green star

Chapter 416 Becoming More and More Like a Captain
This night is definitely a sleepless night for the Stadio Olimpico in Rome!
The Olympic Stadium in Rome, which can accommodate 8 people, can no longer find any vacant seats. The green turf illuminated by thousands of incandescent lights gave everyone a feeling of burning like a flame, and everyone began to secrete adrenaline wantonly.

Lights, banners, fireworks, waves of people, wave after wave of crazy shouts——the entire stadium was shaking violently, as if the doomsday judgment was about to come.

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The south stand of the Stadio Olimpico, la Curva Sud, is where Rome's most ardent fans gather.In general Italian stadiums, the stands (Curva) behind the goal are traditionally occupied by the most loyal fans (ultras).The Olympic South Stand is the stand behind the goal on the south side of the Olympic Stadium, and it is also the site of the diehard fans of the Roma team.

The players have not yet entered the field, and now this is the battlefield of the fans, the DJ of the Olympic Stadium is trying to liven up the atmosphere of the stadium: when he shouted 'Daje Roma Daje' (Roman dialect, 'Come on Rome' means) , nearly 8 people in the stadium stomped their feet and sang Roman songs.

This momentum is so huge that people's memory can vaguely return to the time when the Roman legion galloped through the time-space tunnel with horses, spears and armor! !

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In the box of the rostrum of the Olympic Stadium, a middle-aged man sat on the seat, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, took out the lighter, lit the cigarette, took two puffs but then extinguished the cigarette, he will pay attention Concentrate on the entrance of the much-anticipated player tunnel...Amidst the cheers like a tsunami at the Olympic Stadium, players from both sides entered the field.

The first one to come out was the captain of the Roma team, Prince Totti of Rome.The Italian man who was selected into the first team of Roma at the age of 17 and became the captain of the Roma team at the age of 21 is the king of this stadium. Roma fans shouted Totti's surname loudly with thunderous cheers. In this stadium, this man has With unique privileges!
Unsurprisingly, the Manchester United players who played were booed by the Roma fans. When Li Rui appeared at the entrance, the boos of the entire stadium reached a climax. In terms of the dangerous level of the Manchester United team, Li Rui seems to be proud of his treatment.

However, Li Rui was not the one who received the most boos from the Roma fans. When Cassano's name was reported, the boos of the entire stadium reached a peak. The boos almost tore people's eardrums. It was a way for Roma fans to express their anger at Cassano, the former favorite of the Stadio Olimpico.

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Cassano almost left when all the members of the Roma team were betrayed. According to "Corriere dello Sport", in the locker room, Cassano had only one friend, Mancini, and no one else talked to Barry. The fans held up banners outside the training ground, 'begging' Cassano to get out of Rome as soon as possible.

Therefore, this time on behalf of Manchester United to return to the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Cassano has no feelings for Rome at all. When he faced the microphone before the game, he said that he was very eager to score at the Olympic Stadium. If possible, he Even willing to exchange three goals in other games for one goal in this game! '.

For Cassano's statement, the Roma fans certainly won't give the Barry boy a little bit of a good face.

When Roma team captain Totti was interviewed by the media, when he was asked about Cassano's name, Totti even snorted coldly and replied, "Cassano? Yes, for him, this game It's special, but maybe he should remember who brought him to a club like Rome."

Totti's implication is that Cassano is an ungrateful villain. You must know that Sensi, the old chairman of Rome, was kind to Cassano.

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Li Rui stood on the turf of the Olympic Stadium, and he looked at Totti—the Roman wolf king was no different from the one on TV. When Li Rui was in high school, Rome won the Serie A championship that year, almost overnight. Many of the students playing football on the school's playground wore Roma jerseys. This is Li Rui's deepest impression of the Roma team in his memory.

When the players from both sides shook hands, Li Rui and Totti hugged.

However, neither of them said anything, and now is not the time to catch up with each other.

The referee of this game, the German referee Merk, looked at the time, then nodded, and blew the whistle in his mouth. In the first round of the quarter-finals of the 2006-2007 European Champions Cup, Roma vs. Manchester United, let's go!

