Chapter 260: The Great Enemy, Oh No, It’s the Roman Legion Invading! Part

In the 68th minute, Li Qi intercepted the risky pass from substitute Pizarro to Giuly, and then Li Qi sent a precise long pass to Rooney who was retreating to meet the goal without any delay.

Rooney stopped the ball with his chest and back, then turned around and passed Meckels, who was given a yellow card and dared not to commit a reckless foul. Rooney came to the front of the penalty area, faced with double teaming, and directly passed the ball over the top.

Ronaldo came in at high speed, but he ran too far, or Rooney's pass was a little high. But Ronaldo was still extremely talented 7 meters in front of the goal, with his back to the goal, and used his right heel to knock the ball past Kurchi's feet into the goal!

But unfortunately, the linesman believed that Ronaldo not only ran too far, but also started too early, making him offside, and the goal was invalid.

Ronaldo felt a little regretful, but there was no excessive argument because the rhythm did not allow it. Roma, eager to equalize the score, quickly took a set-piece, but Manchester United, who were in better shape, launched the next wave of attack even faster.

Just one minute after Ronaldo was offside and the game was tied, Manchester United finally turned the advantage into a goal and changed the score again.

Totti forced a long shot near the top of Manchester United's penalty area, but Ferdinand blocked it. Li Qi hooked the ball back before it bounced out of bounds, and directly connected it with an outside kick, lightly passing through the crotch of De Rossi who rushed to intercept. The latter also tried to grab Li Qi's jersey with his hands, but Li Qi nimbly dodged from the outside.

Then Li Qi faced Cicinho who was staring at him closely, and he had no intention of continuing to tangle with him. The Brazilian defender did not rush up to commit a foul because he had a card, but he would definitely entangle him and prevent him from speeding up. He would not dare to commit a big foul, but he would definitely make a lot of small moves.

So Li Qi sent a long-range pass, aiming at Ronaldo who was ready to go on the other side!

After receiving the ball on the wing, Ronaldo quickly cut inside, and rushed past Mancini's defense and headed straight for the middle where Pizarro was guarding. But when he was about to enter the defensive third zone, Ronaldo and Carrick followed up in the middle and played a wall-like cooperation, and he changed his line and got past Pizarro, who was not good at defense.

When Ronaldo reached the edge of the penalty area, facing the joint defense of Tonetto and Juanito, he did not choose to pass the ball to Tevez who was on the side, but instead passed the ball to the middle, trying to make a wall-like cooperation with Li Qi who was running at high speed, and directly cut into the penalty area to get a chance to face the goalkeeper.

Li Qi also understood what he meant. Both his eyes and actions were about to kick the ball, and at the top of the pitch, he would hit the ball in the direction of C Ronaldo who had already started to move diagonally behind Juan.

At this moment, time seemed to freeze. Ronaldo pushed Tonetto away from the defense with one hand, and pointed his finger forward to pass the ball to Li Qi.

Tonetto stretched out his evil little hand with a ferocious look and grabbed Ronaldo's pants, and leaned towards Ronaldo; Juan and Mexter also put down their shovels with terrified expressions, ready to fly over to block Li Qi's direct pass; Kurci on the goal line had also taken a step forward, ready to fall to the ground to block Li Qi's direct pass or Ronaldo's single shot...

All of this was clearly observed at the moment of explosion before Li Qi touched the ball.

So the moment Li Qi touched the ball, he shook his ankle and easily sent the ball to the other side of the penalty area, behind the free-spirited Meckels.

There was also a Red Devils striker on that side, and he was not offside because he was also inserting from outside the penalty area, and Mex's whole body was inside the penalty area!

It was Manchester United's No. 9 Rooney, who easily took the ball with his right foot and cut into the penalty area. There was no defensive player around him who could interfere with him. Even the goalkeeper Kurchi's attack direction was wrong, and most of the empty goal was right in front of Rooney.

Rooney couldn't miss the ball, otherwise it wouldn't be as simple as practicing more when he returned. Rooney easily made a low shot with his left foot and sent the ball steadily into the Roma goal from 13 meters in front of the goal. Kurchi flew sideways but couldn't save the ball!

