Chapter 143: Recovering early and returning to the game, Part

On the morning of Wednesday, October 2006, 10, exactly two weeks after Li Qi broke his leg on October 25, Ricardo, fully armed, accompanied by Raiola, went to a high-end private hospital in downtown Seville for a comprehensive examination and evaluation.

The medical report concluded that Ricardo has recovered 99% and is able to play in the game, or at least has no problem resuming high-intensity training.

After the highly confidential medical examination, Ricardo quickly asked Raiola to explain to his family the reasons and consequences of his injury and early return as soon as possible, because he might have to announce his early return to the public next week. He was already prepared to spend hundreds of thousands of euros to buy investment-linked insurance for several family members through Eva as a Christmas gift to make up for it.

Ricardo did not forget to instruct Pimenta and prepared two bags for Sarafina and Julian, and helped explain to them that they had worried for nothing.

After seeing off Raiola and Pimenta, Ricardo did not return to his apartment, but went to the former model + former stewardess + former wife and young woman's home to eat and drink for free, and to pay attention to the fourth round of this season's King's Cup in the evening - which was also the round of 32 finals in which the first-class team participated.

However, in last season's Copa del Rey, Sevilla was eliminated by Cadiz in the first round of this first-tier team's competition.

But no one expected that the embarrassing early exit would become an opportunity for the team to win the UEFA Cup a few months later. In the words of coach Juan Ramos: "It is precisely because we left the King's Cup that we can focus more on the European arena."

Perhaps inspired by last season, Ramos did not take this season's Copa del Rey too seriously. This year, Sevilla's biggest goal is to qualify for next season's Champions League. Their excellent ranking in the league gives them unlimited hope, but also forces them to invest more energy and strength in the league.

Because of this, Ramos only brought 16 players to Segovia to face the weak opponent, and except for goalkeeper Palop and midfielder Maresca, the other 16 players were all substitutes.

Before leaving, Ramos even found an excuse for the possible defeat. He said: "Although we will go all out in all the games, we are also prepared to withdraw early from some games for some reasons."

So before the game, when Ricardo saw the list of players in the competition through the media, he couldn't help but feel nervous: Damn, is this going to be a disaster? I haven't won the Spanish King's Cup yet...

But the course and results of the race proved that Ricardo was worrying too much.

Although the entire Sevilla team had some idea of ​​dying early and escaping early, their opponent Segoviana was too weak.

This team, which is playing in the third division, is three levels lower than Sevilla. According to the current Sevilla fitness coach who used to be a goalkeeper for this team, this team can only be considered semi-professional at best.

Because of the huge gap in strength, even though Sevilla's players were absent-minded, they still took the initiative away from home effortlessly, and in the 37th minute, young striker Kepa scored the only goal of the game.

After that, Sevilla, having completed its mission, completely lost its enterprising spirit, and players from both sides spent the full 90 minutes in the cold wind and rain.

Although a 1-0 victory over a semi-professional team is not a victory worth writing about, it is enough for Sevilla to advance to the next round of the King's Cup quarter-finals.

Ricardo can once again breathe a sigh of relief…

Then this weekend, Ricardo finally returned to his apartment to rest, because Eva had to go back to the countryside outside the city to see her daughter, and she hadn't been back for more than two weeks. In fact, Ricardo knew that it was also an excuse to make room for himself and Chiara, because Chiara would come to visit on time this weekend.

As Halloween is coming soon, Chiara not only brought some documents that needed to be signed by UBS, but also prepared a lot of novel equipment, intending to play role-playing games with the scumbag Li this weekend.

Chiara was responsible for playing the leading female roles, such as the Corpse Bride, the Death Nun, and the Wicked Witch, etc. It was not easy to prepare for the makeup from beginning to end. Ricardo had to help tear half of her lace underwear and stockings... In comparison, Ricardo had it simple, always dressed as the Wolf on the Train! ?☉□☉?

While the scumbag Lee is fighting the evil witch to save the world, he is also thinking about whether he should take Eva to get some Halloween cosplay equipment to liven up the atmosphere when she comes back next week.

2006年10月29日周日晚上17时，里卡多依依不舍的和刚刚被自己解救成正常人类的僵尸新娘在机场送别，06/07赛季西班牙足球甲级联赛第8轮展开了7场比赛的争夺。

In this game, Sevilla will travel to challenge Celta.

