Chapter 40: First assist and first goal
During the half-time break, Li Qi looked around at his teammates in the locker room and found that the only one who had the motivation to score 1 or 2 more goals with him in the second half was Luca Toni. He had already scored twice and was in hot form today, so he definitely had a chance to score a hat trick.
Luca Toni can be said to be the adult national team version of Pelle, but compared with Luca Toni, the current Roaring Beast can only be called Hello Kitty.
Luca Toni is also over 1 meters tall and weighs 93kg. He has a muscular body and eight abdominal muscles... He is also superior to Pelle in many center techniques such as stopping the ball, passing, judging penalties, heading, shooting and back-to-back play.
So Li Qi is very confident that he can replicate the center forward cooperation tactics with Luca Toni and Pelle...
I simply communicated with Luca Toni and explained the cooperation routines of two or three youth team's centers. Luca Toni said it was simple and we could try it in the second half.
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In the second half, the Italian team firmly controlled the situation... Li Qi also knew that he couldn't act too hastily, so he pretended to be harmless and kind, and slowly cooperated with the big brothers, stepping back and forth, patiently looking for opportunities.
On the contrary, Luca Toni's condition and desire to fight were visible to everyone. He frequently asked for the ball in the opponent's defensive third zone, and in the first 3 minutes of the second half, he had three headers in the penalty area and all of them were successful, but he was still just a hair's breadth away from scoring.
Li Qi and I also tried the tactics discussed during the half-time break. We stumbled a bit the first time, but it worked out. However, the defensive player blocked his shot and it went out of bounds.
But Li Qi was more confident to try it again one or two times, and he would surely succeed when Luca Toni got familiar with it or the opponent's defender's strength declined!
In the 55th minute, Li Qi cut inside the middle again and made a short pass with Pirlo before moving forward. When he saw Li Qi's shouting signal, Luca Toni also retreated from the penalty area in time to prepare for the response.
Li Qi picked up the ball lightly from the crowd, and cooperated with the retreating Lucatoni in an aerial wall collision. Lucatoni's header was also very accurate, landing not far behind the opponent's defense line...
It was the turn of the stabbing TV commentator to explain:
"Li Qi advances..."
"Li Qi hits a high ball and cooperates with Tony..."
"Excellent! This wall pass passed three defensive players!"
"Li Qi stole the ball in one quick move and entered the penalty area!"
"Half-single sword..."
"The opposing defender made a tackle!"
"Pretty!"
"Ditch oooooh! Ditch oooooh! Ditch!"
"Luca Toni hat trick!"
“This is also Ricardo Liqi’s first assist in the national team!”
"This coordination is clear, efficient and wonderful. Let's watch it again in slow motion..."
Li Qi bypassed two opposing defensive players and moved forward at high speed. He stole the ball without stopping at the edge of the penalty area and went straight into the penalty area.
The opponent's defender who was closest to the ball originally had a chance to make a tackle in advance, but he stumbled when he turned back and could not catch up.
The defender originally in the middle could only come over and tackle to intercept Li Qi who was about to enter the small penalty area.
Li Qi faked a shot and then dunked, then made a light inverted triangle pass to Luca Toni who finished the ball in the air and then cut to the top of the gourd.
Luca Toni was also not ambiguous, he shot the ball directly into the half-empty goal, because the goalkeeper just went to block the near corner facing Li Qi...
Not long after Luca Toni scored the goal, he was replaced by Lippi with another center forward, Acuna.
Li Qi felt a little sorry that the hot Luca Toni was substituted out early. But when Iaquinta came, he did the same thing. He whispered to Iaquinta for a while during a dead ball and said two routines...
However, in the 65th minute, a sign was raised on the sidelines to announce a substitution, and it was Zacardo who was ready to play...
Fortunately, it was Camoranesi who was substituted and Li Qi was moved to the midfield. It seemed that Lippi was very satisfied with Li Qi's energy in this game and wanted to keep Li Qi to continue counterattacking and deter the opponent's formation from pressing too forward.
Li Qi was startled and thought he would be substituted early, but instead he had the opportunity to get closer to the opponent's goal and made several counterattacks with Acuna.
But it was obvious that Iaquinta had just come on the field and had not yet found his rhythm. His shots were ridiculously off target... Brother Totti shook his head...
When the game reached the 80th minute, Lippi used up his last substitution and replaced Gilardino with Barzagli, pushed Totti to the front line, and changed to 5-3-2. This meant to call it a day, allowing the big guys in the team to save their energy and be careful not to get injured.
Seeing both sides steadily passing the ball or jogging to watch the game, Li Qi thought that the hope of losing his virginity in this game, oh no, the hope of scoring a goal should be very slim...
However, fate is often very magical. When you lose hope, it opens a window for you.
The game was about to enter injury time. At this time, Zacardo, who came on as a substitute, made a mistake in passing the ball back, giving the Belarus team a corner kick...
Belarus, which had not entered the Italian half for half an hour, saw this and had to give an explanation to the fans, right? So 5-6 players rushed into the Italian penalty area to compete for headers...
The Belarusian corner kick was also hard to describe... Although the power was good, the height was obviously not enough and the angle was wrong... Pirlo, who was guarding the front post at the edge of the small penalty area, cleared the ball with a kick...
