The Day I Played with Ronaldo

On the way to the Brafunda training base at a trot, Ricardo stopped to buy three newspapers when he passed the newsstand. Reims Sports Gazette. scoreboard. Saint Paul Page. These are the three sports newspapers with the largest sales volume in the state of Sao Paulo, of which Reims Sports News and Scoreboard are national, and the Sao Paulo Pages are local in Sao Paulo.

The stall owner of the newsstand recognized Licardo, and firmly refused to accept his money. He even took out several newspapers with a smile and asked Licardo to sign them. Li Cardo naturally would not refuse.

On the way, he was not in a hurry to read the newspaper, but just rolled up the newspaper, held it in his hand, and continued to trot to the Brafunda training base.

"Licardo! Licado!" Early in the morning, dozens of fans had gathered around the entrance of the training base. As soon as they saw Licardo trotting, they immediately rushed to surround him, "Licardo, give me Sign it!"

"I also want!"

"Sign me one too!"

"No problem." Ricardo readily agreed. He has rich experience in dealing with fans in his previous life, and in his opinion, fans are the parents of a player. Yes, the money for his salary is paid by the club, but where does the club's money come from? Part of it is sponsored, part of it is paid by the club owner, and most of it is contributed by the fans!

Many fans may be reluctant to spend 10 dollars for a meal at McDonald's, but they will not hesitate to spend tens of dollars to buy tickets and walk into the stadium to support their home team; After haggling for half an hour for street stall clothes in US dollars, he would not hesitate to spend hundreds of dollars to buy his home team's genuine jersey.

Facing these lovely fans, as long as their demands are not excessive, Ricardo will try his best to satisfy them.

More and more fans gathered around. After signing dozens of papers, Ricardo finally couldn't take it anymore and said loudly: "Please, I'm going to be late for training. I really can't sign anymore today. Let's do it another day!"

These fans are also quite sensible, smiling to make way for a passage.

"Come on, little Licado!"

"Be sure to lead us to a championship!"

"Give more assists to Kaka!" It was a female fan who said this.

Ricardo waved his hand and ran into the training base.

In the locker room, he greeted the players who had arrived, changed his clothes, and sat there to read the newspaper.

Rico came over with a jealous look: "Don't read it, I've read it all, it's all flattering about you."

Ricardo chuckled, "You will have this day too, be patient."

Rico sat down beside him: "Boss told me the day before yesterday that he wants me to play as a winger and give full play to my speed advantage."

In the youth team, Rico and Ricardo are the two fastest. In comparison, Ricardo might be a little faster.

"What do you think yourself?"

"I don't know," Ricko was distressed. "I'm not good at crossing, and my dribbling skills are not as good as yours. If you change to a winger, you have to adapt to many things."

"Actually, your shooting skills are average." Licado said it very directly, not afraid of hitting him.

Rico's shoulders slumped: "I know... Am I not suitable for professional football?"

"As long as you are not physically disabled, there is no such thing as unsuitable for professional football," Licardo recalled himself in his previous life. He was considered to be too poor in physical fitness to adapt to professional football, but he relied on hard training and finally succeeded. On the road to professional football, "There is always a position that suits you. As long as you train hard, you can always wait for your own opportunity. But whether you can seize this opportunity depends on whether you are fully prepared."

"You're a genius, of course you can say that," Rico muttered, "If you're mediocre like me, and you haven't played in the first team at the age of 21, I wonder if you can still be so calm."

"brother,

Licado rolled up the newspaper again, and knocked on Rico's head, "Don't you just see me eating meat, but not starving. Can't you see how hard I train? "

"You only recently started to practice more."

Licado was suddenly at a loss for words. You can't tell Rico about your past life!

He used a newspaper roll to slap Rico again to cover up his embarrassment: "In short, you just have to train hard! If you want to become stronger, if you want to be the main player, then train! As for the position, you can actually try more positions, don't put your own The role is limited, maybe you can be more comfortable in other positions."

"Then I'll try it." Rico still lacked confidence.

Ricardo ignored him and read the newspaper quietly.

There was a photo of him on the front page of "Reims Sports", which was the image of the moment when he lobbed the goal. The caption read: "16-year-old prodigy breaks record for youngest hat-trick."

"Scoreboard" also placed his photo prominently, with the headline "The Next Ronaldo".

Sao Paulo Folha, a local newspaper in Sao Paulo, of course also put Ricardo's photo on the front page, and the headline was even more exaggerated: "The future emperor superstar visits Morombi."

In all fairness, Riccardo knew that with his youth and his current performance, these compliments were by no means excessive. Even Ronaldo was not as dazzling as himself back then.

But others can flatter you, but you must stay sober. This kind of performance is only because I have the memory of my previous life. An experienced player in his thirties can achieve such results with a young 16-year-old body, which is not something to be proud of.

There is still a long way to go. To become a world-class striker, you need to pay more than blood and sweat.

After regaining his composure, Ricardo continued to read the contents of the newspaper.

All three newspapers were fairly positive in their portrayal of him. And obviously, my performance in the face of the media yesterday made the media very satisfied, and they used "humble", "neither arrogance nor impetuosity", "making people feel like a spring breeze", "responsiveness", "mature and steady, with the style of a general" to describe themselves .

"Lance Sports Daily" said: "...If he can maintain this growth rate, I believe we will see him wearing the national team jersey soon. At the latest in the Peru America's Cup two years later, he will I can prove myself in the international arena."

In fact, "Scoreboard" always likes to play against "Reims Sports News", but when it comes to touting Licardo, they are almost equal to "Reims Sports News". "...This is the most dazzling new star in Brazilian football after Ronaldo. His rise is much more amazing than Ronaldinho, Kaka, Robinho, etc."

"Folha Sao Paulo" once again raised the issue of Ricardo's contract, questioning why Sao Paulo has not yet signed a professional contract with Ricardo.

Putting down the newspaper, Ricardo walked out of the locker room in high spirits and came to the training ground. The number of fans calling his name has obviously increased, but of course it is still a little less than Kaka's fans.

Ricardo didn't go to interact with the fans, and devoted himself to training.