Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

After the match with Ukraine, the Italian team will continue to rest in Rome for two days and will take a flight to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, the day before the match.

During the two days in Rome, Ricardo received a plan from UBS Milan that was worked overtime:

1. Google's stock lock-up period will expire in September 2007. UBS has already started contacting potential buyers and is expected to help Ricardo reduce his holdings as much as possible through block trades at a 9% discount to the average monthly price in the month of the lock-up period and the following month;

2. Regardless of whether the block trade is successfully matched, UBS will sell off shares in the secondary market simultaneously through the grid ratio method, with the goal of reducing its holdings by at least 2007% by October 10 and 30% by November, and the remaining shares will be sold off by the end of December;

3、最后在2007年12月30日之前，无论剩下多少谷歌的股票，瑞银承诺将以月均价8%的折让价兜底剩下所有的份额；

4. The amount of performance compensation settled in advance is approximately more than 2400 million US dollars. UBS agrees that if the early performance compensation settlement is completed before December 12 this year, the management fee and custody fee for this year and next year will be waived, which is about 20% of the fair value, and the estimated value will also exceed 2.2 million yuan;

5. Under Ricardo's authorization, we have made our first offer to Twitter and its co-founders, with a valuation of $500 million and an investment of $100 million for a 20% stake, with an anti-dilution clause;

6. The $100 million cash withdrawal that Ricardo needs has been prepared and will be deposited into Ricardo's personal account after paying taxes.

It turns out that money talks. Originally, Ricardo estimated that it would take UBS a month to come up with a specific plan and program... Putting the report next to his pillow, Ricardo glanced at Chiara who was lying on the side of him, looking at him eagerly: It may also have something to do with the hostages I hold. In that case, I can't give a reply so quickly. At least I have to wait until after the national team's match day.

Then Ricardo gently stroked Chiara's hair and said absentmindedly: "Well... everything is good, there is no problem in principle... hiss... let me... um... take the test for another... hiss... two more days..."

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Time soon came to 2006:10 on the evening of October 11, 20. The fourth round of the European Cup qualifiers Group B, Italy's away game against Georgia kicked off in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.

Italy beat Ukraine 3-0 at home last weekend, achieving their first victory since winning the World Cup. Donadoni deployed the 4-2-3-1 formation that worked well in the second half of the previous game; Gattuso was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, Pirlo and De Rossi started the game after overcoming injuries, Perrotta returned from suspension and partnered with Camoranesi on the wings, and Li Qi replaced Del Piero and started as a front midfielder. The lone striker was Luca Toni, and Nesta replaced Materazzi in the back line.

Georgia's two main midfielders Kobiashvili and Gogua are both suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, and main striker Arveladze is absent due to injury, which is all good news for Italy; however, Georgia's central defender is an old acquaintance in Serie A, AC Milan legendary defender Kaladze.

After the opening, Italy wanted to replicate the organizational framework and offensive routines of the second half of the previous game, with Pirlo organizing the offense in the midfield and backcourt, Li Qi interspersed and connected in the frontcourt, and approaching the opponent's goal to be responsible for the final pass or shot.

But obviously Georgia also watched the previous match between Italy and Ukraine and made some preparations; although they could not snatch Pirlo in the Italian backcourt, they arranged a defensive midfielder to keep an eye on Li Qi at all times, even following Li Qi to the sidelines to drink water, in order to cut off the supply between Italy's midfield and backcourt and Li Qi, and once Li Qi got the ball and made a breakthrough, he would directly foul and knock him down without any hesitation.

So in this game, although Italy still had an overall advantage away from home, Li Qi played a bit uncomfortably. In less than 15 minutes, he was fouled seven or eight times, and his jersey and shorts were all torn. The key point was that he didn't make any threatening passes and cuts, and all of them turned into set pieces.

However, Italy also has an advantage in set pieces. After all, the aerial master Luca Toni is on the field, but he has failed to hit the goal after several attempts.

In the 17th minute of the game, Italy kicked the ball out of bounds. Li Qi, who was about to step forward to receive the ball, was annoying the opponent's defensive midfielder No. 5 (the name was too long, Li Qi couldn't spell it out, it was Kverkvilia) who had been closely following and interfering... Suddenly, Li Qi had a flash of inspiration; he led the opponent's followers and moved towards the defense area of ​​the opponent's other full-back.

