Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Chapter 379 It’s finally time for the next topic… When the referee decisively awarded a penalty kick against his conscience, Chelsea’s players, coaches and fans cheered, as if they had seen the dawn of victory;

After all, if they can equalize the score in the last minute of extra time with one less player and drag the game into a penalty shootout, this would be the best result for Chelsea. What's more, Cech was in really good form today and had already saved a penalty from Manchester United's best penalty taker Cristiano Ronaldo.

While Chelsea's morale was boosted, Manchester United felt a little depressed and downcast. The players were still surrounding the head coach to ask for an explanation and justice. How could this be a foul in the penalty area?

It's unclear whether it was a foul, after all, Anelka dribbled the ball too far...

It seems that the whole world has forgotten how Edwin van der Sar felt: Hey! The penalty hasn't been taken yet? Will it definitely go in? Who said that?

Of course, after suppressing his own chicken drumstick, Li Qi did not attack the referee, because before Var came out, these were all useless efforts. Everything was basically agreed upon before the game. But as to why the situation in this game was like this, Li Qi could only put aside his doubts and wait to find the answer after the game.

Maybe it was the goddess of fate who didn't want to miss this ups and downs penalty shootout between the red and blue sides?

But when Li Qi saw the future Chinese Super League star Anelka, with a bitter face, taking the ball from Lampard, his heart skipped a beat: There's hope!

After all, Li Qi had learned a lot of knowledge about micro-expressions from old Li Qi. This coward with No. 39 on his back was obviously so nervous that he had lost control of his expression. Although he had a poker face with no joy or sadness, no anger or indifference, this was definitely not the expression that one should have when he was confident or calm.

Look at the serious and slightly angry expression of the old goalkeeper Van der Sar, as if he had suffered an unfair penalty, combined with his firm and focused eyes staring forward, that is the expression that a confident person should have!

Look at Anelka again, he didn't dare to look straight ahead, but just lowered his head to look at the grass with a frown, this guy is definitely nervous!

After all, Anelka was a substitute in extra time and had not yet found the rhythm of the game. Apart from this accidental penalty, he did not have any outstanding performance...

But why did Lampard give the penalty to Anelka? Li Qi didn't hear the specific conversation between the two, but it was nothing more than the same old three things:

1. This crucial penalty was won by Anelka. 2. Anelka was sent by the head coach to take the penalty.

3. Anelka's physical condition was better than Lampard, who was also on the verge of cramps. The latter was worried that cramps would affect his strength when taking a penalty kick, thus ruining the team's hopes. So he gave this opportunity to become famous through a penalty kick to Anelka...

No matter what the reason is, the one who is now walking up to the penalty spot and preparing to take the penalty is Anelka!

On a cold rainy night in Moscow, the rain was getting heavier, which cast a tragic color on the one-on-one duel between Anelka and Van der Sar: if the former scored, Chelsea would most likely drag the game into a penalty shootout; if the latter kept it, Manchester United would most likely win the trophy directly...

Since it has come, we might as well make the best of it. Li Qika, who was calm and composed, was standing at the edge of the penalty area, just diagonally opposite the referee. He could observe most of the expressions and postures of the referee, goalkeeper and penalty taker from a good angle. At the same time, he could also destroy the ball that might bounce back into the penalty area in the first possible time.

But soon, before Li Qi could predict the direction of Anelka's shot, Van der Sar was not prepared to give Li Qi any chance to make up for it...

After the referee signaled that a penalty kick was allowed, Anelka did not hesitate for half a second and took the penalty kick with two steps.

The penalty was almost the same as the one Ronaldo scored in the second half, a half-high ball in the middle of the goalkeeper's right side. The speed of the ball was not fast, but the key was that the angle was exactly the goalkeeper's favorite position.

Van der Sar judged the direction correctly, dived sideways, and hit the ball hard with both palms out of the baseline!

Coincidentally, Manchester United and Chelsea had a penalty kick, but both were ruthlessly rejected by the goalkeepers of both teams. This can be regarded as an alternative penalty shootout.

