Conservative Saint Paul

Although he has vocally said that Cruzeiro should see the strength of the South American champion, Ricardo will not take Cruzeiro lightly.

It was Ronaldo's mother team that left Cruzeiro aside. In fact, no one can ignore Cruzeiro's record this season. It is no fluke that they can top the list.

Alex, who has made 0 appearances and scored 10 goals for the Brazilian national team, is the core of their midfield. They command and dispatch in the midfield, as well as excellent free kicks and long shots. Philip Mello has been loaned to Keke Russero was gradually transformed into a lower back. His strong defense made Cruzello's waist stick hard. In addition, midfielder also has new international Mao Linhuo and 94 World Cup heroes Jin Huo. On the front line, there is experienced veteran Aristiabal who has played 61 games for Colombia.

Cruzeiro's strongest link is the defense, so far this season they are the team with the fewest goals conceded in the Bundesliga.

Their central defender is the match between Chilean international Maldonado and Brazilian international Chris. Among them, Maldonado grew up in São Paulo, but he moved to Cruzeiro before Ricardo entered the first team last season. . The right back is Maicon-in the future it will grow into the world's number one right back, with strength and speed, height and long legs, is a good full-back offensive and defensive.

If you only look at the current strength and disregard the potential, Cruzeiro actually has stabilized Santos, leading the league is well deserved.

Before this war, São Paulo conducted closed training, and Rojas also made a lot of arrangements based on the characteristics of Cruzeiro.

However, at Morumbi Stadium, the first team to break the goal was the visiting team. They took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt and Alex was sent to the penalty area. Maldonado showed no mercy to the old host and he jumped high. Shake his head to attack the goal. Cheney has done all he can to stretch his body, but it's still close, Cruzeiro took the lead in the second minute.

The fans of São Paulo are not discouraged, they are still enthusiastically cheering for the home team, and the tricolor flag is spreading all over the sky. They didn't wait too long.

In the 5th minute, São Paulo played an exquisite cooperation on the right, replacing Leonardo, who was absent from the injury due to Simplicio. After trying to break, he passed the ball to Ricardo.

Riccardinho didn't even see it, he passed the ball directly and the ball flew to Ricardo's foot. Ricardo returned the ball directly, then turned and ran forward. Ricardo was aware of it and did not stop the ball. Then he threw the ball to Ricardo.

Ricardo once again passed the ball without stopping, this time he swept the ball to Fabiano in the middle. After Fabiano stopped the ball, he found that the defender had swooped up and there was no shooting space, so he returned the ball to Ricardo.

Riccardinho rubbed the ball directly, the football flew high, quickly climbed to the highest point, passed over the opponent's defensive player's head, and fell sharply. Ricardo caught up with the ball and volleyed before the football landed. Although the angle was small, his shot was quite accurate, the football went straight to the far corner, and Cruzeiro goalkeeper Andre was caught off guard.

After finishing the shot, Ricardo didn't go to see the result at all. According to the feedback of the foot feeling, he was confident that the ball would definitely go. He took off his shirt and started to celebrate.

"Ricardo goalllll!" The narrator roared passionately in a timely manner, "Amazing goal! São Paulo equalized the score and both sides returned to the same starting line! Ricardo showed his excellent sense of smell in front of the door, great Position and top footwork! This is his 25th goal for São Paulo this season, and he continues to lead the scorer list! "

"St. Paul at home is very conservative from the first minute. This is their first threatening attack in this game and they have scored goals!"

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In the stands, Stella was in a good mood, not only for Ricardo's goal. Recently, she has been in a good mood.

Since the morning run with Ricardo was revealed, reporters often ambush on their running route in the morning. Once they pass, it is a flash of flashes.

Stella was annoyed and a little uneasy, but with it came her fame. Many shows, exhibitions, ceremonies, and high-level social receptions sent her invitations. Numerous magazines and newspapers asked her. Taking a photo, she and the agent were too busy.

Although she was unwilling to rely on her scandal with Ricardo to gain eyeballs, Stella also considered denying her relationship with Ricardo in an interview, but after a long talk with her agent, she accepted the reality— —At this time, she has no room for bargaining and must seize every opportunity to climb up. Since Ricardo did not come forward to clarify, she had better remain silent.

And after Ricardo and Ambrosio officially broke up, Stella was the first to get the news. At first she felt a little guilty and a little bit of joy; soon she realized that her opportunity had come.

How to seize the opportunity to get closer to Ricardo?

From Stella's point of view, the only way to start is from football. So in the last few home games of São Paulo, she did not miss one, and after each game she talked to Ricardo during the morning run the next day.

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Rojas, who has always been conservative, continues his conservative style in this game. The team has always focused on solid defense and ball control, and is very cautious in attack.

In fact, most attacking players prefer to play offensive football, and Ricardo is no exception, because of course that way of play is more intensive but playing a relatively conservative football, full attention throughout the game, Pay attention to the fleeting opportunities that rarely occur. Once they appear, it is a pleasure to seize them firmly and turn them into goals.

After the score was equalized, São Paulo continued to recover and antagonized with Cruzeiro.

Roxas emphasized in the locker room that the second half is the time to force, and the first half can be flat.

Even if the second half begins to exert force, it is necessary to solidify the defense first, because this game São Paulo cannot lose and cannot continue to be scored.

If he has to take risks to win, he would rather choose a secure draw and then grab points from other teams in the future. He must not lose to direct competitors.

Cruzeiro didn't make any mistakes. They also chose to stick to the road first and then counterattacked, so the rest of the first half, the two teams played dull and extremely, returned to the locker room with a 1: 1 score.

In the home team's locker room, Rojas smiled. Although he valued the game in his heart, he did not want to show anxiety to affect the performance of the players.