Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

With 15 minutes left in the game, Sevilla took the lead again. The entire Manchester United team was furious. This was the last warm-up match before the season, and it was also the memorial room for the expansion of Old Trafford. If they failed at home, they would be scolded by Sir Alex Ferguson afterwards...

So Manchester United began to press frantically, not giving Sevilla any chance to stop the ball and breathe.

Li Qi quickly returned to the midfield to help get the ball, hoping to slow down the pace, but Manchester United didn't give Li Qi any chances at all. If one person couldn't get the ball, two people would surround him. If two people couldn't get the ball, they would knock him down directly...

After all, Li Qi and his teammates did not have a very good understanding of each other, and the entire Sevilla team was already at the end of their strength. They could not run at all, and their brains could not work. Li Qi's retreat was also unable to support himself, and he could not protect the ball at all.

But even in this situation, Juan Ramos still hadn't thought of changing players. "Damn, you're the one who's talking about social etiquette, right? How much did Manchester United pay you for your appearance..."

It is one thing that Manchester United gives more, but Juan Ramos also wants to take this opportunity to let the main lineup feel the feeling of being besieged by a top-notch team while the brain is deprived of oxygen. After all, they will face the Dream Team II Barcelona in the European Super Cup in two weeks.

So, there will be no substitutions, unless someone is injured...

Li Qi began to imitate Ronaldinho's dance steps and Qi Xuanzong's octopus-style ball protection... But he was not very good, and was knocked down in a few moves; in less than 10 minutes, Park Ji-sung and David Jones had received yellow cards from Li Qi, and it was replaced by the third player O'Shea to attack Li Qi...

Sevilla's goal was also in a precarious situation and it felt like it could be pierced at any time.

Evra cooperated with Richardson and shot from the left side of the penalty area, but the ball went wide of the far end. After C Ronaldo cut inside with the ball, he shot hard, but was blocked by Palop. Solskjaer headed the ball after receiving the cross, but was blocked by Navarro.

The entire Sevilla team worked together and defended until the last moment of the game with great difficulty. The game was about to end in 2-3 minutes.

At this time, Manchester United had gone crazy and truly turned into the Red Devils. They no longer distinguished between the frontcourt, midfield and backcourt, and continuously sent the ball into the Sevilla team's penalty area. The Red Devils' players also rushed towards the Sevilla goal with the ball as if they were holding a bomb... It was really a devilish style that was a bit frightening.

In the 87th minute, Ronaldo, who was already red-eyed, started to rush towards Sevilla's penalty area from the left side with the ball. Li Qi and Maresca helped defend together. Although he reached the ball, he was still knocked over by Ronaldo... Maresca had no choice but to pull Ronaldo down, giving Manchester United a free kick opportunity not far outside the penalty area on the left side.

Although the angle was a bit off, it was only about 25 meters away from the goal, which was also within Ronaldo's shooting range. Ronaldo placed the ball, measured the footsteps, stood with his legs crossed, took a deep breath, and then ran up and shot directly into the far corner of the goal...

The ball was accurately shot by Ronaldo, and it went straight to the far corner of the goal like a cannonball; and for this free kick, Ronaldo obviously chose the lower three routes deliberately, and the ball bypassed the wall and had to pass through the dense crowd in the middle of the penalty area. Even if the ball could not be shot into the far corner, if someone's foot, calf or thigh accidentally touched it in the middle of the penalty area and changed direction, the goalkeeper would definitely not have time to react.

As expected, Alves tried to intercept the ball when he returned to defense, but he underestimated the speed and rotation of the ball. The ball hit Alves' shin guard with a bang, changed direction and hit the near corner of the goal... Palop, who flew to the far corner, could only lie on the ground helplessly and watch the refracted ball roll into the net.

Manchester United equalized the score in the final moments of the game. Although it was a friendly match, Ronaldo, with determination in his eyes, was not satisfied with the draw at all. He did not celebrate, but rushed directly into the net, snatched the ball from Palop, ran back to the center circle and put down the ball, asking Sevilla to serve quickly. There were still 2-3 minutes including the extra time!

So Sevilla had no choice but to continue kicking off, but facing the blood-thirsty Manchester United, Sevilla had no good tricks. They could only pass the ball back to the defense line and then kick the ball towards Manchester United's half in the hope of getting a chance to catch their breath.

Li Qi knew that this situation was very dangerous. If he stayed in the backcourt, he would definitely be rubbed by Manchester United. Moreover, Manchester United's morale was high. If the ball hit the penalty area and caused chaos, Manchester United might score the winning goal at the last moment.

So you absolutely cannot retreat. Instead, you should rush out at this time, take advantage of the opportunity when Manchester United's formation is disrupted and the big defenders are rushing forward to counterattack and try to kill the opponent. Even if you can't steal the ball, it is also good to keep the ball in Manchester United's half as much as possible through fouls or blocking!

