Chapter 321: The flattery from big brother Totti!

[Sorry, dear readers, the update is late. I had diarrhea until midnight yesterday, and I stayed up late to update, so I am in a very bad state today...]

Derby County, second-to-last team, was beaten 9- by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge three days ago, and then conceded a - win to Manchester United at home. The goal was penetrated times in four days, which was really pitiful...

But we can only say that everyone's joys and sorrows are different. In the press conference after the game, although Sir Alex first paid tribute to his opponent, he mainly wanted to express that the Red Devils' victory was not refreshing enough:

"After a huge blow, Derby County and their manager, Javier, did a fantastic job getting the team back into the game with confidence and determination.

但是按照双方纸面实力间的悬殊对比和场面上表现，虽然菜地般的草坪也给我们制造了一些麻烦，我们应该在前20分钟就4比0或者5比0领先……

It was not until the last minute of the first half that Rooney's wonderful pass and Li Qi's calm goal made the game really easy. The decline in the ability to seize opportunities is the biggest problem Manchester United has encountered recently. Last Saturday, Manchester United was kicked out of the FA Cup because of wasting opportunities, and today it was on this issue again.

Fortunately, compared to last weekend's 22 shots without any goals, this game saw 23 goals from 3 shots which is considered good.

Of course, the performance of our 3Rs is unparalleled, especially Cristiano Ronaldo. Congratulations to him, he has tied the legend and the record of 32 goals. The next step is to break the record and write his own legend and record!

"The game is about winning and we are very happy with the three points we got. We now have to turn our attention to the game against Bolton next week and the home game against Liverpool next Sunday. It is crucial to seize the opportunity.

I hope Manchester United will continue to win. Now the league title race is starting to heat up. I think the battle at the end of the season will be very exciting and intense. We are getting closer and closer to the championship..."

Yes, by mid-March, not only has the Champions League entered the quarterfinals, but the Premier League has also entered the final sprint stage, with only 3 rounds of games left!

In this round of the league, Arsenal drew again! So Manchester United once again overtook the standings!

在3月15日晚上19时许，07/08赛季英格兰足球超级联赛第30轮，在酋长球场进行的比赛吹响了终场哨声：阿森纳在主场1比1绝平客队米德尔斯堡。

Former Arsenal striker Aliadiere scored the first goal and Toure equalized the score at the last moment, but Arsenal could only suffer the bitter fruit of four consecutive draws in the league.

Therefore, the situation after the 30th round of the Premier League is that Manchester United has the same points as Arsenal with one game less, but the former has surpassed the latter and occupied the top spot in the standings with a clear goal difference advantage. Sir Alex Ferguson's Red Devils only need to win the make-up match against Bolton in three days to truly surpass the Gunners and take the lead!

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What makes Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson most confident is their top star Cristiano Ronaldo, who just scored the game-killing goal in the match against Derby County, continuing to lead the Premier League scorer list while tying a goal record that had been dormant for decades.

Derby County coach Jewell joked in the press conference after the game: "If Ronaldo was more handsome, he would be perfect... You can't mark him because he is very flexible, and he is tall, brave like a lion, as strong as a bull, and as fast as lightning..."

As the best player of the game in the last round, Ricardo heard after the game that the Derby County coach did not comment on him, but praised Ronaldo. He couldn't help but complain: I don't know what is as fast as lightning, and he doesn't explain it clearly. Haven't you heard the story of the Flash and the Invisible Man?

But soon, Ricardo received special attention from overseas...

Before the weekend's Rome derby, the Red Wolves' top star was asked about the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals. Totti believes that when facing Manchester United again, he must not only focus on Ronaldo:

"7-1 is a thing of the past and it won't happen again. It was a big blow to us, but it can also be a lesson. We are sure it won't happen again. Rather than revenge, I just want to advance, which is the most important thing...

C Ronaldo is their key player, but we can't just look at him. Sir Alex Ferguson has an excellent team, and I think the biggest threat in Manchester United is my teammate in the Italian national team, Ricardo Licci; if I were the coach of Manchester United, I would definitely make him the only core on the field!

If you look at his assists, you will know that he is much more efficient than Ronaldo. We know him very well and we know that if we don't freeze him, the victory will be easily stolen by him... Yes, he is an extremely cunning person. "

Totti was happy after he finished speaking. But Ricardo was not happy at all when he received the praise from the national team big brother from across the ocean. This was clearly flattery and discord!

Teammates in the national team, are you such a jerk? Aren't the big guys in the team wary of this mistress taking over? She might be killed in the bud... Oh! That's right! Totti was not selected for the latest national team roster.

On March 3, the Spanish national team will host the world champion Italy at home to warm up for the 26 European Championship.

Yesterday, the Spanish national team coach Aragones announced the new national team roster: however, Real Madrid captain Raul will still not return to the team, which also means that the "Prince of the Bernabeu"'s hope of participating in the 2008 European Cup will become increasingly slim.