At this time, Li Qi was followed by two people. Zambrotta, who was responsible for the out-of-bounds ball, saw Li Qi still in a horse stance with his arms outstretched and waist bent, wrestling for space with the two angry-looking guardians behind him... Naturally, even a fool would not throw the ball to Li Qi.

So Zambrotta threw the ball to De Rossi, who was wearing the No. 10 jersey. The latter just crossed paths with Li Qi, who was pulling the No. 5 guard to meet the No. 37 guard on the wing (whose name was also too long, Shashiashvili). He then moved De Rossi, who was originally on the wing, to the middle, and also moved the No. 37, who was originally guarding De Rossi, behind him...

So after De Rossi received the ball, let alone being pressed by someone, there was an open space around him, with no opposing defensive players within a radius of 10 meters. The nearest player was his teammate Gattuso. It felt like he was galloping alone on the prairie!

So De Rossi took two steps forward in the middle, and seeing that no one came up to disturb him, he seemed to feel that he might be insulted and his self-esteem was hit, so he suddenly drew his bow and arrow 30 meters in front of the goal, and shot with his right foot... The ball went straight into the goal like a cannonball!

The ball bounced in front of the goal, just passed the Georgian goalkeeper Lomaya's dive, and went straight into the lower right corner of the goal.

De Rossi opened the scoring, scoring his third national team goal, helping Italy break the deadlock and temporarily lead Georgia 1-0 away from home.

During this attack, Li Qi did not touch the ball at all, but he attracted two opposing players to defend him closely. Even Lacaze was ready to fill in the back defense at any time, in case Li Qi received the ball, turned around and broke through, and directly went up to knock down this ignorant young man.

Georgia's head coach Top Muller is still struggling: It seems that he overestimated Li Qi, or he paid too much attention to Li Qi in defense?

But Li Qi knew very well: the Italian team is not just me, the other players are also very strong...

However, Georgia was lucky enough to equalize the score soon, and this time it was Italy's captain Cannavaro who made a mistake.

In the 25th minute of the game, Cannavaro rushed to get the offensive free kick from Georgia, but his clearance was not thorough, the ball went high but not far and landed near the attacking line.

Karadze protected the ball with his back near the penalty area line and knocked the ball back from the sky... Defender Shashiashvili followed and shot with his left foot 20 meters in front of the goal! The shot was very powerful, and the ball hardly rotated during flight; and Buffon's sight was blocked by the dense crowd in front of him...

When Buffon caught the ball's path, the ball had already entered the lower right corner of the goal in the next moment. Georgia quickly tied the score to 1-1.

However, after Georgia tied the score, they relaxed their defense on Li Qi a little, because Li Qi was running around the two wing lanes with the guard assigned to him by Georgia. He would run to whichever side the ball was on, and occasionally he would do a double block, which tore Georgia's defense into pieces.

So Topmuller decided not to defend Li Qi man-to-man. Although someone would still defend Li Qi immediately after he got the ball, and he would be protected by other teammates, Li Qi found that he started to get more space to hold the ball.

Moreover, Li Qi discovered that Georgiagi still had a big problem with his defensive strategy, that is, he was too determined to steal the ball. Oh, no, it should be called too abrupt. He did not leave any way out at all and relied entirely on other teammates to fill in the position. What if the other teammates failed to fill in the position... Oh, then wouldn't the ball be broken through?

Li Qi tried it a little bit and was knocked down again, but Li Qi already had an immature idea in his mind. But since he had thought of it, he had to do it! Taking advantage of the dead ball, Li Qi secretly whispered a few words with Pirlo and Luca Toni, and prepared to find an opportunity to implement it.

The strategy is not complicated, just create a spatial difference first, then create a stereotype...

In the 35th minute of the game, Li Qi used Perrotta's cover to distance himself from the defender and retreated to the midfield to support... Seeing this, Pirlo sent a low ball to Li Qi through the Georgian defender.

The ball was powerful and moving very fast, making it difficult to stop... However, Li Qi seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. He turned around to receive the ball, and directly unloaded the ball with his heel, stopping Pirlo's powerful low ball directly in the open space behind him, and then turned around.

In this action, Li Qi imitated Qi Xuanzong's action. He predicted the continuous stop and pass of the defense in advance, and then combined it with the moment of the triggered outbreak point. Predicting your prediction will definitely be successful!

