Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Chris, you don't know yet, but your brother made a fortune doing business in Lisbon this time... I scolded him, saying he went to Lisbon and didn't even check on his own brother, what kind of older brother is he? He told me he was busy and couldn't get away..."

"I've calculated it, and it's about eight thousand dollars. I'll keep three thousand dollars for you, and you can use the rest to set up a stall outside and do some small business."

"By the way, your brother said this trip to Lisbon really impacted him. He felt that hanging out with those shady friends was pointless, so he's been staying home reading these past few days. Guess what he's reading... no, I mean, a book about football agents!"

"He said if he could get the certification, he could be your agent's assistant... He said he definitely wouldn't be qualified to be your agent directly, but at least once you have an agent, he could help you look at contracts and career plans."

"In the end, it's always the family that's reliable. What did Deng Kai and his team say? 'Brothers fight tigers together, fathers and sons go to war together!' When you're playing on the pitch, Hugo will help you sign commercial contracts and promote you, letting more people know that our Chris is a football genius..."

As Ronaldo listened to his mother's voice on the other end of the phone and felt her excitement, an indescribable feeling welled up inside him.

In order to deal with his brother Hugo's situation, he incurred a huge debt of 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars to Deng Kai. In the process, he also went through many intense communications and arguments, including making a false police report and going to the bad guys' hideout to rescue his brother.

It's troublesome, expensive, and thankless.

If Hugo weren't Ronaldo's biological brother, Ronaldo would think that such a person should simply be left alone and allowed to fend for himself.

But now, feeling his mother's excitement over his brother's return to the right path, Ronaldo finally understands the significance of this matter.

In the past, he would only be complacent about his achievements, and he was used to his family being happy because of his success.

He had almost forgotten how excited his parents were about his brother's or sister's achievements.

It was as if his parents were Chris's parents, not his older siblings' parents.

This time, the mother was happy because of her son's "earning money and being sensible".

It had nothing to do with Ronaldo, but Ronaldo was genuinely happy.

After hanging up the phone, Ronaldo looked at Deng Kai and said, "I used to think I knew what love and family were, but after this incident, I realized that I didn't understand them at all before."

"I never understood why people called me selfish, but now I realize I was very selfish before. So selfish that I thought I was my parents' everything, so selfish that I was only happy for my own success. I never considered things from their perspective; I was just one of their four children!"

"I've taken too much love from my older brothers and sisters! I will do everything in my power to repay them! I must play better!"

Deng Kai nodded; this was what constituted a healthy family relationship.

A man who understands this is not far from maturity.

It was worth all the trouble he went through for Ronaldo.

……

On November 23, Sporting Lisbon U15 will host their league opponent, Iretek.

The match itself wasn't particularly exciting.

Sporting Lisbon easily defeated their opponent 2-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo did not score or assist in this match.

But his running and pulling became the biggest reason for the team's victory.

Deng Kai received an assist.

Both goals were scored by other players on the team.

This match also became the happiest day of the year for those two goal scorers.

The atmosphere within Sporting Lisbon has improved further, almost transforming into a loving family.

During training, more players naturally joined Deng Kai and Ronaldo's group.

Cristiano Ronaldo has finally broken free of his invisible aura and become more down-to-earth.

Aside from Deng Kai, at least he can talk to his teammates a few times now.

This change surprised Maxa.

But he thought it was because of winning the game.

In fact, a good team atmosphere requires much more than just winning games.

There are also people who work silently behind the scenes to maintain and sustain things.

On this day, Maxa invited Trigra to give everyone a targeted tactical lesson.

It's targeting... Benfica U15!

In the next round of the league, Sporting Lisbon U15 will face Benfica, the current leaders of the region, away from home.

The league has completed twelve rounds so far.

Sporting Lisbon has six wins, one draw and five losses, accumulating nineteen points and ranking fifth in the group, with a chance to advance to the playoff zone!

They have won five and lost one of their last six league matches, including a victory against the second-placed team in the standings, and are in red-hot form.

But Benfica, on the other hand, was already melted by the heat!

Because they've won twelve straight games!

Benfica has an unparalleled dominance in this region!

Two fierce rivals in the same city, one invincible and the other currently enjoying great success.

When two powerful forces meet, it will determine who is superior and who will live or die!

Benfica followed suit and applied to change the venue for this city derby from the youth training ground with a capacity of only 2,000 people to the first team's home ground - the Estádio da Luz in Portugal!

The Bright Stadium, which was expanded in 1997, now has a capacity of 42,000 people.

At Benfica's urging, Benfica fans will flock to the stadium that day, and it is expected to fill the entire stadium!

This U15 derby will also serve as a clarion call for Benfica's first team to challenge for the league title this year.

As of now, Porto remains firmly at the top of the Portuguese league standings, but the gap with Benfica is not large.

Benfica will begin by taking a series of actions, starting with the youth teams, to build momentum for the first team.

This kind of "momentum" is sometimes the driving force behind a first team's comeback from a desperate situation.

Therefore, some media outlets even believe that this U15 derby will determine the winner of this season's Portuguese league title!

It sounds exciting, but for Sporting Lisbon, this title is actually an insult.

Because... regardless of the outcome of the U15 competition, and whether Benfica's first team is encouraged or not, the Portuguese league title will not go to Sporting Lisbon.

Of course, the media knows that Sporting Lisbon is hurt, but there's nothing they can do; their U15 team is playing against Benfica.

Porto U15 is in another region, and if they want to have a championship youth training showdown with Benfica, they can only wait until the North and South regional competitions.

If the North and South regions aren't even grouped together, then they'll have to wait for the championship regional competition.

Moreover, Benfica certainly has reason to be proud of their U15 team this year.

Because many of their youth trainees are promoted by skipping grades.

This year's U15 players should have been born around 1983.

Players like Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo were both born in 1985 and were considered outstanding students who skipped grades.

Benfica has six players this year who were promoted from 1984 or 1985.

This shows that they have many talented players on their team.

Among them were acquaintances of Deng Kai.

For example, in the Diamond Generation Invitational Tournament, there was João Pereira, a right-back who was Deng Kai's teammate and had excellent chemistry with him.

He is the right-back for Benfica U15.

Also in this team are midfielder Amorim and center-back Miguel Veloso, who were on the opposing team in the Diamond Generation Invitational Tournament, and they both performed brilliantly.