Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Guardiola laughed loudly: "Who do you think you are? Sherlock Holmes? Bao Zheng of Kaifeng? Detective Dee? Bah! You've spouted a bunch of nonsense, and you even believe it yourself, haven't you?"

"Then I regret to inform you that the reason the handwriting looked the way it did is because the footballs I sent you later were all signed by my agent!"

"I don't have time to sign for you one by one, I'm not going to waste that much time on you! Hehehe!"

Deng Kai nearly threw his phone: "Damn it! No wonder several footballs have been returned by fans lately, accused of being fake. I even argued with them. You ripped me off!"

Guardiola: "Who gave you permission to sell the autographed football I gave you? Didn't you say you were my fan and wanted to collect my autographed football? Do you think I don't know the dirty tricks you've been up to behind the scenes?"

"What's the name of your store again? Wang Tao autographed jersey store? Dongqiudi autographed soccer ball factory direct sales store? Do you even believe that yourself?"

Deng Kai: "Don't fucking act innocent after getting the benefit."

"Do you think I don't know you just received two high-paying offers from the Lisbon area? Have you even played football in Portugal before posting these deals? Wasn't your popularity built up by my autographed football?"

"You interact with me so often, isn't it just to make your face known in Portugal?"

"Doing business requires professional ethics. Hurry up and give me a batch of genuine autographed footballs. Otherwise, the name Guardiola will become synonymous with counterfeit goods, and your future commercial value will likely be greatly affected."

"Holy crap! You..." Guardiola mute himself.

Guardiola then called his agent and said, "Send me twenty, no, fifty footballs."

"Yes, I want to sign it in person... Of course I wasn't threatened, I was just worried that Deng Kai would be discouraged after losing the game, so I wanted to give him some encouragement."

"Oh, right... could you arrange a nutritionist for me, and also find a sports medicine specialist? I don't want to suffer any more serious injuries; I want to play for Barcelona until I'm thirty-five!"

……

June 21st.

The other semi-final match of the European U17 Championship kicked off.

Portugal U16 vs. Germany U16!

Before the match, it was expected to be a one-sided affair.

The German team is strong and well-equipped.

The starting lineup is:

Florian Heller, Kevin Kuran, and Bastian Schweinsteiger

Marcus Forner, Florian Klinger, and Hitzlsperger

Andreas Hinkel, Michael Fink, Andreas Geerlitz, Ram

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In addition, their substitutes include strong players such as Jürgen Schmid, Leonhard Haas, and Jan Schroeder.

In contrast, the Portuguese team had to change their formation due to player injuries.

Their starting lineup is:

Cristiano Ronaldo

Mereles, Duncan, Quaresma

Amorin, Veloso

Ribeiro, Fonte, Duardi, Bosingwa

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In this 4-2-3-1 formation, neither Ronaldo nor Meireles plays in their most comfortable positions, making it hard to believe they can deliver any outstanding performances.

Before the game, Viorante repeatedly emphasized the tactical content to the players and reiterated Duncan's core position on the field.

At the start of the match, the Germans launched a fierce pressing attack.

Deng Kai immediately chose to pass the ball back, attempting to pass it around in his own half.

Even with their superior backline, they were still overwhelmed by the German team.

In the end, Deng Kai had no choice but to launch a long ball into the German half, handing possession back to the German team.

The German fans in the stadium booed.

Because Deng Kai didn't even dare to try to engage in physical confrontations with German players.

That's terrible!

It's definitely not as good as Viana!

The German players on the field had already set the tone for the match in their minds: We will attack, we will be strong, the opponent is weak, and Deng Kai will only kick the ball long!

In the third minute, Portugal regained possession of the ball.

The German team launched another round of fierce pressing throughout the field.

The full-court press is a very useful technique, but it's often used carelessly, and when used carelessly, it actually has many weaknesses.

Whether it's full-court pressing or attacking pressing, it requires meticulous teamwork.

There needs to be long-term training and running routes.

