The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Ronaldo is the greatest football player in history. Maradona is also a football genius, but his skills did not give football a lasting shock like Ronaldo. — Havelange

It's late at night, and thousands of lights are on.

In the Brafunda training base, the administration building is still lit. In a luxuriously decorated office, Sao Paulo's youth training director Mauro Aperecido da Silva and U18 youth team coach Roberto Rojas are talking.

Neither of them smoked, so although there was an ashtray on the table, it was just for decoration. Mauro scribbled down notes in a small notebook, while Roberto Rojas chewed gum, which was said to relieve stress.

"Ricciardo missed training again today," said Roberto Rojas.

Mauro raised his head, his eyes were not surprised: "The little guy has been under too much pressure recently."

Robert Rojas nodded: "But this is not the reason for his absence from training. He is going to become a professional player, and this kind of behavior is quite unprofessional and must be punished."

Mauro nodded slightly in agreement: "Yes, punishment should be done, how should we deal with it according to the usual practice?"

Robert Rojas thought for a while, "He has missed training more than 10 times. According to the usual practice, even expulsion is okay."

Mauro shook his head: "Let's give him another chance."

Robert Rojas has a different opinion on this: "Are we still seeing less talented young men? Someone as mentally fragile as him is destined not to be kicked out. It's better to use waste and use the behavior of expulsion to wake up others. boy."

Mauro propped his temples with his fingers, and after thinking for a while, he slowly shook his head: "Give him another chance. Temporarily fine him 2 weeks' salary. The team will warn him that he is not allowed to participate in joint training. If he commits another crime, he will be fired immediately."

He has his own considerations. Not to mention anything else, the "Ronaldo" golden signboard is worthy of attention. Ronaldo seems to be the number one star in the world, and his prestige almost surpasses that of Pele. After retirement, whether he is in business or politics, he must be a giant. He has a good chance of winning the election for the President of Brazil. Such a person cannot be offended.

Robert Rojas didn't want to get into an argument with Mauro on this issue, so he readily agreed.

In his view, Ricardo is just a small role. Although he has Ronaldo, a superstar brother, he lacks some things to gain a foothold in the professional league. Physical fitness is great, but if you rely too much on your body, play football without brains, and are too nervous, this kind of person will be eliminated by cruel professional competitions sooner or later.

He and Mauro stood at different heights, so naturally the content of his thoughts was also different.

"Then give him a chance."

The two naturally switched to other topics. To them, Ricardo was indeed a trivial person not worth mentioning.

In the youth team, teenagers with football dreams come and go, but there are very few who can really gain a foothold and play in professional leagues. If you can't cross that threshold, it doesn't deserve much attention.

...

In the morning, Riccardo came to the Brafunda training base ahead of schedule.

The Brafunda training base was completed in 1988. It is a modern training base. It has three standard-sized training grounds, a stadium with stands, which can accommodate 4,000 spectators, and facilities such as player locker rooms and referee locker rooms. .

In addition to training facilities such as gymnasiums and physiotherapy rooms, as well as the administrative building, there is also a place for players to stay in the training base. The first floor is a large dining room for everyone, and the second floor is several standard double bedrooms. There are games room, billiards room, etc.

Originally, Ricardo could also choose to stay. After all, his home is in Rio State and he is not a local. However, he doesn't like to live in the same room with others, and feels that there is no privacy, so he chooses to borrow at Uncle Paul's house, at least he can have a separate room.

In the three training grounds of the base,

There is a piece dedicated to the youth team. After Ricardo arrived, he practiced for a while, and there were more and more young players around him. Everyone had different expressions when they saw Licado, and quite a few of them were malicious. Licado was used to it long ago and ignored it. Occasionally, some rumors would come over, but Licado pretended not to hear them, and focused on training.

It wasn't until Rico and other players who had a good relationship with him arrived that his situation was a little better.

He chatted and laughed with Rico, and then saw Robert Rojas slowly walking into the field, and blew the assembly whistle.

Unsurprisingly, Robert Rojas announced Ricardo's punishment decision with a deadpan face. "...In view of the above facts, the club imposed the following punishments on Ricardo: warning within the team, confiscation of 2 weeks' salary, and not allowed to participate in joint training within one week..."

A few youths who were hostile to Licado were giggling.

Ricardo shrugged indifferently, as long as he is not fired, he has the hope of turning things around. The me of yesterday is not the me of today. From now on, he will impress these people.

Robert Rojas noticed Ricardo's small movements and sneered in his heart. Is it broken? Sure enough, it is difficult to become a master.

Although there are many legends of brothers in football, such as the Neville brothers, the De Boer brothers, the Laudrup brothers, the Baresi brothers...but more is that one of the brothers is famous and the other is unknown.

Ronaldo is not only a brother of Ricardo, he also has an older brother. What is his brother doing? It seems to be driving a taxi?

Ricardo didn't care what the head coach thought. Let him practice alone and practice alone. He will not deliberately offend anyone, nor will he deliberately please anyone. Is always shining gold. If he shows superhuman ability and potential, then the club will naturally have an argument, and there is no need for him to hug the head coach's thigh.

What's more, this is only the head coach of the youth team. His goal is the first team.

Li Kaduo was quietly doing individual exercises on the sidelines, and did not participate in the joint training. This is punishment, not preferential treatment, so there is no guidance or supervision.

But he enjoyed practicing alone. He is someone who loves football and it's fun for him whether it's playing against the wall by himself or going out on the pitch with his mates.

...

A middle-aged man in sportswear and sneakers slowly stepped into the training ground.

His arrival caused a small commotion on the training ground.

Robert Rojas didn't stop training and let the boys continue, he went up to him himself. "Mr. Osvaldo, why are you here when you are free?" Rojas greeted with a smile.

The person who came was Osvaldo de Oliveira, the head coach of Sao Paulo's first team. At this moment, his brows were furrowed, even when he smiled and nodded to Rojas, his brows did not loosen. "You know, in yesterday's game, we injured two more generals, Kaka will be rested for three weeks, Ricardinho will be rested for two weeks. Plus Fabiano who was injured before... damn the World Cup... ..."

Robert Rojas suddenly realized that it was due to the lack of personnel in the first team, and he planned to transfer from the youth team.

"Do you need me to arrange an intra-team match? It's convenient for you to observe." Rojas said.

"I don't need it for the time being, I'll just take a look." Osvaldo doesn't think that those promoted from the youth team have the ability to play for the first team, because he himself led the youth team not long ago. Know how far these guys are from official professional players. He would rather choose a few young players who usually work hard in training and promote them to the first team as a reward.

"Who is that?" Osvaldo's eyes stayed on Licado who was training alone.