Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

The considerate Chiara actually took a day off from work and flew to Barcelona on Thursday evening to serve their bank's big clients.

After not seeing each other for more than two weeks, not only Ricardo was horny, Chiara was probably also horny. How did Ricardo know? Because when he peeled off Chiara's grey women's suit, which she rushed over after get off work, he found a new burgundy Victoria's Secret dress, the kind with a Lace hollow dress that barely covered anything...

So when the two met, there was another fierce physical fight, and they couldn't sleep all night...

This round of La Liga games is scheduled for Saturday night. Chiara should have come early to prevent Ricardo from getting injured again during the game... This way, Ricardo can be detoxified one day earlier and have a day of rest and recuperation buffer period.

Ricardo finally figured it out after returning from training on Friday evening. He couldn't help but feel deeply moved: "What a considerate sister!"

So the scumbag worked harder and harder to serve the young lady at night... (The process was omitted for the sake of love and harmony)

Soon, on April 2006, 4, at 29:22 on Saturday night, the 35th round of the Spanish Football League kicked off, with Barcelona facing the underdog Cadiz at home.

Compared with the Champions League battle with AC Milan in the middle of the week, Rijkaard made minor adjustments to the midfield and backcourt. Sylvinho, the injured Motta and Van Bommel replaced Van Bronckhorst, Iniesta and Edmilson respectively. Midfielder Xavi also entered the bench for the first time after returning from injury. The young man Ricardo, who was also dressed in a refreshing outfit, also started on the bench.

After the opening, Barcelona pressed forward and controlled the situation on the field. Cadiz, which was in the relegation zone, also understood the difference in strength between the two teams. In order to avoid relegation and gain points, they played pragmatically and tenaciously, setting up a 4-5-1 iron bucket bus formation, just to take away a point from the away game.

However, it was obvious that Barcelona was more skilled. They took advantage of the visiting team's opportunity to gain a foothold at home and launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the game, breaking the deadlock in the 9th minute of the game.

Giuly held the ball with his back to goal on the wing and cleverly knocked it with his heel, penetrating the double-team defense of Cadiz on the wing. Belletti rushed up the right at high speed, broke through the baseline after receiving the ball and made a cross.

The ball accurately found Ronaldinho's father in the middle. The Brazilian elf did not stop the ball, and directly met the ball with his right foot from 11 yards in the middle and shot a half-volley. The ball went straight into the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball!

This was Ronaldinho's 16th league goal of the season, helping Barcelona lead 1-0.

After Barcelona scored, Ricardo originally thought that it would be another big win for the home team, but he did not expect that the Barcelona team relaxed after taking the lead, and Cadiz did not give in to their original intention of defending and counterattacking. As a result, Barcelona could not score the second goal in the first half, and Cadiz counterattacked and threatened the goal.

First, in the 11th minute of the game, Cadiz counterattacked and Pavone broke through from the right and crossed the ball. Sesma shot into the goal from 6 yards in front of the goal, but the goal was ruled out for offside. Barcelona was lucky to escape.

Then in the 26th minute of the game, Barcelona made a series of passes in the midfield, then Van Bommel passed the ball to Sylvinho on the wing, the Brazilian full-back passed the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area, Eto'o made a diagonal run and shot from 10 yards in front of the goal, but was saved by Cadiz goalkeeper Limia.

Then Cadiz almost equalized the score in the 32nd minute. Cadiz counterattacked again after stealing the ball. Midfielder Besares sent a long ball over the top. Sesma's powerful shot from 20 yards on the edge of the penalty area on the left was saved by Valdés. Then Sesma took a corner kick from the left, and Villa headed the ball from 10 yards in front of the goal, but it was blocked by Marcos again...

Barcelona entered the halftime break with a score of 1-0. Rijkaard arranged new tactical requirements in the locker room. When leading, they should pay attention to controlling the tempo of the game, keep more control of the ball, and not rush forward rashly to lure Cadiz to attack and launch a counterattack.

So in the second half, Barcelona began to pay more attention to the control of the ball, patiently passing and cutting in the midfield and backcourt, while Cadiz did not dare to press forward and could not get the ball for a while.

When the game reached the 60th minute, Xavi began to stand up and warm up on the sidelines, which drew cheers from the fans.

This made Ricardo, who was warming up on the sidelines, envious: "Why is the gap between people so big?"

However, it may be the cheers from the sidelines that attracted the attention of the Cadiz defenders, and at this moment, Barcelona's frontcourt cooperation won a penalty.

