Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Becoming a God through a Single Battle
"Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!"
"Ronaldo! Ronaldo! Ronaldo!"
The chants of the fans echoed continuously throughout the stadium.
These two names were becoming the symbols of this young team.
The eighty-third minute.
Casabia’s long pass was intercepted by Semedo.
Ronaldo started dribbling from midfield, charging forward with unstoppable momentum.
Thump!
Ronaldo passed the ball to Deng Kai, who had actively swapped positions with Sergio, and then continued to push forward.
Everyone followed Ronaldo.
After all, they were now more than twenty-five meters from the goal.
Thump!
Deng Kai took a direct long shot.
The football entered the penalty area before anyone else.
In terms of power and precision, it was a top-notch effort.
The Casabia central defender was prepared to sacrifice himself, blocking the ball with his body, and the next moment he regretted it.
He fell to the ground, clutching his abdomen and curling up like a crayfish.
The match was subsequently interrupted, and eventually, the stretcher was brought onto the field.
Casabia had no choice but to make a substitution.
This made many people look at Deng Kai in disbelief.
After all, Deng Kai did not seem like the kind of player who could unleash such a "heavy cannon."
A small guy with great power?
Deng Kai himself was also smacking his tongue in awe.
This is the power of "Actually, I am not Gomes", and it’s pretty strong.
Today, more than forty thousand people shouted out the name Caesar.
Therefore, Deng Kai’s shooting received four tiny enhancements.
As a result, he nearly managed to score from twenty-five meters out.
If it weren’t for the central defender blocking the shot with his body, the goal would have undoubtedly been scored.
"Your shooting, how come it’s so much better in a match than in practice?" Even Ronaldo, a player extremely confident in his shootings, had to admit that Deng Kai’s last shot wasn’t something one could just fluke.
"I didn’t want to undermine your enthusiasm in training," Deng Kai boasted shamelessly.
In the eighty-sixth minute, Sporting Lisbon kept organizing attacks but couldn’t find a breakthrough.
After Deng Kai dropped back to receive the ball, he immediately switched play with a long pass.
Ronaldo held the ball on the left flank and, failing to break through, had no choice but to pass it back to Sergio.
Sergio then made a lateral pass to find Deng Kai.
The Casabia players had already witnessed this scenario many times.
Deng Kai would either pass to the wing or switch play...
Thump!
Deng Kai didn’t stop the ball but sent it directly out with no backfoot touch. It was a surgeon’s direct pass!
Sporting Lisbon’s striker Lorenzo immediately started running and was then brought down by a Casabia player outside the penalty area.
Free kick.
Sergio had the best technique for corners and was in charge of long-distance free kicks and corners within the team.
Ronaldo took the short-distance free kicks.
This free kick was from a slightly long distance.
Sergio took the free kick, choosing to shoot at goal directly.
This was a difficult long-distance free-kick attempt.
The challenge was significant.
So, the ball hit the wall and rebounded out.
Lisbon Athletics’ left-back Araujo controlled the first touch and immediately crossed the ball.
Deng Kai, who had already been looking for opportunities around the penalty area, slipped into the box and made a diagonal run towards the near post.
"Ah, what kind of pass is that from Araujo!" complained Huang Jianxiang, with his unique aesthetic for left-backs, "The kick wasn’t high or fast, the quality is just too poor!"
"He should take a look at how AC Milan’s Maldini plays—that’s what a great left-back should look like."
"Otherwise, with such crossing, it’s simply impossible for any teammate to get to it, not to mention pose any threat to the goal."
Bang!
Deng Kai leapt at the near post.
His head tilted back.
The football soared high, over the heads of other players, and dipped into the goal at the far post.
"GOAL! It’s in! A beautiful header!"
"That was an incredible header!"
"What a magnificent diving header!"
"With header skills like that, if he weren’t a bit short, he could even play as a striker!"
"Hat-trick! Following Ronaldo, another Lisbon Athletics player has completed a hat-trick!"
"It’s so rare! Today’s match is really worth the ticket price! First, there was Ronaldo alone with five goals, putting on a scoring spectacle! Then, Deng Kai accomplished a double hat-trick with both goals and assists! Adding fuel to the fire!"
"Ten to one! A score in the double digits! Lisbon Athletics have turned a football match into a basketball score!"
The stadium commentator also let out a high-pitched voice, "It’s unbelievable, Lisbon Athletics won this match with absolute superiority. So let us congratulate them on advancing directly to the next half of the season’s north-south competition!"
"This match’s score is the most outrageous so far in the Portugal U15 league... no, there’s more! The game has already restarted on the pitch."
The mindset of Casabia’s players had been completely crushed, and under the tentative pressing of Lisbon Athletics’ forwards, they made a major mistake in passing.
Deng Kai simply picked up a turnover.
With the outside of his foot, Deng Kai sent a long pass to Marcelino on the right flank.
Marcelino didn’t waste the opportunity and sent a cross.
Ronaldo, who hadn’t had time to return to the left, simply spread his legs as the football approached.
The ball rolled through.
But Casabia’s goalkeeper had already nervously made a dive.
Who could blame him when Lisbon Athletics’ long shots had been numerous and precise today?
Lorenzo tapped in easily at the back post, and the football hit the net.
In the end, the score of the match was set at eleven to one.
After a season of ups and downs, Lisbon Athletics finally blew up in form after their match against Benfica, burning hot!
Huang Jianxiang also said to the camera after the match ended, "Congratulations to Lisbon Athletics, congratulations to Deng Kai, congratulations to C. Ronaldo. This is not their first match, but it is the first match we from CCTV have broadcasted for them."
"And for many domestic fans, it’s the first time they’ve watched their match. I believe it’s a perfect debut."
"With this scene before me, I can’t help but want to compose a poem..."
"I estimate that many fans, like me, who had doubts about Deng Kai now only want to say sorry to him."
"It’s as though, at first meeting on CCTV Channel 5, to misunderstand Deng Kai for a lifetime!"
"Of course, such a powerful Lisbon Athletics U15 team also makes me worry for the upcoming Wahaha team heading to Europe. For those unfamiliar with the Wahaha team, I must introduce them to you—it’s a team initiated by Sports Weekly..."
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Bola Newspaper: "Eleven to one is not a victory, but the demise of professional ethics and humanity! Lisbon Athletics U15 players have talent but no virtue!"
Record Newspaper - Jiang Yunzhu Column: "Goal and assist hat-trick! 40,000 in Alvalade cheering ’Caesar’!"
Manchester Evening News: "Why dare to refuse Ferguson? Perhaps this is why! Five goals alone and a double hat-trick!"
Republic Newspaper: "Portugal’s Ronaldo emerges, dominating the U15 unbeaten! Sending opponents to an eleven-goal defeat!"
Bild: "Simon hasn’t made his move, Quaresma’s reputation is on the rise, but is the successor already prepared? The depth of Lisbon Athletics’ youth training is terrifying!"
Kicker: "Portugal’s future frontline and midfield core has appeared! The CD connection may play the strongest sound for Portugal in ten years!"
The Times: "Portuguese betting syndicates lose tens of millions of Euros! How a U15 player stood against international betting giants!"
The Wall Street Journal: "The real deal in betting has emerged, a little trick to make you a big winner in football betting... as long as you bet on a team that keeps winning, you can keep earning!"
The Sun Newspaper: "Deng Kai is below average height for his age, maybe he’s been reading our paper too much? If Deng Kai is willing to join Manchester United’s youth team, we might consider not publishing the third edition next time!"
