Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Treble Winners? Sporting Lisbon's Young Player Declares Victory Ahead of Schedule!"

"A worthless treble! Sporting Lisbon could sweep the UEFA Cup, Portuguese Primeira Liga, and Portuguese Cup this season!"

Four matches, three titles: Sporting Lisbon is poised for a championship run!

"Beckham has found his successor! Will Manchester United's treble-winning heroes, Duncan and Schmeichel, create another treble in the Portuguese league?"

More than 30% of Portuguese league fans believe Sporting Lisbon can win the treble; they have the treble-winning gene!

The young man who helped Manchester United win the treble last year is going to become a treble winner himself this year! Perhaps this is what succession is all about!

"Red knife in, green knife out! Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon may be about to pass the treble!"

Ambitious and impetuous! Youngsters don't understand the value of physical exertion; Sporting Lisbon becomes the first team in Europe to run three runner-up titles!

Sporting Lisbon has a dismal record against Porto, with two draws and five losses in seven encounters over the past three years. What makes them so confident in claiming victory?

Liverpool fans are laughing and crying! Sporting Lisbon should probably win those two insignificant titles first before they can become European treble winners!

Porto fans jokingly commented on Deng Kai's remarks: "A draw in the first half of the season made Deng Kai complacent; Jardel will smash their goal!"

Deng Kai: The next match is at the Dragon Stadium, and Jardell will be smashing your own goal!

Soon, May 14th arrived.

Within ten days, Sporting Lisbon will play four matches against Porto (League), Porto (Portuguese Cup), Boavista (League), and Liverpool (UEFA Cup).

Three percent of fans across Europe believe that Sporting Lisbon will become the new European treble winners, albeit a mini treble.

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The UEFA Cup is the second-highest tier of club competitions under UEFA.

The Champions League is the strongest club competition in Europe.

However, the UEFA Cup is still a very prestigious competition.

It was even more important than the Europa League in the later era when only the Champions League mattered.

Therefore, the triple crown is also a very significant honor.

What makes it even more difficult than winning the treble is that teams that win the UEFA Cup generally struggle to dominate in their leagues and domestic cup competitions, as they are clearly much weaker than the Champions League winners.

Therefore, Manchester United was the first team in Europe's top five leagues to win the treble. Prior to that, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, and Celtic were three European treble winners from outside the top five leagues.

However, the European triple crown is still vacant and awaits its first owner.

However, this "mini treble" is different from the later, less prestigious treble (any three titles). This one specifically refers to the three honors of winning the UEFA Cup, the top domestic league, and the top domestic cup.

The Super Cup, Community Shield, Toyota Cup, Club World Cup, and even the UEFA Cup are not even worthy of being included.

The starting lineups for Porto and Sporting Lisbon have left many people with mixed feelings.

Sporting Lisbon is actually planning to compete with Porto for the league title.

They fielded their strongest lineup.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Quaresma

Viana, Deng Kai

Mateusz, Pepe

Terry, Fonte, Barzagli

Schmeichel

Pepe has been a starter for the team for some time.

He almost completely replaced Deschamps.

Many people believe this is Sporting Lisbon's silent reward for Pepe's UEFA Cup slam kick on De Boer.

Barcelona fans protested.

However, Sporting Lisbon unilaterally declared their protest invalid, stating that their players could be arranged however they pleased!

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With the sound of the whistle, the match officially began.

The fans at the Dragon Stadium were in high spirits, singing their team anthem for twelve consecutive minutes to express their determination to win the championship.

They are the team with the most titles in the Portuguese league over the past decade, and are undoubtedly the number one powerhouse in the league!

But the fans stopped singing because...

In the twelfth minute, Deng Kai, who had the ball at least 32 meters away from the goal, suddenly unleashed a stunning long-range shot.

The football hit the crossbar and bounced away, firing the first shot in the battle between the two armies!

The entire Dragon Stadium trembled in fright.

Porto fans were unable to sing any more songs after that.

Because you never know when Sporting Lisbon might launch another threatening attack.

That would cause the singer to choke on their breath, mess up their breathing, and might end up in the hospital.

Thirty-sixth minute of the first half.

Both sides attacked each other.

This time, Deng Kai had the ball and was facing Deco's pressure.

The two hadn't faced each other directly earlier in the game, as they each had defensive specialists marking them.

This was their first encounter in the entire tournament.

Deng Kai easily shook off Deco with a fried meatball.

Deco's pressing was mainly aimed at delaying the game, so it wasn't a big deal if he got beaten.

But Deng Kai's movements were too fast, so Deco didn't have much time to stall for.

Porto's right-back and defensive midfielder both had to cover for Duncan.

boom!

Deng Kai sent a through ball.

After receiving the ball, Ronaldo dribbled inside, accelerated suddenly, and outmaneuvered the Porto right-back who had turned around to defend him.

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boom!

After dribbling past his opponent, Ronaldo spotted an opportunity in the penalty area and immediately delivered a cross.

Quaresma attempts a penalty...and falls to the ground!

The referee immediately blew his whistle and awarded a yellow card.

The entire refereeing community is now paying close attention to officiating at Sporting Lisbon.

After all, this is a hothead who dared to go head-to-head with Barcelona and UEFA, and even won.

Recently, any slight mishap in their matches has become big news.

Gandour's backing from the Black Lives Matter movement is powerful enough to allow him to officiate at FIFA after such a major incident, but other normal referees don't have that kind of thick skin.

Porto fans booed the referee's decision.

However, the player accepted the ruling relatively rationally.

Especially the player who committed the foul, he knew he was in the wrong.

The slow-motion replay shown on the big screen later proved that the referee's decision was correct.

Quaresma stepped up to the penalty spot and converted the penalty, giving Sporting Lisbon the lead.

In the Portuguese Primeira Liga standings, Sporting Lisbon has overtaken Porto by two points, once again taking the top spot!

"Quaresma! A solid penalty! Is Sporting Lisbon really going to win the title?!"

"This is a huge blow to Porto!"

"However, Porto still has time; they have more than sixty minutes to change the score."

After the restart, Porto launched a furious attack.

But they were never able to threaten Sporting Lisbon's goal.

The score remained 1-0 until the end of the first half.

The second half begins.

Sporting Lisbon skillfully used their long-circle tactics to maintain possession, denying Porto any opportunity for a barrage of attacks.

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