It was Van Bommel who received Motta's through ball and broke into the right side of the penalty area, then was tripped by Cadiz defender Beriso.

The referee's position and vision were very good, and he decisively awarded a penalty!

However, when Ronaldinho's father generously gave the penalty to Eto'o, who was competing for the La Liga Golden Boot this season, Ricardo couldn't help but feel nervous: "Oh no, this is a bad feeling, this penalty is going to be bad..."

Sure enough, after Eto'o took cool aim, he launched a powerful shot at the penalty kick with his right foot, but Limia made an accurate judgment and bravely saved it!

"Oh, the African big cat missed the penalty again! This has been the nth time..." Ricardo gloated thinking that Eto'o, like himself, was not good at taking penalties.

But soon Ricardo couldn't laugh anymore... because he knew he had no chance to play in this game.

After the penalty, the boss sent on Iniesta, replacing Motta who had just recovered from injury for rest and protection; and 5 minutes later, he replaced Giuly with veteran Larsson.

Isn't there one last substitution? Forget it. Didn't you hear the cheers from the crowd? They were for Xavi's father who had just recovered from injury...

As expected, in the 81st minute of the game, Rijkaard replaced Deco with Xavi, who had been away from the field for 5 months. Tens of thousands of fans in the stadium stood up and applauded to welcome the return of the midfield master.

Ricardo, who had been dreaming of further protecting Xavi by delaying his playing time, was completely desperate. He could only warm up more vigorously on the sidelines to relieve his depression. Several teammates who were about to return to the bench were stunned: "What? Did they count wrong? There are still substitutions?"

In the subsequent games, although Cadiz was unwilling to admit defeat, Barcelona's passing and control ability was really strong. Although Xavi had been away from the game for a long time, the foundation and tacit understanding were still there.

In the 88th minute, Valdes flew to save the unguarded Ollie's header from 10 yards in the middle, and Cadiz lost the last chance to equalize the score.

In the end, the referee ended the game with almost no injury time, and Barcelona beat Cádiz 1-0.

Barcelona has regained an 11-point lead in the league standings and is on the verge of winning the championship. If Valencia does not win tomorrow, Barcelona will be able to win the championship three rounds in advance. However, everyone knows that it is very unlikely to expect the weak Alaves to win or draw with their opponent at Valencia's home ground.

However, there is also good news, that is, the Barcelona coaching staff gave the players another day off, and they also had a day off on Sunday, the second day of the game; the reason is that the entire Barcelona team has not had a rest for ten days.

"Great!" After the game, Ricardo was changing his clothes in the locker room while listening to the boss' announcement of the holiday. He had a lot of energy but nowhere to vent it. He decided to make good use of this holiday. "Yeah! That's right! Let's spend it in bed with Chiara! Let's start tonight!"

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On Sunday afternoon, Ricardo, who had lost everything, was defeated in advance. Although he was young and strong, there was no such thing as a spoiled field after all...

So Ricardo took Chiara to have a nice seafood dinner, mainly because he wanted to eat more oysters and sea cucumbers to replenish his body, as he had been very deprived in the past few days.

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The day after sending Chiara back to Milan, Monday, Ricardo went back to school in the morning to finish his private lessons. At noon, he proofread the thesis with Professor Almiron to finalize the final details of the paper's publication. In the afternoon, he returned to the club for training in preparation for the midweek away game against Celta.

After the training, Ricardo received a notice to travel with the team on an away game.

Real Celta de Vigo (RC Celta de Vigo, referred to as "Celta"), is located in Vigo, Galicia, Spain. It is an important port city in northwestern Spain, 602 kilometers away from Barcelona; therefore, the entire Barcelona team will fly there by flight one day in advance.

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At 2006:5 on the evening of May 3, 20, the 36th round of the Spanish Football League was underway. Barcelona also faced one of the most important games of the season, away from home to challenge Celta. If Barcelona, ​​who were leading by 8 points, won tonight, they would definitely defend the league title in advance.

Compared with last weekend's league, Rijkaard did not make too many adjustments. After all, the opponent was not strong. Van Bronckhorst, Iniesta and Larsson replaced Sylvinho, Motta and Giuly respectively in the starting lineup; Ricardo and Xavi continued to start on the bench.

At the beginning of the game, it was obvious that the entire Barcelona team seemed a bit nervous. They were probably excited about winning the championship and always wanted to defeat their opponents with one blow. Therefore, they were a bit impatient in both offense and defense, committing many fouls, but few threatening attacks. Both sides played relatively simply.