As for Pirlo's clearance, it was unclear whether it was because the ball was too fast, the game was too long, his feet were a little weak, or he deliberately kicked the ball flat... It was directly stopped by Li Qi at the edge of the penalty area...
Li Qi first made a fake move of lowering his shoulders and shook off a Belarusian player who was pressing him... I don't know if this player had a yellow card or thought the game was about to end, so he didn't commit a foul at the first time.
Li Qi did not start to speed up immediately, because the "explosion point" had come! Li Qi used this opportunity to observe and think calmly...
Iaquinta was in the center circle right in front, with the defensive player 3-4 body lengths away from him, so he could receive the ball, and he was also ready to launch a counterattack.
But Li Qi did not choose to pass the ball to Iaquinta who was in a better position, but instead sent a powerful horizontal ball through the crotch to Totti who was retreating deeper, and behind Totti was a defender from the opposing team!
However, the defender behind Totti didn't have time to react. Totti stopped the ball with great difficulty, then turned around and passed the opponent's defender.
Totti did not speed up after dribbling past the opponent. When the defender close to Acuna pretended to come over to defend, he avoided the foul of the Belarusian defender and passed the ball directly in front of Acuna!
Since Acuna had not crossed the half court yet, there was no offside, and Acuna had a solo chance!
But Iaquinta's shot was blocked by the goalkeeper near the penalty area...
However, Li Qi, who passed by at high speed like a gust of wind, snatched the ball that fell in the middle of the penalty area and easily dribbled the ball into the empty goal!
All I heard was the TV commentator starting to cheer again: "Gooooooooooooooooo! Go ...
"Ricardo Richie's goal in the final moments of the game!"
"This is also Ricardo Liqi's first goal for the national team!"
"This textbook counterattack was clear, efficient and brilliant. Let's watch it again in slow motion..."
Li Qi didn't pass the ball directly to Acuna because he knew Acuna was not in good shape in this game. He would probably be in a hurry to handle the ball and might be fouled by the opponent.
The difficult and powerful horizontal shot to Totti was because Totti's ball-stopping and escaping skills were absolutely first-class. Moreover, Totti, who had played two preliminary games, was exhausted and would definitely pass the ball quickly, whether it was to Li Qi who came in from behind or to Iaquinta who had just come on as a substitute, there was a chance.
And if Totti chose to give it to Acuna... considering Acuna's athlete's foot condition today, if he follows up quickly, he might be able to pick up a big gift package!
As expected! Perfect, first start, first assist and first goal!
However, the best player of the match still belonged to big brother Luca Toni who performed a hat trick...
In another European World Cup qualifier in Group 1 that ended earlier, in a home match against Scotland, the Norwegians were defeated by Miller's two goals and lost 2- to their opponents at home.
Italy's lead has expanded to 5 points. With two games left, as long as Italy wins one more game, they can secure a ticket to the World Cup in Germany!
Italy's opponents in the last two rounds are Slovenia at home on October 10 and Moldova, the weakest team in the group, at home on October 7...
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Before he even returned to Barcelona, Ricardo received congratulations from his parents, brother, Sarafina, Julian, Raiola, Pimenta, and a bunch of friends: Good luck, good fortune, the chosen one, good luck, good luck from the sky, shit from the sky...
These thin dogs are completely worthless. Chiara’s congratulatory message is the most interesting!
This is a plain selfie of the lower body, with a white slit long skirt and purple-gray stockings and long legs, which is nothing... The key is that there is also a pair of purple panties that have been pulled down to the bend of the thigh...
"This little girl is teasing me all day long! I'll punish her severely this weekend!" Then Ricardo suddenly thought of something, and then calculated with his fingers...
"Shit, Chiara is having her period this weekend..."
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Li Qi, who had just returned to the club, had not yet recovered from the excitement of his excellent performance in the national team when he immediately faced the second round of La Liga. This time, Barcelona played against Mallorca at home on the evening of September 9.
Just three days after the second round of La Liga, Barcelona will face the first leg of the 3/05 Champions League group stage, traveling to challenge Germany's Werder Bremen.
This is why the Fifa virus is as fierce as a tiger. Players who have traveled a long distance from national teams around the world to return to their clubs have to face high-intensity and high-frequency games before they have a good rest...
What's more, Ronaldinho's father went to a nightclub to relax after returning home yesterday? If Ronaldinho's father is not allowed to relax, how can he have a wonderful performance on the court?
I don't know what dirty thoughts Ricardo had, but he actually helped Ronaldinho's father to speak up...
Rijkaard took into account that many national team players were affected by the Fifa virus, such as Ronaldinho, and Giuly and Xavi still had some minor injuries. In order to better cope with the more important Champions League group stage, Ricardo finally entered the match roster for this game!
Moreover, Rijkaard should be aware of Ricardo's performance in the national team and was inspired by Lippi. He let Ricardo adapt to the position of left winger in training in advance. It is very likely that he will come on as a substitute and play as left winger in the second half.
As a young player, Ricardo is very single: "Okay, I am a brick, I can be moved wherever I am needed! As long as I can play."
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The game started. Li Qi, who ran to the sidelines to warm up shortly after the start, also kept observing the situation of the game. Overall, Barcelona did not play well in the first half, especially Van Bommel, who replaced Xavi as the team's metronome, and could not find the right rhythm...
But sometimes, football matches are dominated by certain superstars, such as former Mallorca striker Eto'o in the first half of this game.
