Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Originally, in the middle of the week, on the evening of November 11, the Italian national team had an international friendly match against Turkey at home. Last weekend, Donadoni called Ricciardo specifically to explain why he was not called up this time:

The first is that Ricciardo has just recovered from a serious injury and is not in his best condition;

The second is that the preparation time is tight, sandwiched between two league games in the middle of the week;

Third, this match is not important. It is just an international friendly match in memory of Italian legend Facchetti who passed away on September 9, and it was specially arranged to be held in Bergamo where Facchetti was born.

Fourth, the main task of this game is to test new players and test formations, so all the players recruited are from the domestic league, including Brocchi, Mauri, Aquilani, Palombo and Bonazzoli, who are all playing for the national team for the first time;

Finally, Donadoni hopes that Ricardo will stay healthy and get back to his form as soon as possible, as next year's European Cup qualifiers will still require Ricardo's outstanding performance.

After hanging up the phone, Ricardo thought Donadoni still valued him very much, and he called to explain why he was not called to play in the friendly match...

Oh, by the way, afterwards Ricardo sent another text message to Donadoni to recommend his club teammate Maresca. After all, he had eaten those two seafood buffets and promised him to help recommend him. Next time, if there is a similar friendly match opportunity, he can let Donadoni consider it.

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The result of this international friendly match was that Italy was tied 1-1 by Turkey at home; Di Natale helped Italy score the first goal in the 39th minute, but unfortunately Materazzi scored an own goal 4 minutes later to give the visiting team a gift. This score remained until the end of the game, and both sides ended the game in a friendly manner.

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Soon, at 2006:11 on November 18, 20, a key match of the 11th round of the Spanish Football League was first fought at the Pizjuan Stadium, with the White Army facing the Bat Army at home; one of the two teams temporarily ranked second in the league, and the other temporarily ranked fourth in the league. Whoever wins will get a top experience card...

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The starting lineups of both sides can be said to be full of main players.

Sevilla's 4-4-2 starting lineup:

In front of the door is No. 1 Palop,

The back line from left to right is composed of No. 3 David, No. 14 Escude, No. 20 Osio and No. 4 Alves;

The midfield line from left to right is composed of No. 6 Adriano, No. 8 Poulsen, No. 11 Renato and No. 16 Puerta;

The forward duo is No. 12 Kanoute and No. 10 Fabiano.

Sevilla's main winger Navas and captain Navarro were both absent due to injuries; Li Qi, Duda, Marti, Maresca and others were on standby on the starting bench.

Valencia only changed one player compared to the last round of the league. Parado replaced Navarro. Edu, who was slightly injured, and Baraja, who had just recovered from injury, were both on the bench. The starting lineup was also 4-4-2:

The goalkeeper is No. 1 Cañizares;

The defense line is No. 2 Miguel, No. 4 Ayala, No. 20 Albiol and No. 26 Serra;

The midfield quartet is No. 31 Parado, No. 16 Viana, No. 15 Joaquin and No. 21 David Silva;

The two forwards are No. 7 Villa and No. 9 Morientes.

Li Qi saw his old friend David Silva, who he played against in the World Youth Championship, and wondered if he should take the initiative to exchange jerseys with him after the game to catch up...

However, before Li Qi came on as a substitute, David Silva obviously did not want to see Li Qi and he took the initiative to ask to go back to the locker room to rest 20 minutes into the first half.

Oh no, so disrespectful?!

The La Liga championship battle in the 06/07 season, although not between the traditional two giants of La Liga, was also as intense and exciting as a clash of Mars and the Earth.

However, perhaps because the game was too intense and young players were easily overexcited, David Silva, who was the same age as Ricardo Richie, fouled Alves in the 4th minute of the game and received a yellow sapphire card. Then in the 19th minute of the game, he elbowed Alves again in a header and received a second yellow sapphire card, which was later replaced with a ruby ​​war god card. He went straight back to the locker room to rest.

At the same time that David Silva was sent off, Sevilla opened the scoring through a set-piece from Alves's corner shot.

Taking advantage of Valencia's unstable mind when David Silva sent him off, Sevilla played a set-piece tactical cooperation; when the whole world thought that Fabiano would either take the penalty himself or lightly step on the ball to Renato for a powerful shot, the former used his heel to knock the ball in front of Escude.

