"Cristiano Ronaldo, you play center. Lorenzo, you go to the left and pull more."
On the big screen, Deng Kai pointed at this and that, and quickly completed a player position adjustment.
Show your leadership style.
Benfica's coach didn't have much reaction after seeing this.
Although Ronaldo going to the center will defeat their pre-match targets.
But aren’t the teams ahead now?
This Sporting Lisbon team is not as strong as everyone imagined.
The so-called targeting is nothing more than Benfica's professionalism, not fear.
In the 15th minute, facing Amorin's pressing, Deng Kai made a decisive return pass.
Amorim smiled.
Pressed back!
That’s right!
Once your own midfielder turns the opponent's midfielder into a "back-passing midfielder", then the victory of this game will be guaranteed.
Amorim has won the past twelve games this way.
Sure enough, the team's center back Angelo, who received Deng Kai's return pass, split the ball and passed it to the feet of right back Duarte.
Duarte then transferred the football to Deng Kai, who ran to the right to receive the ball.
Amorim saw the football rolling towards Deng Kai and started to move towards Deng Kai.
He doesn't need to steal, he just needs to put pressure on Deng Kai, and Deng Kai will pass back again.
boom!
The football flew past Amorim. The route was not tricky, but it was very fast and caught Amorim off guard.
This is...a pass!
Amorim looked at Deng Kai.
He doesn't reply? This...he's not afraid of being beaten yet?
Deng Kai looked at Amorin who was staring at him.
He was scared, but he was pretending.
"Deng Kai completed a direct pass without stopping the ball."
“And it’s a long pass!”
"A long pass from the right side of midfield directly to the center of the frontcourt."
"Beautiful! Deng Kai is not a player who can only pass back. He has a strong desire to move forward, no matter where he is or where the football is!" Triguera applauded in the stands!
Today, Sporting Lisbon's senior executives also appeared at the Stadium of Light.
It's a bit like when the first team plays a derby.
"Chris! Deng Kai is looking for Chris!"
"Chris starts thrusting forward!"
Seeing Ronaldo start in an instant, Benfica center back Veloso immediately leaned towards Ronaldo and even moved his hands to pull each other with Ronaldo to prevent Ronaldo from overtaking him.
After running three to five meters, Ronaldo was unable to get past Veloso.
Veloso felt proud.
This is his advantage at the center back position...speed!
He may not be that tall, but he's pretty fast!
"Huh? This is..." Alexander, Benfica's midfielder who came back to attack Ronaldo, immediately noticed something was wrong.
He wanted to warn Veloso.
But everything happened too fast.
After sprinting for a certain distance, Ronaldo suddenly slowed down and changed direction, from the right side of Cabelloso to the left side of Veloso.
Sprint, counter-run, and sprint again, all in one go.
This time, Ronaldo stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, his speed instantly exploded, he easily surpassed Veloso and entered the penalty area.
"Perfect movement! Veloso lost track!"
"Alexander is still a little far away from Chris."
"Swing your legs to hit the goal! Shoot in the air! Well done!"
"One to one! Sporting Lisbon's superhero appears! Chris used a beautiful movement to find an unmarked position in the penalty area and killed him with one hit!"
"Velloso is like a stake in front of him!"
"Of course, the biggest contributor to this goal is not even Chris, but Deng Kai, who guided it accurately directly from the midfield!"
"His passing is so sharp. He is the player who created the most shooting opportunities in the last five games of the U15 league!"
"I even see a hint of Rui Costa in him!"
Benfica fans were not happy with the commentary.
Because Rui Costa is their star.
Please don't pretend to be a celebrity, okay?
Show your face!
"He's so lucky, he picked up such a big gap!" Maxa didn't expect that Deng Kai's arrangement of letting Ronaldo play center actually worked.
Almost at the same time, Triguera was explaining to the senior management in the stands: "I have never been optimistic about the possibility of Chris becoming the next Simao. He relies too much on his speed, and his playing style is not smart enough."
"But now I have changed my view, because I see a sense of goal scoring in him. He may indeed not be the core of the midfield and frontcourt attack like Simao, who is good at passing and shooting."
"But he will definitely be able to become a super terminator! He has not specifically practiced center running, but he just pretended to sprint, which interfered with Veloso's judgment, and sprinted again to the real football landing point."
"On the one hand, he's confident in his speed and he's got time to do something on the way to his spot."
"On the other hand, he also has his own thoughts. He knows what he should do when he goes to the landing point."
The senior executive nodded, but said: "The Terminator has no money."
Trigla was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Jardel, the strongest finisher in the Portuguese Super League, is awesome, isn’t he? He can’t even make it to the Brazilian national team?
But Brazil's new generation of wide players can squeeze into the roster and even get starting opportunities.
The market has already told Sporting Lisbon how to develop players.
Therefore, even if Ronaldo has shown strong center talent, Sporting Lisbon will only train him into a valuable wing speed horse.
Of course, Trigla and the senior management who had just made up their minds quickly fell silent.
because……
In the 19th minute, Sporting Lisbon midfielder Semedo faced a pressing situation and sent a short through ball to Deng Kai.
Deng Kai carries the ball with Amorin on his back, and there is a risk of losing the ball at any time.
But his arm strength was enhanced by Cruyff's strength, which allowed him to slap and support the tall Amorim with his hands behind his back.
Of course, Deng Kai couldn't bear it anymore.
The strength during confrontation not only comes from the arms, but also relies more on the legs and core. Deng Kai is still weak in the latter two.
But before Deng Kai fell to the ground, he sent the football away.
An unexpected through ball!
He rolled directly from the center to the frontcourt and penetrated Benfica's defense.
This kick is almost exactly the same as Kroos's through ball when Busquets fell to the ground in the first round of the La Liga El Clasico in the 2022-2023 season.
Benfica's midfielder Alexander was directly passed through by the football. He couldn't tell the pain.
In the scene just now, anyone with some experience knows that Deng Kai will definitely fall to the ground and the ball will most likely be taken away by Amorim.
But who would have thought...he could actually pass the football before losing control.
What a scalpel-like straight pass!
In the frontcourt, Ronaldo carries the ball, moves the ball, and accelerates, all in one go.
Just rely on speed to eat Veloso raw, and don't deal with those vain people.
Benfica's defense was instantly torn apart by his dribbling.
Veloso is already a speed player among central defenders in this age group, but compared with Ronaldo, his speed is not enough at all.
Facing Benfica goalkeeper Weir, Ronaldo calmly fired with impeccable speed, strength and angle.
Football shabu net!
Scored twice!