But apart from Lizzie and Maresca, who came on as substitutes in the first half, the rest of the Sevilla team could not run. Only Lizzie rushed out to press the Manchester United player with the ball. The whole team, including striker Kanoute, retreated to the defensive third zone to prepare for Manchester United's long pass.

It is difficult for one person to snatch the ball. Park Ji-sung passed the ball back to Kuszak, who then passed it to Evra on the other side of the court... He crossed most of the backcourt, so Li Qi naturally couldn't catch up.

Then Evra took two steps to the center line and kicked the ball directly into the Sevilla penalty area. Wes Brown, Sylvester, O'Shea and other tall players gathered in the Sevilla penalty area to grab the ball.

Fortunately, the ball was first blocked by Escudé and headed out of the penalty area, but the Red Devils still controlled the ball outside the penalty area. O'Shea passed the ball to Richardson before Maresca did; the latter stopped the ball and pretended to dribble forward, but his ankle shook and passed the ball to David Jones in the middle...

David Jones was in the middle of the penalty area, 22 meters away from the goal, and he shot with his left foot. The ball passed through Navarro's small door like a sharp arrow and went straight to the near corner!

Palop's vision was blocked by the defensive and offensive players in front of him. When the ball passed through Navarro's crotch, Palop was too late to react. He watched helplessly as the ball went into the net not far from his feet...

Manchester United overtook the score in injury time! 3 to 2! After Manchester United's passionate celebration, the referee blew the final whistle and did not give Sevilla the opportunity to kick off again.

In the end, Manchester United defeated last season's UEFA Cup champion Sevilla with a score of 3-2 and won the final pre-season warm-up match.

After the game, Juan Ramos was very satisfied with the team's performance. The team was able to fight Manchester United for so long away from home even when they were at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength. The team has made great progress, especially since Li Qi began to integrate into the team quickly. This is definitely a major benefit for Sevilla, which needs to fight on multiple fronts this season.

After the game, Li Qi chose to exchange jerseys with the baby-faced killer Solskjaer. After all, Solskjaer will retire at the end of the season, and this jersey is out of print!

Seeing this scene, Ronaldo, who had taken off his clothes and was walking over, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment... He quickly put his jersey on his shoulders and walked back to the locker room pretending to be cool.

Afterwards, Seville returned to Spain and did not stay in England for long. Li Qi did not meet Julian or Sarafina again. He could only hurry back to Seville to set up his new love nest, oh no, it should be the dormitory first.

After returning to Spain, Sevilla began the final sprint of preparations, one for the upcoming La Liga, and the other for the 8 European Super Cup to be held in Monaco on the evening of August 25.

After returning to Seville, Spain, there are less than two weeks of preparation time, during which time two training warm-up matches with local low-level clubs are arranged.

During the short two-week preparation period, Ricardo first determined a new personal training team with Pimenta. Yes, it was no longer the service of Fernando Lopez alone, but upgraded to a small personal training team of two people, including a physical training recovery therapist and a health therapist; after all, the new endorsement contract provided Pimenta with sufficient funding budget.

The new personal trainers are all colleagues in the circle in Seville introduced by Fernando Lopez; the physical training and recovery trainer is a muscular man in his 40s named Alberto Sanchez, and the health therapist is a slim woman in her 30s named Isabel Lopez. Yes, Isabel is Fernando's sister, and it is true that the good things are kept in the family.

Then Ricardo and Chiara finalized the apartment to be rented for the next season. It was a high-end serviced apartment in the center of Seville. Their neighbors were all Seville's local elite white-collar workers and wealthy people.

Then he and Chiara made various large purchases, including furniture, daily necessities, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc.

However, Chiara spent just two days of the weekend helping Ricardo decorate the apartment and relaxing, and she didn't have time to properly explore the ancient city of Seville. She could only plan to visit the city the next weekend after the European Super Cup.

Just two days after sending Chiara away, the Sevilla team will set off for Monaco to compete in the European Super Cup after the last internal training match with the youth team.

Only the day before the announcement did Ricardo have time to browse the internet for the major football events of this summer.

Ricardo's first concern is naturally the La Liga where he is. This year, there have been frequent transactions in the La Liga summer transfer market, and the teams have spent a total of 3 million euros on signings. This figure is the highest in the past five years and is nearly 600 million euros more than last season.

