Chapter 153 The final battle of the year,

On Friday, Ricardo took time out before training to send Sofia back to her grandmother's house. After all, Sofia had been on leave from kindergarten for a week and would have to resume her normal schedule next week.

This is also the first time that the scumbag Li drove Eva back to her parents' home after they had a relationship beyond friendship... This made Eva feel helpless and she didn't know what to say. Should she be glad that Ricardo valued Sofia, or should she complain that this scumbag has no conscience?

Although Ricardo had to go to an away game with the team at the weekend, Chiara still arrived in Seville on Friday night to provide logistical support for Ricardo. After all, Sofia was there during the week, so Ricardo and Eva couldn't have a lot of fun, but the feeling of sneaking around and being nervous and exciting also made the two of them enjoy it...

Although Sevilla will travel to Huelva to challenge the newly promoted team in this round, Huelva, where Huelva is located, belongs to the same Andalucia province as Sevilla, and it only takes about an hour's drive...

Therefore, it was still in time for Sevilla to leave for the away game at noon on the day of the game, and Chiara went to the airport to return to Milan, Italy by herself after Ricciardo left.

2006年12月17日下午17时，06/07赛季西班牙足球甲级联赛第15轮展开5场争夺，塞维利亚在客场对阵此前三次交锋都全胜的升班马韦尔瓦。

In this game, Juan Ramos made major adjustments to the starting lineup compared to midweek. One was to avoid lineup fatigue, and the other was to face the opponent with the strongest lineup to show caution. The whole team also expressed their belief in winning.

In Sevilla's 4-4-2 starting lineup, the goalkeeper is still the veteran No. 1 goalkeeper Palop;

The back line from right to left is No. 4 Alves, No. 20 Osio who replaced Navarro who was injured before the game, No. 14 Escude and No. 3 David;

The midfield lineup from right to left is No. 15 Navas, No. 8 Poulsen, No. 11 Renato and No. 7 Li Qi;

The two forwards are No. 12 Kanoute and No. 10 Fabiano.

Dragutinovic, Mati, Maresca, Copa and Hinkel were on standby on the bench.

After the opening, Sevilla was indeed ready for battle, changing the chaos and carelessness of the previous game. The whole team was united and worked hard, and soon controlled the situation on the field. Even though they were playing away, they suppressed Huelva in the half.

Li Qi was particularly active, frequently asking for the ball to participate in midfield organization, and also tried several breakthroughs on the left to create threats. However, the left back David here was different from Alves. Although he was also a technically agile defender, he didn't like to make assists and rarely crossed the half court. However, this was also a good thing, as Li Qi had no worries and could attack more boldly.

So in the 11th minute of the game, Li Qi helped Sevilla create a chance to take the lead.

After Li Qi received the ball again, he pretended to cut inside and cooperated with Renato to pass and cut. After deceiving the center of gravity of the defensive players, Li Qi dribbled the ball and dodged, then changed direction in a large range and attacked along the sideline; then Li Qi lowered his shoulders in the corner of the penalty area and pretended to go to the bottom, but used a thick and heel to change direction and turned directly into the inside line...

At this time, the right back of Huelva could only subconsciously stretch out his left leg to try to disrupt the attack; but he was half a beat too late, and instead of kicking the ball, he hooked Li Qi down.

The referee who quickly followed up not far away also blew the whistle decisively and pointed to the penalty spot! Yes, when Li Qi knocked the ball and changed direction, it just happened to enter the home team's penalty area corner, and the foul location was just about one step inside the penalty area line.

As for the penalty kick, Li Qi naturally would not take it, so the Brazilian international Fabiano took it. Fabiano then scored the penalty kick, which was his fourth goal in the league this season, and also helped Sevilla open the scoring away from home, leading the home team 4-1.

However, the Sevilla team, which had taken the lead, seemed to relax a bit. Some players might have thought that as long as they were a little more serious, the opponents would surrender, which would be pointless, while other teammates might have been thinking about how to go out and have fun during the Christmas holidays?

The home team launched a fierce counterattack, got some chances and equalized the score 8 minutes later. Li Qi's direct pass was intercepted in another counterattack, and the home team launched a long pass counterattack. Eto used his height and long legs to press David and broke into the penalty area and made a cross. Biqueira was in position 7 yards in front of the goal, beat Osio to score a header.

The home team, which then equalized the score, was in high spirits and even surpassed Sevilla in the 24th minute. Uche made a lob pass and the French striker Pongler, who was on loan from Liverpool, broke into the left side of the penalty area, but his final shot was saved by Palop. Beto and Cazorla's shots had also failed to break Palop's defense...