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In this game, the Roma team wants to win at home to lay the foundation for the second round of the game, and Manchester United also wants to win. Although there is still a second round of the game, if they can win at the Olympic Stadium Isn't it something more wonderful?
Because both teams wanted to win, the game was always in a heated confrontation from the first second.

Li Rui cooperated with Cassano to hit the wall in the front court, and then he pulled the ball along the way, and he was about to kick the goal. Chivu's tackle against the turf had already come. Li Rui felt his scalp tingle under the faintly glowing shoe spikes.He didn't want to be injured, so he jumped up and avoided the tackle. Of course, the football was also tackled out of the sideline by Chivu.

Chi Wo also quarreled with Li Rui and gave Li Rui a vicious look, which made Li Rui very upset. What does this Romanian mean?Do you think you are scared?

Roma fans at the Stadio Olimpico applauded Chivu's vicious tackle.

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Li Ai put down the water glass in his hand, and then turned on the TV. Li Ai didn't plan to watch the match between Manchester United and Roma. When he learned that Li Rui had decided to apply for a British passport, he felt incredible at first, and then He just didn't understand, and he even stopped watching Manchester United's game in a fit of anger.

The two are not only friends, but also a relationship between stars and fans. In addition, Li Ai also regards Li Rui's success in football as an example of his efforts abroad.

However, Li Ai is not aware of those unsightly things in the domestic football circle, so he doesn't understand Li Rui's choice.

After hesitating again and again, Li Ai still couldn't bear the attraction of the game, but when he turned on the TV and saw the live broadcast of the game on Sky TV, the game had already started for 5 minutes.

And to his surprise, he saw the score column in the upper right corner of the TV screen saying: 1:0.Roma lead!

He rubbed his eyes and looked again, that's right, Rome 1:0 Manchester United, the home team leads!
'what happened?Rome ahead?It's only been 3 minutes since the game started! ' Li Ai muttered.

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"The progress of the game was really beyond the expectations of most people. The game just started 3 minutes, and the Roma team took the lead. It was only the first shot of the Roma team, and they scored a goal. They scored so early. Yes, this will have a great impact on the game, the morale of the Roma team has obviously increased, and the Manchester United players seem to have not recovered from the conceded goal." The commentator on the TV was also talking about the same topic.

"Goal replay—" Li Ai said anxiously, as a fan, there is nothing more irritating than the current situation.

While Li Ai was still cursing, the replay of the goal began to appear on the TV screen——

This is Li Rui dribbling the ball just now, the football was tackled out of the touchline by Chivu, Manchester United's touchline kick, Fletcher throws the ball out of bounds, he just wanted to knock the football to Cassano, but the football was stolen by Cassetti Well, after stealing the ball, Cassetti made a long pass, Totti flew the header in the frontcourt, Vucinic followed, and it was a long shot.

The football accidentally hit Vidic on the back of the head and changed direction. Van der Sar had already moved to the left. He wanted to shift his center of gravity back in a hurry, but it was too late. He could only watch the football helplessly. into the network.

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The camera was aimed at the Manchester United players on the field, and Li Rui looked helplessly at the scoreboard on the big screen. This goal was too unexpected, and the goal was conceded at the beginning of the game. This was definitely a great blow to Manchester United , even Li Rui himself has not yet come out of this conceded goal.

At the moment when the football entered the net, Li Rui really hoped that his eyes were wrong, but the referee pointed his hand in the middle circle very shamelessly. The meaning was obvious. Roma scored a goal and the goal was valid. Roma 1:0 ahead!
Vidic looked frustrated. To be honest, Vidic can't really be blamed for this ball. Who would have thought that Vucinic's long shot would hit the back of Vidic's head and cause the ball to be lost?

Captain Gary Neville patted Vidic on the shoulder. He wanted to comfort Vidic. If the Serbian defender is burdened at this time, then the rest of the game will definitely be a huge challenge for Manchester United. hidden danger.

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The TV feature was given to Manchester United coach Ferguson at this time.The old Scottish man was on the sidelines, dragging his chin, staring at the stadium with a gloomy and serious expression. Obviously, the conceded goal also made Ferguson a little at a loss, which was not in the old man's plan.

However, as head coach Ferguson must make choices and/or changes in the shortest possible time.

