Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Remember to come home early, you still have homework tonight!"

Deng Kai's parents put him on the bus to the Alcochet base.

At first, Deng Kai's parents did not agree to him playing football.

But when Deng Kai presented the money from selling autographed soccer balls to his parents, they wavered.

Subsequently, admissions officers from the University of Lisbon also stated that Deng Kai could attend school in a virtual mode.

This means that students can skip classes, but their exam scores must meet the school's standards.

If you fail a course once, your scholarship for that year will be cancelled.

Students who fail more than three courses will be expelled from the school.

Deng Kai and his parents accepted the conditions offered by the University of Lisbon.

Thus, Deng Kai became the first thirteen-year-old university student at the University of Lisbon, and one who didn't even have to attend classes.

The University of Lisbon also has its own considerations regarding this.

They had previously signaled through the media that Deng Kai was not allowed to play football.

However, Deng Kai was completely unthreatened.

However, the University of Lisbon cannot actually give up on Deng Kai.

Deng Kai, the "prodigy," is already famous in the education field. The University of Lisbon's rejection of Deng Kai at this time may affect its reputation.

After all, top universities place great importance on reputations such as "education for all," "inclusivity," and "unconventionality." Deng Kai's admission can directly give the University of Lisbon such a label.

This is an effect that the University of Lisbon could not achieve even after several years of normal advertising.

Therefore, the University of Lisbon chose to give Deng Kai special consideration.

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"Damn it! Even the buses in Lisbon, Portugal, aren't allowed to do this!"

Deng Kai got off the bus, cursing and swearing, and ran towards the training field.

He was late for his first training session after joining the team.

This is really embarrassing.

As it turns out, the air in developed Europe isn't very sweet, and buses aren't very punctual either.

As soon as he entered the court, Deng Kai heard Triglar's cursing voice: "Fuck! What are they doing? Didn't I tell them to pass the ball to Chris?"

"Or is it that I can't manage these kids on your team anymore, Maxa?"

The middle-aged man named Maxa, sweating profusely, explained, "Well... Chris only arrived this summer, and the other teammates aren't familiar with him, so..."

"Bullshit!" Trigra interrupted Maxa. "I know what they're thinking. If Chris performs just as badly as they do, then they have a chance to become the next Quaresma, right?"

"This is vicious competition! In this kind of atmosphere, no one will play well, and no one dares to play well!"

Trigra was very disappointed with youth coach Maxa.

In fact, Sporting Lisbon's youth academy has encountered some problems in the past two years.

Despite the fact that Sporting Lisbon has produced young stars, from Figo and Simão to Quaresma and Hugo Leal, the club continues to produce talent.

However, in reality, the recruitment of youth training teams is far from ideal.

The best players were snatched up by Benfica and Porto, so much so that Sporting Lisbon tried to sign several players that Benfica had let go this year.

On the other hand, after Triglava went to the first team as an assistant coach, the team's other youth coaches were not up to par, and the development of several batches of youth players did not meet expectations.

Just as Trigra was furious, he saw Deng Kai arrive late.

"Damn it! Why didn't you eat dinner before coming here!" Maxa immediately stepped forward to scold Deng Kai, which was also his way of diverting Trigra's anger.

But the next moment he was pushed away by Trigra.

"Kai, you're here. Did you run into some trouble on the way? Why don't you stay near the base? I'll find you a place to stay. It's inconvenient for you to travel back and forth like this every day..."

Seeing Trigra's warm concern, Maxa was confused.

Is this... still the youth training master Trigra, known for his strictness?

Trigra is no ordinary person.

He mentored Lisbon's rising stars Simão, Quaresma, and the soon-to-be-rising Hugo Leal.

There are rumors that if Sporting Lisbon's head coach fails to achieve good results this season, Triguera is likely to succeed him as head coach.

This is why Maxija was so subservient to Trigá – he wanted to join Trigá's assistant coaching staff after Trigá became head coach.

"Stop the game and prepare to make substitutions," Trigra said to both Maxa and Duncan. "You need to warm up quickly, or you might get injured. Is ten minutes enough? If not, I'll have them wait a little longer."

Deng Kai shook his head: "I ran here after I got out of the car, no need to warm up."

"Alright, get on the field! I never want to see this kind of shoddy training match again!" Trigra made no attempt to hide his disgust for a few of the young players.

They then substituted players number 10 and 11, who were wearing red vests, and player number 3, who was wearing a yellow vest.

Cristiano Ronaldo is with the Red Team, but he is ostracized by the team's core players and doesn't get the ball very often.

The Yellow Team's defenders also made rough tackles on him, clearly intending to teach him a lesson.

This goes against the purpose of Triglav organizing this training match.

This is Sporting Lisbon's U14 youth team, and Triguera needs to use this match to determine whether Ronaldo can adapt to the pace of the U14 team, which is a year ahead of him.

These U14 players seem to want to push Ronaldo into the U13 category.

The atmosphere on the court changed when Deng Kai, wearing a red vest, entered the game.

Deng Kai has become another low-pressure figure, no less so than Cristiano Ronaldo.

Obviously, everyone knows who Deng Kai is.

If people say that everyone's reaction to Ronaldo's behavior is out of jealousy towards him...

So they looked down on Deng Kai.

Deng Kai has nothing that sets him apart from his peers, except for luck.

How could someone like that be interviewed by the media more than ten times in a month and become famous throughout the European football youth training community?

Thanks to Duncan's introduction and Triguera's adjustments, Ronaldo began to receive passes from his teammates.

He quickly proved himself with a goal.

The score is currently 1 to 3, with the Red team still trailing.

This is what makes Trigra angry.

Two teams that were originally of equal strength, the one that got Ronaldo got three goals scored against, it's ridiculous.

Even if Ronaldo doesn't improve the Red Team's strength, he won't lower it either.

The U14 kids were putting on too obvious a show, and this youth training master saw right through them.

"Chris does have the ability to play in the U14 team, but he almost never passes the ball to his teammates. That's why Andoa and the others don't like him," Maxa began to report on the training situation over the past month to Trigra.

Andoya was the number 10 player who was substituted off the Red Team, and he was also the leader of the kids in this youth group.

Cristiano Ronaldo is strong.

But his fate cannot be entirely blamed on others.

He has some personality issues; he is too proud and doesn't trust his teammates.

This isn't professional football; no kid would sacrifice themselves to help others. Ronaldo needs to learn to compromise.

"Oh, this Deng Kai... his catching is really solid!" Maxa noticed that Trigra was staring at Deng Kai, and he didn't know what to say.

Unfortunately, Deng Kai hasn't shown anything praiseworthy so far.

Trigra rolled his eyes at the sycophant.

Is your ball-catching ability very stable?

How could you say that?

Deng Kai's true excellence doesn't lie in this area, but rather in... his basketball IQ.

This was already evident in the Diamond Generation Invitational.

But unexpectedly, Deng Kai's basketball IQ seems to have skyrocketed in just one month.

His field of vision was frighteningly wide.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he didn't touch the ball much after he came on the field.

But his positioning was always very sharp, making it particularly difficult for the Yellow Team's midfielders.

The situation on the field has changed from the Yellow team dominating the Red team to the Yellow team needing to pass the ball multiple times to get through the midfield.

This silent change can only be understood by experts.

If things continue like this, it's only a matter of time before the Red Team scores again.

Even at that time, ordinary people probably couldn't tell what caused the shift in strength and the change in offense and defense between the two sides.