Similarly, earlier today, Donadoni also announced the new roster of the Italian national team, and on the Italian side, three princes were absent at the same time: Prince Totti of Rome, Prince Del Piero of Zebra and Prince Nesta of AC Milan, and these three are also likely to miss the 08 European Cup.

Donadoni once again recruited Roma's veteran defender Panucci and the recently popular Maresca, while the forward line was led by Bundesliga top scorer Toni.

Of course, Ricardo Richie, who is already close to the core position in Manchester United, is also indispensable.

However, the media still believes that Italy's midfield will be dominated by the AC Milan gang led by Pirlo, and Li Qi is more likely to occupy a starting spot as a front attacker.

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Fortunately, the big brothers of Manchester United should not have seen the media reports on Totti's interview, because they did not make things difficult for our protagonist Ricciardo in the past two days, allowing the latter to safely welcome the 07th round of the 08/29 Premier League season.

At 2008 p.m. on March 3, 19, Manchester United, in red shirts and white pants, faced the challenge of Bolton, in white shirts and black pants, at Old Trafford.

At the beginning of this season, Manchester United lost to Bolton by one goal away from home, but they have won their last four home games. The last time Bolton won at Old Trafford was in September 1, when Nolan scored the only goal.

双方英超交锋17场，曼联10胜4平3负占据上风，其中主场5胜1平2负。这是双方第113场交锋，此前曼联46胜24平42负稍占上风。

In order to cope with the Manchester derby at the weekend, Sir Alex made four adjustments to the starting lineup: Pique, Hargreaves, Saha and Tevez rotated in the starting lineup, Rooney and Scholes were on the bench, Giggs was rested, and C-Ronaldo served as the captain on the field.

The goalkeeper is No. 12 Foster;

The back line from left to right is No. 22 O'Shea, No. 15 Vidic, No. 19 Pique and No. 4 Hargreaves who plays as a right back;

The four-man midfield combination is No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 17 Li Qi, No. 24 Fletcher and No. 8 Anderson who was completely squeezed to the wing by Li Qi. However, Anderson happened to be left-footed, and his speed and judgment were also in line with the attributes of a winger, which was much better than breaking through in the middle.

The two strikers are No. 32 Tevez and No. 9 Saha.

In this game, Sir Alex Ferguson deliberately arranged Tevez, Ronaldo and Li Qi to start on the same side, hoping to give full play to the offensive ability of the three and focus on breaking up Bolton's left defense. Therefore, he also specially arranged Hargreaves to play as a right back to assist the three in defense...

Sir Alex's arrangement achieved immediate results in the opening stage. After the kick-off, the RRT combination frequently created threats on the right, almost breaking through Bolton's defense several times and creating corner kick opportunities one after another.

So Manchester United took the third corner kick from the right side after the opening and broke the deadlock.

In the 8th minute, Ronaldo cut back and received a lob pass from Li Qi, and made a triangle pass from the edge of the penalty area to Tevez who was lurking in the middle of the penalty area. Unfortunately, the latter's shot from 6 in front of the goal was blocked by Bolton defender Gardner and went out of the baseline.

Then, Li Qi took a corner kick from the right side, and Ronaldo, who got rid of the defense with the help of Saha, jumped high at the back point and headed the ball into the far corner!

It's a pity that Ronaldo didn't hit the right spot, but it didn't matter, it turned into a wrong header pass...

Tevez cleverly caught the aerial trajectory of Ronaldo's header and hooked the ball in front of the small penalty area!

Tevez's shot was very accurate, with the effort hitting the right spot and with great force, but unfortunately, the shot was too straight and was subconsciously blocked by Bolton goalkeeper Habisi who was guarding the center of the goal...

However, the ball was not blocked far enough and fell behind Ronaldo. So the Portuguese player took the lead and shot the ball ten yards in front of the goal, volleying it into the upper left corner of the goal!

After scoring the goal, Ronaldo once again ran wildly in ecstasy to celebrate! This was his 33rd goal of the season. He broke George Best's record that had been sealed for 40 years and created his own record!

However, Ronaldo did not run too far. He knelt on the grass, pointed his hands to the sky and muttered something. This made Li Qi, who wanted to repeat his old trick and knock Ronaldo down to play human pyramid, have to reluctantly change to patting his head and killing him:

After all, Ronaldo was kneeling. I don’t know if this guy found out that the previous human pyramid was instigated by me…

Less than ten minutes into the game, Manchester United led Bolton 1-0. Compared with the difficulties in the previous round, this time the Red Devils got off to a good start with the ball!

However, Manchester United did not relax their offensive after taking the lead, but continued to intensify their attack. After all, leading by just one goal is not safe. What's more important is that Sir Alex Ferguson gave a death order to lock in the victory as soon as possible. Fortunately, they could take a break at the end of the game to prepare for the next focus battle for the championship!

So while Manchester United continued to work hard, oh no, attack hard, their home team's goal was stolen.