Manchester United leads Roma 2-0!

After Rooney scored the goal, he called on his teammates to celebrate together. As Ronaldo ran towards Rooney, he looked sideways at Li Qi with a look of resentment on his face...

Li Qi shrugged helplessly: Brother, there's nothing we can do, Lu Xiaopang is in a better position, the defense was all attracted by you, he was completely left open, look how easily he scored... The key is that before the game, Lu Xiaopang raised the price and gave better conditions - almost all the goals corresponding to the assists belong to me!

Then Roma's bald coach Spalletti replaced Mancini, who was perfectly suppressed by Ronaldo in this game, with Vucinic, and changed to a 4-4-2 with two strikers, hoping to create threats through simpler long passes...

However, it made no difference, the midfield was still under Manchester United's control, Roma's long passes had limited accuracy and naturally posed limited threat, and the home team continued to calmly launch very threatening defensive counterattacks.

In the 75th minute, Li Qi received a straight pass from Carrick after he intercepted the ball, and then he overcame Giuly's entanglement and made a low pass to the diagonal, accurately finding Twich. After stopping the ball, the latter dribbled the ball and broke through De Rossi's defense head-on, then shot from 20 meters away from the goal on the right side, but unfortunately the ball went wide of the near post.

In the 79th minute, Li Qi received a long pass from Scholes, broke through to the left bottom line and knocked the ball back. Rooney shot the ball from 25 meters in front of the goal, but unfortunately the ball went wide of the far post again...

Then, Sir Alex Ferguson replaced Reggie, who had performed well in this game and contributed one assist and one goal, with Giggs, allowing Reggie to receive applause from the audience. This also prevented Roma, who were already a little bit bloodthirsty, from using lethal tactics against Reggie as they did in the second half of the first half. By protecting the young man, he also allowed him to save some face for his Italian compatriots and avoid a fight to the death.

However, after Li Qi left the field, Giggs, who came on as a substitute, seemed to have lost the rhythm and was a bit unable to keep up with Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez, who were like clockwork. The connection between Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt was disrupted, allowing Roma to seize the opportunity and attack fiercely in the last ten minutes.

In the 82nd minute, while Li Qi was off the field and Giggs had not yet found his form to help defend the left wing, Pizarro sent a straight pass to the empty space on the left wing of Manchester United's defense. Perrotta cut in diagonally to the right edge of Manchester United's penalty area, then twisted his waist and shot a low ball across. Unfortunately, the Roman prince who was flanking in the middle actually hit the ball away 10 meters in front of the goal. Roma missed the best scoring opportunity of the game.

Then in the 84th minute, Toni wanted to make up for his mistake. During his lateral dribbling, he suddenly passed the ball to the right side of Manchester United's penalty area with his heel. There was a gap at the junction of Giggs and Evra's defense. But Perrotta and Giuly overlapped and rushed together. In the end, Vidic, who came to defend, cleared the ball out of the sideline. Roma missed another good chance to score!

Then Sir Alex replaced Anderson with Rooney to strengthen the defense. Roma also played the last card, replacing Esposito with Giuly, and concentrated their firepower to smash the ball into Manchester United's penalty area!

In the 86th minute, Pizarro kicked the ball from the right side, although it was too far, but De Rossi flew to save the ball at the far end of the left side and directly passed it with the outside of his right foot. Perrotta followed up and volleyed with his left foot 8 meters away from the goal. Unfortunately, the angle and direction were wrong, and the difficulty of the reverse foot shot was too high, and the ball was hit!

However, the ball was blocked by Ferdinand and bounced back to the middle of the penalty area. Pizarro followed up with a shot. Fortunately, Carrick returned to defense in time to block the opponent's shooting line and blocked the ball out of the baseline.

In the 87th minute, Totti made another wonderful heel pass, Vucinic made a cross pass from the left side of the penalty area, Esposito, who had just come on as a substitute, was lurking at the back post and made an oblique shot from 10 meters away from the goal, but unfortunately the ball hit the far post and went out of the bottom line!

