Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

The second award is the Portuguese league assist leader award.

This award is undoubtedly right, because the data is transparent and everyone's eyes are on Deng Kai.

In the Portuguese league's assist rankings, Viana is third. This season, he has fully adapted to the pace of the Portuguese league, contributing eight goals and fourteen assists for the team.

Second is Deco of Porto, who helped Jardel win the Portuguese league's top scorer award with 15 assists. However, these statistics don't even fully capture Deco's true impact on the team.

The top assist provider is undoubtedly Deng Kai, with 16 goals and 21 assists this season, making him one of the best-performing players.

After Deng Kai went on stage, he received his trophy.

When giving his acceptance speech, Deng Kai briefly expressed his gratitude.

His composure contrasted sharply with Ronaldo's tears.

The third award is also a transparent one: the Portuguese League Golden Boot.

The Portuguese league's Silver Boot this season belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo, who just received the award. He scored 30 goals and provided 3 assists in a single season, which is incredibly impressive for a newcomer.

Even so, the gap between him and the Portuguese league's top scorer is still huge.

Jardel scored 42 goals in a single season, winning the Portuguese league's Golden Boot without any doubt, and also this year's European Golden Boot!

The fourth award is for the best goalkeeper in the Portuguese league.

Host: "He once wore the red jersey, he was the Nordic goalkeeper! He joined the Green and White Army under the name of the Red Devils, bringing the treble-winning gene to Alvalade!"

"For the past two years, people have been asking whether Lian Po, though old, could still fight. Now, he has given us an answer with two championship trophies!"

"Let's welcome Manchester United legend, Denmark's starting goalkeeper, and Sporting Lisbon's number one jersey holder, Peter Schmeichel, to the stage to receive his award!"

Splash!

Applause resounded throughout the sky.

You have to admit that superstars and ordinary players are indeed treated differently.

Neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Duncan's appearances on stage were nearly as grand as Schmeichel's.

Many older fans even had tears in their eyes, seeing themselves reflected in the still-sharp Schmeichel.

No one admits to getting old, yet everyone has to admit to getting old.

And the championship is the best cosmetic surgery for all senior players!

When Schmeichel received the award, he pointed in a certain direction.

There, a blond boy with the same hair as him was very excited. He was wearing Schmeichel's Sporting Lisbon jersey and looked almost exactly like Schmeichel when he was young.

"Kasper Schmeichel, son of Peter Schmeichel, plays as a goalkeeper. Manchester City is reportedly very interested in him, and he may join their youth academy in the next few years," Deng Kai explained to Cristiano Ronaldo beside him. "If his career goes well, he will create a miracle for a footballing family—both he and his father will have been named the national footballer of the year!"

Cristiano Ronaldo is immune to this kind of talk from Deng Kai; Deng Kai always likes to say things like that.

Anyone can say such nice things.

Cristiano Ronaldo often tells his teammates, "If nothing unexpected happens, you will become a world-class player."

But life is full of unexpected events, right?

Cristiano Ronaldo simply doesn't believe that Schmeichel's son will become the Danish Footballer of the Year. That's a joke; he's only fooling a fool. He's not quite there yet.

After the heartwarming scene, the next award winner was also full of interesting stories.

Host: "A year ago, he was struggling in the lower leagues of Italy. When he set foot on Portuguese soil, he was enlightened by the atmosphere of Lisbon and has since become a rock in Sporting Lisbon's defense."

"He's never flamboyant, but his tackles and interceptions rank first in the Portuguese league, and his aerial duels are second in the league. He's the best center-back in the Portuguese league, having risen from the ashes of the eliminated team. Let's give this young man the warmest applause... Andrea Barzagli!"

Splash!

Barzagli was even less impressive than Ronaldo; he was already crying on his way to the podium.

Barzagli, who had just turned twenty less than a month ago, cried like a child.

In European football, as many as 95% of youth players are eliminated from training programs.

If only 5% of the talented youth trainees successfully make it to the professional arena, then...

Of those 95%, less than 1% of players managed to return to the professional arena through lower-level leagues.

Barzagli's exceptional qualities are hard to find in a team like Sporting Lisbon's youth academy, where talent is cultivated in a highly competitive environment.

Drogba: ? ? ?

It would be very difficult to find a third one!

Surprisingly, no one was selected for the next awards.

Because Deco is not here.

He is the winner of the Portuguese league's best midfielder award.

When the award was announced, the entire audience erupted in the loudest cheers.

"We won!"

"We won!"

"Deng Kai won!"

"MVP!"

The camera immediately located Deng Kai.

Deng Kai's lips curled slightly upward, but he remained calm.

But from that moment on, everyone knew that this year's Portuguese Super League jackpot belonged to Kai.

Deng's father: ? ? ?

Before the grand prize, the award for best striker in the Portuguese league was presented.

This is also a very prestigious award.

Because leagues outside the top four leagues mainly supply forward players to the top clubs.

The Best Forward award is, in a sense, comparable to a major accolade.

Host: "I need to say more about him. He's a gem of Sporting Lisbon's youth academy, another representative of this training system. Like Simão, he's been called the next Figo!"

"This season, he has showcased his versatility with twenty goals and eleven assists. He is Sporting Lisbon's star player, Ricardo..."

The 50,000 people at the scene chanted in unison: "Quaresma!"

This surprised everyone.

Logically speaking, this year's best striker in the Portuguese league should be Jardel.

Forty-two goals is phenomenal.

Even if Quaresma converted all his assists into goals, he still couldn't catch up with Jardel, not to mention that assists are less valuable than goals.

But that's how the Portuguese league gave it.

This inevitably brings to mind Jardel's rejection of the Portuguese Football Federation's naturalization offer this season.

However, it wasn't that the Portuguese Football Federation was stingy; Deco did refuse, but he still won the Portuguese league's best midfielder award.

Ultimately, the root cause was Jardel's disrespectful remarks and his disdain for Portuguese football.

If you don't respect me, why should I flatter you?

Jardel has indeed been absolutely dominant this season, but you haven't won a championship yet.

It shouldn't be too difficult to reduce your goal tally by 30%, right?

With the discounts applied, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Quaresma have become contenders for the best striker.

Sporting Lisbon prefers Quaresma to win the award, as it would increase his earnings.

Quaresma's role on the front line is indeed more diverse and crucial than Ronaldo's, so it's entirely justifiable for him to win the award.

Thus, Quaresma also won his first major individual award in the Portuguese league.

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