However, this game was full of twists and turns.

Sevilla almost started the game with a one-goal deficit, because Celta took the lead just over five minutes into the game. Angel made a diagonal pass from the wing, and Brazilian midfielder Nene made a powerful shot from outside the penalty area to help Celta score the first goal.

However, Sevilla equalized the score in the first half; in the 31st minute of the game, Danish midfielder Poulsen scored his first goal for Sevilla, tying the score to 1-1.

About 15 minutes into the second half, Sevilla took advantage of the counterattack and scored another goal. In the 61st minute, Brazilian midfielder Adriano scored his first league goal in nine months, helping Sevilla to come from behind and overtake the score!

However, just before the end of the game, Sevilla almost lost points again. In the 88th minute, Navarro fouled substitute Perez-Lopez in the penalty area and was sentenced to a penalty kick by the referee.

Fortunately, Sevilla’s old goalkeeper Palop played bravely and blocked the penalty shot by Bayano!

Sevilla was lucky enough to hold on to the score of 2-1 until the end of the game, turning defeat into victory and earning three points in an away game with great difficulty.

After watching the highlights of this race, Ricciardo is even more eager to return to the race schedule as soon as possible.

In the evening, Ricardo received calls from Sarafina and Julian one after another. After several hours of coaxing and deceiving, as well as insincere false promises about Christmas activities, Ricardo finally gained the understanding of his girlfriends and could prepare for his comeback next week without any burden!

As for my family? The insurance contract has been signed and the money has been paid. My family will definitely support me unconditionally and 100%! There is no need for too many words.

The very next Monday, Ricardo resumed his private training, and the results were quite good. Although he had not trained regularly for about two weeks, he still maintained a certain amount of exercise with Eva and Chiara, oh no, under their supervision.

The next day, on Halloween, November 11, Ricardo took another private training class, which was some intensive physical and technical training. Ricardo was still able to keep up with the pace and completed the training plan quite well; this was the result after the battle with Eva, the flight attendant of the death flight, last night...

So Ricardo called his boss directly and asked him to have a physical examination and return to the team the next day!

Juan: "What? Didn't you say two months? It's not even a month yet?!"

Ramos: "What? Is the Italian Rehabilitation Medicine Center so awesome? Is it collaborating with the Milan laboratory? And is it combining Chinese acupuncture with Italy's latest fascia rehabilitation technology? No wonder..."

Juan Ramos: "Well, come back soon, your teammates miss you!"

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After being away from the club for a month, Ricardo finally reported back to the team on Thursday, November 2006, 11; the first thing he did was to go to the team's medical center for a comprehensive physical examination and evaluation.

Looking at the completely normal and even excellent physical examination evaluation report, the team doctor who already knew the situation well was still concerned about the Thanksgiving gift and confidentiality agreement arranged by someone, and decided to continue to play along: "Ricardo, fantastic, great. I mean, your recovery is amazing, your injuries have healed, and you are able to train and play normally. The medical center has given you the all-clear."

After receiving the unqualified medical report from the team doctor, Juan Ramos was also confused: Although Raiola called him, he didn't say anything too specific. It seems that there is something fishy about Ricardo's previous injury...

However, this is not important. To the outside world, Italy's fascia rehabilitation technology is amazing, China's acupuncture is magical, and Ricardo Li Qi is young and healthy! To the inside, it was a misdiagnosis in Georgia... Anyway, it's good to come back, the team is in need of people!

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and change your clothes and go to training! You have missed more than a month of training. I will arrange for the coaching staff to make up for it for you!" Juan Ramos then kicked Ricardo in the butt and entered the locker room...

Watching Ricardo from afar, who was getting along well with his teammates and training actively, Juan Ramos decided to let Ricardo come on as a substitute in the next game to find his form; after all, Ricardo hadn't had a formal game or training for more than two weeks, so he should need some time to find his rhythm.

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In fact, the teammates and coaching staff were stunned when they saw Ricardo's return to full health on the training ground: Wow, didn't he have a broken bone and was out for two months? How come he's back in less than a month? Could it be...

Then, with a little imagination, everyone looked at Ricardo differently: Can we still have fun? This guy seems to have connections. When someone fouled him, he investigated the players and head coach for eight generations. Not only did the Football Association ban him from the game, but they also called the police to arrest him. I heard that even the referee team on duty was called in for questioning and investigation...