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Scholes passed the ball, Li Rui leaned on Mex, then turned around forcibly, and was about to take a shot. Mex quickly blocked the ball. After the football was blocked, Casa Nuo came up and shot, but the football flew high into the stands.The narrator sighed.

Harsh boos also sounded from the stands of the Olympic Stadium. As soon as Cassano touched the ball in this game, the boos were overwhelming. Li Rui glanced at Cassano, but his striker partner had a look on his face. Calm, no angry expression can be seen, but Li Rui knows that Cassano's heart is definitely not so peaceful, and he must be holding his breath to score a goal.

Three minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through near the bottom line, and then suddenly cut inside. Before Panucci came up to block, he crossed the football to the goal. Li Ruigang wanted to shoot, but Cassano kicked him first. Shot, the football goes slightly wide.The Roma fans broke out in a cold sweat, and then saw that Cassano took Li Rui's shot and missed it. They all booed gloatingly and shouted all kinds of mocking Cassano.

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Li Rui grabbed Cassano, he almost hugged his partner, Li Rui whispered to Cassano: "What are you doing? I know you want to score! However, opportunities are not to be wasted Yes! Don't forget, we're partners and I'll give you the pass, but we've got to win first, that's the best way to respond to those boos!"

Although Li Rui was very annoyed by Cassano's rush to shoot, he also knew that now was not the time to quarrel with Cassano, and the most important thing for the team was to win the game.To be honest, this is also after Li Rui was appointed as the team's fifth captain by Ferguson, Li Rui gradually matured. If it was before, Li Rui might have complained about Cassano.

Cassano looked up at Li Rui. When Li Rui grabbed his shoulder, Cassano almost thought that Li Rui was trying to settle the score with him for the shot he just made. However, he heard Li Rui Cassano was also taken aback when he said these words, of course he knew that his rush shot just now was a bit inappropriate, because Li Rui was facing the goal and the shooting position was the best, but Cassano didn't care about it if he was eager to score a goal much.

Hearing what Li Rui said now, Cassano felt a little embarrassed. If Li Rui yelled at him, Cassano would definitely ignore Li Rui. A bit harsh, but Cassano is more acceptable.He nodded towards Li Rui, meaning that he knew what to do, but he didn't say anything, and wanted Cassano to apologize or be subdued?This is impossible!

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"We saw that Li Rui seemed to have had a quarrel with Cassano. It seems that Li Rui was also annoyed that Cassano took the shot just now. This is also the manifestation of Manchester United's impatience after conceding the goal. For the Manchester United team, this is really a big trouble." Because Li Rui grabbed Cassano's shoulder and the two were talking there, it was impossible for the commentator to know what Li Rui was talking about. , this is entirely the commentator's commentary based on his own guess.

However, the vast majority of fans still believe the commentator's commentary. After all, everyone knows that Li Rui is not a good-tempered person in his bones, and Cassano is notoriously a bad boy. normal.

Manchester United assistant coach Queiroz looked at Ferguson nervously. Obviously, Queiroz also thought that Li Rui and Cassano had a quarrel.

Ferguson looked dignified, and the score was 0:1 behind. If the two forward partners were awkward again, the game would be dangerous. Of course, the most intolerable thing for the Scottish old man was the player's own internal strife.

However, Ferguson didn't say anything. He stood up and sat on the coach's bench again. No one knew what Li Rui and Cassano said just now. He needs to look again. If there is indeed a problem, Scotland The old man definitely doesn't mind substituting players when the game lasts about 20 minutes. Sir Ferguson definitely has the courage.

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Mancini got the ball, he broke through continuously along the wing, first succeeded in eating Scholes raw, then passed Fletcher, and when he attracted Heinze to come up to fill the position, he knocked the ball across the middle De Rossi kept up, and De Rossi handed it to Totti who retreated. Totti caught the ball and missed it. He dribbled a few steps and kicked suddenly. The football reached Mancini who had already circled around and came to meet At the foot of the ball, a beautiful triangle attack!

Manchester United's defense was also torn apart at once.

Facing Ferdinand, Mancini Jr. did not make a pass immediately. He suddenly pulled and dunked the ball to his right foot. Low arc ball!

An extremely tricky cross!

