Chapter 770: Chapter 768
Goalkeepers: Cech, Neuer, Caballero.
On August 8, Manchester City narrowly defeated Arsenal 4-3 to win the Community Shield.
On August 26, Manchester City easily defeated Porto 3-0 to win the UEFA Super Cup, becoming the unprecedented six-time champion team in football history!
Thereafter, Manchester City’s entire first half of the season went quite smoothly, always staying in the top three of the Premier League, never falling behind Arsenal.
Returning to the Champions League, Deng Kai was as invincible as ever in the European competitions.
On November 9, Deng Kai was invited to present the Golden Boy award to Rooney.
Manchester City’s starting forward encouraged Manchester United’s starting forward to keep pushing!
On December 8, Manchester City bravely captured the Club World Cup, crowned as the seven-time champions!
This is the only seven-time champion in world football.
Moreover, if teams from other leagues also have the potential to become six-time champions, then this seven-time champion can only be won by a Premier League team.
Because only England has two domestic cups, the EFL Cup and the FA Cup.
On December 13, the Golden Ball award ceremony.
Deng Kai unquestionably won the Golden Ball.
Ronaldo was second, and Zidane took third place.
Shevchenko fourth.
Deco fifth, Ronaldo sixth, Henry seventh, Adriano eighth, Ribery ninth, Viana fourteenth, Cech fifteenth.
Tu Lei, Lahm, Maicon, Villa and other players also entered the top thirty-five list.
On December 22, the World Footballer of the Year ceremony was grandly held.
Hathaway and Keira were the hosts of this ceremony.
Prinz was once again honored with the World Footballer of the Year award, confirming Deng Kai’s previous prediction.
Falcao became the first Best Indoor Football Player of the Year.
Manchester City player Feng Te won the Esports Footballer of the Year award.
Although he isn’t much of a player in reality, he is quite skilled at gaming, reputedly thrashing Deng Kai repeatedly!
Manchester City won the Fair Play Award, they played a friendly match against Haiti on August 18 and donated all the proceeds to the local people affected by the war.
The Portugal team edged out Brazil to become the Team of the Year.
Deng Kai won the World Footballer of the Year.
Followed by Zidane, Henry, Ronaldo, and Shevchenko.
In 2005, Manchester City once again harvested joy on all fronts.
They swept the EFL Cup, the FA Cup, the Premier League, and the Champions League, four Championship Trophies!
Especially the Champions League!
Returning to the Champions League, Deng Kai led Manchester City to unchartered joy.
They even had the opportunity to break their own record of being the "seven-time champions" this season.
This was because their previous seven-time champions included only the UEFA Cup, which was a lesser European competition.
This time, they had the Champions League in hand.
In mid-June, Deng Kai and Ronaldo led the Portugal team to bravely seize the Confederations Cup, adding glory to their national team.
After that, the team entered the Transfermarkt.
Under Deng Kai’s guidance, Manchester City continued to secure several lesser-known prodigies in the Transfermarkt, like Ivanovic from Belgrade.
And they swiped Van Der Sar, a goalkeeper Manchester United was about to sign, from Fulham, using the veteran as a safety net.
Additionally, Manchester City and Arsenal conducted a major trade.
Arsenal had their sights set on Fabregas, and the Professor personally acted as an intermediary, having multiple private talks with Fabregas.
As Fabregas had never secured a central role at Manchester City, this intrigued his interest.
Subsequently, Arsenal and Manchester City began discussions.
In the end, Arsenal acquired Fabregas from Manchester City for a price of 30 million euros plus Vieira.
From an outsider’s perspective, this was a win-win trade.
Arsenal successfully refreshed their core, completing a generational change in their most crucial position with unlimited potential.
Manchester City, on the other hand, wasn’t short of top talented midfield prodigies, and Vieira was able to bring his veteran experience to these young players, while also possessing a very strong combat ability at the time.
But only Deng Kai knew that Arsenal lost big in this trade.
Because my Fabregas’s heart is with Nana!
2005-2006 season.
This was destined to be a legendary season.
In the first half of the season, Manchester City once again consecutively won the Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, and the Club World Cup, again becoming the world football seven-time champions.
And this time, it was the real deal—a seven-time Champions League winner!
In the latter half of the season, Manchester City boldly rotated their young players.
Although due to the instability of the young players, they were eliminated early from both the English League Cup and the FA Cup.
But their dominance in the Premier League and Champions League only deepened.
Ultimately, Manchester City dominated the Premier League, achieving three consecutive championships!
Deng Kai broke the Premier League’s single-season scoring record with forty-six goals.
In the Champions League, he scored an unprecedented twenty-four goals.
Ultimately, Deng Kai scored over ninety goals this season, setting a record that was hard for successors to match.
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In the summer of 2006, the World Cup kicked off in Germany.
Zidane, who had announced his retirement from the national team after the Euros, made a comeback last year, helping France reach the World Cup finals. However, he stated that he would definitively retire after this World Cup.
Deng Kai, Ronaldo, Deco, Figo, and other players, both new and veteran, joined forces.
In the first three rounds of the group stage, Portugal averaged four goals per game, powerfully advancing to the next stage, the center of attention.
In the round of 16, Ronaldo’s hat trick eliminated the Netherlands.
In the quarterfinals, Deng Kai performed brilliantly with four goals, crushing England.
In the semifinals, Deng Kai contributed two assists and two goals, leading the team to a big victory over Italy!
On the other side, Zidane with one goal and two assists helped France defeat Germany and advance to the finals.
In the final, Deng Kai and Zidane each scored a hat trick, and Ronaldo scored the winning goal in the last minute, securing Portugal’s first win of the Hercules Cup, marking their second consecutive championship win!
The moment the whistle blew, Figo, Ronaldo, Deco, and the others wept unabated.
The long-held hopes of Portugal’s football generations were finally answered today.
Deng Kai outperformed Zidane to win the World Cup Golden Ball.
Subsequently, Figo announced his official retirement, having achieved complete fulfillment without any regrets.
But his old friend Zidane wasn’t so fortunate.
Zidane also announced his formal retirement.
Yet in two consecutive major competitions, the French team fell to Portugal.
Zidane lost to Deng Kai.
This made him one of the most tragically legendary football players.
After this World Cup, many legendary football stars retired one after another.
People called this the Twilight of the Gods.
The world of football thus transitioned from an era of flourishing talents into the Kai Era!
Ronaldo was the player closest to Deng Kai in this era but never managed to surpass him.
However, due to the national team’s advantage, Ronaldo became the top player of the era right after Deng Kai.
The other stars could only compete for the third best in the world.
Deco, Kaká, Ibrahimovic, Messi, Torres, Xavi, Iniesta, Ribery, Suárez, Neymar, Neuer, Griezmann, Lewandowski, Benzema, Bale, Modric, Van Dijk, Hazard, Kane, Mbappé, Harland...
Ronaldo always found Deng Kai’s longevity and dominance in his career incredible.
In 2024, the thirty-nine-year-old Ronaldo, playing in the Saudi Arabian football league, said, "Kai is undoubtedly the strongest star in world football."
"But in his early career, I was always the one ahead. He should have shared his Golden Ball with me, as it was rightfully mine."
"My only regret now is not having filmed those moments when I outplayed him, so many people think I’m making it up."
"However, Kai’s reign is about to end because in my young teammate ’O’ in Riyadh, I see shades of the once Deng Kai."
"I believe, after the Kai Era ends, football will enter the Era of ’O’!"
In response, Deng Kai said, "Ronaldo is right! I also have high hopes for ’O’!"
(End of the book)
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