Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Cristiano Ronaldo then called Triguera, hoping to secure a train ticket to Moreirense.

Trigra was overjoyed; how could he refuse?

Old Master Te just mentally gave Young Master Kai a thumbs up, yyds!

Subsequently, Triguera used his connections to loan players from his faction, such as Duncan, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Fonte, to Moreirense.

He was handling both sides, so the loans went very smoothly.

Sporting Lisbon is unlikely to refuse Triguera even this small favor.

Regardless, Triguera is a team veteran and a meritorious figure in youth training.

On the core interest (the head coach position), the top management would rather kill the wrong person than give it to a competitor.

But in insignificant places, they are happy to do some superficial work.

such as……

When Moreirense officially announced Trigár as their head coach for the second half of the season, Sporting Lisbon's official website displayed a grand banner bidding Trigár farewell: "Wishing Trigár great success at Moreirense! Sporting Lisbon fans will always love you!"

Look how touching this is.

What a warm and welcoming club!

The management of this club has such a broad vision.

Anyone who actually knows what happened in the past would never become a fan of the club.

But the reality is that players have highs and lows, and are affected by off-field factors, so it's easy for a player's fans to become disillusioned.

Therefore, some fans dare not look directly at their favorites and instead call themselves club fans. Because even in the worst of times, a club still has relatively shining stars to keep you from going downhill.

Meanwhile, many Sporting Lisbon fans also noticed the loan signings of Duncan and Cristiano Ronaldo.

They felt this was somewhat inappropriate.

Is sending two 15-year-old players to play in the Portuguese Second Division a bit too much of a pushover?

It's understandable that Triguera brought his own people along, but why didn't he look for players from the first team?

Even the reserve team is fine.

Will Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo be ruined because of this?

After all, the environment in which a player grows up is extremely important.

In this era, seventeen or eighteen years old is roughly the best age for a player to enter the professional arena.

Going any earlier would be suspected of forcing growth.

If it's any later, it means you might not be good enough.

Such small-scale discussions will not yield any results.

But there is one person who is destined to get hurt in this kind of discussion, and that is...

Fonte: So, no one noticed that I had also rented it out?

……

Throughout the winter break, Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo did not stop training.

In fact, Deng Kai's training volume is slightly greater than that of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Because Ronaldo is undergoing rehabilitation and adaptation training.

Deng Kai, on the other hand, is undergoing weight training.

Cristiano Ronaldo was very envious of this and wanted to do the same kind of weighted strength training, but Deng Kai rejected his idea.

Cristiano Ronaldo: "You're younger and shorter than me, so why can you do it but I can't?"

Deng Kai was speechless: "Your description is very easy to misunderstand. I'm younger than you and shorter than you, that's not short... but my development has been relatively stable, so I can lift weights."

"But you're still growing, so you can't. You still have the chance to grow taller and run faster, understand?"

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Cristiano Ronaldo sighed: "Kay, you need to have confidence in your height. Why don't you get the same injections Messi gets?"

Deng Kai: "This isn't something that can be solved with injections, but I won't be 1.65 meters tall forever, don't worry. This height is enough for me now, and when it's not enough, I'll find a way."

Cristiano Ronaldo, his face contorted in fear, exclaimed: "A leg-sawed rebirth?"

Deng Kai slapped him across the face.

Thanks to the end of his development and the adaptation he had made over the past half season, Deng Kai's personal statistics took another leap forward before strength training.

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Overall technical score: 63.93

Offensive positioning: 68+3

Ball handling: 76+1

Dribbling: 67+4

Shots: 60+5

Set pieces: 61+4

Long pass: 64+5

Short pass: 76+2

Defensive positioning: 63+5

Interceptions: 61+3

Steals: 49+5

Blocking: 40+4

Clearance: 45+5

Headers: 51+6

Radius: 58+4

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Overall physical assessment: 66.75

Speed: 61+6

Burst: 65+5

Step frequency: 73+2

Footwork strength: 58+4

Jumps: 55+4

Strength: 55+5

Flexible: 73+2

Physical strength: 61+5

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Field of view: 8

Left foot: 3

Right foot: 7+1

Damage resistance attribute: 3+1

State persistence: 5

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This data improvement mainly comes from physical enhancements.

After adapting to the body, the relevant technical attributes also improved.

Deng Kai's right foot and injury resistance have also been improved.

This improvement is different from improvement achieved through long-term training; it is a natural result of physical development.

That's where many physical players become monstrous.

They don't even need to train; as their bodies grow, their personal abilities will increase dramatically.

As Deng Kai intensifies his training later on, some of his attributes will see significant improvement.

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However, aside from that, his personal data growth will slow down significantly in the coming period.

……

The winter break is over.

Major leagues are preparing to resume play.

Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo had already rented an apartment in Moreirense.

With all teammates returning, the team members got to know each other better during training sessions.

Deng Kai quickly figured out the team's strengths and weaknesses.

Overall, this is indeed a terrible team.

Moreover, they lack ambition, making promotion to the Super League this season virtually impossible.

This team is not only at the bottom of the standings, but more importantly, the two only star players on the team have transferred to a Portuguese league team during the winter break.

One of them was chosen as a substitute.

The oldest player on the team is currently 33-year-old captain and center-back Manuel Altino.

Then there's the 30-year-old goalkeeper, João Ricardo.

Orlando, the 29-year-old center-back, and Armando Macedo, the 28-year-old midfielder.

There are several other players, numbered 27 and 26, who have played for the team for a considerable period of time.

A salty mindset.

Deng Kai was actually quite happy about this.

Because another meaning of salted fish is not to compete or fight.

So the team didn't object at all to Triguera's absurd decision to make Duncan the midfield core.

You can choose whoever you want to support, just don't support us. Let us just relax and enjoy ourselves.

Of course, Moreirense also has several younger players, most of whom are products of the youth academies of big clubs and came to the Portuguese Second Division to seize their last chance.

If they can't make it here in a year or two, then they're not even as good as the old scum who're still at Moreirense.

Don't underestimate Lao Xianyu's skill level; he's been in the professional esports scene for almost ten years.

Most relatively inexperienced young players will not have a professional career that lasts more than four years.

The only bright spot in this team is perhaps their own youth academy graduate, center-back Kirop, who is nineteen years old this year.

These are players from the Portuguese national youth team, and they are the kind of players who are consistently selected for the national youth team.

He and Quaresma were both teammates on the national team.

However, Moreirense clearly can't keep Klopp, and it's estimated that he will join a Portuguese league team after this season. He can be a starter at a non-elite club, and at a top club he'll likely spend some time on the bench, but he'll definitely get playing time.

The young players want to push forward, while the veterans want to coast. Their styles don't align, which explains why Moreirense finished last in points despite having a squad that wasn't at the bottom of the Portuguese league.

After Triglav joined the team, the first thing he needed to do was to unify the team's thinking.

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