Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

On the assist leaderboard, Frenchman Thierry Henry eventually caught up.

Duncan and Henry share the Premier League assist title with an astonishing 25 assists each!

The player ranked second on the assist list is Manchester United substitute striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, with only ten assists.

It's not that Solskjaer wasn't effective, but rather that Duncan and Henry were too monstrous.

Ten assists is already an excellent achievement.

This is thanks to Manchester United's two star strikers.

When Solskjaer is on the field, he either partners with Cristiano Ronaldo or Ruud van Nistelrooy, both of whom are top strikers and can easily deliver an assist.

Giggs, Beckham, and Bergkamp followed closely with eight assists each, with the former two also complementing Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy.

Hasselbaink had 8 assists, and Zola had 7 assists.

Zola was injured in the match against Manchester City after being outmaneuvered by Duncan.

Considering his age and Chelsea's future owner Abramovich, Zola immediately announced his departure from Chelsea after the season ended, returning to Italy to join Cagliari.

And on the top scorers list.

As a player who just joined the Premier League this year, Duncan won the Premier League Golden Boot with 34 goals, equaling the Premier League single-season goal record held by Cole and Shearer.

With a staggering 34 goals and 25 assists, he became the first player in the history of the top five European leagues to achieve such a record.

34 points and 25 rebounds, even basketball players don't go that far.

Thierry Henry, the Premier League Silver Boot winner, has scored 24 goals, a full 10 fewer than Duncan!

The bronze boot went to James Beattie, who scored 23 goals.

Fourth on the top scorers list is Robbie Fowler, also from Manchester City, who has truly returned to his peak form this season.

Mark Viduka and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored twenty goals.

Owen and Ronaldo both scored 19 goals.

Alan Shearer scored seventeen goals.

Pires scored 15 goals.

Zola and Robbie Keane scored fourteen goals.

This series of data shows that scoring goals in the Premier League remains very difficult.

A goal tally of around twenty is still considered top-tier for a striker in the Premier League.

This further highlights the significance of Deng Kai's 34 goals!

At the same time, Deng Kai also beat La Liga's Roy Makaay to become this season's European Golden Boot winner!

This is also the first time in history that he has won the Golden Boot as a midfielder!

He may not be the world's best midfielder yet, but he is undoubtedly the world's best midfielder in terms of goals!

This historic data directly widened the gap between Deng Kai and Ronaldo in the real-time Ballon d'Or rankings.

Unless Ronaldo leads Real Madrid to a Champions League victory, it will be difficult for them to surpass Deng Kai.

Although data without honors is not worth mentioning.

But when those incredible numbers first appeared, they were still quite shocking.

Besides... Deng Kai has honors.

Leaving aside his numerous individual honors, the key point is that he also has championships.

The League Cup is a cup, after all.

Besides, there's still half a FA Cup to be won.

With this incredible double-double, Deng Kai also won the Premier League's biggest individual award – the Premier League Player of the Year!

Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined the Premier League at the same time as Deng Kai, was selected as the "Premier League Best Newcomer" award.

Both players were selected for the Premier League Team of the Year.

This makes Henry the biggest snub in the Premier League this year.

Twenty-four goals, twenty-five assists, second in the Premier League, half an FA Cup... such achievements, yet he received nothing except for being in the Premier League Best XI.

Even that assist king gave people the feeling that Deng Kai had given it to Henry.

Because Deng Kai didn't even play in the last round.

……

On May 13th, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final will be played between Inter Milan and AC Milan.

In the first leg, the two sides drew 0-0 at AC Milan's home ground.

In this match, not in the last minute of the first half, Crespo, who joined Inter Milan this season, scored a goal, bringing Inter Milan to within 45 minutes of the Champions League final.

They won the Serie A title for the second consecutive season!

In the second half, AC Milan tried everything but failed to break through Nerazzurri's defense.

In the 81st minute, substitute Kaká replaced the injured Ruyin Costa.

In the 84th minute, Kaká, who had been on the pitch for three minutes, dribbled past his opponent in the middle and made a quick run forward before unleashing a through ball to his assistant Shevchenko, who scored the winning goal!

Ultimately, this became a game-winning goal.

AC Milan eliminated Inter Milan on away goals to advance to the Champions League final!

After the match, Kaka was regarded by countless Rossoneri fans as the team's chosen one!

On May 14th, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Juventus and Real Madrid kicked off.

Manchester United's trio of Cristiano Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, and Beckham failed to defeat Ronaldo and Real Madrid.

But this time, Juventus's trio of Nedved, Trezeguet, and Del Piero successfully defeated Real Madrid.

Ronaldo, who came on as a substitute, failed to score.

Juventus and AC Milan will meet in the final!

The major leagues in European football have all come to a complete end.

Basically, only the FA Cup final on May 17th remains.

And the Champions League final on May 25th.

The FA Cup is earlier in the competition.

Naturally, everyone started discussing the FA Cup first.

Sky Sports: "Historically, there have always been some teams that were clearly very strong but suffered very bad luck. This is perhaps what people often say: the biggest tragedy is that the second place finisher is the one who comes in second."

"Arsenal's season has been quite tragic."

"In the Champions League, they failed to make a breakthrough and, as always, failed to reach the semi-finals."

"In the league, they led Manchester United for most of the season, up to eight points, but then handed the title to Manchester United in the penultimate round."

"And the FA Cup will be Arsenal's last chance for redemption."

"Otherwise, I'm worried about whether Arsenal can maintain their morale after this season."

"It's not scary to not see the trophy; what's scary is seeing it but never being able to get it!"

Dongqiudi also published an article about the economic factors behind Manchester City's determination to win the FA Cup: "Manchester City has more reasons to win this FA Cup."

"They finished 12th in the Premier League this season and have no chance of qualifying for European competitions."

"But the FA Cup winner gets a chance to qualify for the UEFA Cup."

"This is extremely beneficial for Manchester City's healthy development."

"Only teams that have access to European competitions have more competitiveness in terms of player recruitment, player retention, team influence, and economic revenue."

"This is the only way for Manchester City to rise in the Premier League."

"Therefore, the FA Cup is a match that Manchester City absolutely cannot afford to lose."

"Once they lose the chance to qualify for European competitions, it will be difficult for Duncan to have the influence of the Ballon d'Or; although Manchester City's finances are healthy, it will be difficult for them to make larger-scale investments; and the players will be attracted by the big clubs, leading to the club's disintegration."

"Looking at it this way, it's not hard to understand why Duncan declared war on Arsenal and Manchester United directly at Old Trafford."

"Manchester City has no choice but to go head-to-head with Arsenal if they want to survive. Declaring war on them can boost morale and increase their influence, so why not?"

European media outlets largely agree with these views.

They therefore called Manchester City "football gamblers"!

If the gamble fails, Manchester City's future is essentially over.

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