Esquillo took a run-up and shot with his left foot from 24 yards in front of the goal! The ball went straight to the near corner of the goal like an intercontinental missile falling into the atmosphere... Cañizares in front of the goal completely misjudged this well-placed free kick, and the wall of people in front of him blocked his view, causing him to lose his balance early and fall to the grass, only using his legs to block Escud's heavy artillery.

Finally, the ball hit Cañizares's leg and still bounced into the net. In the 19th minute of the game, Sevilla was not only ahead by one goal, but also by one man. The balance of victory began to tilt towards the home team...

Valencia, who was one man down and falling behind, did not make any personnel adjustments, but simply slightly retracted the formation to avoid the home team's attack.

Sevilla, who took the lead in the game, was in high spirits. With the advantage of home court, they began to suppress Valencia in all aspects, and their attack waves were one higher than the other.

In the 22nd minute, Alves made a cross from the right, and the unguarded Kanoute headed the ball from 6 yards in front of the goal, but was saved by Cañizares.

In the 31st minute, Puerta broke through Miguel on the left and made a triangle pass back to Adriano, who shot with his left foot from 14 yards out, but the shot went wide of the right post.

In the 42nd minute, Alves made another good pass from the right, and Kanoute succeeded in scoring in front of the goal, but unfortunately the ball hit the post and went wide of the far post.

Sevilla missed a series of good opportunities to expand the score in the second half of the first half and only entered the halftime break with a 1-0 lead.

At the beginning of the second half, Juan Ramos, who felt that he had won the game, quickly made personnel adjustments and replaced Adriano, who was slightly injured, with No. 7 Ricardo Liqui, hoping to strengthen the control of the midfield and the diversity of the offensive organization through Liqui's appearance.

Li Qi showed good competitive form after coming on the pitch. In the 51st minute of the game, he sent a penetrating pass amid Valencia's tight defense, which went straight to Kanoute's feet. The latter received the ball at the edge of the middle of the penalty area and stopped the ball a little bit higher, but Kanoute took advantage of the situation to half turn and volley directly, but unfortunately the ball went slightly off the left post.

However, after another 5 minutes, Li Qi launched another offensive and reaped the rewards.

Valencia was obviously not prepared to deal with Li Qi playing as a left winger. Li Qi retreating to the midfield had more space to move around and could cooperate with more teammates. In addition, it was easier for him to avoid defensive moves when facing the defensive players head-on. Therefore, it was not easy to catch Li Qi committing a foul.

Around the 56th minute of the game, Li Qi first retreated to the backcourt to intercept Valencia's long pass, and then dodged Villa's counterattack. Then Li Qi broke through the wing and cut inside to the middle of Valencia. Facing the double-teaming of Parado and Viana, he secretly sent a key straight pass through Parado's crotch to Alves who had already crossed the wing on the other side...

After Alves received the ball on the wing, he accelerated twice and dribbled past Serra who came to defend, then swept the ball across the goal with great force near the sideline of the penalty area!

Fabiano rushed to the middle, got ahead of the defender and the goalkeeper, and easily knocked the ball into the near corner of the goal, helping Sevilla lead Valencia 2-0!

Trailing by two goals, Valencia was forced to make adjustments and try a last-ditch effort to close the gap or even equalize the score; Edu replaced Parado in the 57th minute, and Vicente replaced Joaquin in the 62nd minute.

Seeing that the team was leading by two goals and had the advantage of one more player, and that Sevilla had a clear advantage in offensive organization after Li Qi came on the court, Juan Ramos sat back and watched. In the 58th minute, he replaced Paulson, who had started every game and played the whole game, with Marty to rest in preparation for the UEFA Cup match in the middle of the week.

After both sides made substitutions, the situation on the field did not change. It was still Li Qi who led Sevilla's midfield and frontcourt to rub against Valencia's midfield and backcourt...

And Sevilla scored again in the 71st minute of the game. Li Qi imitated Ronaldinho's father and controlled the ball on the left side of the midfield, once again attracting the double-team of the Bats, and then he took a step back and kicked the ball to the other side of the court before the double-team closed.

The Valencia defense, which was seriously tilted to the left, exposed an obvious gap on the right. Although the gap was not big, Li Qi's long pass was just right. The fast half-high arc ball did not waste too much time in the air and directly hit Puerta's feet in the open space.

