Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Today, Li Qi was restricted to a relatively backward position, making it difficult for him to threaten the visiting team's goal in the first place.

Therefore, in the first half hour today, Li Qi's explosive moments did not create a direct threat, and his main contribution was on the defensive end and left and right dispatches...

However, when he was covering Carrick's pass, Li Qi, who had his fourth explosive moment in the game, discovered something:

In this game, since Tottenham's midfield was more focused on Lizzie's turning and forward runs, they adopted a close physical defense; so when Lizzie retreated deep, Tottenham's midfield would press higher.

After the midfield presses forward, in order to maintain the distance between the three lines and compress the space in front of the back line, the two full-backs must move inward appropriately when defending, and one of the central defenders must also be in place.

Since Li Qi's position is relatively left, the one who presses to defend Li Qi is usually O'Hara, the right midfielder of Tottenham Hotspur. The front defender is Dawson, and the inward defender is Tainio. Huddlestone, who is dragged behind, is indeed a player who is good at frontal interception but lacks flexibility...

Li Qi, who had an immature idea in his mind, decided to give it a try!

In the 38th minute, Manchester United had a goal kick and organized an attack from the backcourt. Ferdinand passed the ball to Li Qi in the midfield;

However, before receiving the ball, Li Qi already felt that Jamie O'Hara, a student of the same age who seemed to be on the field specifically to defend him, was approaching him at high speed from behind, and Robbie Keane in front of him was double-teaming him to prevent him from turning and advancing with the ball...

Li Qi was not panicked, because he had dealt with such situations thousands of times. Although this Manchester United team did not build its midfield tactics and routines around himself, it still had basic coordination.

With a flick of his ankle and a kick, Li Qi used the force of the ball to hit Carrick behind him, and took advantage of the opportunity to complete a half turn while being squeezed.

Just as Carrick was about to do the same as before, using Li Qi to attract firepower and lead the ball across half court;

But Li Qi shouted and stopped him: "Michael!"

Then, Li Qi rushed in front of him with a whoosh. Carrick quickly pulled back and watched what Li Qi was going to do...

With a bang, Li Qi made a long parabolic pass directly in Manchester United's half, hitting the back of Dawson who was pressing forward!

Dawson just pressed forward, ready to fill the gap behind him left by O'Hara after he tackled Li Qi; but suddenly he saw the Manchester United midfielder kick a long pass directly behind him!

Dawson looked up at the sky while backing up quickly, but accidentally bumped into Huddlestone who was coming sideways. It turned out that the latter was also looking up at the sky...

Li Qi also made use of the sunshine during the afternoon game!

Under the influence of Huddlestone, Dawson just barely managed to head off Li Qi's high parabolic long pass, but he couldn't control it and headed towards the right edge of his own penalty area, and even just passed the coverage of Seney who was guarding the center of the penalty area.

Just after Li Qi launched a long pass, the old football rogue Giggs, who was very accurate in judging the ball, started to move, because he knew that the ball was going to him; but Giggs did not choose to compete with Dawson for the ball, because that was beyond his ability...

Giggs chose to stay near Dawson, ready to grab the second point in time, but Dawson's clearance, which was almost over the top, was actually equivalent to a direct pass assist for Giggs!

Giggs caught up with the ball in two steps, but it was the left-back Lee Young-pyo who hurried over, because the right-back was even closer to the center circle than Dawson who was lying on the lawn!

Seney, who originally wanted to compete with Giggs for the second spot, only ran two steps and hurriedly retreated towards the goal, because it was obvious to the naked eye that he could not get the ball earlier than Giggs, who was following the trend. So he could only settle for the second best and not let the empty goal be scored...

But before Seini could get back to the goal line, and Lee Young-pyo couldn't intercept Giggs, the latter had already sent a low cross, aiming directly at the empty space on the other side of the penalty area!

Tevez, who had been invisible for a while, rushed over and, facing the awkward Sene who was neither able to attack nor retreat, he met the ball with a shot from the left side of the penalty area, 12 yards away from the goal...

The ball flew lightly and accurately into the far corner of Tottenham's goal!

Tevez scored his 13th goal of the season, helping Manchester United equalize the score, 1-1!

After discovering that the space behind the central midfielder was discovered and utilized by Li Qi, the Tottenham coach waved his hand and began to ask Tottenham to drastically shrink the defense line, adopt a low defense, and let Manchester United attack.

O'Hara also took back his own half. As long as Li Qi was not in the half, he would no longer closely guard him. The responsibility of harassing Li Qi was left to Robbie Keane. As for Berbatov? Brother Xiaosha's eye defense was even sharper than Ronaldo's...

And Li Qi also got more space to move around, but Tottenham in turn attacked the gaps behind Li Qi and Carrick who were pressing forward.

In the 45th minute, Malbranque quickly took a set-piece from the backcourt and passed it directly behind Li Qi;

Li Qi flew over and tried to intercept the ball, but failed. The ball was intercepted by Jenas behind him. He pressed Carrick, who was unable to return to defense, and broke into the edge of the penalty area and made a half-solo shot!

Fortunately, the quality of the shot was average and was saved by the focused Van der Sar at the bottom line!

So both sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-1.

In the second half, Tottenham continued to use the defensive tactics at the end of the first half, shrinking the defense line and using quick counterattacks to attack the junction of Manchester United's midfield and back line to create threats.

So when Manchester United was unable to create any scoring opportunities, Tottenham launched a series of attacks.

