Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Manchester United defeated their arch-rivals at Liverpool's home ground, and Christmas is approaching. Although there is no Christmas holiday, the proud Red Devils immediately organized a carnival after returning to Manchester.

However, trouble also followed. According to English media reports, a woman called the police and reported that she was raped in the hotel where Manchester United players were partying!

According to the Manchester Evening News, the Christmas party held at the St. John's Street Hotel that night was attended by all the players of Manchester United's first team. Only Cristiano Ronaldo, who was attending the FIFA World Footballer of the Year awards ceremony, was absent.

Manchester United's celebration is said to have cost as much as £10 and was planned by defender Ferdinand, who collected £25 from each of his 4000 teammates and booked a casino called 235 and all 30 rooms in the St. John Street Hotel.

Players are allowed to invite guests, but wives, girlfriends and coaches are not allowed.

It is said that Sir Alex Ferguson was reluctant to approve the party plan because he was afraid that the players would cause a scandal after getting drunk.

Then, as expected, it happened, Murphy's Law, and everything you wish for will come true...

There's nothing wrong with taking advantage of the break before the Christmas devil's schedule to relax.

Team collective activities can also enhance team cohesion and are beneficial rather than harmful, but this must be done within the framework of reasonable, appropriate, compliant and legal speech and behavior.

After the training on Monday, the 35 players took the team bus to the 235 Casino and enjoyed a Christmas dinner worth 20 pounds per person.

Then everyone split up: Neville, Giggs, Scholes and Hargreaves, the older players, went to a bar to continue drinking; Rooney and Ferdinand, two big players, sneaked to the door of a strip club and watched secretly with lustful intentions but no courage; and Li Qi, who was allergic to alcohol, returned to his residence early to rest.

Late at night, everyone gathered at the St. John Street Hotel to start the second round of drinking and carnival.

According to an inside source who wished to remain anonymous, the party was packed with beautiful girls invited by the players, and there were about 100 girls alone.

It is said that many girls try to find a player to spend the night with...

The waiters were carrying endless bottles of pink champagne and weaving in and out of the crowd. Rooney and Ferdinand never left the dance floor, but the most popular player was Giggs, who turned up his collar and imitated Elvis Presley's singing...

After drinking champagne, beer, whiskey and vodka, some players were still not satisfied and continued to party in the hotel...

It was not until 4:15 in the morning of the next day that a 26-year-old woman called the police in the hotel and reported that she had been raped!

The 19-year-old Manchester United star Evans then voluntarily went to the police station for investigation and was formally arrested and detained by the police, but was later released on bail.

Of course, Evans vehemently denies the allegations against him!

As a rising star in Manchester United's defense, Evans from Northern Ireland has made three appearances in the Premier League this season. He performed well after being loaned to Championship team Sunderland last season. He has been selected for the Northern Ireland national team and has made eight international appearances.

Although Evans was not prosecuted in the end due to insufficient evidence...

But Manchester United head coach Sir Alex Ferguson has taken action. He announced to the team that no Manchester United player is allowed to hold any parties during Christmas, otherwise he will be severely punished.

In addition, Sir Alex Ferguson was angry with Ferdinand, who organized the party, and warned the latter not to cause such trouble in the future.

In recent years, it has become commonplace to associate football stars with pornography, so much so that the media has warned British women to be careful of football players when going out.

In fact, it is not just women who are frightened. Football stars are also worried about being used by Nuggets women with ulterior motives for publicity. Many teams even provide players with relevant legal courses to guide them on how to avoid being charged with rape.

Ronaldo should probably be glad he missed the party.

Two years ago he was also the protagonist of a sensational rape scandal, but at that time he voluntarily went to the police station to answer questions and was not arrested. The fact revealed afterwards was that the so-called victim was actually a seafood merchant worth 200 pounds a night.

But not all stars are innocent.

Reading player Du Bailey was involved in a rape case in 2003 and was convicted.

