Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

From the sidelines, it seemed that Li Qi was imitating Barcelona's Ronaldinho, receiving the ball on the wing and organizing the attack, but not on the left side area that Ronaldinho was accustomed to, but on Manchester United's right side.

However, Li Qi did not completely imitate Ronaldinho. After all, he could not match Ronaldinho in the details of passing and receiving the ball, as well as the agility of getting rid of the ball on the spot. So Li Qi also copied the technical characteristics of his good friend Iniesta, constantly moving, using more one-touch passes, and retreating deeper.

Li Qi's football philosophy this season is that, facing the fierce and fierce art of leg-breaking and head-shotting in Premier League football, if he wants to perform well, he has to hide himself among his teammates, let his teammates attack first to attract firepower, and then launch another sneak attack when the enemy is not attacked. It can be said to be selling out teammates in disguise. Ugh, it is a great and glorious move to leave the opportunity to teammates first!

In the 23rd minute, Li Qi made a straight pass to Tevez in the corner of the penalty area, who forced a dunk and cut inside to win a corner kick.

Giggs's corner kick from the right was cleared by Tottenham, Hargreaves' volley from the edge of the right penalty area was blocked, and then Vidic's follow-up shot from 14 yards on the left side of the penalty area was saved by Robinson.

In the 26th minute, Li Qi received the ball from Carrick and passed it to Giggs in the middle. Giggs stopped the ball and made a shot. Carrick followed up and shot from 30 yards on the left. It was blocked by Malbranque but still flew towards the goal after a change of direction. Unfortunately, the ball finally hit the right post and went out.

Manchester United missed another good opportunity in the 29th minute. After Lizzie and Scholes made continuous wall passes on the right to attract double-teaming, they suddenly made a long-range transfer; Giggs stopped the ball, adjusted, aimed and made a cross with no one guarding on the left.

After cooperating with Li Qi, Scholes quickly inserted himself into the penalty spot and his shot was once again slightly higher than the crossbar.

Manchester United began to attack Tottenham's defensive third zone from the 20th minute, and Tottenham could hardly form an effective counterattack. However, Manchester United made 7 consecutive shots, 4 of which were on target, but still failed to penetrate Robinson's goal. Until the regular time of the first half was about to end, it was time to enter injury time...

In the 43rd minute, Li Qi, who had been patient for nearly half an hour, finally realized that the time had come. The enemy seemed to have gotten used to his role as the organizer who received the ball, passed the ball, and made arrangements!

Li Qi, who was originally doing a back-pass with Carrick, suddenly added some force to the ball and slightly adjusted the angle. Carrick, who already had a tacit understanding with Li Qi and had a very high basketball IQ, saw the angle and speed of Li Qi's ball and immediately knew that Li Qi was going to change the rhythm and move forward.

So when facing his old boss Carrick, the natural choice is... give him a ride and go!

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At this time, Milan, Italy, an hour earlier than England, was about to fall into the night. Sarafina was putting on makeup in her dressing room, preparing to attend a dinner with her parents. Today was the last day of Sarafina's summer internship. After socializing with some family members tonight, she could fly to Manchester to play games with her boyfriend tomorrow...

The TV in Sarafina's bedroom was on, broadcasting a live broadcast of the Premier League, the match between Manchester United and Tottenham, which was about to enter the end of the first half. Sarafina was drawing her eyebrows while listening to the live commentary on the TV broadcast:

"The ball was passed to the retreating Li Qi. In this game, Li Qi became the Ronaldinho of Manchester United. All offensive organization was handled by him. However, judging from the first half, the effect was very good. Except for the lack of goals, he basically dominated the rhythm of the entire game..."

"Ritchie... Hargreaves... gave it back to Ritchie... Carrick... It's difficult for Tottenham to snatch the ball from this midfield combination..."

"Li Qi... Carrick! A sudden through ball! Li Qi suddenly speeds up and moves forward!"

"Scholes! Hit the wall! Beautiful! Got past Huddlestone!"

