Chapter 144: The first place is taken turns,
Ricardo had only resumed training for three days when head coach Juan Ramos included him in the weekend's La Liga squad; in this round of the league, Sevilla will host Osasuna at home.
2006年11月5日晚上21时，06/07赛季西班牙足球甲级联赛第9轮展开争夺。
At the Pizjuan Stadium, Sevilla in white jerseys and Osasuna in red jerseys were engaged in a fierce battle from the start of the game.
Although Sevilla has been in great form in the last two seasons, Osasuna can be said to be Sevilla's nemesis, because in the last two seasons, Osasuna has won all four encounters between the two sides, while Sevilla has not scored in the last three encounters between the two sides. So even though they are playing away, Osasuna, who have a psychological advantage, are not afraid of the home team at all.
At the end of the first half, the game between the two sides was very tense, but the chances they got were not many; Sevilla had several chances, but Fabiano and Renato did not seize them, and Kanoute was trapped in the opponent's defensive double-team...
In the second half, as the visiting team's physical strength declined, Sevilla, playing at home, began to gain more ball possession advantages; and finally broke the deadlock in the 51st minute of the game.
Renato received Wass's cross and broke into the penalty area. He made a fake move and deceived the opponent's defender Corrales into committing a foul, helping Sevilla win a penalty kick. Then Kanoute did not waste the opportunity and scored the penalty kick, scoring his eighth league goal of the season and helping Sevilla lead the visiting team 8-1.
However, the leading home team did not get more opportunities in the subsequent games. Instead, the visiting team intensified their fight due to the score deficit and launched a tidal attack, suppressing Sevilla for a while.
Therefore, Juan Ramos did not dare to hastily replace Li Qi who had just returned from injury, for fear that Li Qi would not be able to adapt to the rhythm and give up a good opportunity in this game.
However, when the game was about to enter the injury time, as Osasuna's physical strength was gradually exhausted, Juan Ramos still reserved the third substitution spot for Li Qi to come on the court to find his form. After all, it would only be a matter of a few minutes as a substitute, and wasting time should not be a problem for Li Qi.
So Li Qi played in the La Liga again after a month. After Li Qi came on the field, some players of the visiting team obviously felt a little uncomfortable with him. It was hard to say whether it was fear or jealousy, but there was a strong sense of fear.
The away team's momentary hesitation gave Li Qi an opportunity. In the 89th minute of the game, Li Qi, who had just come on the field, triggered the explosive point. When the opponent's midfielder was a little slow in dribbling the ball, he rushed forward and squeezed out the opponent's position and stole the ball...
While the opponent had not reacted to counterattack or commit a foul - or the opponent was still struggling over whether to take the risk of fouling this prince with a strong background, Li Qi sent a penetrating pass directly to Kanoute on the front line.
Kanoute took the ball and started, crossing the away team's back line, creating a half-solo opportunity. However, after Kanoute broke into the right side of the penalty area, facing the attacking goalkeeper and the defender who flew back to defense, he selflessly passed the ball to the nanny assist; Adriano followed up from the back row and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal, helping Sevilla to secure the victory!
In the end, Sevilla quickly won three consecutive games after the defeat at Camp Nou, sending Osasuna to an away defeat with a score of 3-2.
After the game, Sevilla has temporarily topped the standings because Real Madrid lost in this round, while Barcelona and Valencia were both tied away from home; therefore, Sevilla overtook Barcelona by one point and temporarily ranked first in the La Liga standings.
However, in the post-match press conference, Juan Ramos calmly insisted that Sevilla had not won any honors yet, so there was no reason to celebrate: "Ranking first now doesn't mean anything. We do have more points than any other team, but this does not guarantee the result at the end of the season. If we can't maintain our current state in future games, our opponents will narrow the points gap or even surpass us..."
Some media also asked about Ricardo Li Qi's early return. Juan Ramos calmly followed the prepared remarks. Thanks to Italy's excellent fascia rehabilitation technology and China's miraculous acupuncture rehabilitation program, plus Li Qi's young and energetic body, he miraculously recovered early when the team needed him most. However, Li Qi needs to start from the bench to find his feeling and rhythm...
However, the advantage in the standings obviously gave Juan Ramos more ideas, because in the second round of the King's Cup round of 3 knockout match three days later, Sevilla, playing at home, changed its attitude from the first round. Although most of the main players were rotated, this time it still sent out core rotation lineups such as Osio, Dragutinovic, Duda, Mati, Maresca, and Copa.
