football redemption

Chapter 109 The First Header

Ranieri was not at all flustered when he was questioned, and his strength will prove everything in the end. He dropped the microphone and left without looking back.

Morocco's coach, Claude Pierre, is pure disaster.

After Fiorentina's press conference, it was the visiting team's press conference.

Monaco was the champion of Ligue [-] last season, but due to the transfer of many main players such as Butters and Trezeguet this season, their strength has plummeted this season.

Pierre, who was short of major generals, did not dare to speak nonsense at the press conference, but the reporter said something absurd, and he couldn't help retorting:
"Absolutely impossible, it is absolutely impossible for an amateur player to be promoted to a professional player within half a year..."

Corriere dello Sport on the second day "The Monaco coach ruthlessly exposes the opponent's lies"

Milan Times "Florentine farce, embarrassment thrown abroad"

Monaco Football News "The Power of Capital: Amateur players squeeze the Italian international to the bench. "

French Express "Monaco: I must expose Fiorentina's lies"

Florence's local newspaper Cold Emerald Times Genius or Liar? "

The doubts from the media made everyone in Fiorentina very upset. As teammates, they have the most say in whether Shaqi has the ability to play.

When Xia Qi arrived in Florence at seven o'clock in the morning, the doorman told him to come on.

After two hours of training, the teammates shouted cheers as soon as they saw him. To be honest, Xia Qi was very moved.

Ranieri appeared in the locker room on time at ten o'clock and announced the main list for tonight. He glanced at the players and took out a piece of paper and read:
Goalkeeper: Toldo
Defenders: Lucio, Repka, Torricelli, Maicon

Midfielders: Pirlo, Rui Costa, Baggio

Forwards: Nuno Gomez, Batistuta, Shaggy

When Ranieri read Shaqi's name, Batistuta took the lead in applauding. This is his support for Shaqi and Ranieri as the captain.

Ranieri is very relieved to know that he made the right bet. He did not back down in the face of doubts from the media and won the respect of the locker room for himself.

Substitutes: Taglia Latra (goalkeeper) Adani, Padalino, Conao (defender), Ronaldo Dinho, Di Livio (midfielder) Chiesa (forward)
When Mijatovic saw that he was not on the roster, he lost his smile on the spot and sat in the corner sullenly.

Due to the game at night, Ranieri did not arrange training but let the players watch the video of the opponent's game, explaining the opponent's lineup and the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent's players.

During the break, Batistuta and Baggio gave psychological counseling to Shaqi, a rookie, so that he should not be nervous when he starts the game.

In fact, Xia Qi has long been an old driver...

The Frankie Stadium is packed tonight, Fiorentina's first match of the year.

Batistuta and Baggio were of course the loudest cheers in the audience when they announced the names of the players at the opening. When the host read Shaggy, the fans shouted in unison: Nicoli surprised Shaggy.

He thought the fans would call him a parallel importer.

Fiorentina's training is public. In fact, the fans still know Shaqi's ability.

They watched Xia Qi put in sweat and hard work day by day, and watched him grow. To be honest, they are the people in this world who hope Xia Qi can succeed the most except Lao Gaoli.

Singing the national anthem, exchanging flags, guessing sides...

Xia Qi stepped onto the lawn, and the light screen lit up:

Long-term mission: the Medal of Beautiful Ball (Diamond), already worn.

Side mission: Prove your ability in the first battle
Complete the task: reward 300 gold coins, 200 blue coins, and 150 green coins.

Rewards: One simulation card, two training cards, one bottle of healing potion, one free attribute point.

Failure: deduct two points from any physical attribute, one point from the technical attribute, and one point from the mental attribute

Xia Qi smiled, the opponent tonight is not strong, because the rewards are very few, if it is a strong opponent, the rewards given by the system will be higher.

At this time, the captain Batistuta ran back and said to him: "The opponent kicks off the ball, don't be nervous and play like you did in training."

I was still afraid that he was a rookie and would perform abnormally, so I specially warned him.

Xia Qi made an OK gesture and looked across.I don't know if the opponent also regards me as a rookie, if so, start a sneak attack, the probability of success will be very high!
Thinking of this, I feel even more anxious. In this time and space, everyone thinks he is an amateur player, but in fact...it feels very cool to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, doesn't it?

