Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Of course, Ricardo knew himself very well. Moreover, as a science and engineering man, he was also very knowledgeable about statistics. He knew that the statistical analysis in Pimenta's report was biased and that he should not be fooled by simple surface data.

At least Ricardo is very clear that as the substitute of Team B in the head coach's mind, he usually plays when the overall situation is already decided or the opponent is weak, so it is easy to improve the statistics through defensive counterattacks...

Of course, not everyone can come on as a substitute in Barcelona and get good numbers. Pimenta’s statistical report below continues with analysis.

Barcelona has played 35 league games, winning 24, drawing 7 and losing 4, with a winning rate of 68.6% and an unbeaten rate of 88.6%.

If we only count the leagues in which Li Qi played, in 26 league rounds, he won 21 games, drew 3 games, and lost 2 games, helping the team to increase its winning rate from 12.2% to 80.8%, and its unbeaten rate also increased by 3.7% to 92.3%!

If the Champions League and cup games are included, Barcelona won 54 of 37 games, drew 12 and lost 5, with a winning rate of 68.6%.

But if we count the games in which Li Qi played, he won 39 out of 32 games, with a winning rate of 82.1%!

"Well, not bad! It seems that I am a perfect mascot! Over 80% winning rate...that means the Dream Team II can perform well." Li Qi was very satisfied with the character of super substitute killer and substitute mascot that Pimenta helped him package.

Then Pimenta also compared the league data of Barcelona teammates with Li Qi.

Li Qi's 5 goals in the league are second only to Eto'o's 25 goals, Ronaldinho's 16 goals, Larsson's 10 goals and Messi's 6 goals, and are tied for 5th place with Giuly.

Li Qi's 5 assists in the league are second only to Ronaldinho's 13 assists, and tied with Eto'o and Deco for second in the team.

Then there is Article 8, which lists the positions that Li Qi has played this season, left winger, right winger, midfielder, defensive midfielder, right back, center back... It can be said that except for center forward and goalkeeper, Li Qi has played almost all positions on the court, a true all-rounder.

At the end of the email, Ricardo was specifically reminded not to get injured recently, to maintain a good state and mental state, and not to have any negative news...

"Negative news? What news can be more serious than the upcoming Calciopoli scandal?" After reading the email, Ricardo felt that it was unjust not to select him for the national team to compete in the World Cup, but he still complained about it, and then quickly forwarded the report compiled by Pimenta to his parents, brothers, uncles, cousins, girlfriends, and bad friends...

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Ricardo was a little absent-minded when he was with Chiara on Friday, which made Chiara wonder if she had gained weight, or if her new wavy hair did not suit Ricardo's aesthetics, or if Ricardo had a new love: "He has won the La Liga championship, what is this big boy still thinking about? He is probably thinking about another girl, right?! I'll teach him a lesson..."

Although it is true that he has a new love, it is not the reason why Ricciardo was uneasy on Friday.

The next morning, Ricardo found that his lover's weather turned from sunny to cloudy and she ignored him. Ricardo realized that he had misunderstood and quickly explained: "Hey! Chiara, it's not what you think. I'm a little upset. I didn't expect that even though I won the La Liga championship, I still didn't have a chance to start in the city derby against Espanyol at home tonight. I thought I performed well this season, but I didn't expect that I was still a substitute for the B team in front of the boss..."

"Yes, you're not fat... new hairstyle?! Oh, yes, I found it, I found it, very charming... other girls? Of course not, I must only love you." Then Ricardo continued to say the scumbag's quotes without blushing or beating his heart.

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2006年5月6日的晚上20时，西班牙足球甲级联赛第37轮展开争夺，巴塞罗那在主场迎战同城对手西班牙人。

Barcelona won the championship in the last round. In this game, the second goalkeeper Jorquera, as well as Oleguer, Sylvinho, Edmilson and Xavi replaced Valdes, Marcos, Van Bronckhorst, Van Bommel and Iniesta in the starting lineup respectively.

Ricardo, brother Giuly, Gabriel Gabri, Esquero and others were on standby on the bench.

After the opening, Espanyol players lined up to welcome the champion Barcelona players to enter the stadium. This is the treatment for winning the championship in advance and also a way for the opponents to express their admiration for the league champions.

Although Espanyol still has the task of relegation, both sides seemed relatively relaxed after the start of the game and the tempo was not too fast. Barcelona continued with the passing and controlling style of play, while Espanyol focused on counterattacks; the home team had a slight advantage on the field.