After Puerta received Li Qi's precise long pass with his right foot, he calmly observed and adjusted, then faced the defensive players who came to defend, and sent a half-high arc pass into the penalty area...

Kanoute, who was lurking in the penalty area, did not choose to attack directly this time. After all, after being pulled by Li Qi and Puerta on the wings, the defense in the middle of the penalty area was obviously a bit empty; so Kanoute chose to stop Puerta's cross with his chest in the middle of the penalty area, and then pushed the ball into the near corner from 8 yards in front of the goal.

Facing the unguarded shot from so close, Cañizares was helpless, and even his monkey splits could not stop the ball from entering the net. Kanouté's ninth league goal of the season helped Sevilla lead 9-3 over Valencia, who are in good form this season!

After this goal, Valencia surrendered and replaced main striker Villa with Angulo, no longer holding any hope for the outcome of this game.

But Sevilla has no intention of stopping, because Li Qi has not scored any goals or assists in open play since his return from injury.

In the 85th minute, Li Qi had another chance. Edu, who came on as a substitute in the second half of Valencia, was injured again. He was already slightly injured, but he fell to the ground and slid, and he was directly carried out of the field on a stretcher. So Valencia, who received a red card and used up all the substitutions, could only play with 9 players!

Although there were only 5 minutes left including the extra time, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so Li Qi began to speed up the transition between offense and defense, not afraid of mistakes at all, and even hoped that Valencia could seize Sevilla's mistakes to counterattack; once they attacked, they might not be able to return in time when their physical strength was about to run out. If one less player was missing from the 9-man defensive lineup, the gap would be as big as it could be...

As expected, when the game entered the first minute of stoppage time, Valencia indeed won the opportunity to counterattack. Vicente and Angulo, who had just come on the court, cooperated to complete an attack. In the end, Angulo's shot in front of the penalty area was blocked.

Li Qi, who had been lying in ambush on the side, triggered the explosive moment first, and rushed in front of Morientes to intercept the ball. Before Li Qi intercepted the ball, he clearly observed Valencia's defensive layout at this time:

Angulo was at the front of our penalty area, Vicente had just passed the ball on the wing of our penalty area, and Morientes was preparing to intercept the blocked ball in front of him. These three people were already far away from the defensive position and certainly could not help in defense.

Valencia's backcourt only had five players, not counting the goalkeeper. Viana followed near the center circle, and the remaining four defenders were lined up in a flat row not far from the center circle. There was still a large space in the backcourt...

As for Sevilla, Renato, Kanoute and Fabiano are still in the midfield.

As long as they can cooperate to make a two-on-one, they will basically have a chance to break through Valencia's defense; instead, they should pay attention to the offside trap.

When Li Qi intercepted the ball and started to counterattack, Valencia's defense began to fight and retreat. Obviously, they also knew the weakness of the personnel and the large gap in the backcourt, as well as the dangers of letting Li Qi break through the pass and cut cooperation...

So Li Qi took advantage of the situation in the opposite way. He rushed forward at high speed, pretending to aim at Renato and attracting Viana to defend the pass to Renato. Then Li Qi made a big change of direction with a dunk and bypassed Viana, facing the central defender combination of Ayala and Albiol!

Fabiano and Kanoute were pressing Valencia's two full-backs on the wings, preventing them from returning to the middle... and Li Qi used the same trick again, rushing towards Kanoute with the ball, pretending to play a wall pass with Kanoute.

So Albiol quickly moved closer to Kanoute, while Ayala filled in behind him, forming a layered three-defense-two situation. But in a flash, Li Qi made another spike and changed direction, turning 90 degrees and rushing towards the open space on the other side...

Li Qi started with a counterattack with the ball, and walked in a zigzag shape, pulling away two central defenders of Valencia. At this time, the only person standing between Li Qi and the goal was Ayala, and Albiol was already beside him.

Valencia's half was too empty. Li Qi accelerated twice and changed direction, tearing open Valencia's defense. Of course, his teammates' feints also attracted the defense's attention...

Li Qi ran nearly 70 meters and came to the front of Valencia's penalty area against Ayala. Ayala is an experienced defensive player, but he will not lose his defensive position easily, nor will he leave room for Li Qi to break through.

So Li Qi had to find a way to get rid of Ayala before he could get a chance to shoot.

Li Qi had slowed down and was constantly adjusting his pace through small steps, getting closer and closer to Ayala, while his brain was working rapidly...