Li Qi was also placed on the bench and played for 15 minutes in the second half.
Although before Li Qi came on the pitch, Sevilla had already led the visiting team 3-0 with a penalty kick from Maresca, a goal each from Oshio and Duda.
But Li Qi's appearance was not without gain. In the final moments of the game, he scored a wonderful direct set-piece goal 25 meters away from the goal in front of the penalty area, helping Sevilla to finally beat the semi-professional team Segoviana 4-0 at home, and advance to the King's Cup round of 5 with a 0-16 victory in two rounds.
Just two days after the King's Cup match on November 11, Sevilla set out for Santander, a city in the Cantabria Autonomous Region in the northernmost part of Spain. Sevilla is almost at the southernmost tip of Spain, so this away trip basically spanned the entire Spain, so naturally they had to set off a day earlier.
Li Qi, who was once again placed on the bench by Juan Ramos, also traveled with the team. Chiara's aunt is on leave this weekend, so Eva can go back to her parents' house to see her children with a rosy face. Eva has recently been privately considering whether to let her daughter recognize Ricardo as her godfather...
2006年11月12日晚上17时，06/07赛季西班牙足球甲级联赛第10轮同时展开6场争夺，其中塞维利亚远赴客场挑战桑坦德竞技的比赛也展开了角逐。
Unlike the opponents in the previous round, Sevilla can be said to be the nemesis of Racing Santander, because they won two games against Racing Santander last season and have remained unbeaten in the last six games between the two sides with 6 wins and 4 draws, thus occupying an absolute psychological advantage.
Therefore, although the main winger Navas was absent due to injury, Sevilla still actively launched an offensive, with Alves, Fabiano and Renato threatening the home team's goal one after another.
However, Santander also had chances at home, with Munitis and Zigic's wonderful shots being bravely saved by Palop.
However, the game was still 70-0 until the 0th minute of the second half. Sevilla attacked, but it seemed that they didn't have shooting boots today, and their shots were always a hair's breadth away. In addition, Santander Racing chose a very pragmatic low-post defense today, and did not seek credit in the counterattack, so there were not many flaws in the defense.
So Juan Ramos decided to let Li Qi give it a try. After all, Li Qi had achieved good results as a substitute in the previous two games.
However, after Li Qi came on the field, he could also feel the strong fear of most of the home team players. But soon, Li Qi knew that the Santander Racing players were well prepared, because this time, they did not hesitate to foul after Li Qi intercepted or broke through, and directly chose to pull the pants or hug and throw, which were less lethal fouls.
With the home field factor, the referee would not easily give a card for such a minor foul, but only gave a few verbal warnings. However, Li Qi was a little depressed after his offensive rhythm was interrupted several times in succession: Damn, although the foul of pulling the waistband is not very lethal, it is very intimidating. I always stop and pull up my pants out of habit...
However, 10 minutes before the end of the game, Sevilla got several good set-piece opportunities in succession, but the first ball was shot into the side net by Renato, the second ball was kicked out by Li Qi but was smashed directly into the goalkeeper's arms by Kanoute, and the third ball was shot by Li Qi and bounced out...
So within about 20 minutes, Li Qi did not find a way to pry open the opponent's tight defense. It may be that Li Qi's condition has not yet recovered to its best.
于是全场比赛结束，最终0比0的比分宣告塞维利亚的3连胜被终结，积分榜首位置也被本来3比1战胜萨拉戈萨的巴萨超出。塞维利亚为期一周的榜首体验卡到期了……
However, after the end of this round of games, before returning to Seville, Ricardo received an emergency call from Raiola.
"Hola? Uncle Mino?"
"Oh? Barcelona has another striker injured this round, Saviola? So now half of their main forwards are injured, Eto'o, Messi and Saviola, basically they can't return until February next year, right?"
"So I want to ask if I am willing to return to Barcelona to support the striker? What are the conditions they offer?"
"Renew my first-team contract, double my salary, but still not commit to being a starter? I have to compete with Gudjohnsen, Giuly and Esquillo for playing time during this period?"
"Well... I guess Uncle Mino, you have an idea too, right? Are you just here to get my consensus?"
"Yes, I am very happy in Seville. I don't want to terminate the loan contract early. I want to decide my future at the end of the season. Please help me reject Barcelona..."
Ricardo doesn't want to go back to sit on the bench at this time when Barcelona, which is likely to lose all four major titles this season, is not sincere enough. Having already come out, he doesn't want to go back and wade into the muddy water...