The referee signaled the two Monaco players to enter the center circle for the kick-off.Giuly and Simeone stood in front of the football.

beep!
Giuly kicked the football to Simeone, and Simeone kicked the football to his own defender Cristian Wahl.

Monaco did not rush to attack after possession.Christan Val adjusted the football, looked at the Fiorentina formation that had not been broken up in front, and kicked the football to midfielder Giuly first.

This is a normal operation at the beginning, but Xia Qi rushed towards Jiuli like a cheetah.

After the start of a football match, it usually waits for the formation of both sides to open before they really enter the game state. It is really "amateur" for Shaqi to be so impatient.

The veteran Jiuli despises this extremely amateurish practice deeply. If you want to rob me so much, I will stalk you. He kicked the football to the farthest goalkeeper with the mentality of "slipping a monkey".

He even winked at Xia Qi with a mocking expression: Chase!You're welcome!

Speed ​​Shaggy is perfect, when the football rolled past Monaco full-back Marquez, Shaggy had already rushed to him.

The full-back Marquez was taken aback, and a group of horses were galloping in his heart. He asked all the female friends of Giuly's family.

This is not running a monkey, this is playing with fire, letting a tiger in.

This made Xia Qi a single-handed goalkeeper when he ran past. The goalkeeper Polato is absolutely impossible to be faster than Xia Qi. Can the goalkeeper be called a monkey if he can't get the football?

While he was flustered, Shaqi had already got the football.

There was a huge uproar at the Frankie Stadium. The cheers of the Fiorentina fans and the exclamations of the Monaco fans were mixed together, and it was impossible to tell whether they were applauding for the steal or screaming in fright.

At this time, Marquis's brain suddenly reacted very quickly, he knew what to do, and without any hesitation, he stretched out his hand and pulled Shaqi who was about to break through.

There is no way, the defender is just wiping the midfielder's ass.

The referee's whistle sounded.

Fiorentina get a free kick for a foul by Monaco right-back Marquez.

"Wow, just before the game started, Fiorentina got a free kick in the frontcourt. It was different from what the media analyzed before the game. Gorelli didn't have stage fright. He was aggressive after the start of the game. Gorori was very fast, and the steal was very good. He didn't look like an amateur player at all. He created a chance for Fiorentina." The commentator exclaimed.

They were really taken aback, because they collected Xia Qi's information before the game, and knew that he had never played in a professional league, even in the third division league, but Xia Qi's speed was too scary just now, and his timing was also very appropriate. Could it be that there are really geniuses in this world?
The Monaco players didn't look at Baggio who was going to take the penalty, but at Shaqi. Is this the little boss of Florence?A player who has never played professionally?

With deep suspicion in their eyes, they looked at the Italian...

Baggio is of course responsible for the free kick in the frontcourt, and of course Shaqi goes to the penalty area to compete for the top.

Although Shaqi created a free kick, it only scared the Monaco players, but it has not scared them yet.

The Gauri family is a relatively well-known football family in Italian football. As the heir of the family, Shaqi's experience has been transparently picked up by the media.

There are Batistuta, Rui Costa, and Nuno Gomez in the penalty area, none of which are more valued than Shaqi, an amateur, even if he was once a surprise.

The Florentine generals were also very clever. Seeing that Xia Qi was not taken seriously, of course they created more chaos for him.

So Rui Costa, Batistuta, and Nuno Gomez became dishonest, constantly changing positions in the crowd.

Make the Monaco defenders who are responsible for defending them dizzy, run around with them, and mess up their defense.

Xia Qi is not a first-time brother. He saw the chaos on the penalty area line, so he knew what his teammates wanted to do.

So he hid behind Batistuta, using Batistuta's tall figure to focus the defender's defensive attention on Batistuta, and he was low-key like a transparent person.

It's not that the Monaco players didn't see him, but they defended him with disdain. In their hearts, there is an invisible gap between amateurs and professionals.

Baggio understood the intentions of his teammates, after receiving the gesture from Batistuta.

He will carefully arrange the football on the ground and then slowly back away counting steps.

The free kick penalty point is close to the sideline. The straight-line distance from the goal is 39 meters, which is not far from the penalty area line.

This kind of free kick is basically kicking an outspin ball, using a footwork similar to a cross to send the football to the penalty area of ​​the penalty area, so that your teammates can rush to the top.

