Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

On the morning of August 2006, 8, Ricardo arrived at the Seville training base and quickly completed the physical examination. He was eager to greet the coach and teammates warmly, and gave each of them a maple syrup gift box from Chicago, USA as a greeting gift. Although the value of the small gift box is not worth mentioning, Ricardo's enthusiastic attitude is still very pleasing, after all, the more gifts, the less blame.

Later that day, Ricardo immediately began training with the team - after all, because of the World Cup, Ricardo started summer training two weeks later than his new teammates in other clubs, and there were only three weeks left before Sevilla's first pre-season championship trophy - the European Super Cup.

Last season, Ricardo had two encounters with Sevilla. In the first round, he came on as a substitute and Barcelona won. In the second round, Barcelona had already won, and Ricardo started and played the whole game, playing both as a central defender and as a central midfielder. He got one assist, but in the end Sevilla won 3-2.

So Ricardo is relatively familiar with this Sevilla team, at least he is familiar with the faces, and he still remembers the technical characteristics and habits of some of the players.

The Sevilla players who have played against each other before also welcomed Ricardo's joining. After all, Ricardo's versatile attributes, excellent physical fitness and excellent passing and controlling ability have been verified by most of the main players of Sevilla, who are opponents. The addition of such a player will naturally be of great benefit to the improvement of Sevilla's overall strength.

Ricardo was the last player to report to Sevilla; after passing the medical examination, Ricardo officially joined Sevilla on loan for one season, and Sevilla also announced the official closure of the transfer window.

However, after the last player, Ricardo, gathered, and before Ricardo had found an apartment to live in, the entire Sevilla team set off for the British Isles the next day for a week-long overseas training.

计划在8月6日与格拉斯哥流浪者先进行一场友谊赛，接着8月9日将开赴纽卡斯尔与喜鹊军团举行一场热身赛，最后会在8月12日的晚间在老特拉福德与红魔曼联完成这次英国拉练的最后一场比赛。

Ricardo could only entrust Pimenta to help find an apartment in Seville and a new personal trainer. The previous personal trainer Lopez's contract expired and it was not convenient for him to come to Seville. After all, his main job was still the trainer of the Barcelona basketball team.

So Ricardo didn't even need to unpack his luggage, and he followed his new teammates on a flight to the UK. "Damn... If I had known, I would have just waited in the UK to meet up with Sarafina. I guess the main reason I went back to Spain was for two medical examinations and a few blood draws, right..."

On the plane, Ricardo began to study his new teammates again, one of whom was his fellow villager.

Maresca, who was born in the Campania region of Italy, sat next to him and introduced himself and the Sevilla team with his fingers and gestures.

"I joined Sevilla from Juventus last season - yes, just after the Calciopoli scandal - and the season I joined was the most successful in Sevilla's history.

Before the season, the club sold Ramos and Baptista for more than 5000 million euros. But because of my joining, Sevilla not only retained its UEFA Cup spot at the end of the season, but also won the UEFA Cup championship trophy. Haha, amazing, isn't it...

Yes, yes, Ricardo, I know you played for the champion team Barcelona for the past two seasons... You must have heard those arrogant people in Catalonia say that they are the backbone of Spain, right? Don't listen to them.

Hey, in fact, we all know that in Barcelona, ​​the Spaniards who can really play as the main force are only Valdés, Puyol and Xavi... Valencia occupies half of the Spanish national team. But compared with our Sevilla, Valencia is a child's play. Speaking of talent training, our Sevilla is the top in La Liga now.

You don’t know, even though we didn’t sell anyone this summer, I heard that the acquisition offers piled on the general manager’s desk are more than Barcelona plus Valencia plus Real Madrid combined!

Sevilla's club general manager Monchi is known as the best eye in Spain. In the six years since he took office, he has not only signed many high-quality and low-cost potential players for Sevilla, but also cultivated countless high-level rookie players through the club's youth training camp.