"Front of the penalty area! Li Qi shoots... No! Dribble the ball! Pass with the outside of your foot! Tevez!"

"Oh my god! Tevez's shot was a bit too big!"

"Robinson strikes!"

"Li Qi! Li Qi! Li Qi..."

"Ditch oooooh! Ditch oooooh! Ditch!"

"Manchester United finally broke the deadlock before the end of the first half! Leading 1-0!"

"The goal was scored by Manchester United's new signing, Ricardo Richie, who was active at the start but then quiet for a while!"

"Li Qi was so calm in this game. He dared to stop the ball in the face of Robinson's attack. He even dared to use fried meatballs to slip to the baseline when the ball was almost out of bounds!"

"We watched the replay in slow motion, and it was a good shot! First, Li Qi passed the ball to Tevez with the outside of his foot, and Tevez turned around and dribbled it over the top. Although the dribbling was a bit too big, neither of them was offside. Whether it was Li Qi's first dribbling to Tevez or Tevez's second dribbling, it seemed slow but was actually fast, but the rhythm was very clear, and there was indeed no suspicion of offside."

"Then it was Li Qi's turn to face Robinson. He seemed to have predicted that Robinson would not be able to stop the ball, and he did not choose to rush for a header or a difficult back-hook. If Li Qi rushed to shoot, the effect might not be ideal. It is likely that Li Qi would not be able to reach the ball at all. After all, Tevez's pass was too high and too far, and the angle was not good..."

"Robinson could only barely tap the ball when he jumped, and the ball still went over his head and fell toward the baseline."

"Li Qi didn't stop his forward steps. He just looked up at the ball that changed direction slightly and accurately judged the landing point. He stopped the ball steadily at the first landing point with the back of his right foot. If the ball bounced up, it would definitely be difficult to control and would go out of the baseline."

"Then, with almost no angle at the bottom corner of the small penalty area, Li Qi faced Robinson who turned around and rushed over, but he actually faked a shot and then played a fried meatball to slip through the baseline. You can see that the ball went around the baseline and passed Robinson's last dive... Then Li Qi easily came to the front of the goal and sent the ball into the empty goal!"

"This is a league goal scored by Ricardo Richie after he joined the Premier League. This was only his second game as a starter and he scored first blood - Foster is not hot!"

Sarafina was startled as she listened to the commentary. She poked her head out to take a look at the slow-motion replay of Li Qi's goal, grinned slightly, and then turned her head back to readjust her eyebrows that had just been drawn...

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After Li Qi scored a goal at the breaking point, there was no further disturbance in the first half.

Although the home team Red Devils were in high spirits and wanted to score another goal, the time was limited. The referee did not give too much extra time. Wang Laoji kicked the ball into the stands again, and the referee blew the whistle to enter the halftime break before a full minute was added...

In the second half, neither side made any substitutions, but the coaches of both teams obviously made some tactical adjustments. The Tottenham coach obviously asked the team to attack, speed up the transition between offense and defense, and force Manchester United's defense to make mistakes through high-pressure defense.

Sir Alex Ferguson would naturally not be cowardly at the Theatre of Dreams. For the Red Devils, the best option after taking the lead is not defensive counterattack, but... since they have broken the fast, they should intensify the offense and continue to attack at the pace of the first half. Oh no, it should be even faster than the pace of the first half, to play with morale and form!

In the 47th minute, Bayer's cross from the left was cleared by Vidic's header, and Huddlestone volleyed from 25 yards but the ball went over the bar.

In the 48th minute, Li Qi changed the slow pace of the first half, changed direction after receiving the ball, and then sent a straight pass to the middle. Tevez cut into the right rib of the penalty area, turned around and shot high without stopping the ball.

Tottenham almost equalized the score in the 51st minute, but Li Qi was a little too confident in his breakthrough and was intercepted by Chimbonda's shovel. The former could only foul Chimbonda on the wing who was preparing to launch a counterattack.

