Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

After Quaresma, the atmosphere at the stadium never calmed down.

Before the host could even begin to introduce them, the fans in the audience started chanting in a rhythmic chant:

"Deng Kai!"

"Deng Kai!"

"Deng Kai!"

Host: "Haha, it seems everyone here knows football. I'll keep it short... Before him, I found it hard to believe that the best player in the Portuguese league would one day be of Chinese descent."

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"It's not that I have a prejudice, but I've genuinely never seen anything like this happen before."

"He will only turn sixteen this August, making him the youngest player in the history of the Portuguese league to have made an appearance, provided an assist, and scored a goal! He is also the youngest core player in the history of Sporting Lisbon."

"He's about my height, just over 1.7 meters. But he's comparable to Matthäus on the defensive end, and on par with Deco on the offensive end. He's no less than Ronaldo on the left, and on the right, he's like another Quaresma!"

"Thirty-four matches, sixteen goals, and twenty-one assists—these impressive statistics still can't fully capture his impact on the team. He is the best player in the Portuguese league this year, without a doubt!"

Rumble!

The scene instantly erupted.

The fans' enthusiasm was first stirred up by Schmeichel, and then reached its ultimate explosion with Duncan.

Fifteen years old!

Portuguese league assist leader!

Best player in the Portuguese league!

Can you believe it!

On that day, the name "Deng Kai" echoed throughout the skies of Lisbon.

……

Cristiano Ronaldo, the proud young man, sheds tears! Besides winning the Portuguese League's Best Young Player award, he also ranks fifth on the list of the best players in the Portuguese League this season!

"Madeira teenager becomes fifth in the Portuguese league after just one year! Cristiano Ronaldo writes a miracle for a small-town youth!"

Old tree sprouts new buds! Schmeichel wins the Best Goalkeeper award again after Manchester United! Can he hold on for another three years?

Schmeichel presented the trophy to his son: hoping Kasper will also become the best goalkeeper in the Portuguese league in the future!

"Hard work pays off; even a small force can conquer a powerful enemy! A former Chievo youth academy player wins the Portuguese Primeira Liga's Best Center-Back Award!"

Inter Milan in the spotlight? Barzagli gets a golden opportunity to return to Italy!

Jardel won the Portuguese league's Golden Boot for the fourth consecutive year, but missed out on the league's Best Forward and Best Player awards!

"Brazil fans believe Jardel's goal-scoring statistics are inflated and that he doesn't deserve to be Ronaldo's backup, failing to gain full recognition in the Portuguese league!"

Second in the Portuguese Primeira Liga assist rankings, third in the Primeira Liga best player rankings, Super Deco wins the Primeira Liga Best Midfielder award for the second consecutive year!

Quaresma, ranked second in the Portuguese Primeira Liga's best striker and best player, led Sporting Lisbon to a domestic league and cup double!

A new king ascends the throne! A 15-year-old wins the Portuguese league's best player award, demonstrating the true meaning of talent!

"New Portuguese League King Deng Kai Leads the Way! The Portuguese League's Best XI of the Season Announced, with Sporting Lisbon's Eight Players Selected, Making It the Biggest Winner!"

Fourth on the Portuguese Primeira Liga's Best Player list? Jardel questions the credibility of the list!

"The worst Portuguese league MVP in history? Sporting Lisbon, for the sake of hype and traffic, forcibly promoted a 15-year-old Portuguese-Chinese player with 16 goals as the best player in the Portuguese league—it's a complete joke!"

The path to becoming a king is always difficult.

After Deng Kai won the Portuguese league's best player award, he faced more criticism after a brief period of blessings from fans.

This is easy to understand.

Sporting Lisbon fans are a minority among Portuguese league fans, and Portuguese league fans are also a minority among European fans.

Aside from Sporting Lisbon's absolute approval of Deng Kai, everyone else would naturally question him.

After all, judging from the title alone, a player who scores sixteen goals in a single season does not qualify as the best player.

But if we add to that his 21 assists, his role as the team's core player, locker room leader, participant in team tactical planning, key player in player recruitment advice, his role in helping Sporting Lisbon rise from fourth to first in the league, from the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup to the championship, and from being eliminated in the first round of the UEFA Cup to reaching the final, he has unleashed a youth storm that has captivated the entire continent of Europe.

Given the huge changes in the team's roster, you could say that Deng Kai started this storm.

If it were Serie A, league awards might not take European competition results into account, but which other league, especially a second-tier league, would dare not consider European competition performance?

Is sixteen league goals a small number for Deng Kai?

They scored twelve goals in the UEFA Cup!

To some uninformed observers, this whole Portuguese league affair appears to be a shady operation, a forced promotion of Deng Kai to the top.

But those in the know understand that this is the Portuguese league trying to ride on Deng Kai's popularity!

If we're really talking about who suffered a loss, Quaresma did suffer a bit.

Taking all factors into account, Quaresma is even more deserving of the Portuguese league's best player award than Duncan.

However, his second place was not a result of any behind-the-scenes manipulation; on the contrary, it vividly illustrates the difference between a "top performer" and a "leader."

Quaresma is Sporting Lisbon's star player, but Duncan is the true leader of the team.

Top performers receive a boost in traffic, but only leaders receive bonuses in ratings, recognition, and other aspects.

……

"Kai, it's okay. If you feel bad, just cry it out. It'll make you feel better."

On the private plane from Portugal to Dortmund-Wiesvale, Germany, Cristiano Ronaldo constantly comforted Deng Kai and encouraged him to cry.

Peipei nervously held a point-and-shoot camera in the back, ready to capture the moment Deng Kai shed tears.

Pepe swore he was forced into it; he really didn't want to betray Kai, but Ronaldo rushed into Pepe's bathroom the night before while he was showering and took nude photos of him.

Peipei dared not disobey.

There were no negative comments from the media about Ronaldo's tears after winning the award; everyone understood Ronaldo's feelings.

But Ronaldo himself sees this as a Waterloo in his career.

Coincidentally, Deng Kai often jokes about this with Ronaldo, saying that a real man bleeds but doesn't cry, and that he never expected Ronaldinho to be so fragile.

How could the proud Cristiano Ronaldo possibly accept this?

But if Deng Kai also cries, then the two of them will be even.

"Cry? Why are you crying?" Deng Kai was in good spirits.

"They all criticize you, question you, wrong you, and look down on you... and you don't even cry?" Ronaldo asked in bewilderment.

"That's because I became number one! People only remember number one!" Deng Kai smiled slightly. "If I were second, third, fourth, or fifth, they wouldn't even remember my name... This situation actually proves my success."

Cristiano Ronaldo frowned slightly: "Isn't what you're saying a bit disrespectful to fifth place?"

Cristiano Ronaldo is fifth on the list of best players in the Portuguese league.

Of course, Ronaldo wouldn't be angry with Deng Kai. He knows Deng Kai is a polite and well-behaved boy, and he has probably forgotten about it.

Deng Kai: "It's not that I'm targeting the fifth place, but I'm showing no respect for the second, third, fourth, and fifth place."

Cristiano Ronaldo: Damn it!

Deng Kai: "Oh, by the way... who are you?"

Goodness, I really don't recognize the fifth one.

Cristiano Ronaldo: WTF?

"Don't stop me, I'll fucking kill him!"

If it weren't for Fonte, Drogba, and Imbula holding Ronaldo back, he would have definitely knocked out Deng Kai.

Too arrogant.

That's incredibly arrogant!

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