In 2004, several players including Charlton striker Kevin George and Rangers' Sutherland were involved in a gang rape case involving 12 people against a 15-year-old girl!

There is a long list of similar cases: in 2005, Arsenal star Robin van Persie spent two weeks in jail for allegedly raping a Dutch beauty queen; Leeds's Morris was similarly accused in 2003; Leicester City's Dickov, Sinclair and Gillespie were also jailed for six days in 2004 for allegedly raping...

Manchester United also declined to comment on the matter.

But the day after the incident, Manchester United Club organized the entire first-team to participate in a series of public relations and charity activities, including but not limited to visiting orphanages, hospitals, welfare homes, nursing homes and attending charity dinners.

For a while, people thought that Manchester United had entered the off-season and completely forgot that Manchester United should still have league games to play on the weekend!

As soon as the incident was exposed by the media, Sarafina, who had just finished her financial accounting exam, called to ask if Ricardo was implicated.

Although Ricardo was severely allergic to alcohol and was confirmed by the media to have left early, his number one girlfriend Sara was still worried that Ricardo was traumatized, and wanted to come to Manchester a day early to accompany poor B man Li!

Li, who was about to go to the train station to pick up Julian, naturally declined immediately: Sarafina's final exam must be important! Don't worry at all, just follow the original plan, finish the exam well on Thursday, have a good rest on Friday, and then come to Manchester to celebrate Christmas together!

It was definitely not because Julianne took a flight back to Italy on Thursday evening…

Of course, the night he met Julian, Li B decided to stay in a luxurious and romantic hot spring SPA hotel with Julian for two consecutive nights to celebrate Christmas in advance!

After all, it's better to be discovered not at home by Sarah than to be caught in bed with someone else!

B-man Li inherited the old Li Qi's cautiousness! It's better to be safe than sorry! Especially the scumbag who has multiple relationships...

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After safely seeing off Julian who had successfully completed her journey to the West, B-man Li was fully prepared to welcome Sarafina, who was dressed in brown British socialite style. At 2007 noon on December 12, 23, he welcomed the first Premier League Christmas battle in his life - an early game at noon.

In the 07th round of the 08/18 English Premier League, Manchester United in red and white will host Everton in blue at Old Trafford, and the match is about to start!

曼联在双方近3次交锋中取得全胜，近12年来26次同埃弗顿交手仅负1场，其余取得21胜4平。

双方英超历史交锋31场，曼联23胜4平4负，其中主场11胜3平1负，埃弗顿唯一的胜局同时也是上次在老特拉福德取胜还是1992年8月英超元年次轮。曼联占据绝对心理优势！

This game was also the 175th encounter between the two sides in history. Looking at all the encounters, Manchester United has the upper hand with 75 wins, 38 draws and 61 losses.

The visiting team Everton fielded all their main players, with goalkeeper Howard and defender Phil Neville starting to face their old club.

However, in order to cope with the intensive Christmas and New Year battles, Sir Alex Ferguson made certain rotations in 10 consecutive games within 4 days, fully demonstrating the strength of Manchester United's solid bench gang!

Kuszczak, Simpson and Carrick replaced Van der Sar, Ferdinand and Hargreaves in the starting lineup respectively.

Sir Alex still arranged a 4-4-2 parallel formation with both wings flying together:

The goalkeeper is No. 29 Kushchak;

The back line from right to left is No. 25 Simpson, No. 6 Wes Brown, No. 15 Vidic and No. 3 Evra;

The central midfielders from right to left are No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 16 Carrick, No. 17 Li Qi and No. 11 Giggs;

The two strikers are No. 9 Rooney and No. 32 Tevez;

This game was the fourth time that Sir Alex Ferguson arranged Li Qi to start in the middle of the midfield, but there were some changes in tactics.

In order to prevent the Toffees from copying Arsenal's strategy of restricting Manchester United's midfield, Li Qi was mainly responsible for feints today. The real organizing core was Giggs on the left, and the real offensive core was Ronaldo on the right wing. It was a real two-wing flight!