He waited for the referee's whistle to sound when Baggio had put the ball in place.

Seeing that the situation in the penalty area was basically stable, the referee blew his whistle.

At this time, the game time displayed on the TV screen was 38 minute and [-] seconds.

Baggio started a run-up, and then slammed the football, which flew into the air, drawing an arc and flying towards the penalty area of ​​Monaco.

At this moment, Batistuta and Nuno Gomez sprinted to the left and one to the right, making a posture of rushing to the top, and the Monaco players marking the two of them followed them.

Just like that, a crack suddenly appeared in front of Xia Qi.

It was as if the closed door was pushed open by Nuno Gomez and Batistuta, and the front suddenly opened up.

This is the best chance.

It's now!

Xia Qi looked up at the football and started running at the same time.

One step... The football is flying in the air and is already approaching the penalty area.

Two steps... The football crossed No.1, which was Monaco's midfielder Gallardo. Gallardo's take-off didn't hit the ball.

Football has finally entered the densely populated areas,

Batistuta took off, and following him, Monaco centre-back Dejto also jumped high, trying to push the football out.The two interfered with each other, but neither of them got it.

Unmarked Xia Qi jumped in the air, so high that the people below could only look up at him.

The football flew over the heads of Batistuta and De Geto before arriving in his airspace.

Shaggy in the air obviously had a period of time in the air. He began to tighten his abdomen and twist his waist, making his body like a spring compressed to the limit, and he just waited for the ball to pop out.

Xia Qi's eyes were fixed on the football, and the whereabouts of the football flashed in his mind. Everything was in his prediction, exactly.

When watching the football reach the expected landing point, the spring of Shaqi also ejected.

Kick your legs, swing your hips, twist your waist, shake your head.The power was transmitted from the bottom up to his forehead, and then hit the football hard!
"Roberto kicks the football into the penalty area... Koli! It's Koli! He jumps up ... and hits the goal with his head!"

The commentator suddenly roared excitedly, because he saw Shaqi jumping high in the air, without any Monaco players around him, he just shook his head and attacked the goal without interference.

Then, like a silver meteor, the football was hit by Shaqi's head in the air, changed its flight route, and headed straight for the goal.

Monaco goalkeeper Polato scrambled sideways to make a save, but Shaki's header was so powerful and so fast that he couldn't catch anything but a whistling wind...

Amidst the roar of the commentator, the silver meteor slammed into the white net.

Ball! Go! Got it!
"Goli's header! The Monaco didn't mark him at all and let him shake his head calmly in the air. This is really a fatal mistake by Monaco."

"Oh my god! It's Xiao Gaoli's header. Is he really not capable of playing professionally? I really can't believe that he was still an amateur player half a year ago."

"Beautiful header! He jumps higher than anyone! Shaky Gauri, high up, heads Roberto Baggio's pass into goal."

"Fiorentina scored in the first two minutes, they made a good start, it was a great start!"

"Despicable Italians, they say that the number 12 ball Shaggy is an amateur player, do you see that the number 12 player's stretch in the air is an amateur player?"

The commentators and announcers of various TV stations and radio stations were shouting excitedly.

After landing, Xia Qi glanced at Monaco's goal. He saw that the football caught in the net was falling, and the goalkeeper Polato, who had just vacated the ball, also fell to the ground.

He was sure the ball was in!
This is his first header!A little less confident!

He turned his head again, and saw his teammate Batistuta, who was ecstatic, and the blond and flowing God of War machine gun shooting at him.

Only then was Shaky convinced that he had scored a goal. He opened his arms and ran towards the Fiorentina fans' stands. There was a billboard blocking the way in front of him.

His gesture was greeted with loud cheers from the fans: "Nicoli, Shaggy! Nicoli, Shaggy!"

Whether it was the opening or after the goal, the fans supported him as always!

These are hardcore Florence fans!

　Monaco lineup 442
　　Goalkeeper: No. 1 Stefan Polato

　　Defenders: No. 5 Philippe Cristanval, No. 6 Dejto, No. 2 Marquez, No. 4 Contreras
　　Midfield: No. 7 Costinia, No. 10 Gallardo, No. 8 Giuly, No. 14 Ramucci
　　Forwards: No. 11 Marco Simeone, No. 9 Graveline,

　　
　
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