Chapter 287: Chapter 286: The True Value of Czech’s Hockey Stick
"Drogba still needs some time to adjust his body, although he is already quite formidable, but there’s room for improvement. He’s going to be one of the most impactful strikers in the world!"
"Pepe..."
The reporter ran for his life.
Oh my god.
So what you mean is that a bunch of superstars are playing in the Portuguese league?
That really is a bit beneath you guys.
You ought to be playing in the Champions League.
From the sound of it, not even Royal Madrid, the Premier League’s big two, or Italy’s top seven could match up to you, right?
Afterward, a flood of related news broke out in the media.
"The dust settles on the Lisbon derby, Sporting Lisbon finally becoming the master after years as the underdog, taking a splendid victory away from Luz Stadium!"
"Gomes’ hat-trick fails to save the day! A pair of hat-tricks crushes for Sporting!"
"Cristiano scores and takes home a hat-trick, topping the Portuguese league’s scoring charts!"
"Jia De’er, Gomes suppressed, how does the ordinary CR keep scoring?"
"Swedish prodigy cashes in on talent, Ibrahimovic assists with a hat-trick!"
"Best goal of round seven in the Portuguese league! Scorpion flick assist relay, Ibrahimovic’s magnificent assist, Deng Kai’s brilliant goal!"
"Deschamps injured! Can the young Brazilian Pepe fill his boots perfectly? Classic match replay brings you brand new analysis!"
"Barça’s huge loss! Quaresma the best in the Portuguese league? Barça better not speak to us for less than 15 million euros if they want him back!"
"Sporting’s senior talent Simon tragically benched, career not as expected, may transfer away from Barcelona this winter!"
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"Ding! You have won a game and received an S rating post-match."
"You’ve earned a reward, Basic Pack*10, you’ve also earned the Glory of Portugal’s Golden Generation (3/5) card drop!"
"The Glory of Portugal’s Golden Generation (3/5): Referring to players born between 1969 and 1974 who participated in the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1989 and 1991 and brought glory to Portugal, though there are exceptions, such as Nuno Gomes who, with his younger age and the stunning performance in Euro 2000, is counted among them. Shooting +5. The ’Actually I’m Not Called Gomes’ Moment Card evolves into ’King of Titles’. Collecting all the Glory rewards will yield a substantial reward!"
"King of Titles: Evolved from ’Actually I’m Not Called Gomes.’ Shooting ability +5. Whenever you earn a widely recognized title, you will randomly receive the original title player’s personal skill."
Well then...
What else is there to say?
How many more tears need to be shed?
This ’King of Titles’ is truly amazing.
Outside-the-boot king Quaresma?
Zlatan, the God?
The Beast, Drogba?
The Warrior Monk, Pepe?
The Energizer, the Steel Warrior, the Mighty Cannon Matthäus, oh, and this one’s a big deal!
The Danish giant Schmeichel, but goalkeeper doesn’t seem too realistic...
Little Ronaldinho, well... that would be a bit of a loss, better not compete with CR for that one, ha.
Looking around, Terry clearly isn’t up to par, can’t really call him the Captain of the Blues, can I?
Deng Kai silently bowed to his teammates, it was time to apologize to his brothers in advance.
We get along so well, what’s yours is mine, ha!
"King of Titles" is an item drop that needs to be equipped to take effect.
Deng Kai’s equipped items include "Guardiola’s Tears," which add to vision.
"Robben’s soccer socks," which enhance the right-side break and greatly increase the ability to shoot with the left foot after breaking through.
All are must-haves.
Deng Kai had long been displeased with the "Čech’s Hockey Stick."
But he hadn’t had the heart to recycle it the last time the system reclaimed items.
After all, he reasoned, it was better to fill an empty slot with something rather than leave it entirely bare.
"Goodbye, piece of trash!" Deng Kai removed Čech’s Hockey Stick and was about to click to disassemble and recycle it.
"Ding! You have removed the item Čech’s Hockey Stick. It seems that it can no longer be of significant help to you. You have the option to transform it into a Moment Card and unleash its final radiance."
"Yes or No!"
"Yes!"
"Ding! You have obtained the Moment Card, Čech Not Wanting to be a Tank Trooper: October 14, 2006, the eighth round of the Premier League. Chelsea’s goalkeeper Čech suffered a skull fracture after being kicked in the head by Reading forward Hunter. After three hours of surgery and two days of coma, he finally awoke and had to wear protective headgear, a ’tank cap,’ to participate in matches. By using this Moment Card, you will possess all the abilities of Čech during a single game, but you also have the obligation to prevent this moment from occurring."
!!!
Woah!
After two hundred Chapters, this piece of junk actually proved to be useful!
Can you believe this was actually a foreshadowing!
Čech!
This Moment Card... Hockey Stick, I underestimated you!
Turns out you can be repurposed after all!
But on the other hand, if it wasn’t for that injury, Čech would definitely be the strongest candidate for the world’s number one goalkeeper.
After the injury, although he still maintained an extremely high standard of saving, his body and consciousness were, in some ways, not the same.
To put it more dramatically, he risked death in every match he played thereafter.
If possible, Deng Kai too wished that Čech would not have suffered such a life-threatening and career-altering super injury.
It’s just that using this Moment Card seems a bit unrealistic.
Firstly, he would not be playing as a goalkeeper.
Secondly, even if the goalkeeper was injured, the team’s bunch of brothers over one meter ninety wouldn’t let him, who is just one meter seventy, to stand in as the goalkeeper.
When it comes to goalkeeping, an inch too short is a risk; an inch too tall is an advantage!
"Ding! You have equipped the title ’King of Star Drops.’ Our system detected that you already have a title. Please select a target to randomly acquire their skills!"
Three "Caesars" appeared in front of Deng Kai.
The first was "Gaius Julius Caesar," with a skill list full of military and political skills, a few of which were useful for team leadership, but only a fool would choose him.
The second was Carlos Caesar, with a skill list full of performance and deception-related skills. If you say they could be put to use, they certainly could, at least there’s no need to take advanced courses at La Masia.
The third was Franz Beckenbauer, Germany’s Football Emperor, the Caesar of the football world!
Do I even need to think about it?
"Ding! You have chosen Franz Beckenbauer and obtained the legendary gold skill ’Beckenbauer Passing and Shooting.’"
"Beckenbauer-style Passing and Shooting: Beckenbauer is universally recognized as the founder of instep kicking technique. His high-arc instep kicks are unparalleled. Long Passing +2, Shooting +2. Your ability to pass and shoot with the outside of your foot is greatly enhanced. When you kick the ball above the crossbar with the outside of your foot, there is a high probability that it will plummet dramatically."
It’s essentially an enhanced version of outside-foot passing and shooting, with the additional effect of rapid plummeting shots.
Explosive!
This round against Benfica has been absolutely explosive for Deng Kai.
The third fragment of the glory of Portugal’s golden generation.
Upgraded star drop from Gomes.
The legendary gold skill Beckenbauer Passing and Shooting.
The Moment Card of Čech.
On paper, Deng Kai’s shooting ability had jumped from 68 to 80!
What does that mean?
Any midfielder, with a shooting technique of eighty, would be considered to have "quite an exceptional shot"!
