Chapter 148: Chapter 147: The Most Scientific Tactics, Unscientific Score (Extra! Thanks for the tips, brothers!)
"Can’t you just make all the substitutions at once?"
"You have to first substitute Nami, then Gonzalez."
"The time’s about to hit eighty-nine minutes."
"Looking at the Spain team, there’s still one player standing on the sideline, probably going to make another substitution soon."
"And the situation on the field is aggravating as well."
"Deng Kai just attempted a long shot, but the football was caught by Reina."
"After messing around for a while, Reina didn’t go for a long kick but rather passed the ball to a defender."
"The defender then passed it to Gabi."
"Then Gabi took the ball to the corner flag area, clearly stalling for time."
"Quaresma couldn’t stand it anymore, rushing up to try and snatch the ball from Gabi’s feet."
"But Gabi’s physical confrontation was indeed strong, Quaresma couldn’t take it away."
"And you could tell that Gabi planned to knock the ball back when he couldn’t hold off anymore, hoping for some luck to maybe win a goal kick off Quaresma instead of conceding a corner."
"As a team skilled in back-passing to waste time, the Spain team had a full understanding of how to drag out the clock."
"You might think this tactic is shameful, but... it’s effective."
Bang!
"In full view of the crowd, Gabi suddenly flew out."
"The linesman beside the field was dumbfounded."
"Everyone on and off the field was stunned."
"Because Portugal’s defender Bosingwa just couldn’t stand by Gabi’s actions, kicking Gabi from behind right on his ass, sending him sprawling."
"Even Gabi himself was dumbfounded."
"The referee showed no hesitation in giving Bosingwa the red card."
"Bosingwa walked with his head down toward the players’ tunnel."
"Damn football."
"I quit playing!"
"The Spain players immediately charged towards Bosingwa, but this time the Portugal players intercepted them in advance."
"With the referee having already shown the card, Iniesta was also urging his teammates to stay calm, not to receive any more cards, they were already on the way to a sure win."
"Portugal players and fans were disappointed and regretful about the outcome of the match, but they completely endorsed Bosingwa’s flying kick."
"Deng Kai personally caught up with Bosingwa, patted his shoulder, signaling ’We won’t blame you, you did the right thing.’
"Bosingwa saw understanding in Deng Kai’s eyes and felt somewhat moved."
"’You guys wanted us not to waste time, right? Then could the exiting player please leave the field faster?’" Gabi, having just been kicked, how could he swallow this affront?
"He came over and taunted."
"Deng Kai looked at Gabi and said in a low voice, ’Gabi, I’m really angry right now!’"
"Gabi just shrugged, as if to say ’What are you going to do, bite me?’"
"By this time, the regular game time had ended."
"The game entered the injury time phase."
"Due to too many conflicts."
"Injury time for this match reached a whopping seven minutes."
"This time, the Spain team had a free kick in their own half."
"They didn’t take any risks this time and simply kicked the ball over the midfield with a long pass."
"The Portugal team got control of the ball."
"The Spain team started to bunker down."
"Soon the ball reached the frontfield, but no Spain player pressed forward, they played all defense, turning their penalty area into an iron wall."
"Meireles didn’t find a chance and passed the ball to Deng Kai."
"Deng Kai took the ball and started doing circles."
"One circle, two circles, three circles."
"He could at most do three circles in a row; Anthony’s ’Spinning Top’ move looks simple, but it’s hard to execute."
"At that moment, the Spain fans on the sidelines started booing."
"You’re about to lose the game."
"And you still have the mood to show off your skills?"
"But the next moment, Deng Kai started spinning again."
"This time, two circles."
"Now even the Portugal fans didn’t understand."
"Was Deng Kai planning to spin out all of the injury time on the spot?"
"Despite being a man down and trailing one to two, they couldn’t be so negative."
"However, it must be said, Deng Kai’s behavior made part of the crowd think of something."
Could it be that Deng Kai is expressing his dissatisfaction with Spain’s time-wasting tactics in football by twirling around?
Yes!
It must be so!
Negative football is a harm to the sport!
It is killing the fans’ passion and love for football!
"Caesar!"
Some fans called out Deng Kai’s name.
"Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!"
The Portuguese fans kept calling out Deng Kai’s name incessantly.
The behavior of the Portuguese fans baffled the Spanish fans.
But they were happy to see Deng Kai wasting his own team’s time.
So, the Spanish fans also chanted Deng Kai’s nickname with sarcasm, "Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!"
The final was held at the biggest stadium in the Czech Republic, and in fact, the entire world, the Strahov Stadium.
This venue could accommodate two hundred and twenty thousand spectators.
Of course, a youth tournament like this wouldn’t possibly have that many people watching.
Today, there were about sixty thousand spectators in attendance.
[Actually, my name is not Gomes] provided Deng Kai with six shooting bonuses.
[The most expensive spinning top on the football field] provided Deng Kai with a fifty percent increase in personal technical ability for thirty-five seconds, along with the highest level of provocation.
From the most rational perspective, letting Deng Kai use up all the time by twirling around couldn’t be more advantageous for the Spanish team.
But any football player should be able to understand the feeling when someone mocks and provokes you on the pitch, even if they’re the ones behind.
Iniesta himself felt like going up to make Deng Kai stop his damn spinning.
Who do you think you are?
But Iniesta, after all, was not a hot-headed person.
He allowed the Championship Trophy to have imperfections.
But Gabi couldn’t.
Gabi was naturally temperamental.
He had previously lost to Deng Kai.
Today, he was taken down by Ronaldo, although he managed to hit back later, he was then immediately upset by Deng Kai.
This grudge hadn’t been settled.
And Gabi was also sent flying by Bosingwa, and even though the latter received a red card, it was the referee’s punishment, Gabi himself hadn’t gotten even.
The humiliation of the entire day was completely ignited by Deng Kai’s provocative twirling at that moment.
Gabi charged towards Deng Kai.
Spain’s ironclad defense revealed its only flaw.
Bang bang!
Deng Kai effortlessly dodged Gabi with a deep-fried meatball move.
He had never felt like this before.
It was as if he had become both Ronaldo and Messi at the same time.
Bang!
Without any hesitation.
From nearly thirty-five meters from the goal, Deng Kai fired with his right foot.
Earth-shattering!
The football drilled past the spot where Gabi had just been.
Like a tomahawk missile heading straight for the goal.
Reina swore he had never seen such a ferocious shot.
He tried his utmost to save this shot.
He couldn’t let Valdes on the sideline look down on him.
He wanted to conquer that challenger with his best performance.
Bang!
Reina touched the football.
But the next moment, the ball’s course was unchanged, drilling into the net.
"It’s in, it’s in, it’s in, it’s in!"
"The ball is in! Deng Kai! Deng Kai with a thunderous long-range shot, breaks through the goal!"
"Two to two! The Portuguese team finds life at the brink, evening out the score!"
"This isn’t scientific, everything today is so unscientific! All the teams, after making the right decisions, have had their goal breached by the opponent."
