Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Quaresma scored directly from a free kick, giving his team a 1-0 lead over Switzerland.

"Great pass, excellent catch!" Quaresma praised Duncan and Ronaldo during the celebration.

As the leader of the Sporting Lisbon group, Quaresma is still trying to be a good older brother.

The following matches almost became a one-man show for Quaresma.

Vienna performed exceptionally well in the last round, but they faced targeted defense from the Swiss team in this match.

Deng Kai, on the contrary, became the attacking midfielder who controlled the ball more.

Deng Kai continued to feed Quaresma the ball, help him stretch the defense, and switch positions with Quaresma to move to the wing, etc.

Quaresma frequently created deadly situations.

Thirty-second minute.

Switzerland attempted a counter-attack, but under Duncan's aggressive pressing, the opponent lost their pass.

The ball was easily intercepted by Meireles.

Meireles sent a long pass into the penalty area.

Postiga outjumped the Swiss center-back and headed the ball back, flicking it onto the right side of the penalty area.

Quaresma cuts inside without the ball, receives it, and unleashes a classic outside-of-the-foot shot.

The football arced out in a huge arc and flew straight into the far corner.

But the Swiss team had good relationships with the goalkeepers, and the goalkeepers on the far post blocked the shot, causing the ball to bounce to the left side of the penalty area.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was also actively cutting inside, met the ball with a follow-up shot.

Although Postiga next door also has a chance.

But Ronaldo never even saw this future Premier League flop.

Postiga shrugged, intending to complain.

But the football went into the net.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored on a rebound from a tight angle.

Postiga immediately raised his outstretched hands and celebrated with Ronaldo.

It's definitely frustrating, but who can blame us when a goal is scored on the football field?

Portugal U16 extended their lead to 2-0.

This score remained unchanged until the end of the first half.

During halftime, Quaresma, unusually interested, discussed the details of the positional switch with Duncan.

In the first half, their teamwork was frequent, with some highlights and some mistakes, indicating that they need further refinement.

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After the start of the second half, the Swiss team launched a pressing attack.

But Viorante had anticipated all of this.

Portugal adopted a possession-based approach.

Quaresma and Postiga retreated frequently.

The latter possesses the ability to act as a fulcrum.

The former's dribbling and ball control are superb, greatly enhancing Portugal's midfield ball possession ability.

Switzerland dominated possession for ten minutes, but their ball control actually decreased somewhat.

Fifty-fifth minute.

Viana capitalized on the Swiss players' fatigue after their frantic runs, repeatedly dribbling through the middle to break through.

Cristiano Ronaldo's one-two pass helped Viana get past one player.

Viana took a shot from just outside the left side of the penalty area.

This attack was extremely threatening.

But the Swiss goalkeeper, who is always a surprise, made a crucial save against Viana's long-range shot.

Viana, Postiga, and Quaresma immediately rushed into the penalty area to contest for the ball.

The ball was cleared out of the penalty area by the Swiss center-back, but the kick was slightly mishit; the ball was too slow and landed near Deng Kai outside the penalty area.

Deng Kai drew his bow and nocked an arrow, then fired a shot through the air.

With the support of Black Panther Hunt, mediocre winger, and champion plunderer, he unleashed a beautiful world-class goal.

The Swiss goalkeeper made another incredible save.

He predicted the direction correctly, but... the ball changed direction slightly as it flew towards him.

Swish!

The football goes into the goal.

Three to zero!

Before Deng Kai could react, Quaresma ran over from inside the penalty area to celebrate with him, rubbing his butt as he ran.

Slow motion replay.

Deng Kai's shot hit Quaresma's buttocks.

Otherwise, the Swiss goalkeeper would likely have made the save.

So this was an assist by Deng Kai, not a goal.

Quaresma passively completed his brace with his buttocks!

It was at this moment that Quaresma came to enjoy playing with Duncan even more.

Not only is he technically skilled, but he also has high basketball IQ and is willing to help out.

Quaresma believes that Duncan is his lucky star.

That's enough to score a goal for myself.

This is simply the most affectionate match ever by Sporting Lisbon!

Seventy-first minute.

Switzerland made a substitution, replacing a midfielder with a striker in a last-ditch effort.

But this almost completely liberated Viana.

Viana, as a higher priority attacking midfielder than Duncan, has absolutely lived up to his reputation with his performance.

After drawing attention with his dribbling, he switched the ball to Quaresma, who was unmarked on the right wing.

Quaresma saw that Postiga and Ronaldo were in good positions in the penalty area, so he stopped showing off and delivered a beautiful cross to his younger teammates.

That felt so good.

Postiga knew from the ball's trajectory that it wasn't for him, so he feinted at the near post, jumped with the Swiss center-back, and missed the ball.

Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly surged forward at the far post and headed the ball towards the goal.

But unfortunately, his head was positioned too straight.

The football hit the Swiss goalkeeper's leg.

Chaos reigned in front of the gate.

I don't know who kicked the football out.

Deng Kai was in almost the same position when he took a long-range shot at the rolling ball.

He was completely ripped off today!

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Switzerland can't even keep an eye on someone as important as Viana, so naturally they have no energy to look after someone as insignificant as Deng Kai.

The ball hit a Swiss defender and bounced out of bounds.

Deng Kai immediately raised his hand to signal.

"Handball! Deng Kai is indicating that the opponent has handled the ball."

"Oh! It was definitely a handball! The referee saw it clearly, he pointed to the penalty spot... penalty! This is bad news for Switzerland!"

"Quaresma was so lucky today; he gave Duncan a big hug. Duncan gave him the chance to complete his hat-trick!"

"Goal! Four-nil! Portugal continues the glorious tradition of their golden generation; they are simply unstoppable in European youth competitions!"

"Quaresma hat-trick! I bet it's the easiest hat-trick of his career! Ronaldo gave him a free kick, Duncan gave him a forced backheel shot and a penalty."

"CD Connect has completely taken care of Big Brother today."

"Quaresma has to treat them to a big meal! Sporting Lisbon's youth academy is absolutely terrifying; they've created almost all of their goals so far."

"Nearly half of the kills were created by Viana, who is also a product of Sporting Lisbon's youth academy."

"Just imagine the four of them together in Sporting Lisbon's first team in the future. It would be a youth revolution!"

"I bet that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, all four of them will enter the Portuguese league within the next three to five years."

"This is simply a huge fortune! Sporting Lisbon has hit the jackpot! The combined transfer fees for these four players could easily reach over 30 to 40 million euros!"

Quaresma was overjoyed after scoring his first hat-trick in his national youth team career.

The four stars of Sporting Lisbon embraced each other, and other players joined in the celebration, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

There may be competition between them.

But winning solves everything!

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.