Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Rehhagel: "We have done a lot of research on Sporting Lisbon, and we have a whole set of plans to limit Viana, which is the biggest reason why we are confident of taking a victory from Lisbon."

Djorkaeff stated in an interview: "Recently, the media has been asking me for my opinion on Viana and Quaresma every day. To be honest, I don't know how good they really are, but I know how good Klose is. Klose should be the one getting more attention."

While pleased with the praise from senior teammates, Klose remained humble: "I'm older than many of the players in Sporting Lisbon, which is my only advantage when facing them."

"Many of them are more talented than me, but talent isn't everything. I hope I can bring glory to the team by scoring goals, and I can accept it even if my individual performance is inferior to all the players on the other side."

Overall, Kaiserslautern's attitude is not arrogant.

Everyone knows what happened to the last arrogant Inter Milan.

Kaiserslautern doesn't think Inter Milan is really that bad.

Even if Inter Milan is really bad, they were still outplayed by Sporting Lisbon.

Before facing Sporting Lisbon, who thought Inter Milan was a weak team?

Absolutely not!

The Sporting Lisbon players were very aware of their limitations and did not readily agree to these interviews.

Only Deng Kai, representing the entire team, responded to the reporter's question: "Kaiserslautern is a legendary team. They have created famous miracles in football history, and we have absolute respect for such a team."

"Rehhagel is one of the most legendary head coaches. His coaching ability and tactical level are beyond doubt and are definitely no less than those of Mr. Trigera and Mr. Maxa."

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"Djorkaeff is Quaresma's idol, and Quaresma's playing style shows traces of Djorkaeff's influence, although Quaresma has his own unique characteristics in some minor technical aspects."

"Klose is a very pragmatic center forward. It's not a mistake that Germany didn't call him up this year, but it's definitely a huge regret. His balance with both feet, his combination of speed and technique, his control of passing and shooting... all tell people how excellent he is."

"By the way, his heading ability is also very distinctive, even though he doesn't look tall or muscular."

"Germany must include Klose in their next squad call-up; he's a gem in German football's attack!"

Deng Kai showered the camera with compliments.

The Kaiserslautern players were a little embarrassed when they saw this.

So... should we play hard in tomorrow's game?

Or should we just give a token amount and call it a day?

Look how great Deng Kai is!

Why do Bayern Munich fans hate such a well-behaved kid so much?

Are Bayern Munich fans just too intolerant?

Kaiserslautern fans once questioned the attitude of Bayern Munich, Barcelona, ​​and Inter Milan fans.

Until the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals begins.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, you are now watching the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-final match between Sporting Lisbon and Kaiserslautern. This match is being held at Sporting Lisbon's home stadium, the Alvalade Stadium, which is packed to capacity. The majority of the more than 40,000 fans are wearing green and white jerseys, clearly indicating their support."

Sporting Lisbon used their regular starting lineup; their coaching staff didn't try any fancy, unconventional formations. Because the last Inter Milan team to try something fancy resulted in... a truly disastrous outcome.

"Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Quaresma."

"Viana, Deng Kai."

Pepe, Deschamps.

"Terry, Fonte, Barzagli."

"Schmeichel".

"Pepe is still in the starting lineup today, but Matthäus is on the bench. He'll likely get a chance to play in the second half, barring any unforeseen circumstances. It all depends on Pepe's performance."

"Similarly, Swedish prodigy Yin Bu, who is on the bench, will most likely play today."

"Of course, the players most worth watching for Sporting Lisbon in this match are Viana and Duncan."

"Viana's brilliance needs no introduction, and Deng Kai is the pride of our Chinese heritage, the absolute core and on-field leader of Sporting Lisbon... ahem..."

CCTV commentator Huang Jianxiang was kicked by the anchor next to him, meaning he should not get too excited and should maintain a relatively neutral stance.

How did Deng Kai become the absolute core and leader?

Do you believe a 15-year-old boy could lead the entire Sporting Lisbon team?

Believe it or not, some Chinese fans actually believed it.

At the start of the match, both sides were very aggressive.

The two teams traded attacks, and their possession was very close, at 49% to 51%.

In the 13th minute, Djorkaeff dribbled into the penalty area and curled a shot.

Schmeichel was in superb form and made a great save.

In the 19th minute, Klose headed the ball towards the goal, but it went over the bar due to Fonte's influence, missing a good opportunity.

Twenty-second minute.

Viana suddenly changed his usual wide-circle style of play on the left flank, dribbling past his opponent and breaking through, pulling out Kaiserslautern's center-back before passing the ball to Drogba.

Drogba had a fierce physical collision with another opposing center-back, but the opponent clearly did not expect him to be so physically powerful, and their effort was not strong enough.

Even after being knocked off balance, Drogba maintained control of the ball.

boom!

Drogba selflessly made a cross when he had a shooting angle and was one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

Quaresma, cutting inside from the ball, caught up and easily chipped the ball with the outside of his foot to score.

He also broke his goal drought in European competitions.

This is his second goal in European competitions this season.

Quaresma was very excited and gratefully embraced Drogba and Viana warmly.

"Rehhagel did indeed have a plan targeting Viana, and Viana did indeed go largely unproductive for twenty minutes. But it proved that Viana was unstoppable. Viana's playmaking was crucial in this goal!"

"That's the brilliance of a top player. After this match, Inter Milan will probably have to spend another one or two million euros to acquire Viana!"

Now everyone knows Viana's commentators are talking about this joke: every time Viana shines, Inter Milan will make even more offers for him in the future.

Fans concerned about Inter Milan's financial situation are already calling for Viana to be suspended from the game.

They weren't worried about Viana's value skyrocketing to 30 million euros.

They can afford it.

Their main concern is that other teams might try to take Viana away from them.

Especially Real Madrid, which attempted to emulate Inter Milan and launch a superstar policy.

Fortieth minute.

Inter Milan fans got their wish.

Viana was tactically brought down by Kaiserslautern's defensive midfielder after dribbling past his opponent.

This was a normal collision, and the other party paid the price with a yellow card.

But Viana was unable to stand up for a long time.

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