After returning to Sevilla, Ricardo has nearly a week of adjustment and recovery period because there are no UEFA Cup or Copa del Rey matches this week; but on the weekend, Sevilla will face the challenge of Valencia, one of the championship contenders, at home.
However, this week, after the passionate moment with Ricardo, Eva tentatively proposed a plan for the Christmas holiday... Ricardo couldn't help but feel overwhelmed; the scumbag Li naturally realized Eva's thoughts. On the one hand, the former model and stewardess had already accepted the identity of the mistress, and on the other hand, he wanted to integrate the financial sponsor into his life and turn it into a long-term meal ticket.
But Ricardo is too busy this Christmas holiday. He has already made plans to go to Chicago and London for three days each. In addition, he didn't spend time with Chiara last year...
Ricardo checked the calendar. Thanksgiving is next week, and there is also a home game in the League Cup that evening, and an away game in La Liga at the weekend. It might be difficult to arrange time.
So Ricardo decided to tell Eva the truth, and then began to seriously discuss the Christmas holiday schedule with Eva. During this period, Ricardo also called Raiola twice to ask if he could handle the activities and tasks of the endorsement brands in batches this year like last year...
Ricardo's final Christmas holiday plans will not be finalized until the end of November.
At first, when she heard that Ricardo had already paid the first and second wives' vacations in advance, Eva pouted and looked unhappy. But as the financial sponsor spoke frankly and took the initiative to discuss the plan of integrating into Eva's life, Eva took the initiative to cooperate with the scumbag Li to adjust her time and discuss countermeasures...
Seeing how well-behaved the young married woman was, the scumbag Li naturally returned the favor generously. Although he could not be there in person, he still contributed money and effort to help Eva arrange the family's Christmas travel plans.
Eva has been very happy and focused these days. She has become Ricardo's life secretary, helping him plan the schedule for the Christmas holiday, choosing travel destinations for his family, and selecting luxury hotels. After all, the expenses are reimbursed by the sponsor. Women love spending money and making spending plans...
So Eva was happy to arrange for Ricardo to concentrate on preparing for the weekend's top battle. According to the arrangement of head coach Juan Ramos, Ricardo will have the opportunity to play a full half in this game.
On Friday, Eva went back to the countryside to visit her parents and daughter. By the way, she wanted to ask her family for their opinions on traveling during the Christmas holidays. After all, she had been tormented by the scumbag group in the past few years and had not had much time to relax with her family. This year, she has a new top scumbag, so she can't be as stupid as before. She must make good use of him and squeeze out all his value.
Meanwhile, Chiara came to visit again after her aunt's leave, first to meet her physiological needs, and second to report on a lot of work:
The first was that the early settlement of performance compensation had been arranged. After all, it was a huge income for UBS, and both the Milan branch and myself had received a considerable year-end bonus, so the entire team worked overtime to arrange the settlement report and related matters.
The second is that the funds that Ricardo requested to withdraw have all been in place. One million euros is kept in the account for pocket money, one million euros has been transferred to Raiola and Nike to establish a trendy sports brand, and another one million euros is planned to be transferred to Uncle Charles to set up a non-profit foundation next week...
The third is that the investment negotiations between the US team and Twitter are going smoothly. It is expected that all due diligence and investment procedures will be completed before Christmas. It is expected that Ricardo's trust fund will spend $100 million and hold a 20% stake (Twitter, which has not yet developed, is only valued at $500 million);
Fourth, Facebook, which Ricardo previously invested in, is raising funds again this year. Ricardo's trust fund has an anti-dilution clause, so this round will prioritize investing another $300 million to maintain its 10.5% stake without being diluted.
Finally, Chiara also came to discuss the arrangements for the Christmas holiday with the scumbag Li, and then heard the scumbag Li stuck and explained forcefully...
Fortunately, Chiara was also considerate and suggested that she hadn't accompanied her parents on a trip abroad for a long time, and wanted to take advantage of the Christmas holiday to travel to Greece with her family to relax...
"Arrange it! Must arrange it! Luxurious arrangement!" The scumbag Li Ruwen said, "I'll arrange everything. I'll ask Pimenta to help book first-class cabins and five-star hotels, as well as arrange a tour guide. Just tell Pimenta the itinerary time. When you guys come back from playing, I'll accompany you to relax..."
Feeling both relieved and guilty, the scumbag Li enjoyed Chiara's grateful service while feeling in his heart that it was not easy to be the King of the Sea. He was already overwhelmed with just four girlfriends. Fortunately, he was not exhausted...