In the 47th minute, Jenas passed the ball, Lennon broke through Evra and broke into the penalty area from the right side, but his shot was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Tottenham missed another golden opportunity in the 55th minute. Robbie Keane retreated to receive Huddlestone's long pass, deftly dodged Li Qi's first return defense, and then directly passed the ball behind Wes Brown;

Jenas took advantage of Berbatov's cover and successfully received the ball and broke into the left side of Manchester United's penalty area. Then, 15 yards away from the goal, facing the attacking Van der Sar, he shot into the far corner!

Fortunately, Janus was too focused on the angle, and the ball bounced and hit the post and went out of the bottom line.

At this point, Li Qi was actually a little dissatisfied, because Carrick did not return to defense in time;

Of course, this is mainly because the two do not have a tacit understanding in cooperation. After all, they have only started playing together in the middle of the midfield after Scholes was injured.

Moreover, in this game, any normal person could see that Tottenham was determined not to let Li Qi advance across the half court, which passively gave Carrick more offensive space. So Carrick naturally thought about attacking himself. Since Li Qi had retreated deep to get the ball, he could just be responsible for defense.

But Li Qi simply couldn't cope with the huge space in the back. Among Ronaldo, Giggs, Tevez and Rooney, which one would take the initiative to return to defense?

Oh! Rooney is one of them, but he was placed at the front, either tangling with Dawson or Huddlestone.

If Carrick doesn't actively recover to help, Li Qi will have to face Olha on the opposite side, Jenas and Robbie Keane behind him, Lennon and Tainio who slipped over from Giggs...

However, just when Li Qi was at a loss about the defensive situation and was about to take advantage of a dead ball to have a few words with Brother Carrick, the situation on the field suddenly changed!

In the 59th minute, Giggs received another pass from Li Qi and sent a precise cross from the outside of the penalty area;

The ball was first cleared by Huddlestone's header, but was intercepted by Li Qi who was guarding near the midfield.

Li Qi, who stopped the ball with his chest, finally triggered the breaking point moment for the second time in the second half, but unfortunately there was still no chance of a direct shot;

So Li Qi calmly observed the Spurs defense line that was pressing forward rapidly and trying to create an offside, as well as Olha, who was rushing towards him with a ferocious look on his face...

With a decision in mind, Li Qi lightly pushed the ball sideways to avoid Olha's over-aggression, then gently rubbed the bottom of the ball and once again sent the ball in a high parabola towards Tottenham's defense area, and this time he chose to throw it behind Dawson who was calling on his teammates to press forward!

Fuck! Dawson, who was still calling on his teammates to press forward quickly, saw the Manchester United midfielder pass the ball to him again. Before he could fully express his feelings, he quickly retreated and tried to clear the overhead pass.

Because Rooney in front of him had been lurking at the edge of the penalty area, trying to bypass him to receive the long pass.

Dawson didn't see who made the overhead pass, which was really a bit sneaky. It was just behind him, at the edge of the right side of the penalty area. The angle was excellent and the force was just right. He didn't need to calculate to know that the goalkeeper would probably not have time to attack, after all, Rooney was already in front of him...

However, the glaring afternoon sun once again disturbed Tottenham's central defender. Dawson's header this time was even more excessive than the one in the first half. In desperation, Dawson subconsciously slapped the ball away with his hand! !

The referee was very ruthless this time. After all, it was at Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson's home ground. If he didn't want to be criticized, he could only enforce the law impartially and be strict...

So the referee gave Tottenham's central defender the most grand package in a football match: the red dot package!

Although the entire Tottenham team could not accept this excessive penalty, Dawson had no choice but to go back to the locker room to rest. Then, Ronaldo, who was worthy of the penalty, stood with a compass and scored the penalty!

Not only did Manchester United reverse the score to 2-1, but they also gained the advantage in numbers.

However, Tottenham did not make substitutions immediately to strengthen their defense!

Apparently, the Tottenham coaching staff had not prepared a plan for a substitute central defender. The incident happened suddenly, and they were still planning who to replace and whether to give up the game...

So Olha could only temporarily fill the defense line.

Oh wow! Li Qi suddenly felt that there was a clear path ahead of him, and no one was harassing or guarding him anymore? Was a lucky double combo coming?

Li Qi made a prompt decision and took advantage of the moment when Tottenham's defense was reorganized and the midfield was unbalanced to kill the game! Of course, Sir Alex and his Manchester United teammates also thought so...

At least that’s what most of the teammates with high IQ think!

So Li Qi and the entire Manchester United team pressed forward decisively, not caring about the space behind them at all. They just blocked Tottenham's pass and did not leave them any time and space for long passes!

In the 63rd minute, Manchester United's full-court pressing paid off. Under the pressure of Tevez, Lee Young-pyo made a hasty long pass to clear the ball, but was caught by Li Qi who was guarding the middle and headed the ball to Giggs on the wing.

Then Li Qi did not stay in the midfield like before, but suddenly moved forward actively. After all, there was no obstacle in front of him, right?

Janus followed his previous thinking habit and blocked Carrick's end...

Giggs stopped the ball and saw that Tainio did not rush up immediately, but kept a distance to prevent him from breaking through. He looked up and observed the middle: Oh! Isn't this an opportunity? No need to break through!

Giggs directly hit the ball from the left to the middle...

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In the Old Trafford box, Sarafina and her bestie Emma Watson were eating snacks and drinking anthocyanins, feeling bored: it was all because Richie stayed in his own half throughout the game and didn't have any outstanding performance!

The plan to equalize the score in the first half was launched too quickly. The two people who were only busy gossiping didn't react at all, and then they heard the commentator on the TV broadcast yelling...