Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

At noon on the day before April Fools' Day in 2008, Manchester United's first team took a flight to arrive at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome, the capital of Italy, to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals on the evening of April Fools' Day.

When the Manchester United players, dressed in uniform suits and red ties, walked out of the airport, they were greeted by the cameras of the major media and two small groups of excited fans. One group held banners that read "Welcome" and "Come on!", while the other held banners that read "Negative score" and "Get lost!"...

In addition, as the only Italian in Manchester United's first team, Ricardo also saw slogans welcoming him at the airport, and there were more than one:

《Welcome home Ricardo! You are the pride of Italy! 》

And "Traitor Li Qi! Watch out for your lackeys!"...

Quite fragmented.

Instead, Ricardo stopped in front of the second banner to observe for a while, and even took out his gun to take a photo. This triggered even more intense agitation, and it seemed that many people were eager to rush through the airport security to punish the traitorous Italian representative.

Rooney, who was following closely behind him, was so scared that he quickly pushed Ricardo and said, "Hurry up, we're already off the plane, don't mess with it..."

This made Ricardo speechless again. He shrugged helplessly: "I'm not from Rome, so I don't know if it counts as going home. But even if I do, I'm still in the Nerazzurri. I don't know what kind of traitor I am if I come back to teach those little puppies a lesson this time."

The Sir happened to pass by Ricardo and heard Ricardo's muttering. He immediately laughed and joked and warned:

"You also know that you are not a Roman, so this time you are not going back to visit your hometown. Times are different now, you are also a well-known star, all first-team players are not allowed to leave the hotel unless necessary and without permission, be careful of being hit with clubs and bricks by radical fans..."

When Ricardo heard that there was a curfew after returning to the country, although he didn't dare to protest, he pouted: "Ah?! I'm already back in the country and I'm not allowed to move freely? I wanted to take my brothers to experience the authentic Italian customs! I can be considered a local boss!"

Asshole Li completely forgot what he said just a minute ago...

But the scumbag Li changed his mind and thought, it’s only two days anyway, and Sarafina, who happened to be on spring break, is here too, so the two of them can just play games happily in a five-star hotel!

If Sarah, who had already boarded the family car to the hotel, knew about this, she would definitely roll her eyes at the scumbag Li: "Brother, just stay in the hotel by yourself! The fans are targeting you, not me. Sir Alex Ferguson banned you from playing, but he can't do anything to me. I have made appointments with many good sisters!"

……

So after completing the adaptive training at the Olympic Stadium, Ricardo could only organize a game of Landlord when he returned to the hotel at night, waiting for Sarafina, who was out hanging out with her friends, to come back.

But after a few rounds, the teammates drove the rookie Li back to his room to read books and code. After all, he was too bad! Although the rookie Li has a high IQ, whether playing cards or games, he can only kill people and there is no challenge at all...

@

2008年4月1日晚上20时45分，07/08赛季欧洲冠军杯1/4决赛首回合率先开始了两场角逐；其中一场正是在罗马的奥林匹克球场进行的，由白衣黑裤的客队红魔挑战红衣白裤的主队红狼罗马！

This is the second consecutive season that the two teams have met in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Last year, Manchester United humiliated Roma 1-4 at home, but in this season's group stage, the scores between the two teams are no longer so disparate. Manchester United won 7-1 at home and drew 2-0 away.

Manchester United is one of the three unbeaten teams in the Champions League this season. Van der Sar has recovered from his groin injury. Sir Alex Ferguson, who focuses more on defense away from home, lets Park Ji-sung and Li Qi start, while Giggs and Tevez return to the bench.

In addition, Ferdinand, who played in the Champions League for the 50th time, wore the captain's armband.

In this game, Manchester United also changed their formation, fielding a 4-2-3-1 defensive single-arrow starting lineup:

The goalkeeper is No. 1 Van der Sar;

The back line from right to left is No. 6 Wes Brown, No. 5 Ferdinand, No. 15 Vidic and No. 3 Evra;

The double defensive midfielders are No. 18 Scholes and No. 16 Carrick;

The three all-around central midfielders are No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 17 Li Qi, and No. 13 Park Ji-sung;

The single arrow is No. 10 Rooney.

The home team Roma reached the Champions League quarterfinals for the third time and remained unbeaten in six consecutive games in the Champions League and nine consecutive home games.

However, the captain Totti was absent due to a thigh muscle injury, which was the biggest loss for the home team. Vucinic, who defeated Manchester United at home last season, could only play as the lone striker. In addition, Li Qi's teammate in the national youth team, Aquilani, replaced the suspended international midfielder Perrotta in the starting lineup.