Without coordinated pressing throughout the game, a skilled midfielder would find the game riddled with holes.

In an instant, Deng Kai had at least five or six good passing routes in front of him, which would allow him to easily move the ball around.

Quaresma had already started moving from the right side.

When Deng Kai makes a long pass, it's basically the start of an attack.

boom!

Deng Kai passed the ball back to Amorim.

He didn't look for Quaresma.

Kulan Yin continued to swarm and grab the ball.

Deng Kai moved laterally, providing Amorim with a passing option.

Amorim sent word back.

Deng Kai played the ball with one touch, this time directly to Meireles on the left wing, while simultaneously making a run forward himself.

Meireles hits the ball back to Duncan after a wall pass.

After receiving the ball, Deng Kai executed a quick dribbling move, shaking off the German defensive midfielder who lunged at him without holding back.

Then a smooth road lay before you.

"Deng Kai is advancing! He's reached the edge of the penalty area."

"The German team made such a strong save, now their defense is open!"

"Deng Kai will be able to take a long-range shot after a couple more touches."

"Fortunately, the German defense has remained rational and is managing to maintain their formation and retreat in an orderly manner."

"Deng Kai has stopped. The German team has no openings for him, and the ball can't move forward. He should be waiting for his teammates to come up, and then..."

boom!

Deng Kai suddenly stopped running, and just when everyone thought he was going to stop completely, he lifted his right foot and made a lob pass without warning!

Just as Ronaldo returned from an offside position, he suddenly started running again near the German center-back and plunged into the penalty area.

The soccer ball fell.

Cristiano Ronaldo stands with his right foot planted, leans his body to the right, and lifts his left foot.

A non-stop volley sweeps across the field.

The football went into the net.

One to zero!

Portugal got off to a dream start against Germany's aggressive pressing!

German fans were completely bewildered.

We are terrifyingly strong.

How did we suddenly concede the ball?

What terrible luck!

However, Guardiola, who came specifically to gather intelligence, sat in the stands and smiled slightly.

Bad luck?

Haha, this probably has nothing to do with luck.

Neither Deng Kai's lobbed pass nor Ronaldo's left-footed volley, which he's not particularly good at, could be achieved with just luck.

This is a demonstration of strength.

After conceding a goal, the German U16 team's mentality changed somewhat, but their idea of ​​dominating the attack remained unchanged.

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They did indeed dominate Portugal with 72% possession.

As the attack intensified, their defensive line was subconsciously raised.

A large, open grassy area was left in the backfield, which could easily support Miss Dong, who was as wild as a horse.

Tenth minute.

Veloso intercepted Schweinsteiger's pass in the backfield.

The German players were all scrambling for Veloso, but no one went to Cardenka's position beforehand.

Veloso successfully passed the ball to Deng Kai beside him before the German team could close in.

boom!

Deng Kai turned halfway and, without stopping the ball, unleashed a powerful long pass!

De Bruyne's intuitive passing and no-look passing were brought to their fullest potential!

Cristiano Ronaldo, trailing the German center-back by more than three meters, rallied to catch up.

"Cristiano Ronaldo is on the move! He's a bit behind Görlitz and Fink, but he hasn't given up."

Wow! Cristiano Ronaldo is so fast!

"When will Portugal be able to produce Ferraris?"

"Too fast! Cristiano Ronaldo's supercar sped right past Fink!"

"That's an absolutely crushing speed!"

"Görlitz wanted to get close to Ronaldo, but Ronaldo took a detour and ran past him! Even his detour was faster than Görlitz's!"

"Görlitz reached out... but reaching out to pull someone while moving at high speed would actually slow him down, and Görlitz missed!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo! Only Cristiano Ronaldo!"

"He received the ball! The control wasn't perfect, but it's not a big deal!"

"This is a solo trip!"

"The German goalkeeper was forced to come out, Ronaldo dribbled sideways, beautiful! He beat the goalkeeper!"

"An easy tap-in! Cristiano Ronaldo completes his brace!"

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