In the past few seasons, Sevilla has relied on the sale of outstanding players such as Reyes, Baptista and Ramos to not only pay off all the club's debts, but also win the title of "Spain's No. 1 Youth Training Camp". In terms of the number of successful players, Sevilla's youth training camp has now surpassed the youth training camps of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Well, the most famous rookie in our team right now is the Brazilian Alves, the guy with short black curly hair sitting behind the head coach. Don’t be fooled by his small and thin figure, his skills are really amazing.

He was the best player in the UEFA Cup last season. Alves can not only play as a right back, but also as a right winger. It is said that Liverpool and AC Milan have been targeting him for signings this summer, but the clubs have not agreed.

Another popular player in the team, sitting across the aisle from Alves, is Jesus Navas, known as the "Spanish Messi"; he is a handsome young man with blue eyes.

He is only 21 years old and has grown very fast in the past two seasons. Similarly, although he is relatively thin, he has an accurate shot and can dribble, pass and break through. Although his dribbling moves are not gorgeous, his dribbling basics are very solid. The Spanish media even thinks that his ability is better than Joaquin.

But I heard that he has suffered from depression in the past two seasons and is always serious... I heard that just yesterday when you reported for work, the club just rejected Lyon's 1500 million euro offer for Navas.

Hi, but in my opinion, neither of them can compare to you. You will definitely become a rising star in our Seville. When you first came yesterday, I could feel that the boss valued you very much. Unlike the previous new members, he has high expectations for you!

Oh no, you are also a midfielder, my pecking order might drop...

Oh my god! You just turned 20, and you are already the World Cup champion, and the best newcomer. How enviable!

Hey, Ricardo, when can you talk to the head coach of the national team and call me up to the national team? I am an excellent attacking midfielder, and I can do the dirty work..."

Ricardo listened to Maresca's introduction, took out the team introduction booklet that the club had just printed this morning, and began to compare his new teammates one by one.

Sevilla, in the 06/07 season, the first team La Liga and UEFA Cup registered a total of 23 players.

Among them are two goalkeepers;

No. 1, Palop, Spanish, born on October 73, 10, 22 meters tall;

No. 13, Cobeño, Spanish, born on April 82, 4, height 6 meters;

The back line consists of seven players;

No. 2, Javi Navarro, Spanish, born on February 74, 2, height 6 meters;

No. 3, David, Spanish, born on January 74, 1, 23 meters tall;

No. 4, Alves, Brazilian (with EU passport), born on May 83, 5, height 6 meters;

No. 14, Escudé, French nationality (with EU passport), born on August 79, 8, height 17 meters;

No. 19, Dragutinovic, Serbian-Montenegro (with EU passport), born on November 75, 11, height 13 meters;

No. 20, Aitor Ocio, Spanish, born on November 76, 11, height 28 meters;

No. 24, Hinkel, German nationality (with EU passport), born on March 82, 3, height 26 meters;

There are 10 players in the midfield lineup;

No. 5, Duda, Portuguese (with EU passport), born on June 80, 6, 27 meters tall;

No. 6, Adriano, Brazilian, born on October 84, 10, 26 meters tall;

No. 8, Poulsen, Danish (with EU passport), born on August 80, 8, height 28 meters;

No. 11, Renato, Brazilian (with EU passport), born on May 79, 5, height 15 meters;

No. 15, Jesus Navas, Spanish, born on November 85, 11, height 21 meters;

No. 16, Puerta, Spanish, born on November 84, 11, height 26 meters;

No. 17, Jesuli, Spanish, born on January 78, 1, height 26 meters;

No. 18, Marti, Spanish, born on April 75, 4, 28 meters tall;

No. 22, Fernando Sales, Spanish, born on September 77, 9, height 12 meters;

No. 25, Maresca, Italian (with EU passport), born on February 80, 2, height 10 meters;

Ricardo finally saw his name and introduction in the list of forwards, and he was the first one on the front line. It seemed that the head coach really let him be responsible for the task of conquering the city in the new season.

