Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

In the 8th minute of the first half, the Italian team got a direct free kick opportunity about 27 meters in front of the center of the Spanish penalty area through a quick counterattack. The referee also showed Zapat a yellow card warning.

Li Qi was responsible for handling this set piece. Li Qi had a feeling, so he decided to shoot directly. Besides, the position and the angle were too good. It would be a shame not to take a shot at his age!

After Li Qi positioned the ball, he stepped back, took a deep breath, and aimed at the 8-point corner in the upper left corner of the goal...

It started, and it really triggered the explosion point, and then Li Qi accurately shot the ball...

The ball drew a beautiful arc, bypassed the human wall, and then fell rapidly, directly passing the goalkeeper's one-handed defense. It was better than the 8-point angle. The main speed and arc were very good...

Li Qi scored the free throw from about 27 meters away!

But, "Beep! The goal is invalid, offside..."

The referee believed that an Italian player was in an offside position and interfered with Spanish goalkeeper Ribas, so the goal was ruled invalid.

(Li Qi remained calm but was muttering in his heart: "Huh?! Black whistle? Uncle Charles, cousin Francis and La Pang, you guys are not doing your job well!")

But, forget it, Li Qi is also very generous. After all, there have been only a few offside calls in the group stage so far, and the communication is still in place. I guess the organizing committee also wants to balance the emotions of the Spanish side...

Well, as a victim deprived of a goal, it shouldn’t attract too much attention after the game…

The commentators in front of the TV were still watching this beautiful set-piece repeatedly through slow motion. It was true that the referee's decision was questionable, and this set-piece was really beautiful...

Countless female fans came to speak up for Li Qi!

Back to the game, the Spanish team, having calmed down a little, regained control of the situation on the field, and then slowly raised their formation...

But this time the entire Spanish team was on high alert against Li Qi. This guy ran too fast, and fouls had to be committed early...

In the 14th minute, Italy launched another counterattack.

This time it was Lazari who intercepted the ball from David Silva at the defensive midfielder position and then passed it directly to Bentivoglio on the left.

After receiving the ball, Bentivoglio made a wall pass with Pelle in front of him and broke through directly along the left side...

Before Li Qi counterattacked, he found that Bergano hardly participated in the attack and just stared at him; just now when Lazari wanted to pass the ball to him, Bergano immediately went around him...

"Well, I'll take you flying..."

Li Qi rushed forward without even looking up, and along the way, Bergano and Zapater followed him and retreated quickly...

So Bentivorio originally wanted to pass the ball to Li Qi, but he found that Li Qi led the newly appointed left and right guards to rush into the opponent's penalty area without looking back. Well, don't think too much, let's just go down the bottom and pass the ball honestly...

Bentivorio carried Molinero to the left side of the penalty area and passed the ball directly into the penalty area...

At this time, Pelle was still outside the penalty area, and the one who rushed into the penalty area was Li Qi who came in from behind!

So the two Spanish central defenders didn't react either. They were staring at Pelle and Cozzolino, and the two were still outside the penalty area!

Bergano and Zapat, who were chasing Li Qi, were also unable to interfere. Li Qi took advantage of the momentum of the forward run to jump high and shook his head like a lion 2 steps into the penalty area...

OK, since the ball came from the side and rear at an angle of about 45 degrees, although Li Qi was not offside when he made a forward run, his header was indeed a bit rough, with no power and no angle...

The ball flew diagonally and weakly high and far away from the goal line...

Li Qi scratched his head awkwardly: "Hey, mistake, mistake...I need to practice heading more later..."

Spanish goalkeeper Ribas had a false alarm... The opponent's 10th player seemed to have a problem with his brain! Oh no, it was his header that was not good.

After the opening, although Spain occupied more ball possession on the field, Italy frequently created threats through counterattacks and was just a little bit away from scoring!

Li Qi found that the two Spanish defensive midfielders took special care of him during the transition from offense to defense: "1 to 2, what a scumbag... Oh, no, it's hard to deal with. These two guys always make a move on me, either committing a foul or affecting the passing or acceleration..."

Li Qi was still in the awkward period after missing a golden opportunity, and suddenly he had some ideas. He said hello to Bentivorio and Cigarini, and moved his position forward a little, quietly changing the classic parallel midfield to an elegant diamond midfield.

"Since you like to stick to me so much, I will take the initiative to stick to you and play with you! Don't wait for me to catch your mistakes..." Li Qi made a decision in his mind when he mentioned the attacking midfielder position.

At the 20th minute of the first half, Spain had been passing the ball aimlessly in the backcourt for more than three minutes. Although the Spanish team and their fans certainly didn't see it that way, at least Li Qi, who had seen what real passing and controlling was like, thought so...

After observing several rounds closely in the middle, Li Qi discovered a pattern.

Whenever the left-sided central midfielder Zapat receives a short pass from the right-sided central defender Lobudis to the midfield, Zapat will definitely make a fake move to pass to the right or turn around, and then actually pass to the left to Juanfran on the wing...

Li Qi didn't pay much attention to this routine in the first 15 minutes, but it should have appeared many times.

In the 10 minutes that Li Qiti played as the attacking midfielder, this routine appeared 3 times, and Zapat only received about 4 passes from Lobudis in total... This probability is already very high.

Li Qi called Pelle and Cozzolino, asking them to cooperate in the frontcourt to block and press. Pelle pressed Lobudis from the right, and he passed the ball horizontally and back, while Cozzolino blocked his passing route to Fabregas and Bergano...

