Inter Milan was eliminated from the game. Although Fabiano, Ricardo and other regrets, they will not invest too much affection. For them, the game of São Paulo is really important.
Ricardo did not let negative emotions bother himself. He had to play well in São Paulo before he was eligible to go to Ronaldo.
In the next game against Goias, Ricardo seemed to vent his anger, kicked his head twice and helped the team win 4: 0.
He has scored 25 goals in 19 appearances this season, which is a small milestone. It is no longer far away from the 35-ball goal he set for himself; and Ronaldo's record is no longer out of reach.
On May 21, São Paulo tied the Mexican Blue Cross in Mexico City 2: 2.
For the second round of the game, in the league match against Atletico Mineiro, Roxas hid Ricardo in the snow, and eventually the team shook hands with Atletico Minerro 1: 1.
On May 28, São Paulo defeated the Blue Cross at 0-1 at home and successfully entered the semifinals of the South American Liberator Cup. Ricardo assisted Fabiano to score his team's only goal.
São Paulo is also the only Brazilian team to advance to the top four. Gremio suffered a Colombian powerhouse Medellin independent team and was eliminated.
After this game, Ricardo received another call from Pereira: He was selected to the Brazilian lineup of the Confederations Cup.
In addition to him, Luis Fabiano and Riccardinho were also selected.
Such a festive event is naturally worth celebrating in a nightclub. Ricardo, who has always been less involved in group activities, also went to the nightclub with his teammates for a night and drank a little beer.
For Ricardo, there are three events to fight for this year.
The first is the Bundesliga league. The league is of course the top priority and cannot be ignored. The second is the South American Liberator Cup. Now that it has reached the top four, why not think about the finals and even win the cup?
Then there is the Confederations Cup. The purpose of the Brazilian team is not to win, but to train and observe the status of some marginal internationals. Therefore, his goal is to show a good competitive status in the Confederations Cup, which left a deep impression on Pereira, and also allowed those giant scouts to realize that they have their own number in the world.
For the first round of the semi-finals of the South American Liberator Cup on June 4th, Ricardo took the initiative to request a break in the next league. Roxas only groaned and approved.
At the same time, Rojas did not put the newly injured Kaka on the big list. Fabiano was also sitting on the bench, but in the end São Paulo still won 2-1 in the South American Liberator Cup. Mio.
On June 4, at the Morumby Stadium, Rojas sent his main force to play. As the second round will be played on June 18, and this time the national team will be assembled on June 14, Ricardo, Ricardo and Fabiano are destined to not participate in the second round. So, in this first round, São Paulo must get as many goal difference as possible.
In the face of the independent Medalin team that eliminated Gremio, São Paulo was polite, and Ricardo assisted Rico with a score in just 8 minutes.
Although Medellin has fought back, it has always been stopped by St. Paul outside key areas, making it difficult to form a real threat.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Ricardo and Rico made a transposition, ran to the right to catch the ball, and suddenly shot from the corner of the penalty area. This time he shot with the outside instep, the football hangs on the dead end, making the opponent's goalkeeper sigh.
Then São Paulo contracted the line and played a defensive counterattack comfortably.
Towards the end of the game, Roxas put Kaka on the court to find the feeling. Kaka shot the first time he touched the ball, and rewritten the score to 3: 0. This score also maintained to the end.
São Paulo successfully won the first round. As long as he did not crash in the second round, entering the finals should be stable.
However, in the next two Barca League matches, Sao Paulo tied and lost, and the opponents are not yet strong teams, respectively Passando and Parana (not Parana Athletic), let people break the glasses.
If it weren't for Roxas who won the state league title this year and half-footed to the final in the South American Liberator Cup, it is estimated that many fans will now call him out of class.
After playing these two games, Ricardo, Ricardo and Luis Fabiano went to Rio de Janeiro to report to the national team.
This year's national team still has more than half of the players playing in the Brazilian domestic league. Only overseas players played Dida (ac Milan), Belletti (Villarreal), Lucio (Leverkusen ), Juan (Leverkusen), Emerson (Rome), Ronaldinho (Paris Saint-Germain), Adriano (Parma), Eduardo Costa (Bordeaux) and Dudu (Guimalas) These 9 are selected.
After three days of closed training in Rio de Janeiro, the team flew to France.
This year's Confederations Cup has a total of 8 participating teams, including the 2000 European Cup champion, host France, the 2000 Asian Cup champion Japan, the 2001 American Cup champion Colombia, and the 2002 African Nations Cup champion Cameroon. , 2002 World Cup champion Brazil, World Cup third runner-up Turkey, 2002 Oceania National Cup champion New Zealand, 2002 Central and North America and Caribbean Gold Cup champion United States team.
Brazil, Turkey, Cameroon, and the United States are grouped together in Group B. These three teams are all defeated by Brazil, so Brazilian domestic media are more optimistic about Brazil's qualifying prospects.
The team with the second overall strength in Group A should be Colombia. If Brazil goes out as the first in Group B, the next opponent is likely to be Colombia.
It is certainly not a problem to win Colombia. Brazil has not lost to Colombia for more than a decade.
So Brazil 's domestic expectations for the Brazilian team are at least to reach the final.
Brazil's first stop in France is Saint Denis, where they will face their first opponent in the group stage at the French stadium.
Next they are going to play the second match at the Gerland Stadium in Lyon.
The third game that followed the group stage was to play at Giselle in Saint-Etienne.
For three games and changing to three places, the ability to adapt to players and the organization and coordination of the team are a test.
In Saint Denis, the Brazilian team checked into the hotel arranged by the event organizing committee. Pereira's governing force is relatively strict, and players are not allowed to enter and leave the hotel at will.
So during non-training hours, players can only have fun in the hotel.
Ricardo brought his own PS machine when he set off. In the hotel room, he and several other young men Adriano, Bordeaux's midfielder Eduardo Costa, and Guimaras' midfielder Du Du Lian played live football, Ricardo used his strength to win the title of "Little Ball King", playing all invincible teams.