Chapter 37: Chapter 37 De Bruyne’s Conscious Flow Pass
"Ding! You have earned a victory, and your rating for this match is SSS!"
"You have been awarded: Training Cones*6, Energy Drinks*4, Medical Bandages*2, Super Training Cones*2, Dong Long Special Drinks*2, Blue Fragments*4, Purple Fragments*16, Golden Fragments*1, Star Player’s Dropped Item*1!"
"Cech’s Hockey Stick: Many football players have hobbies outside of the sport, like ice hockey. When equipped, your ice hockey skill will be elevated to a professional level!"
Honestly, when Deng Kai first saw the rewards for this match, his only thought was to drag Cech over and give him a beating.
This is such a disrespect to football!
You’re a professional football player, but all you’re thinking about is ice hockey?
How bullheaded is that!
How are you any different from Bale?
You can only say that Cech wasn’t too concerned with losing this match; otherwise, getting something like "Cech’s Gloves" would have been a jackpot.
But luckily, the explosion of purple fragments in this reward was a critical hit, significantly more than usual.
"Ding! You have used Purple Fragments*20 and acquired the Purple Star level skill, De Bruyne’s Conscious Flow Pass."
"De Bruyne’s Conscious Flow Pass: Mourinho doesn’t like this young player’s overly casual passing style, which can even cause immense pressure for his teammates. Your passing ability receives a slight enhancement. Your one-touch passing ability also receives a slight enhancement. The more powerful your pass, the more evident the improvement in its effect will be. Your teammates find your passes a bit hard to catch. Teammates receiving your passes are prone to shooting inaccurately."
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Awesome!
Invincible!
The god among gods!
De Bruyne rocks!
Who is De Bruyne?
In a certain future time period, he is none other than the world’s number one midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne.
He and Deng Kai are mirror images of each other.
Because Deng Kai is DK, and Kevin De Bruyne is KD!
Now back to the De Bruyne’s Conscious Flow Pass.
Probably no one ever thought there was a problem with De Bruyne’s passing, especially after he became a top-class midfielder in the world.
His passes are sharp and fast, often lethal with a single strike.
To create a goal-scoring opportunity with just one pass is nothing to him; his passing can give two or three teammates in the path the chance to change the scoreline.
His contribution to the tactical evolution of world football is significant as well.
But in reality, De Bruyne’s passing does have certain, even significant issues.
The passing of most top-tier midfield playmakers feels comfortable to receive.
De Bruyne can do that too.
But he has an even stronger passing game—he’s not just one of most top-tier midfielders, he is the world’s number one!
His stronger type of Conscious Flow quick passes, in the pursuit of the ultimate kill, bring huge trouble to his teammates.
A forward without top-level instinct, top-level shooting technique, and top-level shooting response can hardly handle De Bruyne’s passes.
His passes could even undermine the shooting confidence of his forward teammates.
It wasn’t until Harland joined that the seal on De Bruyne was completely lifted.
So when De Bruyne holds the ball, the pitch’s tension certainly doesn’t only come from the eleven opposing players.
At the very least, Sterling is utterly hopeless.
Otherwise, why would Sterling willingly run back and forth on the flanks of Manchester City, undisturbed by being taken down time and again?
As long as he isn’t asked to pick up De Bruyne’s passes in the penalty area to shoot, he’d be willing to do anything!
Without someone compatible with this kind of super pass, there will be two possible outcomes.
Either the coach will think you’re just chucking the ball around randomly,
"Hold on, steady up, is it so hard to pass the ball in a way that others can actually catch it?"
Or the coach will think the forward is running and shooting blindly,
"Finding space and shooting at an open goal—how hard can it be?"
Mourinho sees De Bruyne as the former.
Guardiola sees the Manchester City forwards as the latter.
This situation was also reflected in Deng Kai’s purple skill.
Strong is truly strong.
One skill added three times to the passing ability.
There’s a basic enhancement.
There’s also an enhancement for the release of the ball.
And another enhancement after increasing the passing power.
And these three, if all goes as expected, can be stacked.
Even if Deng Kai’s current passing stats are not high, his passing ability is probably not low either.
This is the confidence that allows Deng Kai to assert in front of Trigella that he can take on the role of the midfield core in the high-pressing tactic in the frontcourt.
Even, he might still lack something in the normal tactical role of a midfield core.
But in the high-pressing and quick play tactics of the frontcourt, he is terrifyingly strong!
Don’t forget, he also has a Level 8 vision boost!
Although it’s not the top-tier vision, it’s good enough to get by, at least it’s usable.
???
Guardiola: Give it back to me!
It’s just that he will have to apologize to his U15 teammates in advance.
"Your teammates think your passes are a bit difficult to receive."
The ball is too fast and too sudden; not to mention the lack of rapport, it’s difficult to receive even with it.
"Teammates receiving your passes tend to shoot inaccurately."
A hard-to-receive ball, if one tries to shoot directly without controlling it first, is inherently difficult.
If one forces it down, and the stop is too big or the kick is off, trying to shoot afterwards is equally challenging.
If all goes as expected, Deng Kai himself should be fine for the next while.
But the reputation of Sporting Lisbon’s U15 forwards is about to suffer.
It’s just unknown whether Ronaldo will be able to withstand the system’s debuff or whether he can quickly adapt to De Bruyne’s Conscious Flow Pass.
Deng Kai was very curious about this.
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"Deng Kai’s recovery speed is far beyond expectations, which shows that his physical condition may not be as bad as everyone imagines. If physical fitness isn’t an issue, then his future value will be much greater..."
The reporters were conducting interviews outside of Alcochete Base.
Just as the training session ended for the day, the young players started to walk out from the training ground, receiving blessings from fans and interviews from the media.
With the improvement in results, Sporting Lisbon’s U15 team is receiving better treatment, and there’s a trend towards them becoming a star team.
However, the young players were generally not very interested in interviews today.
Because... the team implemented a new tactic.
High pressing!
This greatly increased the consumption for midfield and forward players.
It also kept the defenders’ nerves extra strained.
After a training match, everyone was more tired than after an official game.
The reporters also learned about this through interviews and were very puzzled.
Sporting Lisbon’s U15 had a streak of three wins and one loss in the league, bringing their standing to the mid-table.
Thinking about climbing to the third or fourth spots was completely possible.
In such a case, why change tactics and use an unrefined and utilitarian high-pressing strategy that isn’t of much help to the development of young players?
The Bola newspaper, always at odds with Sporting Lisbon, was the first to bombard: "It’s not difficult to decipher the thoughts of Sporting Lisbon; success in the Youth Champions League has led them astray."
"They have forgotten the original intention of youth training and are blinded by glory."
"They might think that this tactic can help them advance further, but high pressing is not a simple four-letter word; it requires silent cooperation and teamwork."
"Of course, even if Sporting Lisbon can solve the defensive issues, they still overlook an extremely important point, and that is they do not have a counterattack Commander!"
