Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"New talents emerge in every generation, replacing the old! Sporting Lisbon eliminates Kaiserslautern to advance to the UEFA Cup semi-finals!"

The most surprising team in the UEFA Cup semi-final round – Sporting Lisbon!

A youthful storm from Portugal is sweeping across Europe! (The UEFA Cup is in full swing!)

A stunning four-goal haul! How many more Figo + Ruyin Costa-like players does Sporting Lisbon have?

This is a team of geniuses. Viana's breakout performance directly led to Inter Milan's elimination, while Duncan's explosion directly resulted in Kaiserslautern's massacre!

Scoring seven goals against Inter Milan over two legs is nothing special; scoring eleven goals against Kaiserslautern over two legs is truly outrageous!

Four goals and one assist! A true core player! Youngster Deng Kai, just five months shy of his 16th birthday, tops both the UEFA Cup goals and assist charts!

This is the craziest UEFA Cup ever! Both players topping the goalscoring and assist charts are from Sporting Lisbon! One of them even dominates both charts!

Klose: Cristiano Ronaldo's goal-scoring ability is incredible; I couldn't even score a tenth of his goals at his age!

Djorkaeff: Dunkai is an absolute big-game player; his handling of the ball reminds me of Zidane!

Rehhagel: Triglar will become a great head coach in the future, and I wish them all the best in going far in the UEFA Cup this season!

Triglav: Rehhagel is an excellent coach, and he can create many more miracles. The scores of these two games don't truly reflect the strength of the two teams; we were lucky to have Kay's breakout performance.

"Macksa: I told everyone at halftime not to let our guard down; Kaiserslautern is a team that can turn things around in any situation. That's probably why we were able to score three more goals. The players are the foundation of all victories, and we had a good foundation."

To be fair, Sporting Lisbon's run to the UEFA Cup semi-finals is bound to generate buzz.

But the number of fans should not be greater than that of the other three teams.

In particular, they shouldn't be more popular than Barcelona and Liverpool.

After all, these two teams are absolute powerhouses.

Leaving Liverpool aside for now, Barcelona desperately needs news at this stage to give their fans confidence.

They have already been eliminated from both the league and the Copa del Rey this season.

It's only one step away from achieving complete emptiness.

They desperately need a UEFA Cup to boost morale.

Their performance was poor last season, which led to Van Gaal's resignation.

Currently, Barcelona's head coach is former assistant coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer.

This is a highly capable head coach who has managed Mallorca and Real Betis, achieving very good results.

In 1997, he led Real Betis to the Copa del Rey final. After narrowly losing to Barcelona in extra time, he received an invitation from Barcelona and joined the team, becoming the head coach of Barcelona's reserve team.

However, judging from this season's results, he is not suitable to be Barcelona's head coach.

Of course, this is also related to the aging of Barcelona's squad.

Guardiola, the team's midfield and defense core a few years ago, is the most typical example.

Due to injuries and other reasons, Guardiola's relationship with Van Gaal became strained last season, and they even parted on bad terms.

Even this season, after Guardiola recovered from his injury, he had to admit that his form had indeed declined considerably.

He has also entered Barcelona's rotation squad this season.

Despite having so many talking points, Barcelona was surprisingly overshadowed by Sporting Lisbon in terms of viewership.

It has to be said that Sporting Lisbon's eleven goals over two legs are truly frightening.

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"Ding! You have obtained the star player drop 'K God Unrivaled'!"

"Klose is unparalleled: There are many players skilled in headers, but Klose's headers are the most unstoppable, especially his brilliant performance at the World Cup, which solidified his professional status. Gain the purple star skill 'German Bomber'. Heading +2, Jumping +2, Attacking Movement +2. Gain 'Klose's Forward Flip Celebration'."

"German Bombers: Klinsmann, Bierhoff, Klose—Germany will always produce the best headers. Your jumping and heading abilities receive a slight boost. Once you take off, your balance and physical strength receive a certain boost. When heading, your jumping ability will be further enhanced against taller defenders."

As it turns out, Deng Kai ultimately won over the young Klose.

Klose, who later made a name for himself in the World Cup and became the World Cup record holder for most goals, must be mentioned when talking about his headers.

The fact that Klose was able to unleash his signature move speaks volumes about how deeply he felt about this match.

Of course, what made Klose famous in the World Cup was not only his goal, but also his front flip celebration after scoring.

Just like Drogba's celebration gesture, not just anyone can do it.

This is a skill that requires years of training; you have to practice it.

Therefore, the system will give Drogba and Klose celebration animations, but will not give certain people siu celebration animations.

Because of the latter, Deng Kai himself can imitate it. No, now it's Cristiano Ronaldo imitating Deng Kai. This move is highly praised at Sporting Lisbon. Many players ask Deng Kai before using it, after all, it was Deng Kai who first used this move.

The arrival of German bombers is quite interesting.

With the "Golden Bomber" Klinsmann, the "King of Headers" Bierhoff, and the "King of Headers" Klose, Germany truly produces a plethora of headers.

It's hard to imagine that a German team like this would be stuck in the embarrassing situation of having no strikers available for more than a decade.

Even Timo Werner, the "Golden Scout," has become the only hope for Germany's attacking line.

Returning to the German bomber, the most impressive thing about this skill isn't the various upgrades it provides.

The last sentence states that your abilities will be further enhanced when the player defending you is taller than you.

The system's "further progress" is definitely a huge step forward, and it's based on the improvements that had already been made.

From the moment he acquired this skill, Deng Kai had already entered the ranks of header masters.

Despite his current height of 171cm (he's grown another centimeter), his heading ability is no longer to be underestimated.

Historically, there have been quite a few players who were not tall but had excellent heading ability; you can count them on both the forward and defense teams.

There must be a reason why these shorter players can defeat taller ones.

"Fonte, Pepe, come with me to the training ground to practice heading. Pepe will pass the ball, and Fonte and I will contest the header." With a new skill at his disposal, Deng Kai was itching to go out and practice it.

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