Chapter 723: Chapter 722: Only a Miracle Can Replace Another Miracle
Lisbon’s dual stars shone brightly as Deng Kai and CD joined forces to suppress Germany’s rising striker, Klose.
Klose was almost pushed into seclusion.
However, after the game, Deng Kai’s praise for Klose lightened the German media’s treatment of him.
To this day, Klose has already become an indispensable player on Germany’s national team frontline.
Apart from these "enemies".
Many stars who had walked through the years with Sporting Lisbon came as well.
"Oh! Ibrahimovic, this Swedish god of a striker will also appear in this year’s European Championship!"
"There’s Ronaldinho! He may be taking a break this summer, he’s wearing Deng Kai’s jersey—I believe he desperately wants Deng to defeat Valencia and vent the bitterness from the league for him!"
"Haha, that’s Kaka next to Ronaldinho, wearing a hat."
"Oh, Portugal’s national team coach, Mr. Trigella, has appeared too! Beside him, there’s Quaresma, Viana, Simon, and other Portuguese stars."
"Deco and Drogba couldn’t make it because they had to prepare for the Champions League."
This final, so many familiar faces came.
Joy from the bottom of their hearts showed on almost everyone’s faces.
The "Sporting Lisbon Miracle" is a marker, a symbol, an everlasting memory in the hearts of many fans.
But for the stars who created these miracles, it was just a beautiful journey in their lives.
They had already set out on new paths, starting their new lives.
Some won the Champions League.
Some won the league championship.
Some became the core of the front line.
Some became the lead striker.
There were also those who didn’t perform as well.
But no matter what, they couldn’t escape the "Sporting Lisbon Miracle".
Because they were not the main characters of this story.
Only when the protagonist begins a new journey, will this page truly turn.
And now, this protagonist is attempting to write a new miracle to liberate all the players from the last one.
Only a miracle can replace another miracle!
Boom boom boom!
The stadium suddenly became noisy.
It sounded like fans were cheering.
The camera immediately switched to the field.
There, Deng Kai, originally warming up, suddenly started interacting with the stars in the stands.
Deng Kai suddenly took the football, feigned a bicycle kick, and then pointed in Ronaldo’s direction.
Many fans smiled knowingly.
Ronaldo’s dribbling is no longer that stiff.
But everyone will always remember his electric bicycle and zombie dribbles.
"Ronaldo! Ronaldo! Ronaldo!"
Fans shouted Ronaldo’s name.
The next moment, Deng Kai performed a rainbow flick. The football leaped over his head from behind and fell at his feet, and he outwitted Feng Te with a "cow’s tail".
Fans then looked toward Ronaldinho.
That signature move was his.
"Ronaldinho! Ronaldinho!"
Bang!
Deng Kai struck the ball with the outside of his foot.
Quaresma smiled faintly.
"Quaresma! Quaresma!"
Cech was caught off-guard, still warming up—how could someone sneak in a shot?
Even in training, goalkeepers do not allow goals in their net—it’s a matter of professional integrity.
But Deng Kai who scored the goal turned around, stretched his arms to the sky, and began to run.
Fans followed, shouting: "Kaka!"
"Kaka!"
"Kaka!"
After that, Deng Kai slid on his knees.
Fans immediately called out, "Drogba!"
Coming to the side of the field, Deng Kai shouted into the pitch-side microphone: "Zlatan never trials!"
Fans cheered: "Ibrahimovic!"
"Feng Te, kick the ball over here," Deng Kai called out, high on the fun.
Feng Te kicked the football over.
Deng Kai flung himself into the air and pushed the football to one side.
People were startled.
Then Deng Kai got up and pointed towards the coach’s bench at Schmeichel.
Everyone burst out laughing, "Schmeichel!"
Deng Kai caught up with the ball, executing a Marseille Turn.
"Zidane! Zidane!"
Deng Kai continued to dribble, lifting his leg exaggeratedly high, then stretched his own mouth wide with his hands.
The fans immediately guessed who it was, "Matthaus!"
After a series of moves, Deng Kai stopped the football at his feet, then began to back away.
He intentionally spread his arms wide, and before he even kicked the free kick, everyone shouted out the name, "Beckham!"
Bang!
The banana shot flew straight up into the stands.
Beckham cursed with laughter, "I am not that inaccurate, all right!"
Finally, Deng Kai requested another football and placed it on the penalty spot.
Then he gave Cech a knowing look.
Deng Kai shook his head to flick a non-existent ponytail, charged towards the football, and gently took the shot.
The ball, which slipped through, was easily caught by Cech.
The camera panned to Roberto Baggio, who was with Villa and David Silva.
Baggio almost laughed in frustration.
He was the Prince of Melancholy.
Now he had become the Prince of Jokes.
Damn!
Even David Silva, leaning on a crutch, momentarily forgot his regret of missing the European Cup because of this scene.
After all, Baggio endured through his regret, and Silva was still young, with plenty of opportunities to make up for it in the future.
Following Deng Kai’s lead, what trophy couldn’t they lift in the future?
Baggio: ???
These players included Deng Kai’s old teammates and friends who were not teammates but were very close.
In any case, those present today were all friends.
Everyone gave Deng Kai face, and I, being a respectable person as well, naturally responded to each one of them.
The atmosphere was filled with joy.
The UEFA President was dumbfounded.
This... this is a final!
And you can still play around like this?
Are you really not nervous?
If you lose the game, how embarrassing will that be?
The Valencia players’ faces are already as unpleasant as yours will be if you lose the match.
Yes, the Valencia players felt they were being belittled.
Deng Kai was showing them too little respect.
But Valencia’s coach Benitez, renowned as a tactical master, keenly sensed that something was amiss.
The stadium... it seemed to have become Manchester City’s.
Even Valencia’s fans had, inadvertently, gone along with Deng Kai, shouting out the names of those football stars supporting Manchester City.
For a moment, everybody but Valencia seemed like an outsider in the stadium.
The already immense pressure on Valencia’s players increased once again.
On the Manchester City side, the players warming up became visibly more relaxed.
They were more at ease.
The more nervous one is, the easier to make mistakes.
This damn thing, what kind of pre-match performance is this?
It’s downright a mind game!
Manchester City is shameless!
To actually manipulate external factors!
Soon, players from both teams returned to their respective dressing rooms.
The staff were making the final preparations.
After a simple ceremony, both teams entered the field through the players’ tunnel, and the match was about to begin.
But it has to be said, compared to Deng Kai’s antics before, the opening ceremony of the UEFA Cup Final is shockingly crude.
Of course, not just the UEFA Cup.
Even the Champions League opening ceremony, compared with Team Kai’s spectacle, is just a drop in the bucket.