Juan Ramos on the sidelines was furious. The team only played well for 10 minutes, so why did they slack off again?

Li Qi and his teammates near the coaching booth also felt the coach's anger, so they began to calm down and focus more on the game, and soon stabilized the ball control and game rhythm.

Sevilla regained control of the ball and calmly used the space in Huelva's backcourt to launch a counterattack in the face of Huelva's fierce defense, and took the lead again in the 35th minute of the game.

First, Li Qi and Paulson cooperated to pick up the ball despite being double-teamed, and then Li Qi passed the ball directly to Navas.

There was a large open space in front of Navas, so after stopping the ball he accelerated quickly and passed the defender in front of him; the latter could only helplessly pull down Navas, giving Sevilla a free kick in a good position, although it was closer to the wing, it was much better than a corner kick.

Alves took the free kick from the right and passed the ball into the penalty area. With Li Qi's single block, Renato, who was lurking at the back, headed the ball from 8 yards in front of the goal. The ball hit the right post and bounced to the middle... Kanoute, who was flanking in the middle, took the lead and shot in the crowd from 5 yards in front of the goal to score his 12th league goal of the season!

After taking the lead this time, Sevilla did not let down their guard as they had done before, but instead slowed down the tempo of the game and tried to keep the ball under their control; as a result, Huelva's counterattack this time failed to pose much of a threat.

However, during the half-time break, Juan Ramos still criticized the team for being distracted after taking the lead in the first half.

So in the second half, Sevilla sped up the game from the start and was the one pressing more fiercely; and they expanded the score in the 53rd minute of the second half.

Li Qi cut inside and tried to pass the ball to Alves, who was on the edge of the goal, but the ball was blocked by Huelva's back midfielder; fortunately, the ball was not completely blocked, but bounced to the feet of Navas who was lying in wait at the edge of the penalty area. After stopping the ball, the latter broke into the right side of the penalty area and shot low into the near corner of the goal from 10 yards in front of the goal, facing the defender who was defending!

Sevilla was leading the home team 3-1; but Sevilla had no intention of stopping. Two minutes later, Li Qi cut inside again and took a long shot on the penalty area line. The ball hit Kanoute who was unable to dodge in the penalty area and bounced into the net...but the referee judged that Kanoute was in an offside position and changed the direction of the ball, so the goal was invalid.

Then, at the request of the head coach, Sevilla continued to attack the home team. However, Juan Ramos also made personnel adjustments. In the 57th minute, he replaced Kanoute with Marty to strengthen the midfield and pushed the hot-tempered Li Qi to the front line.

However, Juan Ramos was soon forced to change his adjustments, because when the game reached the 66th minute, Sevilla, who were already red-eyed, forgot that they were on the road, and the referee would not show any preferential treatment. Osio made a foul and received the second yellow sapphire card and was sent off.

Only then did Juan Ramos react and realize that he had gone too far. The team was too excited and anxious in the second half.

So Juan Ramos quickly replaced Navas with Dragutinovic to complete the defensive lineup. At the same time, he brought Li Qi back to the midfield for organization and dispatch. Later, he replaced Fabiano with Kepa. The tactics were adjusted to focus on defensive destruction, trying to maintain the score and situation until the end of the game.

However, although Li Qi, who was in good form today, did not get any assists or goals, he still completed the coach's task arrangement very well. He led the whole team to work together and successfully maintained the score of 3 to 1 until the end of the game.

Sevilla, who had only 10 players left on the field, still won consecutive victories in the league, while the home team Huelva could not escape the bad luck of losing. After the victory, Sevilla surpassed Barcelona, ​​who had one game less, by one point and once again obtained the top experience card, successfully topping the standings.

After the game, Juan Ramos, still in shock, hurriedly commented on the team: "After the previous victory over Real Madrid, the team was a little proud and relaxed; the loss in the last Europa League has taught us a lesson... The players' concentration and attitude in this game are back... We will go all out to face the final battle of 2006, beat our opponents, and give the fans a Christmas present!"

At the end of the year, the schedule of every league is very tight. However, one day before the final match of La Liga, another piece of heavy news came out: the result of the FIFA World Player of the Year award was announced.

In the end, Italian central defender Cannavaro from Real Madrid was crowned FIFA World Player of the Year again after winning the European Golden Ball. Zidane and Ronaldinho came in second and third respectively.

In this selection, a total of 165 national team coaches and captains cast their votes. Among the total 330 votes, 143 votes had Cannavaro's name on them, while Zidane and Ronaldinho received 124 and 108 votes respectively. Cannavaro received 43% of the votes, Zidane received 38%, and Ronaldinho received 33%.

