Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

It's almost the end of the season, and Ricciardo's girlfriends are worried that Ricciardo's stress and loneliness are not being relieved, especially since they have had little contact throughout April. They often call during training or on the way to away games and don't talk for a long time. He is also slow to reply to text messages, so they are all worried about Ricciardo.

Sarafina and Julian both wanted to take time off to accompany Ricardo, which frightened Ricardo. He was already busy enough with training and competitions. If these two little ancestors came at the same time, he would be drunk. So Ricardo quickly dissuaded them. The little girl should still focus on her studies...

However, Chiara took advantage of the weekend to come over and asked for annual leave to spend two more days with Ricardo. After all, a big money sponsor and a rich son-in-law must be accompanied well. Recently, the US stock market has been rising wildly, and Ricardo's Google stock has also been rising...

After stopping the medication at the end of last year, Chiara has been looking for various doctors to regulate her body, but there has been no improvement after several months; so Chiara thought that it was because the frequency and number of times were not enough, so she started to create opportunities for the scumbag Li Duo to do bad things.

With Chiara by his side, time quickly came to the day before the May 2007th Youth Day in . After waking up in the morning, Ricardo was still somewhat conscious and controlled Chiara who wanted to ride again, after all, there was a life-and-death battle in the UEFA Cup semi-final in the evening. After breakfast, Ricardo hurriedly drove Chiara, who was reluctant to leave, to the airport. He had been squeezed dry by the beautiful snake these days, and not a drop was wasted...

Ricardo didn't have time to think about what the girl wanted to do, and hurried back to the club to report, do the final warm-up, and prepare for the big battle in the evening.

欧洲中部时间，2007年5月3日晚上20时45分，06/07赛季欧洲联盟杯半决赛次回合展开2场争夺，其中塞维利亚将在主场迎战奥萨苏纳。

In the first round of the confrontation last week, the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw; so in the second round, if Sevilla can draw 0-0 with the opponent, or win, they will advance to the UEFA Cup final for the second consecutive year. Otherwise, with any other result, Osasuna will be the winner.

For this reason, Juan Ramos fielded a 442 starting lineup with all the main players.

The goalkeeper is the old goalkeeper No. 1 Palop who has recovered from his injury;

The left and right wings of the back line are No. 16 Puerta and No. 4 Alves, and the double center backs are No. 14 Escude and captain No. 2 Navarro;

The forwards on both sides of the midfield are No. 25 Maresca and No. 6 Adriano, and the double defensive midfielders are No. 8 Paulson and No. 7 Li Qi;

The double center forwards are No. 12 Kanoute and No. 10 Fabiano;

Before the game, Navas had some discomfort in his calf muscles. To be on the safe side, Juan Ramos put him on the bench along with Korzakov, Duda, Renato, Osio and Marti.

Although they are at a disadvantage in terms of away goals, Osasuna's new head coach Ziganda is also very pragmatic. He knows clearly that his team is indeed not as strong as Sevilla, who is playing at home. So instead of taking risks to attack, it is better to be patient and wait for opportunities. It is a safer option to take advantage of Sevilla's busy schedule and declining physical strength in the second half to counterattack.

So Osasuna played in a 451 defensive formation tonight, still focusing on defensive counterattacks:

The goalkeeper is No. 13 Ricardo;

The defenders lined up were No. 19 Corrales, No. 7 Cruchaga, No. 5 Cuellar and No. 2 Izquierdo;

中场五人组合则是24号内科南、16号戴维-洛佩斯、6号劳尔-加西亚、10号普尼亚尔搭档12号胡安弗兰；

The single striker is Cameroonian forward No. 15 Wibo.

Soldado, who scored in the last game, as well as center forward Milosevic and Delport, Baldo, Munoz and others sat on the bench.

With a long whistle from the English referee, Poll, the life-and-death battle to advance to this season's League Cup final officially began.

As soon as the ball kicked off, the home team with white background and red stripes rolled towards the away team's defense line in red shirts and white pants like a tide. Sevilla's tactical strategy in this game was to take the initiative from the first minute and not give Osasuna any chance. After all, one away goal is equal to 1.5 home goals; if Osasuna scored two goals, Sevilla would be in tears, and Sevilla's luck has not been very good recently, so they must take the initiative into their own hands.

Not long after the game started, Li Qi had already determined Osasuna's tactical intentions, which were indeed not difficult to guess; so Li Qi was thinking about how to crack it. The best thing would be to break the deadlock before Osasuna made an effort, accumulate enough leading advantages, and not give Osasuna any chance of luck.

So Li Qi passed the ball back and forth in the midfield, organizing the game and looking for ways and opportunities to break the deadlock; at the same time, due to Osasuna's formation and tactics, the visiting team's counterattack lacked threat, which greatly reduced Sevilla's defensive pressure and physical consumption in the first half. After all, playing with the ball in your feet is less strenuous than playing passive defense.

