The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Osvaldo didn't let me enter the big list again today, I'm so upset! I knew he was trying to prove that Sao Paulo could do without me. But you don't look at the current standings... Is it appropriate to be angry with me at a time like this? I really want to play, I really want to play football! ——Licardo's private diary

Osvaldo was also stubborn. It seems to prove that Sao Paulo without Ricardo is still a strong team. In the away game against Palanis Athletic, he still did not select Ricardo into the squad.

It stands to reason that with Luis Fabiano, Kaka and Ricardinho in such a luxurious lineup, Sao Paulo's victory over Palanis should have no suspense. But the weather is not good, Curitiba is facing heavy rain, the Baixada Stadium has become a swamp, and Sao Paulo, who plays more delicately, has suffered a lot.

In the 48th minute at the start of the second half, Atletico Palanis took a corner kick. Cheney attacked but failed to hold the ball. The football was released, causing chaos in the penalty area of ​​Sao Paulo. Atlético Palanis left-back Fabiano poked through the crowd and the ball deflected off the foot of Sao Paulo centre-back Julio Santos and bounced into the net.

Athletic Palanis, who played at home, took an unexpected lead.

Sao Paulo then counterattacked aggressively under the command of Osvaldo, but Kaka's long-range shot going straight to the dead corner was miraculously saved by Palanis goalkeeper Basso, and Fabiano's close-angle shot hit Basso again. body.

Baptista and Ricardinho's shots were all a hair's breadth away. At the last moment, Osvaldo sent young players Elton and Ricko to the field, and sacrificed three strikers, but still failed to break through the gate of Palanis Athletic. In the end, he could only watch Palanis Athletics proudly win Go three points.

In the post-match press conference, Osvaldo still seemed very calm, did not criticize the players too much, and took all the responsibility on himself, thinking that he underestimated the difficulty of the game and lacked on-the-spot command.

When the reporter mentioned Ricardo again, Osvaldo's answer was intriguing: "Ricardo is undoubtedly one of the best young players in Brazil now, but I don't think he has the ability to change the situation of the game by himself. Ability. We already have very outstanding players, Kaka, Ricardinho, Fabiano, etc. I believe that with the current lineup, we can fully cope with the next game."

These words make people daydream. Could it be that Ricardo has fallen out of favor with Osvaldo? Osvaldo doesn't plan to play him in the next game?

The entire Brazilian media began to complain about Ricardo, thinking that with his performance, no matter which team he goes to, he can get the main position, so there is no need to be trapped in Sao Paulo.

Corinthians, Flamenco and others began to extend olive branches to Riccardo.

Even Fabiano Farah called specifically to ask Ricardo what he was thinking, and Ricardo answered him with only one sentence: "Just keep everything as it is."

Lecco felt conflicted about Ricardo not appearing in two consecutive games. On the one hand, he was glad that Ricardo did not continue his outstanding performance, and the contract negotiations should be able to reach an agreement under lower conditions; on the other hand, he was worried that Ricardo would be dissatisfied with the club and contact other teams instead. He tried several times to contact Fabiano Farah, but Farah never answered his calls and seemed determined to resume negotiations in a few weeks.

In the past few days, many reporters blocked the entrance of the Brafunda training base, trying to interview Ricardo, hoping to get a big news, but how could Ricardo do what they wanted? Facing the media, Ricardo did not show the slightest negative emotion: "Osvaldo is the head coach of the team, he knows what he is doing, and I support his decision."

"Sao Paulo has a group of good players, we deserve to win some honors, our form is not very good in these two games, but I believe the team will improve soon under the command of Osvaldo.

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"Osvaldo has the right to choose who he thinks is suitable for the match list. All I have to do is to maintain my state in training and wait for his call."

"No, no, there is no problem between me and Osvaldo. He didn't let me play out of tactical considerations, I can understand."

"My agent is on vacation. When his vacation is over, he will continue to discuss the contract with the club. I am very happy in Sao Paulo and don't want to go to other teams."

As for what happened at the entrance of the nightclub that night when the reporters asked about it, Ricardo remained silent and did not give any response.

During the training, Ricardo has already participated in the joint training again, and Osvaldo's attitude towards him has returned to the original. On the training ground, Osvaldo's face is often full of smiles, and he doesn't seem to be troubled by the two wins at all, which makes people confused about his thoughts.

At the end of the training that day, Osvaldo left Licado to talk alone.

He was smiling all over his face, it didn't look like he wanted to reprimand, and Ricardo was also very relaxed. "Boss, what's the matter?"

"You are not bad." Osvaldo opened a newspaper for Ricardo to look at. "It turns out that the person who was with you that night was Alessandra Ambrosio. She is a recognized beauty."

Li Kaduo read it at a glance. It turned out that the woman revealed in an interview that she was the one who was with Li Kaduo that night, and stated that nothing happened between them, but she was drunk and got Li Kaduo. With a lot of help, Ricardo is not the kind of vagabond that people imagined.

It turned out that she was Ambrosio.

No wonder Ricardo thought she looked familiar. The original owner once hung a poster of her in the room. The 21-year-old is currently one of the most promising supermodels in Brazil, and her future is boundless. The foresighted Ricardo also knew that she would be named one of the three supermodels in Brazil in the future, becoming the business card and pride of the whole Brazil.

"Nothing happened between me and her." Ricardo raised his head.

"I know, Ambrosio himself has already clarified," Osvaldo said, "You have been in good condition in training these days, are you ready to participate in the competition?"

"I'm always ready."

"I'm glad that during this time you have remained sober, you have not been influenced by the outside world, and you have not talked nonsense to the media. You have shown the professionalism that a football player should have," Osvaldo said with a smile. "In my plan, you will be an important part of the team, but I can't start you every game, this is your protection, you understand."

"I understand, sir."

A small episode passed like this, and Riccardo didn't know if Osvaldo still had a grudge against him. Anyway, he really didn't have any opinion on Osvaldo, and he could understand Osvaldo's actions.