The game quietly came to the 35th minute. In the previous 34 minutes of the match, both sides were dedicated to hand-to-hand combat, and neither got a good chance.
Ricardo has tried frequent forward insertions, also tried to retreat very deeply to catch the ball, and also tried to hedge. But no matter where he went, Merlot stayed with him, never letting Ricardo have a comfortable chance of catching the ball.
待遇 This treatment is even higher than Fabiano and Kaka. Neither Fabiano nor Kaka was specifically guarded. It is obvious that Nelson Baptista attaches great importance to Ricardo.
In fact, this trick did hit Oswaldo's life gate. In São Paulo's existing offensive system, Ricardo has taken on the task of connecting up and down, connecting Ricardo in the back, and connecting Kaka and Fabiano in the forward. When Ricardo is closely guarded, São Paulo's offensive reduced most of the threat and its operation became sluggish.
At this time, Ricardo is still only at the national peak level. Under this level of defense, it still seems a bit difficult.
If he is two or three years old, grows a little body, and has more defensive ability, this defense will not affect him much, and he can eat opponents raw by his body and speed.
But at this moment, he can only do it intelligently.
It takes time.
Now São Paulo is leading, the opponent is anxious. As long as this score is maintained, flamenco will sooner or later make mistakes because of the eagerness to equalize the score, and Ricardo's waiting time will finally come.
But football is round. On the football field, any accident can happen at any time.
In the 37th minute of the game, São Paulo's right-back Simprisio fell to the ground in pain, covering his ankle after colliding with the other striker Andrew Zinho.
St. Paul's team doctor quickly entered the field and took him to the sideline for treatment. In a short period of time, Flamengo launched several waves of offense in a row, and even Ricardo, who rarely returned, had to come back to participate in the defense, and finally withstood the opponent's offensive.
But São Paulo did not wait for Simplicio to return to play. After a simple check by the team doctor, he thought that his ligament was severely strained and could not play the rest of the game. Osvaldo had to use a substitution in the first half to replace the young Gabriel. Sent to replace the vacancy in Simplicio.
Although Gabriel joined the first team last year, he has few opportunities to play and lacks game experience. As a 21-year-old, he is still very good, but he is completely at a disadvantage in the face of flamenco's experienced players.
After he came on the court, St. Paul's situation did not improve, but the defense was more tight.
However, flamenco also had problems. They failed to seize the opportunity of the confusion of the São Paulo defense line in these minutes, and the score of 1: 0 remained until the end of the first half.
After returning to the locker room, Osvaldo concealed his internal anxiety, praised the players' performance on the court with a calm and even a witty tone, and emphasized that they continued to play defensive counterattacks in the second half.
"Ricardo Jr., how are you doing?" Osvaldo couldn't help asking when his gaze shifted to Ricardo.
卡 Ricardo was breathing for a long time, looking very tired.
"I'm fine." Ricardo shook his head. In fact, he's never been so tired in the first half of a game since his first start.
In order to run out of neutral to catch the ball under Merlot's mark, his physical energy consumption was very serious, not to mention that he was repeatedly violated by Merlot, repeatedly confronted with Merlot's body, and actively returned to the defense several times near the end of the first half. These are very physical.
But it doesn't matter, it can survive. Ricardo gritted his teeth. Ricardo would not admit it until he defeated Felipe Merlot and gave him a loud slap with a goal.
Osvaldo recovered his worried eyes and looked at Kaka again: "Ricardo Jr. is closely guarded. Kaka, you have to take on more offensive tasks in the second half. When you fight back, you must plug in firmly and go more Ricko played there. "
Kaka nodded and understood. In the first half, he did not cooperate with Ricardo several times. Both of him and Ricardo had insufficient confrontational abilities. They appeared too thin in front of the defending team composed of muscular men in the backcourt and were often disturbed. A passing error.
Osvaldo didn't say much about new things. It was repeatedly "playing a defensive counterattack", "holding the ball", "don't relax before winning the final victory."
卡 Ricardo could not help but compare Osvaldo with those coaches he had met in previous lives.
Osvaldo is 52 years old and was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has rich experience in coaching. He has coached in strong teams such as Corinthian and Fluminense, and has also had highlight moments, but most of the time he is a bit mediocre.
From the point of view of coaching and tactical thinking, Osvaldo has been somewhat out of touch with the mainstream thought in Europe. This is not just a fault of Osvaldo, it can be said that it is a common problem of Brazilian coaches, immersed in the dream of the football kingdom, and stubbornly adhere to the old school football style.
At least in Ricardo's view, Osvaldo's thinking is a bit rigid, the on-the-spot command is not flexible, the gameplay is too old-fashioned, the attack routine is relatively single, and the defense system is not shaped especially the defensive positioning When it comes to the ball, it always makes people nervous.
执 During coaching São Paulo this season, Osvaldo's greatest credit was to discover and boldly activate himself-this is not only what Ricardo thinks, but also the evaluation of many media. He didn't inject anything new into São Paulo. São Paulo also stumbled in the national championships. If it were not for the excellent performance of the Trident, São Paulo might have difficulty entering the playoffs.
Therefore, Ricardo is only on the surface agreeing to Osvaldo's tactical arrangement, but he has no idea in his heart.
He is just an ordinary player, and can't refute the will of the head coach. However, he can occasionally play freely on the court a few times according to his own ideas, and Oswaldo would not comment on this.
离开 When leaving the locker room and walking in the player's passage, Ricardo pulled Kaka and Ricardo in a mysterious look.
"What's wrong?" Kaka asked curiously. Riccardinho also raised his ears.
"When the meeting comes to the field, I resolutely edging, that Felipe Merlot will definitely follow me and empty the middle. Kaka, you have to resolutely move forward to attract the attention of the other central defender. At this time , I will suddenly insert in the middle. Ricardo, when you pass the ball to me, it 's okay to give a little more advance. "
Ricadine was hesitant: "But we haven't tried such an offensive line."
卡 Ricardo laughed: "Try it, anyway, we are ahead, even if wasting one or two offensive opportunities is not a big deal, do you think?"
After hesitating for a moment, Riccardinho nodded and said, "That's OK, just try it."
"I'm fine," Kaka said with a smile. "I'll pull the gap for you, you have to seize the opportunity."