Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Young man, it's certainly a good thing to aspire to become the king of the outside of the foot; it's better than having no ambition at all. Look, your teammates around you are all happy for Deng Kai..."

"Quaresma didn't look too good, probably because he was too tired in this match, even though he provided two beautiful assists..."

The score remained unchanged after that.

Five to two, that's the final score.

Sporting Lisbon won all three of their opening matches in the UEFA Cup group stage.

This would make them the team with the best chance of advancing from this group.

After the match, Sporting Lisbon's attitude toward the officiating standards surprised everyone.

Players including Triguera, Maxa, Duncan, and Quaresma all remained silent on the matter.

There was no excessive use of terms like biased refereeing, misjudgment, or not wanting us to win.

Even when the media started it, they did not follow up with an attack on the referee.

Some media outlets interpreted this as Sporting Lisbon not wanting to suffer further player losses due to off-field factors. They felt it was unnecessary for them to fixate on the referee's "officiating errors" when they held the initiative in qualifying from the group stage.

But only key members of Sporting Lisbon knew that they had already assigned someone to keep an eye on the referee.

All of his matches will be recorded and analyzed, and his intentions and tactics will be compiled.

Then, on certain special occasions, it is provided to UEFA by Sporting Lisbon or made public.

If fairness was random before this match...

Therefore, in a future match, Sporting Lisbon could expect almost absolute fairness.

This might help them win a round in the UEFA Cup.

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"Sporting Lisbon is a powerhouse in the Portuguese league, and we have no shortage of experience competing on two or even three fronts, so there's no need to worry about our form... We are very confident of victory against Porto in the next round!"

Maxière, who received a red card in European competition, returned to the Portuguese league schedule, still as confident as ever.

The last four words were clearly missing from the manuscript Trigra gave him... We are very confident, not very confident of victory.

The former expresses an attitude, while the latter expresses a result.

In the Portuguese league, no team can confidently say they will win against Porto.

Ironically, there was one person in the Sporting Lisbon team who dared to say such a thing.

"Maxsa smiles slightly; does Sporting Lisbon have a brilliant strategy to defeat Porto?"

Cristiano Ronaldo is brimming with confidence: "Jardel will have to ask my opinion before he can win the Golden Boot this year! You might not remember, but Ke and I were the players who beat Porto to win the title! Last year's Portuguese Cup, you know? We weren't afraid of Porto at all!"

The Portuguese Super League derby is here! Porto vs. Sporting Lisbon, who do you think will win?

The Battle for the Top Spot! Worth Six Points!

Postiga: We are clearly the better team; we have the best midfield in all of Portugal! If you don't count Figo as a midfielder!

Jardel: I feel like I'm completely back in form. Porto created far more attacking chances than Sporting Lisbon; they're a true championship team!

Deco: In terms of form, both sides are actually quite even, but I think our advantage lies in our balance. Besides, their players like Drogba and Deschamps are all injured.

Deng Kai: Postiga, you said Deco is the best midfielder, but do you really not consider Rui Costa's feelings at all? Deco is indeed good, but he's still several levels below Rui Costa!

Triguera: Postiga is an excellent center forward, but his coexistence with Jardel has clearly affected the team's balance.

Before the match, both sides engaged in a fierce war of words and stabbed each other in the back.

Of those, one or two cuts will always be useful.

For example... Postiga has provided almost no evidence to evaluate Jadal.

This means that the competition between the two sides has entered a fierce stage.

Last year, Jardel left for Porto, and Postiga became the team's main center forward.

Their performance was actually quite good.

Fifteen goals in the league.

If there are no injuries, twenty goals is achievable.

It would be quite impressive for any center to score this many goals in their first season.

However, Porto's previous center forward was Porto.

Porto fans consider players who score less than 30 goals in the league to be worthless.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Yohan Bosh, Drogba: ? ? ?

When Jardel returned this year, Postiga's starting position was discontinued.

Of course, in order to turn this young man into a valuable asset, Porto placed Postiga in the left winger position, trying to make him play as a shadow striker.

Postiga is struggling to adapt to this change.

November 21st, half a day before the start of the eleventh round of the Portuguese Super League.

Drogba and Deschamps have returned to the team.

Deschamps finally passed his vision test, while Drogba's physical condition was diagnosed by the team doctor as "at his peak"!

The return of these two players is very important for the team.

Pepe's defense under intense pressure is definitely stronger than Deschamps'.

However, in the big circle tactic, Pepe and Deschamps are unlikely to encounter strong competition in their positions, making Deschamps, who is less prone to making mistakes, a better choice.

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In the last match, apart from the initial goal, Yin Bu's performance was almost nonexistent.

Even during a severe muscle contraction, he would still instinctively try to hide.

In this respect, Drogba is indeed tougher.

Moreover, Drogba's playing style means that even if the opponent uses a foul to block him, he may not be completely blocked.

boom!

boom!

boom!

After a short training session, everyone prepared to rest.

But Quaresma kicked a few more times.

Deng Kai went over to take a look... the outside of the foot...

It seems Quaresma is also obsessed with the outside of his foot.

After the last game, some media outlets have already praised Deng Kai as the king of the outside of his foot.

But Quaresma had this title before.

The two men engaged in an unspoken competition over the name.

In the match against Porto, Quaresma set himself the goal of reclaiming the title of King of the Outside of the Foot!

Soon, it was evening.

A great battle is about to begin.

Neither Drogba nor Deschamps, who returned to the squad, got a starting opportunity and sat on the bench.

However, they started warming up before the first half was even over.

The sixth minute of the match.

After Deco and Postiga switched positions, Deco made several breakthroughs and dribbled past opponents on the left flank.

Most importantly, he anticipated Matthäus's flying tackle, dribbled the ball to avoid it, and amazed everyone.

Deco chipped a pass from outside the penalty area.

After controlling the ball with his chest, Jardel turned and fired a powerful shot before it even hit the ground, scoring the first goal of the match in a very dominant center-forward style.

One to zero!

Porto are in the lead!

Nineteenth minute.

It was Deco again. After a series of ghostly runs that shook off Pepe's pursuit, Deco played a through ball to Postiga.

Unfortunately, Postiga's touch was too heavy, otherwise it would have been another goal.

Thirty-first minute.

Deco continued to draw fire, this time directly creating a long-range shooting opportunity for his teammate Sasso.

Sasso's long-range shot was parried by Schmeichel, but Jardel, quick to react and attack in front of the goal, tapped in the rebound to complete his brace.

Porto are leading 2-0!

In this situation, Trigra and Deng Kai exchanged glances, then waved their hands.

Drogba and Deschamps both came on.

Yin Bu and Pepe were substituted before halftime!

It is rare.

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