Chapter 511: Chapter 510: Crescent Moon Blade, European Golden Shoe
"Ding! You have obtained the Star Drop ’Golden Mane, Crescent Blade’."
"Golden Mane, Crescent Blade: Beckham’s crescent blade might not be the strongest free kick in football. Or to say, the strongest free kick technique varies under different circumstances. But the most well-known free kick is definitely Beckham’s crescent blade!"
"Your free kick ability has greatly improved, allowing you to easily pull off banana kicks and have a certain chance of executing a crescent blade."
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Beckham’s honesty!
Just like Bogkamp’s.
Our Premier League players are indeed bold.
Unlike some Bundesliga players, who lose by seven goals and don’t say a word.
Ballack: ...
Ze Roberto: My mom!
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On May 3, the last round of the Portugal league took place.
Lisbon Sporting, having clinched the title early on, continued to use the substitute lineup to give their main players time to prepare for the Portugal Cup final.
Yu Shihao, Hao Junmin, Shao Jiawei, Chen Tao, and other players got the chance to start.
What excited Chinese fans even more was that Wu Xudong did not appear in the roster for this game.
He was given the same treatment as Deng Kai and Ronaldo.
With Maicon injured, Wu Xudong had a very high chance of playing in the Portugal Cup final, or even the UEFA Champions League final.
The UEFA Champions League final, ah!
Who among the national fans would have believed it if they’d said it earlier?
The "Lisbon Youth" really lived up to the expectations.
Under pressure from Belenenses, they managed to win narrowly by one to zero, thanks to a headed goal from center-back Shao Jiawei.
Pulling off a victory against Belenenses might not be considered an impressive record, but don’t forget, this was essentially a Lisbon Sporting youth team.
The youth team beating the senior team.
This once again proved the strength of Lisbon Sporting’s youth academy.
As the Portugal league season came to an end, the various awards were also handed out one after another.
Lisbon Sporting achieved back-to-back league titles in the Portugal league.
The Portugal league’s golden boot went to Ronaldo.
This season he scored thirty-two goals, two more than the previous season.
Given that Amoruso from Dortmund in Germany only scored eighteen goals.
Bolaita from Bordeaux in France and Cisse from Auxerre scored twenty-two.
Tristan from Deportivo La Coruña in Spain scored twenty-one.
Henry from Arsenal in the Premier League scored twenty-three.
Trezeguet from Juventus in Italy scored twenty-three.
Ronaldo has almost certainly secured the European Golden Shoe for this season in advance!
A seventeen-year-old European Golden Shoe winner!
Ronaldo’s talent for scoring goals is gradually being recognized.
But his growth doesn’t stop there.
In the realm of assists, Ronaldo has made significant progress, increasing his assist stats by thirty-three point three percent.
Last year he managed three assists, this year he’s got four!
The silver shoe of the Portugal league, Jia De’er.
Jia De’er only managed to score twenty-five goals this season.
This was his lowest-scoring season since joining the Portugal league, and the second-lowest of his career.
However, Porto’s performance this season has significantly improved from last year, especially in European competition.
The decrease in Jia De’er’s goals isn’t due to a decline in ability, but rather the tactical system imposed by Mourinho, the team’s coach.
Having taken over the team mid-season last year, Mourinho couldn’t conveniently conduct large-scale tactical adjustments.
But this season, he completely reshaped the team’s offensive and defensive system, achieving an extreme level of defense.
And supreme defense inevitably comes at the expense of attacking opportunities.
Jia De’er’s opportunities to score were far fewer than before, but his goals began to carry more weight than they had previously.
Even the Brazil national team, which had once disregarded him, was now seriously considering whether to call up Jia De’er for national team selection matters.
Although they had Ronaldo, they really needed a forward with a style distinct from Ronaldo’s to enrich their tactical diversity.
What was unexpected this season was the Primeira Liga Bronze Boot.
It was none other than Lisbon Athletic’s midfield linchpin... Deng Kai, who scored twenty-three goals!
This season, with the help of Kaka and Ronaldinho, Deng Kai was on fire.
The drawing power of Kaka and Ronaldinho was a notch above that of Viana and Quaresma, providing Deng Kai with a relatively relaxed shooting environment.
In terms of assists,
Without a doubt, Deng Kai, with twenty assists, retained the honor of Primeira Liga’s top assist maker.
His assist count was one less than last season.
Remaining second on the assist chart was Deco, who missed out on the top assist maker acclaim for two consecutive seasons, pressed down by Deng Kai.
Third on the assist chart was Kaka, who joined the team this year.
With twelve goals and fifteen assists, Kaka’s statistics were terrifyingly impressive.
But in reality, fans’ impressions of him were not strong.
This was because Kaka’s main method of getting assists was lateral passes and back passes to Deng Kai or through balls or diagonal passes to Cristiano Ronaldo.
This seemed too effortless and made it difficult to gauge his true talent.
In fact, Deng Kai knew that Kaka did not play entirely comfortably this season.
His best playing style had no place in Lisbon Athletic.
He could do much more.
But those things were being done by Deng Kai, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho right now.
Speaking of Ronaldinho, it was he, with sixteen goals and nine assists, who was seen as Lisbon Athletic’s "third pole."
Ronaldinho’s flashy skills quickly made people forget Quaresma.
Based on these data, as well as the team’s record,
Cristiano Ronaldo retained the Primeira Liga’s Best Scorer award.
This was the second time he received this award.
If last year’s award was partly due to the Primeira Liga deliberately suppressing Jia De’er, this year he truly earned the trophy on merit.
Deco once again sadly took the Best Midfielder of the Primeira Liga, meaning he missed out on the Primeira Liga’s Best Player.
Deng Kai consecutively retained the award for Primeira Liga’s Best Player of the Year for two years.
Meanwhile, Lisbon Athletic’s newly recruited Serbian giant, Vidic, was honored with the Primeira Liga’s Best Defender award.
His defensive strength left a deep impression.
Besides defense, he also scored five goals in the Primeira Liga this season.
He was the highest goal-scoring defender in the league, not counting penalty kicks.
Schmeichel retained the title of Primeira Liga’s Best Goalkeeper.
In fact, both in form and starting appearances, Schmeichel could not match his previous season.
But the problem was...Lisbon Athletic’s attack had decimated all the goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga.
Otherwise, the Best Goalkeeper trophy really wouldn’t have fallen into Schmeichel’s hands.
Regarding the Primeira Liga’s Best XI,
For the forward positions, Cristiano Ronaldo, Drogba, and Jia De’er were selected.
In midfield, Deng Kai, Deco, Ronaldinho, Kaka, and Guardiola were chosen.
For the defense, Vidic and Barzagli were selected.
Goalkeeper, Schmeichel.
This was a rare 253 formation, even making people wonder if the Primeira Liga had made a mistake.
Nine players from Lisbon Athletic were selected for the team, setting a Primeira Liga record.
Similarly, having players only from Lisbon Athletic and Porto in the Primeira Liga Best XI was also a miracle.