Bolton almost equalized the score through a counterattack in the 18th minute: former Liverpool youth training camp midfielder Guthrie made a cross from the bottom right during the counterattack, and Kevin Davis made a shovel shot from 6 yards far away!

Fortunately, the ball was saved by Foster just as it was about to cross the goal line!

The Manchester United players were so scared that they could not help but intensify their offensive: Good fellow, you dare to fight back? We almost made our work in vain, and now we have to be scolded by the old man, oh no, it is the earnest teachings of the beloved Sir Alex Ferguson...

So two minutes later, Manchester United successfully expanded the score.

In the 20th minute, Li Qi and Ronaldo made a crossover, the former passed the ball diagonally, and the latter took the ball and cut inside to go it alone, but was fouled and intercepted by Bolton defender Meite 25 yards in front of the penalty area.

Manchester United got a set piece in a great position.

Li Qi once again stood next to Ronaldo and made a close-range penalty kick!

The free kick from 25 yards slightly to the right of the center line arced, passed the wall of people and fell rapidly, shot through the fingers of the flying Mette, and the ball hit the net close to the left post of the goal!

Manchester United leads Bolton 2-0. This is also Ronaldo's 34th goal of the season and his 24th goal in the league!

This time, Zhuangbifan didn't run around. He seemed much calmer. He just stood there with his hands on his hips, waiting for his teammates to come over and congratulate him...

After Vidic rubbed Ronaldo's well-groomed hair, Li Qi felt that Ronaldo was even more pretentious! It was really irritating! I also wanted to score a goal!

So Li Qi took advantage of the kick-off in the center circle and secretly hooked up with Ronaldo to make a deal: "Well, Brother C, oh no, it's Brother Luo, you can also assist me with one or two goals, which can directly offset the reward I gave you for assisting..."

Before Li Qi finished his words, Ronaldo knocked away Li Qi's right arm that was resting on his shoulder, and said seriously, "Ricardo! What are you talking about? Am I that kind of person?"

Li Qi was immediately embarrassed. He didn't expect that the arrogant Ronaldo would turn his back on him. Oh no, he turned his face and was ruthless! He was about to say a few harsh words like "I won't help you if you don't help me", but he heard Ronaldo say the next sentence:

"I will not miss anything I promised you, you should pass the ball. If you want to score a goal, you should move forward actively. If there is an open space, just run. If there is no space, I owe you! I play for the team, breaking a record is just a requirement of the team and a by-product.

I am also a master at passing the ball. Let your Totti, who can only make jokes, see what an assist is! "

⊙0⊙!

Li Qi immediately started to complain. He didn't expect that the arrogant Ronaldo was waiting for him here! This guy had read Totti's interview report a long time ago. He had been holding it in for two days without saying anything, and then he gave him the chance to show off! Damn it!

All right! I will boldly move forward! I have to let you finish this wave of pens! At least you have to help me attack one, so that I won’t lose so much in exchange for a goal...

Shit! I feel even angrier than before! No! I'm so angry I want to explode! Bolton! I stole it from you!

Afterwards, Li Qi made a decisive move, making Ronaldo, who had been in front of him, the man behind him...

Damn, this description doesn't seem right! However, Li Qi didn't care what the author said, he just scored a goal and celebrated it!

However, Li Qi's charge attracted the attention of Bolton's defense. Two or three defenders immediately surrounded him and kicked him...

It also gives Tevez and Ronaldo more room to move around.

In the 26th minute, Ronaldo made a cross from the wing, and Tevez retreated to meet the ball while the defensive player was taken away by Li Qi. He turned around at the edge of the penalty area and fired a powerful shot!

Unfortunately, the shot was too straight and was caught directly by goalkeeper Habisi, which made Li Qi, who was thinking of making a follow-up shot, very disappointed!

Five minutes later, Manchester United launched another attack on the right.

This time it was Tevez who passed the ball in the middle, and Li Qi also made a forward run to break open the defense, giving Ronaldo the space to shoot from the corner of the penalty area.

The latter shot right away, not wasting Li Qi's pulling value at all. Unfortunately, Ronaldo's long shot hit the central defender Andy O'Brien and bounced behind Li Qi...

Li Qi missed the chance to make a follow-up shot again.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to take a corner kick, Li Qi finally realized that something was wrong. Why did his explosive power suddenly seem to be useless?

I just triggered it, and then I found a gap and pointed out a route to advance... But as soon as I rushed forward, Bolton's defense came over, and it was right for Ronaldo and Tevez not to give me the ball...

But this is not right. Why does it feel like my trump card talent has suddenly become useless? I used to be good at making cakes for others, but how come I have become a wedding dress for others?

No, no, my playing style is not like this. I should still be the man behind others and not be pushed forward like a fool... Even if I want Ronaldo to assist, I should take the initiative and make the plan.

Still wanting to wait for Ronaldo to pass the ball to me, I really believed your nonsense, old man!

Hmm? Why do you say old man? Come on, I must have believed you, a bad boy!

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