The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 437 It's so Difficult Every Time
After defeating Chile, Brazil traveled from Puerto de la Cruz to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, where they will face semi-final opponents Uruguay.

For this game, the Brazilian domestic media expressed cautious optimism.Although the two sides know the bottom line, although the Brazilian team has not gained any advantage when facing Uruguay in recent years, although it will be a hard battle, everyone is confident of winning the final victory.

Ricardo and Kaka are the two magic weapons for Brazil to win.

If not, the Brazilian team still has Robinho and Diego on the bench, ready to play to save the world at any time—although Ricardo usually does the job of saving the world by himself.

"Every time we encounter Uruguay, it is very difficult. This team is of high quality and full of fighting spirit. We must go all out," said Brazil's assistant coach and passing star Jurgen Ho. We must know that every game will encounter different situations, we must concentrate all our energy on preparing for Uruguay, and we cannot relax until the final is over."

Kaka accepted the interview with a charming smile: "Uruguay are looking forward to playing against us. The name 'Brazil' will excite them. They always want to prove their ability on the world champion. We are not afraid of it. Brazil also has great players. And experience, to get to the final we have to get past Uruguay."

Captain Dhoni commented: "After we beat Chile, we must not call ourselves the big favorites. Beware of the Maracana tragedy repeating itself. From now on, every game is a final."

Uruguay coach Tavares said at the press conference before the game: "Recoba has recovered. Although he has not recovered to 100%, he can lead us to move forward. The Brazilian team is very strong. Kaka was brilliant, I don't think we can freeze them easily, but we won't throw in the towel."

Similar to the Brazilian team, Uruguay's current Copa America also drove low and went high.

在小组赛他们首场比赛就0：3输给秘鲁，然后0：0打平东道主委内瑞拉、1：0小胜玻利维亚，3场比赛仅仅踢进一球，以成绩第二好的小组第三出线。

But in the quarter-finals, Diego Forlan scored twice to help them beat the host Venezuela 4:1, showing a very good competitive state.And Recoba's comeback also made Uruguayan fans full of optimism about the game.

But their top star Recoba himself is not so optimistic, "The most threatening player in the Brazilian team? I think it is Ricardo. He used a free kick to kill us in the 2004 Copa America. Me and Ricardo Worked together, he is a player who is good at performing miracles, I think he is already the best in the world, facing him, we can not be too careful."

During Ricardo's two years at Inter Milan, Recoba has been acting as a substitute, and he couldn't be more clear about Ricardo's ability.

After leaving Inter Milan, Ricardo continued to grow.

Such a top player in the world is not something that Uruguay can freeze just by saying it.Uruguay's main central defender, Ricardo's teammate Lugano in Sao Paulo, also expressed a similar opinion: "Riccardo was already very strong in Sao Paulo, and I was never able to guard him in training. For me For me, he is the best in the world. Of course, we are enemies in tomorrow's game, and I will try my best to limit him."

At 7:10 p.m. on July 8, the game started on time.

Dunga continued the lineup that swept Chile, while Uruguay continued to deploy Diego Forlan and Recoba's partners.

From the very beginning of the game, Uruguay played very positively.Although they have two star forwards, they play overall football. The whole team runs at high speed, fights aggressively, and covers every corner of the pitch.

In front of the Uruguayan team football, today's Samba can't dance.

In the 7th minute, Recoba took a corner kick, Lugano jumped high and headed the goal, and just missed Brazil's goal.

Then the Uruguayans also had the upper hand for a while, the light blue jerseys seemed to be everywhere, and the Brazilians seemed to be trapped in a yellow boat in the ocean, floating uncertainly.

But the situation was rewritten in the 12th minute.The Brazilian team instigated an attack from the left. Baptista took the ball at the front of the penalty area and crossed it. After getting the ball, Lowe used his body to lean on Lugano and broke into the penalty area. When goalkeeper Carini attacked, he dialed the ball to the center.

Ricardo was facing two Uruguayan players. He didn't even try to stop the ball, let alone try to shoot directly, because there was a high probability that he would kick the Uruguayan players.He faces the football head-on, spreads his legs, and taps the ball with the heel of his left foot.

The football flies to the point behind the goal.No one knows whether he wants to pass the ball or try to shoot in this way.But now the football is off the goal and is about to roll off the line.

However, someone stepped in.

Before the football flew out of the baseline, he blocked the ball with his right foot and raised his left foot to shoot from a small angle.Instead of flying towards the goal, the football flew towards the Uruguayan goalkeeper Carlini, hit Carlini's leg, refracted it, and bounced into the goal.

"Maicon Goallllll! This is his first goal for the Brazilian national team! In the 12th minute of the game, Maicon scored the first goal for Brazil!" the commentator of Brazil Globo Sports roared, igniting the passion of all Brazilian fans .

When the Brazilians were celebrating, the lighting equipment in the stadium failed, and the headlights on one side became flickering.The referee immediately interrupted the game.

Crews urgently carried out maintenance, but to no avail.After waiting for more than ten minutes, the referee decided to continue the game after consulting the captains of both sides.

In the 38th minute of the game, the Brazilian team intercepted the ball in the backcourt and counterattacked, forming a 2-on-2 frontcourt.

Uruguayan defender Rodriguez was forced to bring down Ricardo and was shown a yellow card by the referee.Ricciardo took the penalty himself, but his direct free-kick didn't go down fast enough over the wall, just over the bar.

In the 41st minute, there was a dangerous situation in front of the goal of the Brazilian team. The defender made a mistake in possession of the ball and was cut off by Fran. Fran passed the ball to Recoba.

Recoba took the corner kick. I don't know whether he did it on purpose or not. The football turned directly towards the goal. Doni stepped back and jumped in embarrassment, barely holding the ball over the crossbar.

In the 43rd minute, Recoba had another good chance when he volleyed undefended, but Dhoni did well to keep the ball out again.

Dunga looked nervous.Although Brazil is leading, judging from the situation on the field, Uruguay may equalize the score at any time.

Sure enough, every time I played Uruguay, it was so difficult.

(End of this chapter)