其中皇马、瓦伦西亚和马竞的花费都在5000万欧元以上，巴萨也破费3000万欧元用于进一步补充阵容。转会榜前三甲分别属于：皇马花费2600万欧元引进迪亚拉、瓦伦西亚花费2500万欧元引进华金和马竞花费2300万欧元引进阿圭罗。

Another feature of the La Liga summer transfer market is that teams have attracted many star players from Serie A, the Premier League, Ligue 1 and other leagues. In particular, Serie A, which is deeply involved in the Calciopoli scandal, and Arsenal, which is repaying the loan for the new stadium, have contributed many star players to La Liga.

However, despite the limited financial resources of the mid- and lower-level La Liga teams, they have also strengthened their strength mainly through loaning and signing players. There are also many eye-catching names among them: Sevilla loaned the World Cup's best newcomer Li Qi, Celta loaned the former Brazilian League's best newcomer Nene, Betis loaned Internacional striker Sobis, Santander loaned Serbian tall player Zigic, and so on.

The unprecedented growth of the upper and mid-level teams in Serie A this season will make La Liga even more exciting, and the presence of many stars will make La Liga once again the undisputed number one star league in Europe after holding the top spot in the UEFA League for seven consecutive years.

Among the many La Liga teams, the most eye-catching is definitely Real Madrid. Even though it has been in a trough period in the past two seasons and has lost the crown to Barcelona, ​​the media still believes that Real Madrid will fight back in the new season; especially after the summer Real Madrid presidential election, Calderon will become the new Real Madrid president.

The first thing Calderon did after taking office was to change the head coach. He was convinced that the arrival of Italian coach Capello would change the fate of Real Madrid and put them on the road to victory. Real Madrid placed all its hopes on the Italian who had been successful in Madrid. But expecting Capello to replicate the success of ten years ago was also a big gamble.

In order to cooperate with Capello's transformation of Real Madrid, Real Madrid spent 6400 million euros this summer and once again became the most popular player in the La Liga summer transfer market.

Although Calderon's promise to buy Kaka, Ruben and Fabregas has fallen through, he has met Capello's needs by buying Reyes, Cannavaro, Emerson, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Diarra. The two former Juventus players will greatly strengthen the defense, and their total value of 2300 million euros is far below the market price - thanks to the Calciopoli scandal. The reunion of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Beckham will greatly improve Real Madrid's goal-scoring ability, and Diarra will make Capello's team more solid.

However, Zidane's retirement still made many fans sigh. Ricardo also felt that a generation of midfield masters had finally fallen, and he was extremely lucky to be able to play against him for more than half an hour in the World Cup final.

Following Real Madrid is another giant of the La Liga duo, Barcelona, ​​Ricardo's home team last season.

Originally, according to head coach Rijkaard, Barcelona didn't even need to sign any players in the transfer market after winning the championship. However, the departure of Larsson, the concerns about the defense, and the goal of winning the treble in the new season made club director Begiristain decide to attack the summer transfer market.

Barcelona spent a total of 3100 million euros to strengthen its lineup, mainly spending 1200 million euros to bring in Gudjohnsen from Chelsea to replace Larsson who left the team; in addition, it spent a total of 1900 million euros to bring in Thuram and Zambrotta from Juventus, which was a great benefit from the phone-gate incident.

However, apart from Larsson, the transfer or loan departure of Gabri, Maxi Lopez, Van Bommel and Li Qi still had a certain impact on Barcelona's bench lineup; however, Barcelona can also promote more young talents to the first team to fill the bench by tapping internal potential.

In addition to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​other La Liga teams that spent huge sums of money on signings this summer include Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Real Betis and Villarreal.

Seeing that Real Madrid, the rival of the same city, is making waves in the transfer market, Atletico Madrid is not willing to lag behind. This summer, the club president Enrique Grezo is determined to spend a lot of money to build a team with strong fighting power. Atletico Madrid spent a total of 5000 million euros to introduce stars including Aguero, Maniche and Mista.

In the summer of 2005, the total transfer fee of the Bats was 2800 million euros. Just one year later, this figure exceeded 2000 million euros. This summer, Valencia spent more than 4600 million euros to strengthen its lineup, buying Spanish local players such as center forward Morientes, Spanish magic wing Joaquin and all-round young player David Silva, making the Spanish national team members in the team even stronger.

Real Betis also spent more than 2000 million euros to recruit Bundesliga "rat" Odonko and Sobis and others.

Villarreal attracted star players such as Jose Enrique, Nihat, Pires, Cani and Segan at a cost of 1750 million euros. Although Pires will miss half the season due to injury, Ricardo also believes that apart from Sevilla, Villarreal is the team with the best summer signings. They are a typical team that spends little money to achieve great things, and all of their players are mature and ready to fight.

After browsing the main changes in La Liga this summer, Ricardo also began to pay attention to the summer operations of other major European leagues. He wondered what changes would happen to the affected and unaffected teams after Serie A was hit by the phone gate and the situation changed drastically?

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