Then Lobudis will either pass the ball to Molineiro or take the risk of making a long pass to Enrique or Fabregas, otherwise there is a high probability that Zapata will retreat to support this line.

Before Zapata retreated, Li Qi was cruising between Bergano and Zapata, giving Zapata a spatial illusion, making him feel that the ball route to the right behind him and to Juanfran was safe...

Of course, if Zapat passes the ball back to Luano or Jose Enrique, then Li Qi has no choice but to try again. Otherwise, he will just watch the opponent pass the ball back. It might as well be a test...

Soon, less than a minute after Li Qi finished the arrangement, the routine appeared as expected!

The ball was first passed back to Jose Enrique by Juanfran after he was pressured by Cigarini and had no good route to pass the ball. Jose Enrique saw Pelle slowly moving from the middle and passed the ball directly back to goalkeeper Ribas.

Ribas passed the ball forward to Lobudis. Pelle, who didn't understand what was going on, followed the boss' instructions and suddenly accelerated from the middle to press Lobudis...

At this time, Lobudis could pass the ball back to the goalkeeper or the right back. The route to the other central defender was blocked, and the forward route was blocked by Cozzolino, most of the passage on the right side. It seemed that Li Qi was ambushing behind Bergano...

So according to Lobudis's vision and the development of the ball, he naturally passed the ball quickly and low to Zapat.

Here comes the routine!

Cozzolino moved closer to block the ground route to the right (there was no way to go in the air...), Pelle was sensible this time, moving closer to try to block the return route, while Li Qi pressed Zapat at high speed, letting Zapat hear Li Qi coming from behind him on the left...

Zapat could have also chosen to pass the ball safely back to left-back José Enrique, but the practiced routine probably didn’t develop that way.

So Zapat subconsciously turned his back and lowered his shoulders to the left, misleading Cozzolino and Li Qi, making them think that Zapat would turn left and move the ball to the right, but in fact he was preparing to lean to the right and quickly pass the ball safely to Juanfran with the outside of his foot...

Just as Zapat lowered his shoulders, Li Qi triggered the "breaking point moment" again.

Li Qi clearly observed Zapata's fake action of lowering his shoulders and the actual preparatory action of his legs preparing to touch the ball with the outside of his foot and turn to the other side to pass the ball...

In addition, Li Qi unexpectedly discovered that Ribas was still moving outwards after passing the ball, and his movement was almost reaching the penalty area line!

(Opportunity! But so high-profile?! Not good... Li Qi, who was well-observed, couldn't help but struggle a little inside. This went against his idea of ​​being low-key and getting out of the circle!)

(Forget it, the opponent's movement and posture are too fascinating, just do it first! Li Qi's inner thoughts only lasted for a moment...)

All I could hear was the commentator on the TV broadcast changing from a calm and straightforward narration to a sudden startle:

"Zapata catches the ball..."

"Zapata half-turns and passes the ball with the outside of his foot..."

"The ball was intercepted!"

"Li Qi...Oh my God!...Oh! The cake! Oh! The cake! Oh! The cake!"

"Hanging door! ... Ditch oh oh oh! Ditch oh oh oh! Ditch!!"

"Li Qi suddenly approached Zapata at high speed the moment he received the ball, as if he knew that Zapata was going to turn around and pass the ball forward. As soon as Zapata passed the ball, before the ball had rolled far, Li Qi rushed out from behind and intercepted the ball on the passing line..."

"Li Qi intercepted the ball, made some adjustments, and kicked the ball directly to the goal! This was a lob near the midfield!"

"This overhead kick is estimated to be about 50 meters away from the goal..."

"Ribas's position is too far outside..."

"Is it to facilitate a quick counterattack against Italy? But this actually leaves Li Qi with space to shoot..."

"Li Qi's lob was so accurate, it made an arc in the air, and the speed was high enough to fall into the net along the bottom edge of the goal beam..."

"Ribas didn't react at all and just watched the ball go into the net!"

The TV commentator spoke very quickly and excitedly about this earth-shattering overhead kick. TV viewers were worried that the TV commentator might choke to death or bite his tongue to death...

It was not easy to detect Zapat's fake moves on TV broadcast, and ordinary audiences and commentators did not notice Spain's short pass routine. They just thought that Li Qi's game reading ability and speed were amazing!

Zapat, who made a big mistake, was petrified on the spot. How the hell did he do that? Didn't he come from the left? How did he teleport to the right? !

Fabregas and David Silva in the distance saw something. Li Qi's running was intentional. He also changed direction obviously during his sprint...

This T Meidi is a freak, right? !

Forget it, let me comfort Zapat first. It must be just luck, I guessed it right...

Otherwise, how can we kick the ball?

Oh, goalkeeper Ribas was also comforted...

Lobudis, who was confused, and Luano, who was a bystander, tried to persuade Ribas, saying, "Don't worry, if you've been a goalkeeper for a long time, you'll always be tricked by the midfielders..."

How many more were they hung up in the middle of the game?! Do you know how to comfort people...

Of course, Li Qi, the initiator, also knew that he was lucky. First of all, the passing and control of this Spanish team was obviously not formed. The routine formula was too obvious or the passing habits were too easy to be exposed...

The main reason was that Zapate was too confident, and his half-turned outside foot pass was indeed poor. Not only was the line too straight, but the ball was also too slow. It would have been fine if he had been fooled by the fake move and was not prepared. If it was intentional, Li Qi felt that even if he had not triggered the explosive point, he could have successfully intercepted the ball, but he might not have chosen to lob the ball at the first opportunity...