In the 12th minute, Barcelona took the lead. Larsson passed the ball directly to Belletti, but the Brazilian was in an offside position, so it was a fake draw.

However, Barcelona still took the lead in the 19th minute of the game. Ronaldinho's father broke through with the ball and passed it directly to the left side of the penalty area. Eto'o cut in and made a low cross from a small angle. The ball first hit Sergio Sanchez's calf and then bounced towards the goal. Then the ball hit Jarque's thigh and then deflected towards the goal. Finally, the ball passed through the crotch of goalkeeper Iraizos and rolled into the goal...

The ball refracted twice and finally went into the goal from under the goalkeeper's crotch, which was indeed lucky; but unfortunately, this ball was actually considered an own goal by Halke, which made Eto'o, who was trying his best to defend his top spot in the scorer list, a little upset.

But who can blame the big African cat for not being able to seize the opportunity?

In the 21st minute of the game, Barcelona almost extended their lead. Larsson received a pass from Xavi, dribbled into the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball to the middle. Eto'o made a cross in the middle and shot from 12 yards, but the ball went wide.

After taking the lead, Barcelona relaxed their vigilance, which indeed allowed the Spaniards to have many opportunities in the rest of the first half.

In the 25th, 28th, 30th, 35th and 40th minutes, the Spanish forwards and midfielders shot in succession to help Barcelona test the training level of No. goalkeeper Jorquera. Fortunately, Jorquera also withstood the test and did not lose the ball.

It was not until the last minute of the first half that Barcelona regained its footing and made several attempts to score, but they failed to open the opponent's door. So Barcelona entered the halftime break with a score of 1-0.

At the beginning of the second half, Rijkaard made personnel adjustments, seemingly sensing the young player's eager desire to fight, jumping up and down in the locker room. No. 66 Li Qi replaced the Swedish veteran Larsson in the second half and played as a right winger.

After Li Qi came on the court, he was very active in the frontcourt, frequently asking for the ball and actively pressing. Thus, he won a golden opportunity in the 51st minute of the game.

Chiara, who is in Barcelona, ​​did not go to watch the Barcelona derby this time. The reasons are, firstly, Chiara is not a real fan, but a little fan of Ricardo, so she has no interest in watching the game live; secondly, the weather is starting to get warmer, and Ricardo is worried that Chiara, who is wearing cooler clothes, will be harassed by hooligans without his company.

So Chiara should just stay at home and watch the TV broadcast, then take a nice bath after watching the game and wait for her owner to come home in bed. Oh no, she should just wait for the dog to come home...

In the second half, Ricardo finally came on as a substitute. Chiara even turned up the volume of the TV broadcast, only to hear the commentator screaming in excitement:

"Xavi was in the middle of the field... It seems that the long absence from the game did not affect this midfield master too much. He played well in the second game after returning from injury."

"He is indeed a veteran, oh no, a master-level player. Aragones should seriously consider bringing this Barcelona and Spain midfield gem to the World Cup..."

"The ball goes to Deco... straight pass!"

"Li Qi! In the restricted area!"

"Beautiful! He dodged the tackle! He got a one-on-one chance..."

"Shoot! No! The ball...passed the goalkeeper!"

"0 degree angle, cross the middle! Ronaldinho!"

"Ditch oooooh! Ditch oooooh! Ditch!"

"A wonderful pass and cut combination! Deco made a straight pass, Li Qi completed the final pass, and Ronaldinho made the final shot!"

"The Brazilian genius pushed the ball into the empty net from 4 yards in front of the goal, scoring his 17th league goal of the season. It also helped Barcelona expand their lead in the 51st minute, with Barcelona leading Espanyol 2-0!"

"Let's replay this goal in slow motion..."

"At first, Xavi, Edmilson and Max patiently passed the ball back and forth near the center circle, and then Xavi suddenly passed it directly to Deco at the top of the penalty area..."

"Then Deco passed the ball diagonally to the flank of the Spanish defense. Li Qi received the ball and dribbled past the defender in one step. He then made a fake move to avoid the defender's tackle."

"Then Li Qi had a one-on-one chance, but the angle was a little small. However, Li Qi was too calm. Facing the goalkeeper who was attacking, he faked and dribbled the ball towards the baseline again."

"He shook the goalkeeper's center of gravity, avoided defensive interception, and Li Qi calmly passed the ball to the middle without any shooting angle."

"Ronaldinho in the middle easily accepted the assist from his nanny and scored the ball into the empty goal."