Finally entering the injury time, after De Rossi's long shot from 30 meters away from the goal went over the crossbar, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

The final score was 2-0. According to international practice, the home team is in the lead, so Roma could only helplessly accept defeat at Old Trafford again.

In another match in this group, Sporting Lisbon beat Dynamo Kyiv 2-1 away. So after two rounds of the Champions League group stage, Roma and Sporting Lisbon both had 3 points, Dynamo Kyiv had 0 points, and were at the bottom of Group F, while Manchester United was at the top of Group F with 6 points after two consecutive wins.

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At the end of the game, the home team Manchester United had a slight advantage, with a ball possession rate of 59%, close to 6%, and 108 steals, 25 more than Roma, 18 shots, 12 shots, and 8 shots on target, 6 shots. Manchester United's leading data is reasonable, but a closer look shows that Roma's ball possession and offensive opportunities are concentrated in the first and last two periods, that is, the first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes. In the remaining 70 minutes of the game, Manchester United controlled and dominated the progress of the game.

After beating the strongest opponent in the group stage 2-0, Manchester United won the first two rounds of the group and topped the table of Group F. In the press conference after the game, Sir Alex Ferguson was happy about it: "I am very satisfied because the opponent is an excellent team. This is an excellent game and an excellent European war night."

At the beginning of the game, both sides played very cautiously, so that the situation was very tense for a while, but Li Qi's shot and pass changed the game, and he was very active throughout the game. Sir Alex Ferguson also expressed his praise for this: "Li Qi played very well in this game. Although there were occasional mistakes, he and Ronaldo activated the team's offense together. Li Qi scored a goal. Ronaldo was not very lucky tonight, but he successfully attracted the attention of the Roma defense. He was half responsible for Rooney's goal."

"Of course Rooney and Tevez, who came on as a substitute, performed well. Our frontcourt combination is getting more and more tacit. The passing, cutting and running are very smooth, and the position switching and penetration are also very natural. Each teammate has his own characteristics and different playing styles, which is a good thing. Excellent players can always find ways to integrate with each other. We will get better and better..."

In fact, before the game, Sir Alex Ferguson only wanted a 1-0 victory. After all, compared with the 7-1 victory six months ago, Manchester United only retained 5 main players, and Roma changed more, with only Totti, De Rossi, Mex and Mancini.

The lineup has changed, the attitude has changed, and the game has changed accordingly, especially at the beginning of the season, when both teams need to find their form and tacit understanding. Roma, playing away, was very cautious, paying great attention to maintaining the distance between the backcourt players and the defensive stacking, and did not invest too much manpower in the offense, but the counterattack when the score was behind was also impressive, especially at the end of the game, when they once set off a wave of offense and almost scored several times.

No wonder the Italian media praised Roma after the game. Spalletti also said at the press conference: "The result of failure is not entirely correct. Judging from the performance on the field, a draw is more appropriate. We did not leave much space for the opponent, and we also created some opportunities ourselves, especially in the final stage. Unfortunately, we failed to seize them."

However, after the game, Roma reported disappointing news. Midfielder Aquilani injured his old injury - his waist - during a fight with Li Qi. He will miss two months of games and will most likely miss the second round of the group match between Roma and Manchester United.

Ricardo naturally sent a congratulatory message in time for the paid leave. Oh no, it was a heartfelt condolence: "After all, it was you, Alberto, who took the initiative to bump into me and hurt yourself. You should take good care of your injury. I will definitely work hard with you and lead the team to qualify successfully!"

Aquilani: “…mmp!”

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Before Sarafina arrived this week, she had already deposited 100 million euros into Ricardo's account. This was pocket money she had saved over the past few years, which she intended to use to fund Ricardo's football big data analysis project.

Sara thought this was Ricardo's lifelong wish, to have his own football big data analysis company. After all, Ricardo's brother had been talking to her about this project since middle school. Ricardo loved football so much that he even worked hard to learn computer programming and published several related SCI papers...

