Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Originally, Dunn had a strong sense of insecurity when he saw Li Qi successfully turn around while protecting the ball in front of the dangerous penalty area, and in the previous mobile warfare, Eriksson had always arranged for Dunn to be responsible for defending Li Qi.

However, in the second half, Li Qi suddenly retreated half a square, and Manchester City reorganized its formation, so the opposing players were Hamann in the defensive midfielder position and Fernando behind him.

But Dunn was in excellent form today and was obviously too excited. He didn't even want to stay in the penalty area waiting for Li Qi to come over. When he saw the boy No. 7 in red squeaking in the dangerous area, he wanted to rush up and steal the ball!

Li Qi was facing the Manchester City defense and had long noticed Dunn's eyes and movements, so he deliberately moved towards Dunn, trying to lure him over.

This is the benefit of Li Qi's solid basic skills. He can dribble while looking up to observe the situation.

This is why many youth training coaches often yell at young players to raise their heads. This is not to tell the young players not to feel inferior, but to let the young players develop a habit of observation and not always stare at the ball under their feet!

Of course, this plan was designed by Li Qi who triggered the breaking point 10 seconds ago.

But Fernando, who had his back to the defense, could not see Dunn's movement, and as a new player, he seemed to lack tacit understanding; after being dribbled by Li Qi twice, he focused on Li Qi's movements and the ball under his feet, and entered a state of no distraction...

So Li Qi made a big move in the direction where Dunn was trying to attack, and this time, Fernando directly crashed into Dunn's arms.

This time, not only Fernando was bounced away, but Dunn was also suddenly knocked off balance and lost his balance.

Then Li Qi dribbled the ball into the penalty area under the eyes of the two people who were defending him together, and when Tevez blocked Richards, Li Qi went straight to the goal!

Facing Hart who had no time to attack, Li Qi made a slight adjustment, raised his left foot and shot into the near corner!

However, a blue-shirted player flew over and made a tackle, blocking Li Qi's shot with his toes...

Although the ball was not completely stopped, it still bounced towards the goal after slowing down;

However, the blue defender showed far greater flexibility than that of Manchester City's central defenders. He made a very neat tackle while falling to the ground, then stood up and headed the ball in the air, blocking in front of Li Qi who was trying to make a follow-up shot and headed the ball out of the baseline.

Then, with a little regret, Li Qi saw the No. 17 in blue, with his seemingly friendly black hair and a slightly reddish yellow face due to excitement and running, celebrating with his teammates by clapping hands excitedly, blocking an almost certain attack by Manchester United!

The experienced Manchester City successfully blocked Manchester United's two quick attacks. Manchester United had to control the tempo again and surrounded Manchester City to look for opportunities, but there was really not much time left in the game. Including the extra time, there were only about ten minutes left.

Moreover, Manchester City began to change their defensive strategy against Li Qi. Fernandez, who had suffered losses before, knew that this Manchester United No. 6 was extremely cunning and insidious, so he directly used a big move:

As soon as Li Qi got the ball, Fernandez immediately got close to him. Without committing a foul, he just put all his 150-pound weight on Li Qi, making it extremely difficult for Li Qi to receive the ball, turn around, or pass the ball, let alone break through and shoot.

Fernandez sacrificed his second reaction to limit Li Qi's performance, and his teammates who assisted in defense were responsible for dealing with Li Qi. Either Li Qi passed the ball early, or Li Qi, who was stuck to Fernandez's body, was easily restricted by Manchester City.

With this level of physical confrontation, as long as Fernandez does not use dirty hands, dirty feet, or bad mouth, the referee will basically not call a foul.

So in the past few minutes, Li Qi played extremely poorly, completely lacking the previous high spirits of Manchester United's offensive core. He couldn't even pass the ball accurately and almost made a mistake in the back pass.

However, Li Qi, who had once again triggered the breaking point, quickly thought of a solution, and he could also take advantage of the blind spot created by Fernandez's close proximity...

In the 82nd minute, Li Qi first sat in the penalty area with his back, lowered his waist and pushed Fernandez hard. After unloading the force to Fernandez behind him, he gained a brief freedom and then Li Qi quickly retreated out of the penalty area to receive Carrick's straight pass.

But just as Li Qi stopped the ball, Fernandez arrived as expected and entangled Li Qi from behind. He was not afraid of being rubbed by Li Qi when he turned around. His purpose was to hinder Li Qi's touch and movement efficiency, so that his teammates could complete the defense.

Li Qi's plan was to make a surprise shot before Manchester City's defensive players arrived.

And because of Li Qi's height, Fernandez behind him couldn't see Li Qi's movements clearly. In addition, Fernandez's own position also meant that the players preparing to double-team Li Qi also had a partial blind spot, not to mention Manchester City goalkeeper Hart...

Therefore, the key is to get rid of Fernandez's entanglement. Otherwise, even if he can force a shot, the action will be seriously deformed by the interference, and it is hard to say whether he can kick it into the goal frame.

So after Li Qi secured the ball, he chose to take two steps back diagonally, exactly in the opposite direction of Dunn who was preparing to double-team him, in order to gain more space and time;

Although the area on the left edge of the penalty area, which is closer to Richards who is entangled with Tevez, seems to be more crowded, Li Qi's own space to handle the ball has increased.

Li Qi leaned back with his back to the goal to relieve the force, and then made a short pass with Scholes on this side. Li Qi used more force to hit the ginger-headed player who was approaching to support him.