Relatively speaking, Barcelona, ​​with its technical and tactical advantages, had more opportunities to attack, but their overly simple offensive routines and hasty shots either missed the goal or were easily defended by Celta.

So the first half was spent with constant mistakes and fouls by both sides, with Marcos' left eyebrow being broken during a header.

The die-hard Barcelona fans in the stands didn't pay much attention to the game. They were all holding their radios and following another match between Valencia and Mallorca.

However, at halftime, cheers came from Barcelona's dressing room, because another league match that had started earlier had already had a result, Valencia lost to Mallorca 1-2 away. Since there were only two rounds left in the league, and Barcelona was currently leading by 8 points, as long as Valencia lost, Barcelona would retain the league title in advance regardless of the result of this game, so in fact Barcelona was already the league champion!

So in the second half, Barcelona, ​​with a more relaxed mentality, even started to play on the court, but this actually created more opportunities.

Just 10 minutes into the second half, Barcelona broke the deadlock in the 55th minute.

Eto'o, who is still competing for the La Liga Golden Boot, made a wall pass with Van Bommel in front of the penalty area. The Cameroonian dribbled past Riedle on the left side of the penalty area, created an opening and shot directly into the far corner with his left foot. The ball flew into the bottom of the net like an arrow!

This was Eto'o's 25th league goal of the season, helping Barcelona lead Celta 1-0 away from home.

After taking the lead, Rijkaard quickly replaced Ronaldinho with Edmilson. The Brazilian boy was so happy that he had no intention of fighting. He was playing so hard on the field. He also had to avoid injury and prepare for the Champions League final in two weeks. Iniesta was the striker and Edmilson was the defensive midfielder.

Barcelona almost extended the lead in the 60th minute. This time Eto'o, who was double-teamed, had no choice but to pass the ball. Iniesta, who was unguarded, followed up and shot with his left foot from 16 yards in the middle of the penalty area. Unfortunately, facing a half-empty goal, the ball went wide of the left post.

Then in the 61st minute, Xavi replaced Van Bommel.

Then in the 66th minute, Rijkaard finally remembered a cheerful boy who had been warming up for a long time on the sidelines, so he used his last substitution to replace him. No. 66 Li Qi came on to replace veteran No. 7 Larsson to play as left winger.

After Li Qi came on the court, he was very clear about the coach's intention. The championship was already in hand. At this time, the whole team should feed Eto'o and help him become the top scorer!

Li Qi is very savvy: "As for making balls and feeding cakes, I am good at it! I will make sure to complete the task and feed the cheetah into a big fat cat!"

In the 72nd minute, Li Qi and Xavi made a counter-cut cooperation in the middle. The former retreated and passed the ball first, then pulled out the opponent's defender and quickly moved forward. Xavi also understood his intention and the ball came as soon as he got there!

Li Qi received the overhead ball from behind, and with one foot, he stopped and passed, then sped up and ran towards the opponent's penalty area...

Then Li Qi decisively passed the ball across the penalty area line to Eto'o who had been lying in ambush for a long time; the latter stopped the ball, turned around and entered the penalty area, and then lobbed the ball against the goalkeeper from 15 yards on the left side of the penalty area, but unfortunately the ball went over the empty goal!

In the 80th minute, Li Qi made a comeback, but seeing that the whole team seemed a little absent-minded, this time Li Qi directly looked for Eto'o to cooperate.

Li Qi waved his hand, and then received a long pass from Iniesta on the other side, and decisively cut inside, and played a 2-on-1 with Eto'o. After two consecutive one-kick passes, Li Qi passed the ball from the wing to the top of the penalty area.

Then Li Qi triggered the breaking point, faked a shot and passed the ball, gently rubbing the ball... The ball drew a small arc near the waist, lightly passed the defensive line that was blocked by the shovel, and accurately came to the feet of Eto'o who successfully made an offside.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper again, Eto'o used a low shot from 14 yards on the left side of the penalty area! Unexpectedly, Celta goalkeeper Pinto guessed it in advance and pounced on the ball like a vicious dog...

"Come again! I don't believe it, there's no such thing as three times!" Facing the Celta team's massive counterattack at the last moment, Li Qi did not return to defense, but waited for a counterattack near the center circle to pass the ball to Eto'o.

Celta almost equalized the score in the 87th minute. Jonathan made a cross from the right to the far post. Belletti made a defensive mistake and headed the ball. Pereira made a powerful right-footed shot from 7 yards in front of the goal. The ball hit the crossbar like a thunderbolt and bounced out high...

good chance!

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