"Now, if my grandma came, she would be able to get in too..."

"Also, oh, the director reminded us to replay the video before Xavi passed the ball to Deco. Here, let's zoom in and take a look at the slow motion. It seems that Li Qi was gesturing to Xavi and Deco on the wing..."

"Haha, he raised three fingers. Does that mean it's the number three tactic? Then he started to sneak in the middle... This was a well-planned and well-rehearsed coordination!"

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While celebrating, Li Qi also apologized to Eto'o, who was still chasing the title of the league's top scorer: "Saury, brother Samuel, Ronaldinho has already reached the goal, but you are still far away, so the ball can't be passed to you..."

Eto'o rubbed Ronaldinho's curly hair vigorously while muttering: "It's okay! It's okay! For the next ball! Remember to pass it to me!"

"Okay! Got it!" Ronaldinho, Li Qi and Deco responded in unison.

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The Spaniards, who were two goals behind, had not given up and were still fighting hard, so Barcelona continued to hit their opponents.

Then 15 minutes after the second goal, the game came to the 65th minute, Rijkaard used the last two substitutions, replacing Xavi and Ronaldinho's father with Gabri and Giuly respectively.

The entire Barcelona team was feeding the ball to Eto'o, but the Spaniard guessed it, so he targeted the cheetah and defended him tightly; as a result, Barcelona's offensive threat was reduced sharply, after all, the intention was too obvious and it was too easy to defend.

In this way, after playing for another 10 minutes, not only were all Eto'o's shots blocked, but several of his passes were intercepted, and he was also hit several times. So the Cameroon Cheetah quickly and shamelessly greeted everyone: "Don't pass the ball to me like this! Let me take the penalty kick when you enter the penalty area..."

"So shameless?" However, Li Qi's eyes turned and he had an idea. Oh no, he had a new idea. "No, this is a very good beacon! It can illuminate yourself and hide others..."

The game was coming to the last 5 minutes. Chiara was a little sleepy. She was going to take off her mask and wash up before going to bed while listening to the commentary on the TV broadcast. Anyway, Barcelona should win this game...

"It's the 85th minute and the Spaniards haven't given up yet. After all, it's a derby and we have to fight to the last second. It's impossible to give in to our city rivals in advance."

"...Oleg cleared the ball with a header! The ball went out of the penalty area."

"Edmilson headed the ball... Gabriel protected the ball and waited for a while. The Spaniard did not commit a foul immediately..."

"Gabriel passed the ball to Deco... diagonally to Li Qi's feet..."

"Li Qi cuts inside! Pass the ball to Eto'o in the middle!"

"It's too big! I didn't catch it! Oh! That's not right!"

"This ball is for Giuly behind Eto'o!"

"Giuli passed the ball diagonally in front of Eto'o, catching the Spanish defender off guard!"

"Eto'o didn't stick to the ball, he had to play a wall-to-wall match with Li Qi!"

"Pass! Oh! It was a fake dunk. Li Qi didn't hit the ball back to Eto'o. He made a fake dunk and dribbled past the defender who came to defend and entered the penalty area!"

"Li Qi has a one-on-one chance! Now he passes the ball to Eto'o!"

"Ah! Iraiso! The goalkeeper guessed right and caught the ball! He also knocked down Eto'o!"

"And... the ball bounced to Li Qi's feet again! He didn't shoot. He seemed to be waiting, but it was too late..."

"Ditch oooooh! Ditch oooooh! Ditch!"

"Li Qi scored the ball into the empty goal before the defender could make up for it!"

"Hahaha! Li Qi and Giuly used Eto'o as the axis three times, cleverly using Eto'o to attract the attention of the Spanish defense. However, goalkeeper Iraizos guessed that the final blow would be completed by Eto'o, so he did not block Li Qi who was holding the ball, but directly pounced on Eto'o who was following up..."

"The ball was just in time and the player intercepted the ball in time. Eto'o was really unlucky. The pass made by the team to him became his fatal obstacle to the goal!"

"But fortunately, the ball bounced back to Li Qi's feet. Li Qi wanted to wait for Eto'o, who was knocked down by the goalkeeper, to get up before passing the ball, but Eto'o was already in an offside position, and the Spanish defenders would not give Li Qi time to hesitate..."

"Li Qi, who came on as a substitute in the second half, made one assist and one pass in half the game, scoring his sixth goal and providing his sixth assist in the league. He is definitely the MVP of the game!"

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