Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Otherwise, if Sporting Lisbon loses its place in the quarterfinals, Barcelona will also lose its place in the semifinals."

"Barcelona must make a difference in the Champions League, or they will face another season without any trophies."

Vicente del Bosque mocked the opponent while also revealing some of the "dirty tricks" that teams of Real Madrid's caliber encounter.

In response, Deng Kai stated, "Mr. Bosque makes a lot of sense, but as a strong team, why couldn't they secure their qualification spot earlier during the six-round group stage?"

"Since they've already secured their spots in the next round, why shouldn't they allow rotations for tactical purposes?"

"To be honest, Barcelona has been severely hampered by injuries in recent times. How did Guardiola, in his prime a few years ago, become a substitute?"

How many games has Rivaldo missed this season due to injury?

Quaresma also experienced two rather long off-seasons during his previous two seasons at Sporting Lisbon.

"Barcelona is a team with a very good chance of winning the Champions League this year, and I think they should at least reach the semi-finals. It would be a huge loss if such a team couldn't go any further because of injuries to key players."

His words essentially affirmed Del Bosque's concerns and issued a scare tactic against Barcelona.

It really angered Barcelona fans.

The relationship between these two teams was truly difficult to mend during the Duncan era.

The two sides have the following past conflicts:

When Deng Kai was ten years old, he refused an invitation to try out for La Masia.

At the age of thirteen, he publicly stated that he would not return to Barcelona and cursed that players who voluntarily went to Barcelona would not have a good ending.

Figo's move from Barcelona directly to Real Madrid made Barcelona a laughing stock among fans.

Barcelona bought Simão, but Simão was a flop in the early stages. He then improved later on, but was provoked by Deng Kai and insisted on leaving the team. In the end, he was snatched away by Liverpool and is now a member of Liverpool's youth trident of Owen, Gerrard and Simão.

Quaresma's transfer to Barcelona was halted by Duncan, and Barcelona later had to pay four times the price to buy him back, losing a lot of money in the process.

Barcelona were eliminated in the UEFA Cup semi-final by a humiliating hat-trick of headers from Deng Kai.

Barcelona players received multiple red and yellow cards during that match due to Deng Kai, and were subsequently given an additional suspension.

In their first Champions League encounter this season, Sporting Lisbon delivered a blatant taunt after defeating Barcelona 3-0 at home.

With so many holidays, do you think Barcelona can tolerate it?

Let alone the club's management or coaching staff wanting to play a fixed match with Sporting Lisbon for the sake of results, the players and fans will be the first to object to this!

Because Barcelona's official response to the matter was not given, Barcelona coach Rexach also refused to talk about it during the league match, which directly caused the morale of the Barcelona team to waver, and fans even unfurled a banner in the stands that read "Bloodbath the Portuguese".

Barcelona's league loss has had increasingly serious consequences.

Finally, Barcelona officials reached a consensus.

A press conference was held, attended by head coach Rexach and then-Barcelona captain Enrique.

Rexach: "Barcelona will approach the next match against Sporting Lisbon with the attitude of a Champions League final. We will fight with all our might to win the victory that belongs to us."

"We will never forget what the Portuguese did at Camp Nou last season. We will never again let that disgusting siu celebration echo through Camp Nou!"

"This time, we're fighting for the fans!"

Enrique also delivered a passionate speech, expressing the support of everyone in the Barcelona first team for the decision, and even released the team's collective signature, including Quaresma's.

Of course, Quaresma had spoken to Deng Kai privately about this beforehand. He knew Deng Kai was reliable and didn't want to become friends with him.

After all, regardless of the results achieved by the golden generation after this year's World Cup, Deng Kai will inevitably join the Portuguese national team and form the starting lineup of the new Portuguese national team with Figo, Rui Costa, Nuno Gomes, Simão, Cristiano Ronaldo, himself, and others.

Considering Deng Kai's leadership abilities, Quaresma has no doubt that the Portuguese team will eventually be named after Kai, oops, I mean, the Chinese surname comes first, so it's Deng.

For a time, the media largely accepted Sporting Lisbon's elimination.

Because Barcelona is serious.

This has put considerable pressure on everyone at Sporting Lisbon.

Is Sporting Lisbon actually afraid of Barcelona?

They're probably worried Barcelona won't be able to score!

It's not like we haven't played against each other before. Last time we met, you won 3-0. So, were you guys on the youth team?

But with these waves of public opinion guiding the narrative, Sporting Lisbon really did feel like it was the end of the world.

The balance of power between the two sides has changed dramatically without anyone realizing it.

This kind of "momentum" is not easily perceived by ordinary people, and they are easily swept up in it.

But Kai is best at adapting to circumstances, and Barcelona is probably still too inexperienced to play this trick on him!

The information explosion has brought about changes to everyone that were unimaginable in the steam age.

Soon after, Sporting Lisbon gave a unified response to Barcelona's recent comments at the pre-match press conference for the 27th round of the Portuguese league.

Sitting next to Triguera, Deng Kai answered questions fluently throughout, expressing the opinions of himself and the rest of the Sporting Lisbon team.

Deng Kai: "First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their attention to our upcoming match against Barcelona. We will strive to bring you a wonderful game. However, there are a few points I would like to emphasize, or rather remind you of."

"We eliminated Barcelona in last year's UEFA Cup. We did!"

"In our first encounter with Barcelona this year, we thrashed them 4-0. Us!"

"Perhaps Barcelona qualified early from this group, but that's only because we were their opponent in two of their six matches. If we had faced them in all six, Barcelona wouldn't have gotten a single point! Us!"

"In the next match, Sporting Lisbon will definitely win."

"I said it!"

"Finally... I'm glad Barcelona said they'll approach the next game with the same attitude as the Champions League final. Because that way, they can no longer make excuses for their loss."

"But I'm sorry to say, I watched the 1997-1998 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Juventus."

"I watched the final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich in the 1998 and 1999 seasons."

"I watched the 9900 Real Madrid vs. Valencia final, and I watched the Bayern Munich vs. Valencia final last season."

"But I've never actually seen a Champions League final with Barcelona involved."

"I hope that next time Barcelona makes a tough statement, they'll talk about what they've already achieved, rather than what they'll do in the future."

"Look at the examples I gave, and then look at the examples Barcelona gave. Haven't you realized who's afraid of whom?"

"Come on, repeat after me: Boaba, Siasa, Poapa, Wuowo, Moummen!"

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