However, it is worth noting that the top three in this year's World Footballer of the Year selection are all from La Liga. Cannavaro and Ronaldinho belong to Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, and Zidane was also a Real Madrid player before his retirement. This makes this World Footballer of the Year selection have a bit of the flavor of La Liga Footballer of the Year.

Of the 16 FIFA World Player of the Year awards that have been completed, nine have been won by La Liga: Figo in 9, Ronaldo in 2001, Zidane in 2002, Ronaldinho in 2003 and 2004, and Cannavaro in 2005. This is the sixth consecutive time that La Liga has monopolized the FIFA World Player of the Year award.

Cannavaro is the only defender to win the award since FIFA founded the World Footballer of the Year award in 1991. In 1991, Matthäus won the first World Footballer of the Year award, but he won the award as a midfielder. In the 15-year history of the World Footballer of the Year award, it is difficult for defenders to enter the final three, let alone win the award. The closest to the award was Carlos in 1997, who narrowly lost to Ronaldo and won the second place.

If the 1991 World Footballer of the Year award is used as a benchmark, Cannavaro is also the first player to win the World Cup, European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year as captain.

The comment of Ronaldinho, the master of football art who is both the national team and the club's opponent, is undoubtedly the best footnote to Cannavaro's enthronement: "Cannavaro is the best defender in the world, there is no doubt about that!"

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就在世界足球先生颁奖典礼的第二天，也是塞维利亚与韦尔瓦的客场之旅结束后的第三天，12月20日晚上21时，06/07赛季西班牙足球甲级联赛第16轮就展开了6场争夺；回到主场的塞维利亚将面对超级拉科的挑战。

This is also Sevilla's last game in 2006 - the real finale of the year. After this game, the team will have the Christmas and New Year holidays, which is a two-week winter break.

Super Deportivo has achieved a good record of 5 wins, 3 draw and 1 loss in the past 1 visits to the Pizjuan Stadium, so it should have a psychological advantage against Sevilla. Although the media and bookmakers are more optimistic about the home team, which is in hot form recently, they also generally believe that this game should be a battle of equal strength.

However, the home team was very aggressive after the opening, showing better competitive and mental state than in the previous round of the league, catching Super Laco off guard.

Less than a minute later, Renato made a straight pass and Fabiano half-turned and shot from 1 yards in front of the goal, but the shot was just slightly higher than the crossbar.

In the 8th minute, facing Kanoute's breakthrough, Duscher committed a foul in the backcourt; then Alves took the free kick and sent it into the penalty area. Danish midfielder Poulsen rushed to the ball 10 yards in front of the goal and shook his head to shoot, but Deportivo goalkeeper Awat made a desperate save and the ball went out of the bottom line...

As the last game of the year, Juan Ramos no longer has to worry about the players' fatigue. As long as they are not injured and are in good shape, he will field all the main players. He also requires the players to drain all their physical strength and potential on the court and not leave any regrets in 2006.

Juan Ramos used almost the same starting lineup as in the previous game, but made two adjustments on the defensive line. He replaced Osio, who was suspended for a red card, with Dragutinovic, and replaced David with Adriano in the starting lineup to strengthen the attack on the wing.

Li Qi was also asked to stay in the midfield more to organize and dispatch, leaving the forward channels and opportunities to Adriano, Renato, Alves and others...

Li Qi's large-scale lateral running helped Sevilla gain control of the midfield, so after the start of the game, the home team continued to put pressure on the visiting team.

In the 25th minute, Alves took another free kick from the right and Fabiano's header from close range hit the post again...

However, Sevilla still took the lead in the 29th minute; Li Qi passed the ball to Fabiano on the side, who broke through the baseline and sent a powerful low cross!

Although the ball was intercepted by Deportivo goalkeeper Awat, it was hit in front of Kanoute who was following up in the middle of the penalty area. The latter easily scored an empty goal from close range; Sevilla led Deportivo 1-0.

Super Laco, which was behind, also launched a counterattack, but it was not until the 34th minute that the first offensive threat and goal was seen. Sergio made a 45-degree cross from the wing, and Rodriguez made a header in the middle of the penalty area. Fortunately, Palop, who was concentrating, flew to save the slightly curved header from going out of the bottom line.

Then Sevilla continued to dominate the game. In the second half of the first half, Super Laco was exhausted by Li Qi's constant long and short passes, and its defense was in danger!

Although Sevilla entered the halftime break with only a one-goal lead, their advantage on the field was even greater. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that if La Coruna could not change the situation, they would definitely be defeated by the home team after their physical strength declined in the second half.

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