Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Ricardo didn't reply to the email first, but closed his mailbox, because the live broadcast of Manchester United's game was about to start. Emma had already cut the fruit, prepared soda water, lemon tea and other afternoon snacks, turned on the TV, tuned in the broadcast, and leaned on the big sofa in her silk nightgown, waiting for Ricardo to watch the game together: "Honey! Kick-off~"

"Here we go! Thinking questions~" Ricardo rested his head on Emma's soft body, and while being fed with fruit, he chose the most comfortable position to watch the game...

2007年12月29日下午15时，新年大战第一场，07/08赛季英格兰足球超级联赛第20轮，曼联做客挑战斧头帮西汉姆的比赛在厄普顿公园球场开球！

尽管西汉姆是上赛季唯一双杀曼联的球队。双方在英超联赛中交战24场，西汉姆3胜7平14负落于下风，而且红魔在12次做客交锋中仅负1场，其余取得4胜7平，占有心理优势；另外双方历史交锋113场，曼联49胜24平40负，占据上风。

Compared with the big victory three days ago, Manchester United's starting lineup made four personnel adjustments. There were three changes in the midfield and backcourt. Hargreaves, Evra and Giggs replaced Carrick, O'Shea and Lizzie in the starting lineup respectively.

The last change is in the forward line. After a rest, Tevez will replace Rooney and Ferdinand to face his old club. The latter will play against his brother, while the former will return to the old place as a hero of West Ham last season, especially in the last round, when it was Tevez who scored the winning goal against Manchester United away to help West Ham avoid relegation!

So when the Argentine striker jogged onto the field, the fans at Upton Park gave him a hero's welcome applause...

However, the favors of last season are the past of last season, and the new season will be another new story. Now that we have encountered each other, we have to fight for real no matter what!

However, surprisingly, the first to attack was the Hammers, who were still aiming for relegation this season. After the kick-off, the latter launched a fierce attack on the visiting team Manchester United, which has been in great form recently, with the cheers of the home fans; it seems that the home team hopes to grab points or at least gain recognition from the fans at the turn of the new year based on the advantage of home court.

West Ham United, who took the initiative, missed a good chance in the 8th minute. Former Chelsea striker Carlton Cole made a direct pass, and Wes Brown dragged behind to allow Mullins to successfully counter-offside. After receiving the ball and breaking into the right side of the penalty area, the latter shot 12 yards from the goal, leaving Kuszczak helpless! Unfortunately, the ball hit the crossbar with a bang, and then the ball bounced back into the penalty area, and was shot away by England U21 midfielder Noble 10 yards in front of the empty goal without anyone defending...

Manchester United escaped two disasters at once; then not long after, just as everyone expected, the Red Devils Manchester United once again took the lead in the game and took the lead in the 14th minute.

Saha drew back to receive the ball and Giggs made a cross from the left. Ronaldo headed the ball into the net before McCartney from 8 yards in front of the goal! This was Ronaldo's 18th goal of the season, including 13 in the league, making him the top scorer!

Manchester United took the lead at the start of the game and continued to control the situation on the field in the following games, occupying more possession of the ball. Everyone thought that this game would be the same as the recent games, and Manchester United would win by a large margin. However, it was discovered that Manchester United seemed to be a little different in this game, that is, they were unable to score the second goal and seemed a little listless overall...

In the 58th minute of the second half, Sir Alex replaced Tevez, who seemed to be sleepwalking throughout the game, with Anderson in an attempt to strengthen the vitality and control of the midfield. In addition, Manchester United missed a golden opportunity to change the score in the 67th minute.

C Ronaldo missed the penalty kick contributed by Spector's handball foul in the penalty area... This is also the fifth time this season that West Ham goalkeeper Green has caused the opponent to miss a penalty kick.

However, after Ronaldo's penalty kick, the situation that Manchester United had been controlling seemed to take a sharp turn for the worse; the Hammers, who defended the penalty kick and boosted their morale, began to take over the game!

The home team first scored the equalizer in the 77th minute when Noble took a corner kick from the right side and assisted Anton Ferdinand, Rio Ferdinand's brother, to head the ball into the goal from 7 yards in front of the goal. This was Anton Ferdinand's first goal in two years! It was a great achievement, especially at such a time as the New Year's Day game.

Sir Alex was unwilling to lose two points like this, so he replaced O'Shea and Park Ji-sung to strengthen the attack.

But what was unexpected was that the home team scored the second goal. In the 82nd minute of the game, West Ham used a counterattack to create a good frontcourt set-piece, and then Noble took a free kick from the right and sent a cross. Former Arsenal defender Upson headed the ball into the goal from 8 yards!

Despite being underdogs, the Hammers scored two goals in five minutes at the end of the game, overtaking the score at 5-2, a score they maintained until the end. West Ham United beat Manchester United for three consecutive games...

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Ricardo, who thought the game was decided at the end of the first half, went into the room with Emma, ​​who was very smart... When the game entered the final injury time, Ricardo pulled up his pants and came out to watch Manchester United win a few goals, and to make a big meal for Emma, ​​who had worked hard. However, he didn't expect that the score would be 2-1. According to international conventions, the home team is in front and the away team is in the back...

Manchester United, who has been so strong recently, actually lost? !

Damn! I'm so unhappy! Ricardo silently took out a small bag of potatoes and two pieces of deep-sea cod from the refrigerator, planning to have a snack in the evening, something good to relieve his depression...