However, the home team coach Spalletti still responded by using the same 4-2-3-1 starting formation as Manchester United:

The goalkeeper is No. 32 Doni;

The back line from left to right is No. 77 Cassetti, No. 5 Mex, No. 2 Panucci and No. 22 Tonetto;

The double defensive midfielders are No. 16 De Rossi and No. 7 Pizarro;

The three attacking central midfielders are No. 11 Taddei, No. 8 Aquilani, and No. 30 Mancini;

The single arrow is No. 9 Vucinic.

In the opening stage, Manchester United played very patiently and was not in a hurry to attack, but they kept the ball firmly under their feet. After all, Scholes, Carrick and Lizzie in the midfield were there to do this.

However, Li Qi did not expect that although both of them helped the team control the midfield, the ways to realize his self-worth were quite different.

The original plan was that Li Qi would assist Manchester United's double defensive midfielders to break Roma's siege through flexible movement and return passes in the frontcourt.

But the reality is that by letting De Rossi run around without the ball, Li Qi made Roma's pressing in the middle lack the strongest point.

In fact, before going on the field, when Li Qi and his old friend De Rossi exchanged glances in the players' corridor, he knew that this game might not end peacefully, at least it would not end peacefully for him. After all, a tough guy with a short haircut smiling at him ghostly, it was not a good thing no matter how you looked at it...

"Hey, Daniele, don't follow me. Do you see that number 7 in red? He's called Little Mule, and he's the top player of Manchester United! Go get him, oh no, go guard him! Guarding him is much more useful than guarding me!"

After playing for more than ten minutes, Ricardo was helpless as he was surrounded by many opponents and had only touched the ball a few times. He could only sell off his teammates. After all, Ronaldo had dealt with many situations like this where he was surrounded by men, so he must have more experience than himself.

"No! The boss arranged for me to follow you in this game. It will be a great achievement if I can keep a close eye on you." De Rossi refused without even raising his head.

"Are you still brothers? If we keep playing like this, neither of us will perform well and that won't be good for anyone!" Another ball came, but he was almost knocked off balance by De Rossi from behind. He could only quickly kick the ball to Park Ji-sung, and Li Qi threatened in pretended anger.

"No! The boss said that as long as you don't perform, it's my greatest performance!" De Rossi didn't even turn his head and directly retorted.

"Fuck! You will regret it!" Li Qi could only throw out a formulaic harsh remark with hatred, but he still had to try his best to deal with De Rossi.

Of course, it is not difficult for Li Qi to break this situation. After all, he has encountered such difficult man-to-man marking in the past when he was in the National Youth Team and Sevilla. He mainly needs the help of his teammates...

But if teammates think this is a good idea and don't come to help, it is another solution. After all, using Li Qi to provide cover, block the opponent's main midfielder, and break other weaknesses is also a good choice.

Therefore, both the host and guest teams tacitly planned to sacrifice Li Qi, which made Li Qi, who wanted to slap the haters in the face, extremely resentful...

The only thing that made Li Qi feel better was that Ronaldo scored a header over the defense in the first half, helping Manchester United score the first goal away from home!

"Hmph! Look! Daniele, I told you not to waste your time and energy following me, go watch Ronaldo!" Before Li Qi was about to run off to celebrate with the little mule, he deliberately complained to De Rossi.

Unexpectedly, the straight guy choked back, "He only scored one goal! We all think you are more sinister and cunning! If we didn't keep a close eye on you, we might have conceded two goals..."

Uh, is this a compliment from the enemy? Li Qi was suddenly embarrassed, not knowing whether to be happy or depressed.

……

【The author just realized that by breaking the update into two small chapters, readers can ask for updates twice a day! ?

I have only tried three chapters, and I have already started to love short chapters. It is really much easier, the only thing I am worried about is that the outline progress needs to be adjusted...

The second update for today will probably be available in the morning as I had some other things to do today so it was delayed.

But it’s hard to say. The author will also write while watching the game. Maybe he will finish the code in a flash, just like this morning…

The author has found some new readers who are urging for updates. If you haven't given a five-star review yet, please give one!

Support the author's creation and save the book review;

Otherwise, if the score is less than 7 points at the end of million words, the author will say it is not good and will sadly let Li Qi break his leg and explode his balls and retire due to injury, and the whole book will end...

＼(０_o)／

Li Qi: Damn it! Are you so cruel, author? Just breaking the leg will be fine...]