Chapter 211: Chapter 210: Back-to-Back Records (Request for Subscription)
Because the penalty area was so chaotic, except for the two people involved, hardly anyone knew what had happened.
While the director was still searching for the scorer, a figure dashed out from the crowd.
"Did the ball go in?"
"The ball went in! Who scored? What happened?"
"Deng Kai! Deng Kai has come out to celebrate! It was him!"
"Is it really him?"
Deng Kai rushed toward the corner flag area.
All the spectators, over forty thousand of them, knew what he was going to do.
Everyone was actually full of anticipation.
Deng Kai leaped into the air, turned one hundred and eighty degrees while airborne with his arms hanging down, and descended from the sky.
The next moment, his landing was like Mars crashing into Earth, igniting a huge roar:
"Siuuuuu!"
This massive siu almost resonated across half of Lisbon.
Many football fans who hadn’t gone to watch the match, after hearing this sound while walking on the road, also looked up towards Estádio Alvalade in the distance and murmured, "This... Did Caesar score?"
This was a celebration unique to Caesar, which had recently become a word-of-mouth phenomenon among the youth trainees in the Lisbon area.
But such massive celebration could perhaps only be achieved by Deng Kai.
In the stadium, the director was replaying the footage of the goal.
Ronaldo chested the ball, Deng Kai leaped up for a scorpion tail flick!
It was simply a work of art.
In the footage, Schmeichel’s astonishment was crystal clear, he must have had a lot to say.
Four to three!
Moreirense was leading for the fourth time in the match.
After the euphoria, the fans of Sporting Lisbon slowly realized, so it wasn’t the team letting water out, but they truly... couldn’t defend?
"Oh! It’s so surprising! While Deng Kai completes a brace, Ronaldo has actually completed a hat-trick of assists!"
"His chest control was an assist!"
"The CD from the past has sounded once again!"
"Incredible!"
Sporting Lisbon was in a panic.
They began to attack desperately.
Especially Quaresma.
In extreme anger, his strength and confrontation improved a lot, and his speed returned to its peak state.
Altino was struggling to defend against him.
In the eighty-fourth minute, Kilop who was helping Altino in defense, received a yellow card.
Similarly, Ronaldo became the only attacking point for the team.
In the eighty-fifth minute, Ronaldo on the wing caused Abdulilah to get a yellow card.
In the eighty-seventh minute.
Deng Kai, with the ball in the backfield, faced a press.
Sporting Lisbon had committed at least five people in this pressing action!
But it was exactly this that triggered Deng Kai’s "solo effort" that hadn’t been activated until now.
Deng Kai performed a stunning Marseille Turn, managing to keep the football under his control despite staggering.
The special effect of the most expensive spinning top was activated, Deng Kai’s abilities increased, he flicked the ball and broke free from the encirclement.
And that wasn’t all, as Viana came charging at him, patiently waiting...
Marseille Turn!
Deng Kai’s technical maneuver was too fluid.
Viana was instantly outplayed by Deng Kai.
He turned around and attempted to pull Deng Kai down, but ended up grasping at air.
Deng Kai picked up speed!
Very fast!
Three seconds later, Deng Kai was still far away from the penalty area, but he suddenly started executing step-overs.
Three step-overs!
This allowed the pursuing Viana to close the distance with Deng Kai.
But the next moment, Deng Kai flicked the ball again, and his speed increased even more!
When he was three to four meters away from Abdulilah, who was positioned in the middle of the pitch, he suddenly made an explosive dribble and kicked the football far ahead.
Outmaneuvering!
This damn thing, how dare he?
Abdulilah was seething with anger.
It was one thing that Cristiano Ronaldo bested him over and over again in the match, after all, it was Ronaldo.
"You, Deng Kai, think you can... holy shit... how is he so fast?"
Deng Kai sped past Abdulilah.
With a yellow card already on him, Abdulilah couldn’t care less as he charged directly at Deng Kai.
But Deng Kai was even faster than he imagined.
He aimed to collide with Deng Kai when they were side by side, but by the time he actually got there, Deng Kai had already rushed past him.
Abdulilah lost his balance, fell to the ground, and rolled over and over.
Viana, coming up behind, couldn’t brake in time and tripped over Abdulilah, both of them tumbling together.
Although Abdulilah didn’t stop Deng Kai, he caused him to stumble a bit.
Additionally, Deng Kai’s last kick had sent the football far, near the top of the penalty area arc, which led Marcos, Sporting’s center-back, to rush out to compete with Deng Kai for the ball.
Bang Bang!
Deng Kai was first with a "deep-fried meatball"...
Regrettably, Marcos was swifter than Deng Kai had anticipated, or perhaps Deng Kai really had been thrown off by Abdulilah.
The "deep-fried meatball" failed.
The football was poked by Marcos toward the area behind Deng Kai.
Deng Kai tumbled to the ground as his move was interrupted.
However, as he rolled, Deng Kai caught a glimpse of a blue shadow behind him.
It was Ronaldo!
He had caught up!
The next moment, Deng Kai rolled up from the ground, continuing stubbornly to charge into the penalty box.
Marcos, having been bumped by Deng Kai, wavered for a moment. By the time he continued his dash to go for the ball, Ronaldo was already one step ahead, closer to the football.
Marcos immediately took a good defensive position, blocking Ronaldo’s forward path to prevent him from dribbling further.
Bang!
Ronaldo didn’t dribble.
Instead, he greeted the ball with a one-time lofted pass, without stopping it first.
The football sailed over Marcos.
A through ball!
Ronaldo could actually pass like that!
"Ah, that’s overhit!"
"The route was well-chosen, directly splitting Marcos and Luis."
"But it’s still a bit too strong, even with Deng Kai scrambling up, he still can’t catch it."
"Schmeichel charges out, and Deng Kai has not given up!"
"Schmeichel is clearly faster than Deng Kai."
Bang!
The commentator’s words had just fallen.
And Deng Kai had thrown himself forward.
A sliding shot!
Schmeichel had never felt so helpless in a match as he did in this one.
For the second time, he watched as the ball, right by his hand, was touched away by that man through an unconventional move.
Since both made a dive.
So after the ball was tipped away, there was no doubt they collided.
Deng Kai’s feet were facing Schmeichel, but after he kicked the ball, he clearly bent his legs and withdrew his power.
Instead, Schmeichel also instinctively protected his head, then the two collided outside the small penalty area, even tilting sideways.
The impact was substantial.
Deng Kai, being smaller, inevitably became Schmeichel’s energy absorber, and came off worse.
In a collision, weight and solidity are advantages.
But nobody paid attention to that.
For the football, after passing Schmeichel’s palm, once again bounced into the goal.
"GOAL!!!"
"It’s Deng Kai again! It’s him!"
"Eighty-eighth minute! Five to three! Deng Kai has killed the game!"
"He has scored another hat-trick! He’s the first player in Portugal Cup history to achieve back-to-back hat-tricks in the knockout stages!"
"Incredible! He was like a god descended to Earth today!"
"His final sliding shot completely caught Schmeichel by surprise!"
"Of course, Ronaldo’s first-time lofted through pass was also perfect! He rarely completes such a decisive pass, but this time he got it right!"