Seeing that the situation on the field was as calm as water, and that our team had nearly 70% of the ball possession, and had an away goal in hand... well, the advantage was on me. Juan Ramos and Li Qi were also very satisfied with this situation. After all, the safe layout of wasting time was the best solution for Osasuna, so why not the best solution for Sevilla?

Sevilla's schedule is more intensive than Osasuna's, and they have more international players, so the main lineup is more tired...

However, this situation did not last long. When the game was about to pass half an hour, something changed on the field. Adriano pulled his thigh adductor muscle during the fight and could not continue the game...

This injury was beyond Juan Ramos's expectation. Although the team doctor also expressed concerns about Adriano's physical condition before the game, Adriano was not one of the players with red lights. Players like Navas, Alves and Renato were the most dangerous ones. Even Kanoute and Li Qi were in worse physical condition than Adriano...

But it was unexpected that Adriano would be the first to get injured at this critical moment. So Juan Ramos quickly asked Duda to warm up and prepare for substitutions.

And during the few minutes when Duda was warming up and preparing to go on the court, Li Qi discovered some tactical opportunities.

After Adriano was carried off the field on a stretcher, Sevilla temporarily had one less player, and Li Qi discovered that some Osasuna players had different tactical opinions. Some players wanted to seize the opportunity to break the deadlock while Sevilla had one less player, while others wanted to continue to implement the head coach's pre-match arrangements, defend steadily, and then concentrate their attacks in the second half.

The key point is that Osasuna's head coach Ziganda also exposed his lack of on-the-spot adaptability and competition experience as a new head coach. At this juncture, he did not clearly express his tactical thinking to the team, whether to continue to defend or seize the opportunity to attack. Instead, he just observed the scene silently...

Many people may have speculated, including TV commentators, that Ziganda was observing and thinking calmly; but Li Qi did not think so. Ziganda was definitely so nervous that his brain was deprived of oxygen, his mind was blank, and he had no ideas at all, so he could only pretend to be deep to cover up his embarrassment.

It just so happened that Osasuna wanted to seize the opportunity to attack the right wing led by Iranian winger Nekonan, which corresponded to the left wing guarded by Adriano; while those who continued to play conservatively were the center and left wing represented by Raul Garcia and Juanfran...

Li, a scumbag with a lot of bad intentions, rolled his eyes and began to have a bad idea, deciding to make the tactical awareness of the opponent even bigger. So Li Qi, who was originally responsible for assisting Adriano's injury, began to consciously let Nekonen advance with the ball, only blocking his passing routes to the middle and the penalty area.

So in the three minutes before Duda came on the court, Nekonen had a lot of performance. He frequently broke through with the ball on the wing, forced Puerta one-on-one, and even made two good passes. Unfortunately, there was only Wibo in the middle, and he could not launch a threatening attack.

As the first Iranian player to play in La Liga, he has his own pride. With the confidence he gained, Nekonen felt that Sevilla's defense was just like that. He waved for the ball frequently and even called on his teammates to press forward and not waste time waiting for opportunities...

As expected, if you want to destroy an opponent, you must first make him crazy. Li Qi also deliberately moved the ball to the left side where there was one less player, creating some opportunities for Osasuna to counterattack on the right, allowing Nekonen to perform better and stimulate his teammates.

Of course, Li Qi didn't dare to go too far, and was afraid of losing the ball. It would be no fun if he really lost the ball; so Li Qi was very cautious in helping with the defense all the way, and would never lose his position in the middle. Neconan wanted to play against Puerta on the wing, and then pass the ball from the wing, but Li Qi didn't care. After all, only Wibo was in the middle to grab the point, so he just had to protect the front of the penalty area and prevent Osasuna from advancing in the middle.

But if Nekonan wanted to cut inside or pass the ball diagonally to the middle, Li Qi's position was very good and he would never give him this opportunity.

So Nekonan continued to gain confidence in the one-on-one duel with Puerta, while Puerta was like: Fuck you, Li Qi, why don’t you come over to help... After all, on the wing, the defense is at a disadvantage, especially since Nekonan is 1 meters tall and his physical fitness is not weaker than Puerta.

But Li Qi ignored Puerta's request for help and kept winking at Puerta, not caring whether Puerta could understand or not. Puerta: Huh? Li Qi, what do you mean? Is there sand in your eyes? (′?w?`)?

In the 32nd minute of the game, Duda finally took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to replace the injured Adriano, and Puerta's embarrassment was relieved. But Li Qi knew that the chance to break the deadlock would come in the next few minutes!

When Duda ran past him when he entered the court, Li Qi quickly grabbed Duda and secretly told him: "Don't push too hard yet, let the opponent's No. 24 pass half court before grabbing him!"

After hearing this, Duda was a little skeptical: after all, it was slightly different from what Juan Ramos said on the sidelines, but the boss also said that he would mainly cooperate with Li Qi after entering the court, so okay, he would play for a while according to Li Qi's request, and then see what the boss said...

