Chapter 757: Chapter 756 Everyone is an Insider
"The one who can conquer the EPL can certainly conquer England! The high standards of the EPL, hammered in by Deng Kai and C Ronaldo!"
"You can doubt Deng Kai’s dominance in world football, but never doubt his dominance in English football!"
"A hat-trick of hat-tricks! Deng Kai scores a hat-trick to blast England, having already assisted in hat-tricks in two consecutive games!"
"The golden generation of Portugal returns to the field, they are the happiest among the golden generations of various countries, as they have made it to the finals of the European Championship!"
"European Championship finals, here comes Portugal!"
"Five-nil at halftime! Deng Kai and C Ronaldo end the fight in forty-five minutes, preparing for the finals!"
"Baros, C Ronaldo, and Deng Kai, all tied for first place in the Euro Cup goal standings with five goals each!"
"Deng Kai leads with six assists, dominating the Euro Cup assists chart! Zidane and Deco follow with four assists each!"
The heat of the Euro Cup semi-final is beyond doubt.
This is destined to become the most exciting semi-final in Euro Cup history.
Five-nil at halftime.
Such a sight had never been seen before.
The English media were silent.
England lost the game without any temper.
By now, no Englishman had any doubts about the record Deng Kai had achieved with Manchester City this season.
On the other side.
The battle between France and the Czech Republic, as everyone expected.
The Wall of Sighs from the Czech team still couldn’t stop the barrage of fire from the French team.
Two-nil!
France calmly meets Portugal in the finals.
As the whole world anticipated the match between the two teams.
Both teams had entered the preparation stage.
Each side was using every means to gather information about the opposing team.
The French side found Deschamps.
Their main central defender Desailly was also a member of the fearsome Blue Moon this season.
For the glory of the national team, Deschamps, "accidentally," told all he knew!
But the content they could provide was limited.
Because the Deng Kai in the Euro Cup was a winger Kai.
And this season at the club, Deng Kai had more often taken on the role of an attacking midfielder and midfielder.
The essence of the play was different.
It wasn’t until then that Deschamps suddenly realized why Deng Kai tried playing as a winger in the last few matches of the club.
Why, since the start of the season, Deng Kai had been honing his winger skills and match habits.
They had thought that Deng Kai was simply interested in trying out playing as a winger, hoping to change things up.
After all, when a player is skilled enough, few move from the center to the wing.
Mostly it’s from the wing to the center.
Because central players get the most touches on the ball.
Ordinary players as forwards might have better goal-scoring and assisting stats.
But Deng Kai in the midfield already had the convenience of a forward, scoring goals and assisting as easily as taking things from a bag.
He wouldn’t switch his play style just for the stats.
The answer was actually quite clear.
Deng Kai had his sights set on the European Championship all along.
Or rather, on national team events.
In fact, Deschamp’s guess was very close to the truth.
If we say that during his time at Lisbon Sporting, some of Deng Kai’s tactics couldn’t be fully implemented due to various issues,
Then, as Manchester City was his own property, Deng Kai essentially spared no expense in terms of tactics.
Manchester City’s ability to sweep Europe this season cannot ignore the tactical advantage.
Otherwise... this Manchester City team actually lags behind Wenger’s Arsenal in terms of cohesion and the ability of key players.
After all, how long have these players been playing football together?
How long have these young geniuses been in training?
Yet with the addition of tactics, this Manchester City team was even stronger than the peak Arsenal.
As the saying goes, success is subject to the fluctuations of fate, and so is failure.
The tactics of Manchester City are not unreplicable.
Schmeichel was somewhat better.
But Deschamps and Guardiola’s understanding of these tactics is actually not much worse than Deng Kai’s and Trigella’s.
What?
Maxa?
Maxa doesn’t understand tactics at all.
However, the difference between Deschamps and Guardiola is that in the same set of tactics, Deschamps places more emphasis on certain defensive details.
His ideal tactics would lean more towards defense.
While Guardiola advocates more for possession, or rather, tiki-taka.
As for Deng Kai, he is more inclined towards offense.
But Deng Kai understands Deschamps and Guardiola.
Because Deschamps and Guardiola cannot find a player like Deng Kai who has the ability to score lethal goals.
If they centered their tactical philosophy around offense, they would be rootless.
Unless Deschamps found Mbappé.
And Guardiola found Debruyne.
A double bet!
Since they are bound to confront each other on the national team level sooner or later, Deng Kai cannot afford to feed his disciples while starving himself.
You are familiar with attacking midfielder Kai.
So in the national team, you’ll be dealing with winger Kai.
Of course, to maintain a dimension-reducing strike, to always stay ahead of the opponent in terms of information,
Deng Kai will continue to develop even more skills.
Center forward Kai, defensive midfielder Kai, these are all roles he can try.
After all, these national teammates will also go back to their clubs and potentially backstab Deng Kai.
Such is the complexity of professional football.
It is also the most fascinating aspect of the club model versus the national team model.
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Compared to the "useless information" shared by the French team,
The Portuguese team’s acquisition of information was actually more precise.
"Henry! Bye, if Henry gets a one-on-one chance, if he’s in the left area of the pitch. Then you defend the near post, dive for the far post."
Deng Kai, holding a remote control, kept showing his teammates a compilation of Henry’s one-on-one goals: "Do you see it? This movement, this is almost Henry’s only choice during critical one-on-ones!"
Henry’s right-footed curved shot to the far post, even more than a decade later, remains classic.
Perhaps even Henry himself isn’t aware of how much faith he puts in this action.
"And Ribery," Deng Kai continued pressing the remote, "I don’t know whether Ribery is playing from the start or coming on later, it’s not excluded that the French team might use him as a surprise element coming off the bench."
"But no matter what, you must remember the key points of Ribery’s technical moves."
"Everyone should go back and memorize the analysis of his quick-change direction."
"Also, same advice, Bye. If Ribery gets a one-on-one chance, do not go to ground early, do not attempt a save prematurely."
"Ribery has a strong dribble, excellent passing, but his shooting ability is quite ordinary."
"His strongest method of shooting involves using his well-balanced left and right feet to deceive the goalkeeper’s movement, then choosing the real method to kill the opponent."
This is Ribery’s trademark.
Even his strong point!
This move has allowed Ribery to benefit against many goalkeepers, time and again.
This season, Ribery entered the ranks of the Premier League’s top wingers.
He also shone in this edition of the Euros, and if he can maintain his form next season, he is very likely to be counted among the world’s top wingers.