Then Bayer passed the free kick to former Benfica center back Rocha who successfully scored from 6 yards in front of the goal. Fortunately, his header was slightly off the goal by a few centimeters...

At the beginning of the second half, the game was open. With Tottenham no longer waiting for counterattacks and Manchester United looking to expand their lead, the pace of the game was more than one level faster than in the first half. Both sides had continuous opportunities, and the score of 1-0 was almost rewritten many times.

Tottenham missed another great chance in the 56th minute, this time it was another Manchester United defender Vidic who made a mistake in passing the ball. Bayer intercepted the former and then sent a direct pass, Vidic and Berbatov both collided and fell in the penalty area, but the Bulgarian striker poked the ball before losing his balance, and the ball hit Van der Sar but still slowly rolled towards the goal...

Fortunately, Ferdinand rushed back to the goal line and cleared the ball before Berbatov could make a follow-up shot. Afterwards, referee Webber also rejected the penalty that Tottenham requested. Manchester United did escape a disaster.

Then, in the 58th minute of the game, Sir Alex Ferguson made the first personnel adjustment, replacing former Tottenham midfielder Carrick with Iglesias and moving Licky back to the middle. It was more appropriate for Iglesias to take risks and rush forward with the ball on the wing, allowing the Italian golden boy, who was in great form today, to directly organize and instigate the attack in the middle.

Li Qi is obviously more adapted to the middle than on the wing. After all, dribbling the ball is not what he is best at. Organization, dispatch and predictive interception are the most outstanding areas of his current ability.

As a result, Manchester United's performance in the middle of the midfield was even stronger, and Tottenham had almost no way of getting the ball across the half court from the ground, so they could only frequently send the ball high to Xiaosa to deal with. However, this would be even less efficient.

In the 63rd minute, it was Manchester United's turn to change the score. After continuous cooperation between Iglesias and Li Qi, the ball was passed back to Li Qi who was waiting at the corner of the penalty area. Li Qi sent a curved cross from the corner of the penalty area, which went around the far corner of the goal, aiming at Giggs who was inserted at the far end.

This time Robinson did not let the ball slip through again, but jumped up in advance and slapped the ball out with one hand. However, the danger in front of Tottenham's goal was not resolved. After the ball was hit, Tevez picked it up first. The latter shot directly into the empty goal without stopping the ball at the edge of the penalty area. Unfortunately, the ball hit Huddlestone who flew to intercept and deflected and slowed down significantly, and was cleared by Jenas who returned to defense in time before the goal line.

The home fans were extremely disappointed that the ball was not scored, and began to shout in unison to the organized drumbeats: 2-0! 2-0!

Li Qi was in great form today and wanted to make a breakthrough, so he didn't let the Red Devils fans wait too long. Just after 5 minutes, Li Qi felt that he was coming, just like those young and energetic guys, he couldn't help but shoot, oh no, shoot!

The game came to the 68th minute. Back in the middle, Li Qi had more chances to touch the ball and a wider field of vision. As he played more and more, he felt that the blood in his body was surging more than at the beginning of the game, and his cells were more agitated. He wanted to do something ruthless. After all, he had been holding back his strength to control the rhythm, strength, and impulse, but there was always a moment when he couldn't hold back anymore...

At this time, not far from the top of the penalty area, Li Qi, who received the pass from Tevez to Iglesias, looked at the tempting big hole 28 yards away and couldn't help himself. There was no one around, so when should he take the opportunity to shoot? !

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Sarafina, who had changed into a French-style pink halter dress and put on her princess makeup, was ready to go out at any time. Her parents downstairs were calling her, "Sara, it's time to go! It's not good to keep the guests waiting..."

Sarah quickly shouted back, "Coming!" and prepared to pick up her bag and go downstairs, but before leaving, she glanced at the live broadcast on TV, and it just happened to be the moment when Li Qi was ready to go...

"Iggers was very active on the wing after coming on as a substitute, taking over Li Qi's task... Wow! He broke through Lee Young-pyo again this time."