Then he went on vacation, worked on his fund, played with women, and then returned to the court full of energy? !

Is this guy really here to play football? Or is he here to experience life? No, this is a true god, an ancestor. I can't mess with him casually in the future. Otherwise, if I get retaliated, I'll be banned from the game, but going to jail is a bit scary! I'm so scared. I can't mess with him no matter who I am. I have to protect him and make a good relationship with him...

As a result, most of the people in the team with high IQ and EQ gathered around enthusiastically, giving Ricardo flattering blessings and disgusting compliments; the other fools who hadn't figured it out didn't understand why, but they still followed the crowd and responded positively to Ricardo.

During training, the whole team cooperated with each other and took the responsibility for any small mistakes: my stockings, oh no, it's my mistake, not my brother's, Leo, let's try again!

In the eyes of Juan Ramos who was watching quietly from a distance, this was a morale boost, and the team's morale was ready! Unexpectedly, Ricardo's early return from injury would have such a special chemical reaction, it was just in time! It happened that the UEFA Cup match was a bye this week, so we could adjust for a few days, so we must do a great job this weekend!

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As Ricardo Li Qi returned to the team and began to resume training, the 10.11 Li Qi broken leg incident that had been making headlines for several weeks came to a temporary end. The interested and smart people in the European football circle also more or less smelled some conspiracy from Ricardo's early recovery and return to the team.

But no matter what, after that, Ricardo received significantly fewer intentional and malicious fouls, and the referee would more or less give him some consideration. Of course, this also involves the European Football Fair and Healthy Development Foundation that was established later, but that is a story for another time.

Although after a few years, when this matter was gradually forgotten, some fools and young people were used as guns, but they were only a few; not to mention that who could get into the top leagues in Europe did not have some well-informed agents or connections? These agents and connections would naturally teach these ignorant people to pay attention - Ricardo Li Qi was not someone you could mess with.

Of course, after a few years, when the European Football Fair and Healthy Development Foundation develops, it will naturally be a very terrifying force. It will provide protection for Ricardo's football career and road to becoming a god, and will be a great help!

Regardless of the penalty and the care and inclination of the organizing committee, just by reducing the accidental injuries caused by intentional and malicious fouls, players can give full play to their own advantages on the court. This is not a privilege that every player can have. Normally, it is like, "You dare to pass me? Watch me knock you down!" or, "I can't defend you? Watch me knock you down!"

Speaking of the European Football Fair and Healthy Development Foundation, which was set up by accident, when the first batch of funds transferred by Ricardo from UBS arrived, Ricardo's uncle Charles completed the relevant establishment documents and approval procedures in just a few days. After all, the Ricci family also has extensive connections in Italy.

The first batch of funds was naturally the additional 100 million euros that Ricardo transferred from the UBS Trust Fund; Chiara came last weekend to sign the relevant funding documents.

Ricardo temporarily entrusted the European Football Fair and Healthy Development Foundation to his uncle Charles' law firm to help with the initial trusteeship and recruit suitable managers.

In the Ricardo Plan, the foundation has three main tasks in the first few years of its establishment:

The first priority is to improve relations with UEFA and other European football associations, especially those of small countries that lack funds and influence, and strive to become semi-official organizations within five years;

The second is to organize and sponsor learning and seminar projects jointly established by UEFA and the referees' committees of European countries, laying a good relationship foundation for the subsequent reform of the referee system, especially promoting the application of video assistant referee VAR technology.

No matter what, treating people to dinner, vacation, and travel always makes people happy and promotes harmonious relationships, so it is worth it if this initial goal is achieved.

The last task is that this injury reminded Ricardo that in addition to creating a trendy sports brand, a world-class rehabilitation center is what he needs more, but it is obviously impossible for him to do it alone.

Therefore, we must leverage the power of foundations, take the lead in the name of foundations, and combine various social resources to do it. This is not just a matter of money. Although most things can be solved with money, the project will inevitably not be big or strong. Only when official and government resources are injected can the project obtain technical and expert support that is not usually available to the private sector, especially when the project is still small.

Ricardo does not want to wait until he retires before the rehabilitation center can serve him; therefore, he must rely on the power of society to speed up this project.

But the first priority now is to find a key person in charge to manage his foundation and lead the development of several major projects. Uncle Charles can help, but he is not the most suitable person, and Raiola is obviously not...