Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Wu Xudong replaced Guardiola, and this substitution isn't a big problem. Guardiola's performance today is like the price of his autographed football on the Lisbon black market—not worth a penny!" —Lan

"But if Wu Xudong plays, won't Deng Kai's position have to be moved back? Wu Xudong can play as a right winger or right midfielder; he's very fast."

"Then Deng Kai and Toure form a double defensive midfield pairing, a double sweeping attack. Deng Kai is mainly responsible for interceptions, and Toure is mainly responsible for tackling. They have played this combination in the league before, and it worked quite well."

"Wait! Toure has been substituted too! That means the Toure brothers' match that the fans were hoping for is over. The camera also focused on Kolo Toure on the Arsenal bench."

"Drogba? How could this be? Sporting Lisbon didn't bring on defenders like Veloso, Fonte, and Deschamps, but Drogba? This..."

The entire stadium was filled with astonishment.

Wenger frequently turned to look at Triguera, trying to confirm whether the latter had replaced the wrong person.

However, Triglav stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed and nodded to Duncan.

Deng Kai then directed his teammates to change positions.

Sporting Lisbon's new formation quickly came into view:

Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Yobu

Kaka, Ronaldinho, Wu Xudong

Deng Kai

Pepe, Vidic, Barzagli

Schmeichel. (The last part appears to be a fragment and doesn't translate directly.)

3133!

Or rather... one star and six arrows! When it comes to the actual attack, Yin Bu will move towards the center, and Wu Xudong will go up.

This resulted in a four-forward formation consisting of Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Yin Bu, and Wu Xudong.

Kaka and Ronaldinho would even freely move forward into the five open spaces between the four of them.

In the most extreme case, six people can form a horizontal version of a long snake formation, with two or more people always in empty positions.

If there were another card-dealing machine, it would be the most unsolvable tactic in competitive sports such as football, basketball, and rugby—a blind, unstoppable attack!

"He's gone mad! Triguera must be insane! This means Sporting Lisbon is practically handing over their entire backline to Arsenal. They're going to get ripped apart by Arsenal!" He Wei was dumbfounded.

He couldn't believe this was the choice of a professional head coach.

This is practically free.

Is Sporting Lisbon fixing a match?

Did Arsenal buy their goal difference?

That makes sense.

After all, their performance in the Champions League Round of 16 has completely met, or even exceeded, Sporting Lisbon's expectations for this season's Champions League.

Let's earn some money on goal difference so we can strengthen our squad next year.

Arsenal has finally figured it out: instead of being constantly outpaced by Manchester United in the Premier League, they should focus on achieving success in the Champions League and then making a comeback in England!

Wonderful!

"Fans, the game is about to get exciting!" Huang Jianxiang, however, had a different opinion: "This is the ultimate attacking formation! Considering that Deng Kai's passes are hard to completely shut down, Sporting Lisbon's counter-attacking frenzy is about to begin."

"Arsenal is a typical attacking team, and now Sporting Lisbon needs to compete with them in attack and minimize the gap in defensive strength between the two sides."

Come on, Sporting Lisbon!

"I believe you can create miracles!"

He Wei, watching the now-obsessed Huang Jianxiang, simultaneously scorned his senior commentator while silently chanting in his heart, "Our Arsenal is invincible!"

One star and six arrows, and I even have an eight-heart, eight-arrow sapphire mirror.

In the 57th minute, less than five minutes after Sporting Lisbon's bizarre adjustment.

Pepe intercepted the ball and passed it to Deng Kai.

Bergkamp immediately tried to press Duncan.

But Deng Kai was too fast.

boom!

With his back to the goal and not looking at anyone, he randomly rotated his left and right feet as he kicked the ball repeatedly!

It's all about "random kicking"!

The football flew towards the left flank.

Cristiano Ronaldo moved with lightning speed, racing against Lauren.

Lauren could have completely shut down Deng Kai.

But Kaka suddenly cut behind Lauren, and Ronaldinho also moved over to support Deng Kai in the left attacking midfield position, forming a triangle with Lauren in the very center.

Sporting Lisbon's numerical advantage in the attacking third was immediately apparent.

To play it safe, Lauren had no choice but to let Ronaldo receive the ball, while preventing Ronaldo from crossing or dribbling past defenders, and signaling to his teammates to mark Kaká, who was already close to breaking into the penalty area.

boom!

Cristiano Ronaldo passed the ball back to Ronaldinho, who was coming to receive it.

Vieira, who was rushing towards the scene of the incident, immediately turned around and attacked Ronaldinho.

With his back to Vieira, Ronaldinho passed the ball back to Duncan without stopping it.

Vieira, worried that Ronaldinho would turn and dribble past him, deliberately stretched out his leg to try to steal the ball, but kicked Ronaldinho in the heel.

Ronaldinho fell to the ground.

The referee put his whistle in his mouth, signaling that the attack had won.

He Wei unconsciously shook his head.

Deng Kai shouldn't have handled that ball; he should have directly asked the referee for a free kick.

Because Ronaldinho fell in a very good position, a mid-to-long-range free-kick spot, which is very suitable for him to perform well with free kicks.

Once Deng Kai makes a move and is dispossessed, Sporting Lisbon essentially hands over a one-on-one opportunity to their opponents.

Which is more important and which is less important? There's no way to calculate that.

on the field.

Deng Kai unleashed a long ball, a feint, and sent Ljungberg, who was pressing from the side, flying past him.

boom!

Deng Kai swung his leg again; this time it was a real pass.

Right side of the penalty area, at the far post.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká, and Ronaldinho on the left flank had just drawn Arsenal's defensive attention.

Now the ball is on the right wing, making the most of the field area.

Drogba and Campbell engaged in a fierce battle inside the penalty area.

Yin Bu was also moving towards the penalty area from the right, but he was relatively slow.

Outside Yin Bu, Wu Xudong cut in from the back row at an extremely fast speed.

Even with Ashley Cole's speed not at its maximum after starting, he couldn't keep up.

This ball is aimed at Wu Xudong.

Only Wu Xudong was able to catch up.

boom!

Wu Xudong caught up with the ball but failed to control it because Ashley Cole was closing in.

After delivering a cutback pass, Wu Xudong rolled out of bounds due to inertia.

Even Ashley Cole behind couldn't brake in time and sped off.

But Wu Xudong didn't even have time to get up after rolling over; he immediately knelt on the ground and looked towards the goal.

Just outside the right side of the penalty area, Yin Bu's deliberately slow movement added layers to Sporting Lisbon's attack.

Drogba and Wu Xudong were at the forefront, while he was in the second tier.

Ronaldinho, who is outside the left side of the penalty area arc, is in the third tier.

A well-structured attack can create wave after wave of offensives that continue unabated.

If a run of offense fails to create opportunities, it loses possession of the ball.

boom!

Facing Keown, Yoonbu decisively fired a shot.

Keown raised his left foot to block, betting that Yoonbu would shoot into the near corner.

Similarly, Arsenal goalkeeper Seaman also lunged towards that side.

Because it's difficult for Yin Bu to shoot towards the far corner with the ball on the right side of the penalty area while also getting around the defenders.

but……

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