There are 4 players in the forward line;

No. 7, Ricardo Ricci, Italian (with EU passport), born on June 86, 6, height 6 meters;

No. 10, Luis Fabiano, Brazilian, born on November 80, 11, 8 meters tall;

No. 12, Kanoute, Malian (with EU passport), born on September 77, 9, height 2 meters;

No. 23, Kepa, Spanish, born on January 84, 1, height 13 meters;

The team mainly uses a 4-4-2 formation with parallel midfield positions. Based on yesterday's training, Ricardo judged that the team's current main lineup should be the number one goalkeeper Palop, the central defender combination is captain Navarro and his partner Escude, the right back is Alves, and the left back may be David or Adriano.

The newly joined Paulson should be used as the main defensive midfielder in the center of the midfield, and Renato will be responsible for organization and arrangement. The right side should be given to Navas, and Duda and Puerta will have opportunities on the left side. Maresca will be Renato's main rotation.

The most reliable forwards at the moment are Kanoute and Fabiano. Kepa's level is also good, but he is still a little young.

"I don't know. After I start to integrate into the team, where will the boss put me? Replace Renato or play on the left?"

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Soon, Sevilla flew to Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. Ricardo had visited this city last season with the Italian national team, but they were playing in the European qualifiers for the World Cup.

On the second day after arriving in Glasgow, Sevilla will start the first game of this training camp in the British Isles against Glasgow Rangers, a traditional powerhouse in the Scottish Premier League.

In this game, Ricardo watched the whole game from the sidelines. After all, he had just joined the team training and needed to build tacit understanding and find his form, so boss Juande Ramos did not rush to let Ricardo take the risk of playing.

In the end, Sevilla won the friendly match with a score of 2-1. It was obvious that both teams were still in preparation before the game, and their condition was not particularly good. Both sides wasted a lot of opportunities.

Then, three days later, Sevilla moved to Newcastle in the northeast of England to challenge the local Premier League powerhouse, Newcastle United, nicknamed the Magpies!

In this game, Ricardo played for 30 minutes and performed very well, which made head coach Juande Ramos applaud frequently.

In the match against Newcastle, Ricardo came on in the 15th minute of the second half. Juande Ramos directly arranged for Ricardo to replace Kanoute and play as a striker.

So Ricardo performed well in the last 30 minutes, with his head and feet, and made one assist and one goal.

The assist came 5 minutes after Ricardo came on the pitch. In a quick counterattack, he took advantage of the opponent's young substitute defender's header, turned around and accelerated the breakthrough, dodged the last defender's tackle, and went straight to the goal... Then facing the attacking goalkeeper, he easily sent a nanny pass to the side, allowing Copa to easily push the ball into the empty goal.

The goal came in the 85th minute before the end of the game, a corner kick from Sevilla, Navas's corner kick from the right side went straight to the back post... At the moment the corner kick was taken, Ricardo triggered the explosive moment, accurately judged the point, and then also took advantage of the opponent's young substitute defender's weakness of not marking closely, made a pick-and-roll with Copa in the middle, and then easily headed the ball at the far end with his much-improved header, smashing the ball into the upper right corner of the goal to score.

In the end, Sevilla won their second victory in the British Isles training camp with a score of 4-2 away from home.

Including two friendly matches against two Spanish Second Division teams in Spain, Sevilla has shown strong offensive power in recent warm-up matches, scoring 14 goals in the last four warm-up matches.

After the match with Newcastle, Sevilla will set off for the last stop of this training camp - Manchester, to challenge the last warm-up opponent, the Red Devils Manchester United!

Oh, oh, oh! This is the Manchester United team led by Sir Alex Ferguson, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Giggs and Scholes! Not the later Manchester United team with more traffic...