Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

For a full five minutes, the Kaiserslautern players seemed unable to recover.

He was like a walking corpse on the court.

They follow the ball, but don't actively make any predictions or anything.

It's not that I can't, it's that I lack the motivation.

When a person suddenly loses hope and spirit, that kind of despondency is something that is difficult for human power to reverse.

Kaiserslautern's players need time to process all of this.

It could be during the summer offseason, or it could be three or five games.

But it certainly won't be something that can be recovered in 30 to 50 minutes, or even just 3 to 5 minutes.

The match has started for nine minutes.

Feeling no pressure, Pepe passed the ball from the middle to Deng Kai on the right flank.

The problem is that Deng Kai is already in a very deep position, very close to two Kaiserslautern players.

This kind of pass is threatening, but it also tests the ball handler's ability to handle the situation.

Sure enough, even players who haven't recovered yet, when the opponent is very close to you, you know to go and surround them for the ball.

The Kaiserslautern players rushed toward Duncan.

Two players rushed in to intercept, one double-teamed, and another cut off Deng Kai's forward passing lanes.

Based on Deng Kai's usual playing style, he should have passed the ball at this point.

And most of them are passes that create threats forward.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Drogba, and Quaresma are all making runs, preparing to receive the ball.

Kaiserslautern's formation was compact, and they had enough players in the backfield, so they didn't allow these three players to run into any open spaces.

Deng Kai saw this immediately, so instead of forcing the pass, he lifted his right foot, feigned a pass, and spun around in place, using a Bengbu turn to forcefully challenge the pressing player, waiting for an opportunity.

After two consecutive laps, Klose saw that his two teammates had failed to win the ball, so he rushed towards Duncan and joined the scramble for it.

However, it was his addition that created a gap in the previously tight double-team.

Deng Kai pushed Klose, then flicked the ball to accelerate and successfully broke through the defense.

The Kaiserslautern defensive midfielder, who was defending against Deng Kai's pass, was facing Deng Kai directly. He did not expect Deng Kai to rush out so gracefully, but his position was just right to catch Deng Kai off guard before he could fully adjust.

Grab it!

boom!

Deng Kai didn't adjust the ball; instead, he stepped on it and pulled it back, executing a Marseille turn and narrowly missing his opponent.

Easily passed!

"Adjustment" is a common term in football, but many people don't understand what it means.

When players pass, shoot, or dribble past opponents, the ball must remain within their control, meaning it must maintain a relatively fixed distance from their bodies.

This distance is determined by the player's usual training habits, and is also closely related to the player's leg length and the technical movements the player chooses.

For almost all players, the process of dribbling is the process of gradually losing control of the ball.

The more capable a player is, the later the game will go out of control.

The most elite ball control players can even maintain control of the ball under intense pressure. But such players are almost negligible, appearing only once every few decades.

Therefore, for most players, they need to adjust the game before it gets completely out of control, bringing the game back to the starting point.

They especially need to adjust between making technical moves, shooting, and passing.

This can be understood as meaning that if they don't make adjustments, their subsequent actions will be greatly distorted, resulting in shots going wide, passes going astray, dribbling slipping, and so on.

But Deng Kai's strength lies in the fact that after his Bengbu turn, he received a Marseille turn with zero adjustments.

Either his dribbling skills are exceptional, or he lacks the flair or flair of Ronaldinho.

Either it shows his exceptional vision, that he anticipated this situation, so when he made that half-breakthrough, half-adjustment move after the Bengbu turn to break through, he was already adjusting the ball.

Considering Deng Kai's usual passing habits, the latter is closer to the truth.

Such vision, along with the mindset of connecting technical actions, is one of the essential qualities of a midfield maestro.

"Accelerate! Deng Kai accelerates, advancing the ball to the edge of the penalty area. But Drogba is already surrounded, Ronaldo is offside, and Quaresma is on the right flank—neither is a good target for the ball."

"Kaiserslautern's center-back has stepped up... Klose's recovery is excellent. After failing to mark Deng Kai, he kept running over and is quickly closing in on Deng Kai from behind. He has a chance to make a tackle, unless Deng Kai has eyes in the back of his head..."

Swish!

Deng Kai, dribbling rapidly forward, reached the right side of the penalty area and, without a second's hesitation, suddenly turned and flicked the ball to his left, attempting to avoid a direct confrontation with the opposing center-back by moving laterally.

"Deng Kai's idea is good, but he'll slip!"

boom!

Before the commentator could finish speaking, Klose, who was almost catching up with Deng Kai, collapsed to the ground.

He slipped.

Deng Kai also collapsed at almost the same time.

However, he stretched out his left hand to support himself on the grass, and with a push of his foot, he completed a 90-degree right-angle turn, and then with a burst of strength, he stood up again.

Kaiserslautern's center-back is chasing the ball.

Deng Kai's manual cornering saved a lot of time, ensuring he would touch the ball before his opponent.

Kaiserslautern's center-backs could only extend their right legs as far as possible.

This is a very risky move, as it could easily lead to Deng Kai intentionally drawing a foul.

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The reason this center-back did this was because he was standing just half a foot outside the penalty area line.

He believed it was worthwhile to exchange a yellow card and a free kick in a very dangerous position for Deng Kai's entry into the penalty area.

At this moment, inside the penalty area, there is Ronaldo on the left and Drogba in the six-yard box, with only a Kaiserslautern center-back next to Drogba.

Deng Kai charged in again, creating a three-on-one situation in the penalty area, scoring no matter how he kicked.

boom!

Deng Kai took the initiative and poked the ball into the penalty area, then took a small hop and got past the center-back.

The center-back marking Drogba had already reacted and headed towards the penalty spot.

However, he did not expect Deng Kai's touch to be so light.

When moving at high speed, the final touch of the ball is very difficult to control.

Rather than making things worse, it's better to pass it to Drogba... That's the normal way to think.

But Deng Kai didn't do that.

Instead, they used a simple technique of flicking the ball with their toes.

After the ball flew two meters, it suddenly slowed down and stopped at the penalty spot to wait for him.

"A sliding tackle! Kaiserslautern's center-back makes a sliding tackle inside the penalty area! He knows he can't outrun Duncan, so he has to take a gamble and use a sliding tackle to extend his reach..."

"A fritter! My God! Deng Kai made a fritter the instant his left foot touched the ball. Oh! His left foot was hit by Kaiserslautern's center-back. He stumbled."

"Penalty! It's definitely a penalty!"

On both sides of the stadium, all the fans held their breath.

Many people's faces turned red, and some even held their breath until their faces turned completely white.

It wasn't that they lacked lung capacity, but rather that many fans were already on edge when Deng Kai made his rounds from Bengbu, only to be met with Deng Kai's relentless dribbling and breakthroughs, leaving them no chance to catch their breath.

"The referee has his whistle in his mouth; this is definitely a penalty, a yellow penalty, and possibly even a red!"

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