Moreover, Sir Alex Ferguson had a backup plan today, which was to use Carrick, who has stronger organizational skills, instead of Hargreaves, who has more outstanding defensive ability. In today's game, Li Qi actually played the role of defensive midfielder for Hargreaves.

So after the game started, as expected, the visiting team's midfielders Jagielka and Cahill hoped to limit Manchester United's organization and offensive advancement in the middle by fighting with Li Qi, but they fell into the pocket formation trap set by Sir Alex Ferguson...

In the 10th minute, Li Qi missed Vidic's straight pass and dribbled past the double-team of Cahill and Jagielka. Then Giggs cut inside the middle and made a precise diagonal pass, helping Ronaldo to accelerate and break through on the right!

The latter took two steps at a time and reached the edge of the penalty area, then made a cross. The ball was barely blocked by Everton goalkeeper Howard at the front point, disrupting Rooney's outflanking in the middle, but Tevez at the back point still got the ball first 4 yards in front of the goal!

But unfortunately, the Argentine beast's legs were still a few centimeters short, and his sliding shot missed the target. The ball hit the right post and went out of the bottom line... Everton escaped!

The game had just begun, and the central strangulation tactics that Everton had carefully analyzed, studied, practiced and arranged for a week were ruthlessly cracked by Sir Alex! What is the prediction of your prediction? !

This is the standard that a top club coach should have! Instead of the crooked and crooked coaches that will come out a few years later...

So in the subsequent games, the confused Everton could only disrupt Manchester United's offensive wave and find its own rhythm by constantly committing fouls.

However, after Cahill and Hibbert paid the price of yellow cards, Manchester United still broke the deadlock and took the lead in the 22nd minute!

Li Qi sat deep, avoiding the entanglement of Jagielka, calmly received the ball between the two central defenders and sent a long pass to Giggs near the center circle. The ball just passed over Cahill's head and fell under Giggs' devilish left foot.

Then the latter made another whip-kick and sent the ball accurately to Tevez who was moving forward at high speed!

Tevez cut into the penalty area from the left side of the penalty area, attracted the central defender's defense, and decisively knocked the ball to the other side of the penalty area...

Ronaldo received the ball and pretended to go to the bottom line, deceiving Phil Neville who came to defend. He cut inside from 20 yards in front of the goal near the corner of the penalty area and shot with his left foot into the far corner of the goal!

Rooney's entanglement with Lescott in the middle just blocked Howard's sight, leaving Howard no time to react and he could only watch.

However, Manchester United's lead did not last long, as Everton equalized the score in the 27th minute!

Pienaar struggled to break through Ronaldo's sharp defense on the left, and then faced the rookie Simpson's reckless steal. He changed direction at a large angle and rushed to the bottom line, where he was able to calmly observe and send a cross!

The header master from Australia and SH Shenhua star, the 1-meter-tall Cahill, with the cover of Jakub, headed the ball into the goal from 78 yards in front of the goal, beating Wes Brown!

The ball went into the net over Evra's head next to the goal post! This was Cahill's first goal against Manchester United and Everton's first shot on target in the game, helping Everton to catch up with a goal within five minutes of falling behind!

Everton's morale was boosted after equalizing the score, and they gradually found their own football rhythm. At the same time, they no longer thought about the ridiculous tactics arranged by the head coach before the game. After all, the central midfielder pressed forward and Li Qi, who was hiding in the defensive midfielder position, was simply looking for shit with a lantern in a cesspool!

However, Manchester United was not in a hurry after conceding the goal. After all, the home team still had more possession of the ball. The away team just watched the fast break play brilliantly, but in fact, long-range shots did not pose any threat.

After both sides attacked and defended for a while, Li Qi found that no one seemed to care about him taking the ball or making forward runs, and Cahill and Jagielka no longer came to press him.

