Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Although they are still behind, they are confident that they can take a victory from the Stadium of Light."

"Oh! Deng Kai signaled to his teammates not to celebrate with him; he needs to sit on the ground and catch his breath."

"That was quite a hard impact, especially with Deng Kai's rapid charge."

"That shot was absolutely perfect, full of power."

"The previous electric bicycle kick wasn't very effective. If it were a pure bicycle kick, Deng Kai might be able to shake off the defender directly."

Deng Kai expressed his disagreement with the commentator's assessment.

Without the electric bicycle, he wouldn't have been able to catch the football, and even if he had, he wouldn't have been able to score.

That goal was extremely difficult to score.

Neither side scored again, and the game went into halftime.

Trigra made the adjustments right at that time.

They replaced today's hero, Altino, with a proper left-back, Serafim.

With the opponent missing a right winger, Moreirense's attacking power on the left has been greatly reduced. The reason for bringing on Serafim is to improve Moreirense's attack and allow him to provide more support for Ronaldo.

After the start of the second half, Serafim became relatively active, frequently making runs forward.

In the 54th minute, Serafim and Ronaldo combined well before Serafim delivered a cross from the byline.

The opponent headed the ball away from their high point.

Emerson's volley was a gift to the fans in the stands.

Sixty-second minute.

Moreirense ganged up on Benfica, and Duncan, as usual, lobbed the ball to Alex at the far post on the right, who then crossed the ball again.

Unfortunately, Anderson was pushed by his opponent and couldn't exert any force, almost twisting his ankle after landing.

The team doctor came onto the field to check on his physical condition.

During this time, Triglar had the team warm up, but he found that the team did not have a center who could replace Anderson.

After Maniche left the field, Moreirense took the initiative. Under Duncan's instructions, the team launched attacks from both wings, with the left and right full-backs frequently crossing the ball.

Without a dominant center forward, it's difficult to convert that advantage into goals.

Benfica's ground defense is very strong, and unless Duncan has another breakout performance, it will be difficult for the team to launch an attack through the middle.

At this moment, Deng Kai walked over and said, "Replace Flavio, bring in a center-back."

The assistant coach thought he'd misheard: "We're still down by one goal, not leading by one goal. Why are we putting five defenders in this early morning?"

Trigra suddenly realized: "You mean, push our high ground into their penalty area?"

Deng Kai nodded: "Yes, Fonte's headers are very good, and he's also the tallest player on the team."

The assistant coach thought this was outrageous.

Fonte is a center-back.

But Trigla immediately made the decision to make a substitution and had Orlando deliver a message to Fonte.

The biggest difference between Triguera and Maxa is that Maxa only knows how to do what Coach Ke says, while Triguera is able to enrich and complete the tactics based on Coach Ke's suggestions. This is the true ability of a great coach.

Moreirense substituted center-back Orlando for right winger Flavio.

After examination, Anderson was found to be unharmed and continued to play on the field.

Meanwhile, Moreirense's center-back Fonte moved to Flavio's position, or rather, further inside the penalty area, essentially forming a two-striker formation with Anderson.

Morales's true intentions are obvious to everyone.

Cross, header, smash it!

In the 68th minute, Deng Kai made a cross from the right wing, with Alex providing cover.

Fonte's header hit the crossbar, giving the Benfica goalkeeper a fright.

Heynckes is not a head coach with a strong personal style; he values ​​team execution and tactical discipline more.

The team did all of these things very well today.

He told the team to tighten up, and the team tightened up.

He instructed the team to focus on winning headers and defending in the penalty area and to prevent Deng Kai from attacking through the middle, thus keeping the team heavily concentrated in the penalty area.

Seventy-sixth minute.

Serafim made a wild pass to the near post, which was intercepted and immediately led to a counter-attack.

Veteran Pinto faked out Orlando with a shot, but his subsequent shot was saved by a tackle from Gilop.

If Pinto were five years younger, it might not have been Kirop's turn to come over, but he is indeed slower now than before.

Seventy-ninth minute.

Deng Kai dribbled the ball to the right, passed it to Alex repeatedly, and then chipped the ball to the byline.

Alex sprinted to catch up with the ball and delivered a cross.

But the ball was deflected by a defender who followed up and flew towards Deng Kai.

Deng Kai met the incoming ball with a quick cross.

No one in the penalty area was ready.

Anderson hadn't actually gotten into position, but he saw the ball's trajectory was low, and with a quick jump at the near post, he blocked the defender behind him.

The soccer ball flew over his head.

But without his feint, the ball would have been disrupted by the defender behind him.

boom!

Fonte jumped about three meters behind Anderson.

Anderson also blocked his view.

But as an excellent header player, there is a very important tip: don't wait until you see the ball coming before you jump.

You should jump when you think the ball is coming towards you.

The difference between the two is that if there is something blocking your way, it is often too late to jump when you see the football.

If you ignore the people in front of you who might hit the ball and jump without any distractions, then even if you can't see the ball, you can still hit it if the people in front of you don't reach it.

This technique is often used when more than one player can touch the ball in a single pass.

Deng Kai really likes this kind of passing style that involves multiple threats.

This led Triguera to require all attackers on Duncan's passing lanes to react with a shot the instant the ball came in, instead of thinking things like "he should be able to touch it, so I won't move."

Swish!

Fonte's header was powerful and heavy. Because he had already positioned himself, the ball accurately entered the goal area even without him having to flick his head.

"Another goal! Moreirense has equalized!"

"This time, it was center-back Fonte, playing as center forward, who helped them equalize!"

"This was a textbook example of a personnel change."

"Morerens, playing with fewer players, capitalized on their advantage in crossing from the wings, focusing on high balls."

"Although Benfica's defense isn't bad in height, they couldn't withstand the relentless bombardment from the opponent's two towering players, both around 1.9 meters tall!"

"Fonte! Fonte! Fonte!"

At this moment, the more than 20,000 Sporting Lisbon fans in the stadium finally remembered that this was also one of their loaned-out players, and began to cheer for Fonte.

Fonte finally felt relieved after struggling with his emotions all day.

It turns out he wasn't completely socially anxious; when more people called his name, he felt good rather than embarrassed.

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