Sure enough, Georgia's No. 5, who was left at a distance by Li Qi, accelerated and rushed forward when he saw Li Qi turning around to receive the pass from Sleepy. As soon as Li Qi's feet stopped the ball, he went straight to his body, trying to keep either the ball or the player, but he would not let the player turn around.

Unexpectedly, Li Qi stopped the ball with his heel, and then stopped and passed it directly to the side of Georgia's No. 5... and the latter was accelerating forward and couldn't stop at all, and Li Qi also made a feint and passed by him.

In a hurry, Kverkvilia tried to stop and turn around, but the brakes failed and he fell to the ground with a thump.

Seeing this, the No. 3 center back Kizanishvili, who was filling in the position behind, immediately blocked the way and tried to push Li Qi down. Anyway, he couldn't get through...

Li Qi did not dodge, because he could not get around him. He was a big man with a broad waist and a height of nearly 1 meters. He was not very flexible, but he could occupy a position! However, before being pushed down, Li Qi poked the ball between the legs of the No. 9 center back, and did a sideways dive to relieve the force...

It was definitely a foul. Just when the Georgian players were preparing to retreat to defend against another Italian free kick, the referee hesitated for half a second and then raised his hands, indicating that the attack was advantageous and the game continued.

Why did the referee hesitate for half a second before blowing the whistle? Because the ball that passed between Kizanishvili's legs landed at the feet of Luca Toni who was waiting at the top of the penalty area. At the moment when the referee hesitated, Li Qi rolled sideways, rolled half a circle, and got up and continued to rush forward before completely losing his balance, obviously wanting the game to continue.

So the referee decisively followed the principle of offensive advantage and did not stop the game; but the Georgian team was stunned for half a second: What? Didn't we commit a foul? No set piece?

This half second of collective shock was absolutely fatal. Li Qi also rushed to the edge of the penalty area, received the pass from Luca Toni, and raised his leg to shoot...

Then, Kalas, who had been at the end of the defense line, took the bait. After all, Li Qi's position was too good, and the goal he was facing was almost half empty. So Kalas flew forward and made a tackle, blocking Li Qi's shooting angle.

But Li Qi once again faked a shot and passed the ball back to Luca Toni, who played a wall pass. Luca Toni hadn't turned around yet, and there was a defender behind him, so he didn't turn around, but knocked the ball behind Kaladze...

So, Li Qi easily touched the ball in front of the small penalty area, behind Kaladze, in front of goalkeeper Lomaya, and pushed it into the far corner! Italy 2-1, once again surpassed the score!

The cooperation between Li Qi and Luca Toni this time was even more wonderful. Pirlo, who knew Li Qi's entire plan, was also convinced. This kid is so talented.

So when Li Qi was about to celebrate with his hands on his ears, he was knocked down by Luca Toni, who had made the assist, and then they all piled up together...

"Dame...Ah! Stop! Brothers...my hairstyle...Puuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Georgia's head coach Topmuller had a gloomy and fierce face on the sidelines, as if he was thinking about how to teach these players who were unable to strictly implement his tactics a lesson during the half-time break.

When the game resumed, Italy, which was leading, not only had a boost in morale, but was also visibly more relaxed, so they were more comfortable in controlling the ball and organizing the game.

However, Georgia resumed his close defense of Li Qi, but it didn't matter for the time being, because the Italian team was leading now, and Georgia would definitely attack. If they did, it would be difficult to arrange a defensive midfielder to defend Li Qi full-time...

Let's see who can't bear it first. Anyway, Li Qi thinks that although he is young, he can still be very patient.

Although Georgia created the best chance of the game with a long pass before the end of the first half - which was also a bit of luck, Georgia did not seize the opportunity this time.

In the 44th minute, Georgia made a long pass to the right. Ashvitia stopped the ball and leaned on Cannavaro before knocking it back with his left foot. Kizanishvili volleyed directly with his left foot from 22 meters in front of the goal without stopping the ball!

The ball was flying at high speed and low altitude like an eagle, and after continuously bouncing on the grass, it passed over Buffon's ten fingers that were trying their best to dive... Then the ball hit the inside of the left goal post hard and bounced back into the field. Matsvaladze rushed over and shot a low shot with his right foot at a small angle into the empty goal from 9 meters away from the goal on the right side of the penalty area, but fortunately the ball slipped in front of the goal and finally went wide of the far post... Italy escaped a disaster.

Then, the game soon entered halftime with Italy deliberately slowing down the pace.

After 15 minutes, the visiting team entered the second half with a 2-1 lead.

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