After confirming that the ball was out of bounds, Vidic, Ferdinand, Carrick and Lizzie, the first responsible persons, immediately rushed to the arms of Van der Sar who was cheering, hugged him tightly and celebrated wildly, as if the Champions League trophy was already in their hands!

Where is Ronaldo? He just lay on the ground with his hands covering his eyes, not daring to watch the penalty. Now he just got up and asked about the result with a confused look on his face...

After the game resumed, Chelsea seemed to have lost their soul. Not to mention threatening counterattacks, they couldn't even pass the ball into Manchester United's defensive third zone.

After all, Chelsea went from disappointment to despair, to regaining hope, and then to losing hope, all in less than 10 minutes. This super roller coaster-like mental journey is difficult for anyone to accept in a short period of time!

Therefore, the referee did not give too much extra time to the overtime. Even though there was a red card for the group incident and a controversial penalty, he only gave less than two minutes of extra time in total before whistling a long whistle to announce the end of the game and the winner of the championship!

Ronaldo scored the first goal, Lampard equalized the score with a lucky ball, then Ronaldo missed the penalty with a weird rhythm, Li Qi scored a fatal blow, Drogba was reckless and blocked the ball, and finally Anelka scored the championship...

通过120分钟的加时大战，红魔曼联以2比1的比分力克蓝军切尔西，登顶07/08赛季欧洲冠军联赛之巅！

Sprinkle flowers!

Throw the coach!

Open the champagne!

e=(?0?7o｀*))) Oh? This stuff is alcohol-free, right?

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Since the 1955/56 season, the European Champions League has been held 53 times, and a total of 21 teams have won the championship trophy.

Among these 21 teams, 15 teams have won both the domestic league championship and the Champions League trophy in the same season 22 times and have been crowned the double champion.

Including this time, Manchester United has won the Champions League three times in total, achieving the double crown twice. The first one was undoubtedly the treble in the 98/99 season, and although the 07/08 season was a little short, it was also a double crown ceremony that would go down in history!

There are not many teams that can be compared with Manchester United. One of them is Ricardo's old club - Barcelona, ​​which won the double championship twice in the 91/92 and 05/06 seasons with a success rate of %.

Ricardo was also a participant and witness of Barcelona's double championship season in 05/06.

Looking back at history, only one team has achieved the extraordinary achievement of winning the league and Champions League double three times, and that is Ajax.

荷兰豪门在71/72、72/73和94/95这三个赛季里均实现双冠；有趣的是，在这三个赛季的欧冠决赛，阿贾克斯拿下的都是意大利球队，分别是国际米兰、尤文图斯和AC米兰这三支意甲豪门。

In addition to Manchester United and Barcelona mentioned above, there are three other teams that have won the double crown twice, namely Real Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern Munich.

皇马在欧冠一上来的五连冠里，分别在56/57和57/58两赛季里实现双冠，而利物浦则是在76/77和83/84实现双冠，拜仁慕尼黑的时间跨度就长了，分别在73/74和00/01两季里实现双冠。

Judging from the distribution of football associations, English teams have achieved the double crown four times thanks to the contributions of Manchester United and Liverpool, while Spain has achieved it four times thanks to Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Netherlands has achieved the double crown four times thanks to Ajax's three times and Eindhoven's one time. Germany has achieved the double crown three times thanks to Bayern's two times and Hamburg's one time.

The remaining distribution is Italy 2 times, Portugal 2 times, Scotland 1 time, Romania 1 time, former Yugoslavia 1 time...

Teams that can win the double crown are basically legendary teams, and today's Manchester United is certainly among the great legends.

The treble of the 98/99 season seemed like just yesterday, and the Red Devils on that cold and rainy night in Moscow became another legendary team.

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Fortunately, the champagne was opened after the award ceremony, otherwise he would have to find someone to receive the medal on Ricardo's behalf. I don't know which grandson was so mean and mean, and sprayed champagne in Ricardo's face, knocking him down directly...

For Ricardo, his debut season at Manchester United ended on this night in Moscow.

However, it is not the time for Ricardo to take a vacation yet, because the 08 European Cup is coming soon!

Although the Italian national team gave Ricardo, who was participating in the Champions League final, the right to report late, but when Ricardo woke up, he found that his rare vacation was one day less...

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