So Li Qi began to sneak around, tiptoe, look around, act suspiciously, look back every few steps, and repeatedly try to find his position! He really understood the essence of the Japanese devils, those who sneak into the village, those who shoot are not allowed!

In the injury time of the first half, Li Qi finally found a good opportunity and directly planned an attack, almost helping Manchester United take the lead again!

Giggs and Li Qi who suddenly made a forward run made a series of wall-to-wall passes, then broke into the penalty area on the right side and knocked the ball back. Li Qi received the ball and made a fake shot, then sent the ball lightly and diagonally into the ribs of the penalty area on the other side, which was exactly on Ronaldo's high-speed running route!

However, Ronaldo's shot after a slight adjustment was off target 10 yards in front of the goal...

Li Qi was really speechless: Big pot, I rarely make a pancake for you, but you just spit it out?

C Luo also raised his hand and said: Another one! I will definitely score next time...

In the second half, Sir Alex replaced Simpson with O'Shea to make up for the defensive shortcomings in the first half.

And Everton didn't seem to plan to care about Li Qi in the front anymore, and seemed to be planning to play freely. Anyway, the first half had proved that the tactics of replicating Arsenal had failed, and they tried to draw a tiger but ended up drawing a dog!

But in fact, Everton didn't know that forcing Li Qi to retreat and play as a defensive midfielder was actually a suppression of Manchester United's attack. It was just that Sir Alex Ferguson's sleight of hand in the first half concealed the effect of Everton's correct tactical arrangement.

It doesn’t matter. In the second half, Li Qi, who was given more room to play, quickly taught Everton a lesson!

In the 50th minute, Li Qi pulled the ball and turned around brilliantly, dodged Cahill who had no time to get close to him, and then made an extremely agile pass with the outside of his foot, directly to Ronaldo who had just started to make a forward run, making it offside!

The latter received the ball on the left and directly passed it to the middle. Tevez made a cross in the middle and his volley from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Carsley who flew over to block it and it went slightly over the crossbar...

In the 55th minute, Li Qi launched another attack, this time cooperating with Rooney who retreated to receive the ball. The latter cut into the ribs of the penalty area and sent an inverted triangle pass!

Tevez was in position again in the middle, but Howard saved the low shot from 15 yards on the right side of the penalty area. It seems that after two consecutive outstanding performances, Tevez's condition has dropped back to the state without shooting boots.

So the other three players decided at the same time that they could no longer rely on Tevez in this game and had to do it themselves...

In the 59th minute, Li Qi suddenly pressed forward, and together with Tevez, he pressed Lescott, who was slow in handling the ball. The two of them teamed up to force Lescott to hastily kick the ball to the middle where Li Qi deliberately let go! Rooney was guarding that position...

As expected, Rooney intercepted Lescott's clearance directly with his chest!

However, to Li Qi's surprise, Rooney did not choose to pass the ball again, but directly adjusted on the spot and made a powerful volley!

It was definitely very satisfying, but Li Qi felt that it would be difficult to score the goal, after all, it was still nearly 30 yards away from the goal, unless it was a world wave...

Fuck! It's really a world wave! No! It will hit the crossbar! With his luck, Li Qi used the explosive point moment triggered in time, half a second earlier than Twiss to start the forward insertion and make up the shot!

Just like Rooney deliberately hit the backboard with a long-range three-pointer to let Li Qi grab the rebound and tip in the ball, Li Qi gently hit the ball that bounced back from the crossbar at the edge of the small penalty area and sent the ball into the empty goal over the head of Howard, who was lying on the lawn and almost made a world-class long shot by Rooney...

The master of simplicity, Li Qi stole a chicken! Manchester United 2-1, surpassing the score again!

Li Qi naturally organized the Four Little Swans to perform a non-physical instrument performance together for the first time in a long time.

Well, that’s how the media reported it, as if they had deliberately ignored the name of the Magic Quartet that was first proposed by a certain columnist…

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