Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Deng Kai made a wide-ranging move to find Viana, who was undefended on the left flank.

Viana controlled the ball and passed it back.

With Ronaldo and Viana making consecutive runs, Viana's original left flank position was completely vacated.

Matthäus made a run from the back and unleashed a powerful shot.

German cannons were either silent or deadly when they did fire.

"Goal! Matthäus! Absolutely amazing! That long-range shot was incredible!"

"Matheus breaks the deadlock, giving Sporting Lisbon the lead!"

"A long-range shot breaks through the iron wall! In fact, with Gaziantep's two counter-attacks failing to advance into the danger zone, we knew that the balance of victory had shifted to Sporting Lisbon."

"Under a siege, scoring is only a matter of time."

With this goal, Sporting Lisbon will have a much easier time from now on.

Thirty-seventh minute.

Deng Kai and Quaresma switched positions.

Viana passed the ball to Quaresma, who then exchanged two passes with Drogba before playing a through ball deep into the right side of the penalty area.

Deng Kai and Quaresma had the same idea, and he received the ball near the baseline.

Because they had already entered the restricted area, the opposing team dared not commit a foul easily.

After catching up with the ball, Deng Kai pulled and flicked it, then performed a back turn and a Marseille turn.

The center-back, who was nutmegged by the ball, moved along the baseline towards the goal.

Deng Kai and his opponent made contact and scored, and Deng Kai ran outside the baseline and completed a beautiful nutmeg.

Drogba rushes to the penalty spot to call for the ball.

His position is excellent.

He retreated and then cut back, with no one actually defending him.

But similarly, everyone was watching Drogba, rushing towards him, or trying to block the triangular passing lane between Duncan and Drogba.

boom!

Deng Kai watched as Drogba jerked his left foot.

The ball went through the legs of the center-back who was coming from the side.

If Duncan had looked for Drogba, that would have been a perfect steal.

But Deng Kai...

The football swept across the goal, moving almost parallel to the goal.

At its closest, the distance between him and the goalkeeper was less than a meter.

If the goalkeeper is prepared, he can catch or kick the ball away.

However, everyone's attention, including the goalkeeper, was on Drogba. Who would have thought that Deng Kai would make such an outrageous cross in front of the goal?

Especially when Deng Kai passed the ball, he hadn't even fully run into the byline yet. His horizontal position overlapped with the goalpost, and he couldn't see the goalkeeper at all.

How could he be so sure that a pass so close to the goalkeeper wouldn't be caught by the goalkeeper?

Too many decisions are made in an instant.

boom!

At the far post, Cristiano Ronaldo, who had surged in, met the ball with a low shot.

Although the angle wasn't great, it was an open goal, so there was no need to worry about the goalkeeper's reaction.

Therefore, shooting is not difficult.

"Goal! Ronaldo! Deng Kai assists Ronaldo to score! Beautiful combination!"

"Deng Kai deceived the whole world, including his own teammate Drogba! Drogba even made a shooting preparation move in advance!"

"Only Cristiano Ronaldo knows what Duncan is thinking. No wonder they've been playing together since their youth academy days; they seem to have a telepathic connection!"

"Two-nil! Sporting Lisbon extends their lead."

Forty-first minute.

Quaresma's long-range shot from outside the penalty area won his team a corner kick.

His corner kick was headed on by Drogba, but the ball hit an opposing defender and was cleared.

It's another corner kick.

Deng Kai took the corner kick, and Gaziantep, the center-back, won the first header, resulting in another corner kick.

A series of corner kick attacks may seem impressive, but they are often a harbinger of conceding a goal.

Deng Kai's corner kick this time not only requires him to consider attacking, but also to avoid the opponent winning the ball, so he cannot make any risky attempts.

This is why many teams, when winning multiple corner kicks in a row, tend to target the same spots, making their play seem rigid and lacking in variety.

If things remain unchanged, stability will prevail.

Deng Kai kicked the ball out.

Fonte, Barzagli, Drogba, and Ronaldo jumped almost simultaneously in the middle of the field, forming an aerial wall of players.

Drogba jumped the highest and had the best luck; he found the football.

Swish!

The football went straight into the net.

"what!"

Drogba was ecstatic!

Didier Drogba, the French player from Ivory Coast, Africa, finally broke his goal drought, scoring another goal for his new club.

drop!

The linesman raises his flag.

The referee blew his whistle, indicating the goal was disallowed.

The referee believed that Drogba committed a clear offensive foul. The reason he jumped so high was because he pushed over the defender and used him as a stool to take off.

Sporting Lisbon's players surrounded the referee, but they couldn't change his decision.

Drogba was completely dumbfounded.

His first goal still hasn't come.

But some players in this team's midfield and attack have already scored two or three goals.

He was in a hurry!

The last minute before halftime.

The two veterans in the backcourt put on a show.

After a one-two with Deschamps, Matthäus dribbled past the defender and created a huge threat down the middle.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Viana, Drogba, Duncan, and Quaresma unleashed a five-pronged attack.

Mateusz casually offered his opinions.

Deng Kai was slightly slower and deliberately positioned himself close to Drogba.

It seems to be the most tightly guarded by two defenses against one.

But could a legendary midfielder like Matthäus not see through Duncan's intentions?

boom!

Matthäus played a through ball.

It went straight to Drogba's feet.

But the force and speed of that pass didn't seem like it was meant for Drogba.

too fast.

If Drogba hastily controls the ball, he might end up controlling it at a level comparable to the Chinese national team.

"Oh dear, why would Matthäus pass like that? That's obviously unwise!" Maxa can now understand some football occasionally. He thinks that Ronaldo on the left and Quaresma on the right are in much better positions; they can almost always receive the ball.

Alternatively, Viana could be given the position. Viana is further away from Drogba, and the defenders in front of him would be closer to Drogba in order to cover the most threatening player.

Triguera shook his head in a low voice: "Right now, Matthäus has the ball, and the threat, or rather, this attack, has almost reached the seventh level. If we pass to Ronaldo or Quaresma, the attack is still at the seventh level, or even the sixth level."

"You can shoot from any level, but the higher the level, the greater the probability of scoring."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that Ronaldo and Quaresma play deeper and seem more dangerous; they're actually positioned further out. Crosses from the wings are always less dangerous than passes from the center."

"Giving the ball to Viana could potentially elevate the attack to the eighth level. But even the eighth level can be good or bad."

"Viana's right-side center-back seems to be closer to Drogba, but he is facing Viana. Before Viana even receives the ball, he can run in front of Viana and defend him without losing his position."

"In this situation, it depends on Viana's one-on-one ability or quick reaction; tactically, it wasn't a success."

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