As for the short pass, within a distance of less than 3 meters, with such force, Scholes instantly understood what Li Qi meant. He did not choose to stop the ball or turn, but directly hit the ball back to the front of Li Qi's side.

With two quick slaps, Li Qi regained space and time. He turned half way around to shake off Fernandez's entanglement, and shot a powerful shot at the crotch of Dunn who was defending from the side!

For this ball, Li Qi calculated it to the utmost and the cooperation was tacit. Although Carrick's pass and Scholes's wall hit were not perfect, they were timely and on point.

However, Li Qi did not expect that he would be the one who failed in the end. After fighting for more than 80 minutes, Li Qi's last shot missed due to his declining physical strength. Oh, it's not really a miss, it was a crooked shot!

The ball missed Dunn's crotch and was a little high, hitting Dunn's thigh. Fortunately, the ball bounced back and fell back into Li Qi's control range, but if Li Qi wanted to organize again, there was no space on his side;

Fernandez was coming up again, and Dunn was also approaching, plus Tevez and Richards, Scholes and Elland not far away, it was crowded with people...

But! In a flash, Li Qi, who is good at mathematics, obviously found the key 1, 2, 3, 4... Even if there was no explosive moment, Li Qi knew that there must be a huge gap behind him, on the other side of Manchester City's penalty area!

So Li Qi didn't think much about it, he stepped on the ball and pulled it back, then kicked his heel and sent the ball towards Carrick who should be lying in ambush on that side.

Originally, Li Qi thought that Carrick would cooperate with Giggs and then cut into the penalty area to create a threat, but he did not expect that Carrick, who was relatively low-key in the attack, would directly shoot a curved ball!

Indeed, the right edge of the penalty area was only about 20 meters away from the goal, and there was no one guarding him. The shooting range was clear, and it was not wrong to say that it was a semi-solo shot. Facing the densely defended Manchester City, if he didn't shoot at this time, and delayed for another half a second, he might not have had a chance...

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Sarafina, who was at home, hadn't stopped what she was doing when she heard the roar of the commentator on the live TV:

"Ditch! Ditch oh oh oh! Ditch oh oh oh! Ditch!"

"A world-class goal! Carrick's shot drew a beautiful arc, passed Hart's fingers and hit the net in the upper left corner of the goal!"

"Hart has stretched his body to the limit, but there is still no way to stop the ball from entering the net!"

"Carrick's shot was so beautiful, and Li Qi's heel pass was also a stroke of genius, as if he had eyes on the back of his head!"

"Manchester United, who were two goals behind in the first half, equalized the score in the 82nd minute of the game!"

"There are less than ten minutes left in the game!"

"Li Qi rushed into Manchester City's goal again and picked up the ball. He wanted to help Manchester City set up the center circle to kick off without wasting a second!"

"There's still time. Is Manchester United going to stage a comeback from 2-0 down to 3-0?"

"Manchester United's morale has been completely boosted!"

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Including the extra time, the game only has about seven or eight minutes left.

Before Manchester City kicked off to resume the game, the coaches of both teams played their last card.

On the Manchester City side, Eriksen replaced Muwaruwari, who was unable to move forward, with the newly joined Ecuadorian striker Casedo. It was obvious that he wanted to form an attacking duo with Vassell, seize the gap behind Manchester United's final pounce, and launch a decisive counterattack.

As for Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson replaced Park Ji-sung with Fletcher, who also suffered from cramps; of course, Giggs and Scholes were also unable to run, but at the critical moment, Sir Alex Ferguson obviously chose to trust the veterans.

In the last few minutes, Manchester United's attack became more and more fierce, one wave higher than the other, and even the whole team had already crossed the half court.

Manchester City, on the other hand, was united and refused to retreat. They frantically moved left and right near the front of the penalty area to fill the space and block Manchester United's advance.

Manchester City had one or two counterattacks, but failed to make the final shot; on the contrary, Manchester United's shots were getting closer and closer to scoring!

The home fans also gave earth-shaking cheers. Everyone felt that Manchester United, with their morale growing stronger and stronger, would probably score the winning goal to overtake the score in the next second...

However, Li Qi did feel that the game was becoming increasingly difficult, mainly because the organization and situation had begun to get out of control. Although Manchester United attacked fiercely, there were fewer and fewer effective organized attacks, and they were all blindly kicking the ball and hard charging.

After fighting for so long, most of the main players on both sides were not only unable to run, but more importantly, their brains were severely deprived of oxygen and they had lost the ability to think. Even Li Qi, who was usually known for his calmness, had a bit of a brain outage and hesitated for several shots.

Of course, like everyone else at Manchester United and Manchester City, they all played on instinct, just hanging on for dear life...

The game has entered injury time, and even the players who came on as substitutes have begun to breathe heavily. Perhaps only Casedo and Fletcher can still run at their full energy.

Manchester United had pressed past half the court, but several of their players could hardly run and were just gritting their teeth to hold on.

In the 92nd minute, Manchester United's attack wave had already scored the third corner kick in a row. This time Giggs took the corner kick from the right side, but Dunne once again headed it out of the penalty area!

Scholes, who was lying in ambush outside the penalty area, received the ball, but this time he did not choose to take a long shot. Instead, he chose to control the ball, obviously hoping to pass it to the side or lob it into the penalty area to increase his chances of success.

After all, Gingerhead also knew that as his physical strength decreased, his long-range shots might not be accurate enough, and it would not be worth it if he helped Manchester City to clear the siege...

But when the ginger man wanted to spin the ball to the sideline and receive Giggs's cross again, the force was a little weak, or it could be said that the path of the ball was predicted in advance!