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After the meal, Ricardo was in a much better mood. After all, if Ricardo, who often eats at the club, didn't want to make a good meal for Emma, ​​he wouldn't take the initiative to cook steak, fried cod and grilled prawns, his favorite foods, especially potatoes that make people happy... [The author doesn't understand why making a good meal and a nutritious meal are against public order and good customs... They must be forcibly censored... And it seems that little girl is also a sensitive word. Any appearance of it is considered to be against public order and good customs... Oh my God, is this kinship so unwelcome? ]

Emma's youthful vitality is naturally a panacea, allowing Ricardo to quickly get out of the depressed mood caused by the home team's defeat and the random scores in the report; and as a top student wizard, Emma also used words mixed with strong psychological suggestion to make Ricardo willing to face the evaluation of himself by a third-party organization. Even if it is unfair and objective, he should understand it and seek nutrients for progress from it. After all, readers are very curious, aren't they?

Well, Ricardo was also convinced by Emma, ​​so he came to the computer desk with Emma, ​​but the computer is not the same as the TV, so Emma had to make peace with people. Using the big crab legs to feel the crab's elastic crab skin, Ricardo tried to calm down and began to study Wyscout's data analysis report on himself with Emma...

Ricardo Ricci, Italian nationality, born on June 1986, 6, height 6 cm, weight 187 kg... These are the physical test data released by the club and there is nothing special about them.

Estimated value: 2500 million euros; this is the latest transfer value in the summer and is also public information.

Dominant foot: right foot, weak foot: good, score 15. Regarding the weak foot score, the report also gives some explanations. According to the frequency of the player's weak foot and the success rate of technical actions, such as passing, shooting, crossing, dribbling and stealing, Li Qi is comprehensively assessed to be good at using the weak foot and can complete most technical actions well, but he is still weak in the dominant foot, because once Li Qi has the opportunity, he will still use his right foot to complete the key pass, shoot and interception...

Ricardo nodded in agreement. After all, he is right-handed and his left foot is something he developed through training. It was probably around the U17 World Cup that he began to master the art of using both feet.

Highest-rated position: central midfield; best positions: defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder; suitable positions: left midfielder, right midfielder, right back; capable positions: center back and forward.

Seeing the position he is good at, Ricardo was happy to explain to Emma: "These are the positions I have played in the club and the national team, but Wyscout still has something. When I was in Barcelona, ​​I played the right back the most. Last season in Sevilla, I actually played mainly as a defensive midfielder and shadow striker. This season in Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson liked to use me as a left midfielder at the beginning, but in the last few games he put me back in the middle of the midfield... and Wyscout was able to tell at a glance that my most suitable and favorite position is the middle of the midfield, which is quite accurate."

技术属性板块：角球评定16、传中12、短传18、长传13、直传14（传球综合判定15）、盘带14、人球结合17、停球15、技术13、射门13、远射10、点球8、头球12、盯人14、铲球7、拦截15（抢断综合判定12）……

Ricardo was not satisfied with the assessment of the technical section, because compared with several high-scoring evaluations of Ronaldo, Ricardo's technical ability was obviously not recognized by the evaluation team of Wyscout. He was only slightly better than Anderson, who was also a new player. However, he was also lower than Anderson's 17 and 16 in the two key evaluations of technology and stopping the ball.

Ricardo frowned and was about to start scolding, but Emma in his arms was quick to speak: "Wow, this report gives you a very high mental attribute!"

于是，里卡多就先看了一下精神属性板块的评价：进取心16、预判18、勇敢10、冷静18、专注15、视野17、决断力19、决心18、才华14、影响力10、无球跑动17、位置感18、团队合作19、工作投入18。

After reading the evaluation of the spiritual attribute, Ricardo felt much better. Except that his talent could not be compared with the full score of the little mule, he won all other attributes! Compared with Anderson, he won all the attributes, except that his talent was slightly inferior...

So Ricardo first looked at the talent explanation: the ability and tendency to perform creative and unconventional technical moves; Li Qi's score was mainly due to his wonderful changes of direction and realistic fake moves that caught his opponents off guard during the game, but his low score was mainly because Li Qi rarely used unconventional technical moves, and chose to use more conventional moves to achieve technical goals...

Ricardo hesitated for a moment: Okay, that's right, indeed, I prefer plain, low-key and efficient conventional movements. Unconventional movements are impractical and prone to injury... But it's not that I don't know how to do them, I just don't use them often and they are not my first choice. So if this report uses frequency of use as one of the measurement dimensions, then it is understandable.

Naturally, Ricardo understood why he felt that some of the previous evaluations in the technical section were too low. After all, he did have some talents and abilities that he usually disdained to show too much in competitions.

For example, Ricardo prefers short passes, and the proportion of crosses, long passes and direct passes is relatively low for him; Ricardo also doesn't like to dribble, shoot and shoot too much, and always wants to pass the ball to teammates in a better position first when there is a chance, unless he really can't help it...

Even though Ricardo had a 70-meter solo run in Sevilla last season, the technical moves he used were mainly basic spiking and changing directions. He was not like Messi who could make exquisite evasive moves in a very small space, nor was he like Ronaldo who could make exaggerated bicycle kicks or heel-kicks. Naturally, it looked like a blind cat catching a dead mouse, and he did not show off his talent. What's more, there were not many performances like Ricardo.