Just one minute after Duda came on the pitch, Li Qi made another diagonal pass to the left, Fabianola received the ball but was surrounded by enemies. When he passed the ball back to Duda, Nekonen intercepted it!

It was the day of the UEFA Cup again. Sarafina, who was far away in London, naturally organized her best friends to go to watch the game. This time, Sarafina chose a high-end private club because she specially invited a new best friend, a British actress who was not yet an adult and the hottest child star on the big screen. Naturally, it was not suitable for her to go to a bar or a public place...

The high-end private club is just right, with an exclusive large screen and full-time service staff. It is private and stylish enough, just right for a group of female fans to chatter about which player is handsome, has a melancholy look or has beautiful body lines. But this does not affect the passionate comments of professional live commentators:

"Puerta... Li Qi... Li Qi passes diagonally to the left!"

"Fabianola is on the side, oh! We're surrounded, pass the ball back..."

"Ah! The ball was intercepted! Duda, who just came on the field, might not be well prepared and is still some distance away from Fabiano..."

"Nekonan made a beautiful steal and turned around to launch a counterattack!"

"Duda fought and retreated, Nekonan was very fast and broke through the center line..."

"Does Nekonan still want to make a strong breakthrough from the outside and pass the ball like he did the last two times? But there is no outflanking in the penalty area and he can't create any threat..."

"Oh! Now it's Nekonan's turn to be double-teamed. Cruchaga will take over..."

"Oh! Li Qi made an accurate prediction! This time, Li Qi intercepted Nekonan's return pass! He turned around and passed Cruchaga..."

"Straight pass, it's Fabiano who is still on the left wing. There is enough space around him now!"

"Fabiano passed the ball back to the middle... Li Qi made a diagonal pass to the left side of the penalty area, and Navas was left open on one side!"

"Navas! Shoot... No, pass the ball to the middle!"

"Li Qi!"

"Ditch oooooh! Ditch oooooh! Ditch!"

"Li Qi pushed the ball, and the ball stuck to the grass and went into the bottom right corner of the goal!"

"Sevilla broke the deadlock in the 34th minute. It was a counterattack of a counterattack. Sevilla's cooperation was extremely smooth, from interception to goal, without any delay!"

"Oh? When Li Qi celebrated after scoring the goal, he didn't go to Navas who assisted him first, but went to Fabiano..."

Why? Because the long pass from Li Qi to Fabiano on the left wing was a trap, deliberately letting Fabiano lose the ball in a tight circle, and then luring Osasuna's right wing. To be more precise, it was Nekonen who firmly held the ball and counterattacked. Li Qi naturally wanted to say hello to Fabiano...

However, this layout plan went more smoothly than Li Qi had imagined; he originally thought that it was just Osasuna's right defense that would make a mistake, allowing Fabiano to open a breakthrough on the left rib and create a threat. Unexpectedly, this time Nekonen's counterattack actually led to Punya in the middle and Juanfran on the right wing.

Maybe it was because Nekonen's first two breakthrough crosses, no one in the middle missed the chance, which made the other Osasuna teammates feel regretful or embarrassed? Three times the limit? This was a pleasant surprise. Li Qi finally made it.

So when Li Qi intercepted the ball, not only did Osasuna's right defense have a gap, because the two players on the right wing had crossed the half court to counterattack, but even the originally tight center defense had an obvious gap, which gave Li Qi space to respond in the middle, and in the end, Navas passed the shot to Li Qi in the middle without any defensive players being able to intervene.

In order to fill the gap on the right, Osasuna's defense moved to the right as a whole when Fabiano received the pass from Li Qi for the second time. Then, when Li Qi passed the ball to the left defense area which was as empty as the Sahara Desert, the central defender could only fly over to block Navas's shot, and even the goalkeeper moved over to block the near corner.

So when Navas passed the ball back to the middle again, Li Qi's cannon was clearly facing a large part of the empty goal, so the latter only needed to push the ball steadily in the opposite direction of goalkeeper Ricardo's position, and the ball would be in his goal!

Seeing Li Qi jump on Fabiano to celebrate, not only Duda, who was a little confused when he first came on the court, understood the reason for Li Qi's explanation, but also Puerta, who had always thought that Li Qi's eye disease had recurred. The two of them ran over with a smile to celebrate with Li Qi, Navas and Fabiano, while complaining in their hearts at the same time: Wow, this big bitch, oh no, it's a little bitch...

Then the two of them looked back at Neikenan, who was walking back to the half court with an unconvinced look on his face, and couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts at the same time: Damn, luckily this little cunning guy tricked the opponent, seeing that the stupid boy on the opposite side hasn't reacted yet, we really can't offend this little cunning guy, otherwise he will play him to death and still help him count money...

However, Li Qi also looked back at Nekonen who seemed to be thinking about saving the team and reaching the peak of his life, and couldn't help but sigh: What a simple and kind person! Thank you for the ticket to the finals, the celebration banquet for winning the championship will definitely be waiting for you!

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