Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"This is a good thing," Deng Kai reassured Hathaway, who was somewhat frightened, over the phone. "You don't have to do anything special during this process, and of course, don't be silly and shout the slogans that the media has come up with for you."

"Unless a high-ranking person on the other side contacts you, you don't need to express your position or opinion on this matter. When someone asks, you can talk about things from a more emotional perspective, expressing your feelings for me, your opinions of me, and so on."

"When you become an important spiritual symbol, you have to know how to hold your position and say what people want to hear at the most appropriate time. An Oscar is clearly not the time for that."

Hathaway was a little confused: "Then when is that?"

Deng Kai: "You've established your own large enterprise, which is actually somewhat unwise. It's when you're preparing to enter politics and have a very good starting point, or when someone in an election needs you most."

"You will never, ever be abandoned by Hollywood until you speak out. And even if you are abandoned, you can always come back if you want."

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That night, Hathaway didn't fully understand what Deng Kai was saying.

But she understood some of it.

That is, she started a boxing match, but she won't go out to fight herself unless she shows up for the final championship match.

She doesn't need to feel guilty about the help the other party gave her in her Oscar race; compared to her actual contribution, this favor is nothing.

The enormous benefits brought by this wave far exceed those of the decades-long struggle against the Black Lives Matter movement!

But in fact, they won after a very brief struggle.

……

February 18th.

Benfica player Maniche gave an interview.

The background to the interview was that as the tournament progressed, everyone realized that Benfica's opponent in the Portuguese Cup quarter-finals was Moreirense!

This result was decided in the first half of the season.

But nobody paid attention to Moreirense at the time.

And now... who can afford not to pay attention to Morales?

In particular, Moreirense had previously hoped to bring in Maniche.

Maniche: "I don't care what kind of sports leader, campus goddess, Oscar nominee, etc., Deng Kai's girlfriend is in North America."

"I am a football player."

"I just want to use this game to show Duncan and Triguera whether Marchini, in the right winger position, is really 'nothing' as Duncan claims!"

Maniche still harbors resentment towards Deng Kai's assessment.

Similarly, Moreirense's players also gave related interviews.

Former captain Altino stated, "Benfica is a very strong team; they are contenders for the Portuguese league title. Meanwhile, we've just escaped the relegation zone in the Portuguese second division."

"We just want to play a game that we can be proud of."

Altino's weak-willed nature is on full display.

Even though he had already used what he considered to be the strongest tone of his voice.

This is also the sentiment of Moreirense's regular players and fans.

No team in the Portuguese Second Division has a winning percentage of more than 10% when facing a team in the Portuguese First Division.

If the Portuguese league team is one of Porto, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, or Boavista, the winning percentage will decrease further.

However, in the same interview, Ronaldo stated, "No matter what team the opponent is, even if they are an Serie A team, we will still win in the end. I only have one goal in playing football, and that is to score goals and win the game."

Reporter: "So... these are two separate purposes, right?"

Cristiano Ronaldo: "To me, it's the same thing."

Deng Kai then added to Ronaldo's words, expressing from a confidence perspective why they might win: "Nuno Gomez has some minor injuries and is not in the squad."

"João Pinto is an excellent striker, but as he gets older, he is no longer a striker who can take down opponents on his own. He needs teammates, but he didn't have any in this match."

"Maniche will become an excellent defensive midfielder in the future, but as for the right winger position, I can only say that I have confidence in our left-back."

"Furthermore, Benfica is under pressure in the league and will field a semi-substitute lineup for this match, which is our best opportunity."

Reporter: "Don't you have any pressure from the league?"

Deng Kai: "If you've been following our recent matches, you'll know that if our goal is to avoid relegation, then we really don't have any league pressure."

The reporter failed to grasp Deng Kai's implied meaning: their goal wasn't to avoid relegation, and they missed a headline.

But that's enough for today.

February 19, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon.

The quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup have begun.

More than 40,000 fans came to the stadium to watch the game today.

This is because it is a joyous day for Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo to return to Lisbon.

Benfica will give half of today's ticket revenue to Moreirense, which will be Moreirense's biggest income this year.

This is also why Moreirense fought tooth and nail in the Portuguese Cup during the first half of the season, even at the cost of the league title.

Teams aiming for the championship all hope to face weaker opponents.

But teams like Moreirense, looking to make a quick buck, shouldn't be too keen on Benfica.

Many weaker teams in the Champions League also hope to be drawn into the group of death, get thrashed by the big clubs, take the money and go back to their domestic leagues to dominate, and then go back to make another fortune next year.

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"Don't be nervous when you enter the stadium later. Just pretend the fans around you don't exist, okay?" Coartino, as the veteran captain, was reassuring the other players.

Benfica's home stadium, with 40,000 fans.

That atmosphere was incomparable to the one Moreirense had, where there were only a few thousand fans around.

Many players become overly nervous in this situation, making it difficult for them to even juggle the ball properly, resulting in a very poor performance.

Right, Dembele?

Today, Benfica players are wearing their home jerseys, which are red.

Moreirense's jersey is very similar to Sporting Lisbon's jersey, both being green and white.

The difference is that Sporting Lisbon wears green and white stripes.

Morelens is green and white checkered, like a green version of Croatia.

However, once on the pitch, Altino immediately lost his way.

He thought he must be seeing things.

"Oh, damn it! Do I have red-green color blindness?" Altino was speechless with excitement as he looked at the fans, whose red and green colors were clearly distinct and evenly matched.

Even Moreirense's top-ranked youth academy graduate, Gillop, was a bit agitated: "This has nothing to do with whether you're colorblind or not. Half of Benfica's fans are ours, the other half are? Moreirense has that many fans?"

But as the players entered the field, the fans wearing green jerseys, under the direction of the team leader, chanted their supporters' names.

"Cristiano, the successor to Simão and Quaresma..."

Ronaldo!

! "

"Sporting Lisbon's football Kaiser..."

"Deng Kai!"

! "

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