Sarah had been thinking of saving pocket money for a few more years and then giving it out as a wedding gift when she and Ricardo got married. But now that Ricardo needs it, she has to give it out in advance to help him fulfill his wish!

Ricardo was very moved when he received the text message. Although Sara guessed wrong about the lifelong wish of the scumbag Li... but that was not important. Ricardo was still very moved, and the soft spot in his heart seemed to be constantly touched. When he met the little princess in a white fairy dress at the train station, he immediately gave Sarafina a big kiss, affectionately!

After receiving the transfer, Ricardo wanted to confess to Sara that he didn't need money, he just needed people and time; but in the end, Ricardo decided to hide his wife Ben for a while, mainly because he didn't want to disappoint Sarafina's affection and kindness in this situation. He had to be a good person and appreciate it, right? It had nothing to do with the fact that he had too many wives!

Well, in order to repay Sarafina's sincerity, Ricardo decided to leave 30% of the shares of the project to Sarafina, no matter how much the acquisition cost. In addition, he had to be a good licker at night in the next few weeks, work harder, invest more emotions, and let the little princess reach the sky more times...

Then Sarah is a pure capital investor. Should we let her participate in the acquisition negotiations?

Forget it, let UBS take the lead in these small matters. The girl they sent to seduce Ricardo last time was of good quality. Even if nothing happened, it would be quite exciting just to see her looming...

As for the funds, there is no need to worry at all. According to the latest news, the bulk transaction contract for the Google stocks held by Ricardo has been signed, and the deposit has been received. It is just a matter of time. Moreover, UBS is very willing to provide Ricardo with a large amount of M&A financing credit of up to 1.5 million US dollars, just in case that the big dog Ricardo will not lend money. After all, Google's stocks are there, so why should they be afraid that you will run away?

In addition, facing Ricardo's fierce attack at night, before Sarafina completely fell and lost her mind, she said that she would introduce a senior brother to Ricardo who was very good at capital operation and corporate management.

Well, during the intermission, we can take some time to get to know each other first...

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Just three days after the Champions League match, on Saturday, October 2007, 10, at 6:12 noon, an early morning encounter in the 45th round of the 07/08 English Premier League was held at Old Trafford, with the home team Manchester United facing the visiting Wigan Athletic.

Manchester United has won all five matches against Wigan in the past two seasons, scoring 5 goals and conceding only 16 goals, which gives them an absolute psychological advantage. However, the home team Manchester United was affected by injuries and fatigue from playing two games in a row. Carrick was absent due to injury, Wes Brown suffered from muscle fatigue, Pique, a young player of the Spanish Under-3 national team, entered the Premier League starting lineup for the second time, and Saha, who originally occupied the starting lineup, was injured during the pre-match warm-up and was replaced by Eagles.

As for Li Qi, he was too focused on attacking at night these few days, so his training condition during the day was not very good. In the eyes of Sir Alex Ferguson, his beloved disciple, who never caused trouble and never lingered in the nightclubs, and Wes Brown were affected by the recent intensive schedule and suffered muscle fatigue. Especially Li Qi had just settled in Manchester and needed extra time to adapt to the new living environment and new teammates.

Sir Alex originally wanted to give Li Qi a holiday, but his family knew his own business, and Li Qi, who felt guilty, refused to accept it. He insisted on staying on the front line with a minor injury, and actively asked for the battle! Sir Alex was moved by Li Qi's performance and despicable tricks, and was very pleased, so he put Li Qi on the bench and decided to let him play in the second half.

Manchester United still lined up a 4-4-2 parallel starting lineup:

The goalkeeper is No. 29 Kuszczak;

The back line from right to left is No. 19 Pique, No. 5 Ferdinand, No. 15 Vidic and No. 3 Evra;

The central midfielders from right to left are No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 18 Scholes, No. 22 O'Shea and No. 11 Giggs;

The two forwards are No. 32 Tevez and No. 10 Rooney.

However, the first half of the game was not easy for Manchester United, and unexpected events occurred frequently!

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