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In the penalty area, Aquilani stretched out his foot on the running line of the football, and the football changed direction and spun towards the goal. Vidic almost blocked the football on the goal line, and Vucinic followed Another shot, hit Vidic's calf again, the football went out of the baseline, corner kick! !

"Vidic!! He made a contribution! He used his body to block two shots that the Roma team was bound to enter! Van der Sar is thanking Vidic." The commentator shouted.

Li Rui also came back and gave Vidic a high five, "Well done!"

Roma's corner kick, Li Rui helped the team defend the corner kick in the penalty area. He gained the upper hand in the fight with Totti. Li Rui pushed the football out of the penalty area. up.

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The camera was also aimed at the sidelines. Except for Ferguson yelling a few times on the sidelines after conceding the goal, he didn't do much. This made the commentator a little puzzled. This doesn't look like that irritable old Scottish man.

The commentator is still talking about the possible "contradictions" between Li Rui and Cassano. This is a good topic. While talking about it, he also makes suggestions for Ferguson. He suggested that after the start of the second half, Manchester United should replace Cassano , replaced by Rooney who cooperated more tacitly with Li Rui.

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At this time, on the court, Cristiano Ronaldo was pulled down by Pizarro in the frontcourt, and the referee Merck awarded a free kick.

Cristiano Ronaldo quickly got up from the ground and quickly took a free kick. The football reached Li Rui's feet. Chivu rushed up to defend him immediately, but Li Rui pulled the ball and turned around without looking ahead. He directly picked the football forward, just over Chivu's head, and Cassano received the football behind him!

"Beautiful pass!! There is a tacit understanding between Li Rui and Cassano!!" The commentator shouted loudly, completely forgetting that he was talking about the discord between Li Rui and Cassano just a few seconds ago.

Cassano dribbled the ball into the penalty area, Mex came up, the two of them were tugging, I saw Cassano pull the football to the inside, and when Mex stepped out to intercept, he pulled the football back , This time, the shot was released——

Cassano shot without hesitation!

Roma goalkeeper Doni blocked the football with a single fist, and Cassetti, who returned to defense, quickly headed the football out of the bottom line and took a corner kick.

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Cassano seemed a little frustrated seeing the football being thrown by Doni, but he didn't forget to turn his head and give Li Rui a thumbs up, indicating that the pass just now was beautiful.

Li Rui didn't feel too frustrated when the goal was missed, this attack made Li Rui feel very happy, although he didn't score, but he was very relieved, he turned his head and shouted at his teammates: "That's it! !Attack! What a ball!! We have plenty of chances!!”

Although Li Rui was only 22 years old, at this time, everyone was refreshed when they heard Li Rui's shout. Although the score was still behind, they had expectations for an equalizer and even victory.

There are many veterans on the Manchester United team. Giggs and Scholes also applauded loudly at this time to boost the morale of the whole team.

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Seeing this scene on the field, the commentators began to praise the efforts of the Manchester United players again, and the tacit understanding shown in the cooperation between Li Rui and Cassano just now was also repeatedly mentioned.

Ferguson was on the sidelines, nodding in satisfaction. Although this shot failed to score, Manchester United's performance, from Cristiano Ronaldo's quick free kick, to the cooperation between Li Rui and Cassano, to The roar of Li Rui and Giggs and other veterans made the old Scottish man very satisfied.

And Li Rui also told everyone with practical actions that the quarrel between him and Cassano just now was completely nonsense!
'This kid is becoming more and more like the captain. Ferguson was particularly satisfied with Li Rui's performance.An excellent shooter is rare, and an excellent captain is not an easy task for a wealthy team.

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Giggs took a corner, Fletcher grabbed the point, his header just over the bar.

Then the Roma team also quickly started a quick counterattack. Doni drove the football to the frontcourt with a big foot. De Rossi headed the ball. Mancini padded his chest and started running all the way. After about 30 meters , knocked the football across the middle, Totti unloaded the football, and after a meal, he shot directly. The football was thrown by Van der Sar and hit the post and bounced back. Van der Sar quickly hugged the football into his arms.

The Roma fans at the Stadio Olimpico first lamented that the goal had not been scored, and then applauded their king Totti's shot.

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