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"This is simply an outright show!"
"Kick Deng Kai out of Alcochete Base!"
"He's just a football fraud, he has no talent whatsoever!"
"Why was Andoya fired? Just because Andoya is better than Deng Kai?"
"As the father of a U14 player, I can say with responsibility that if Deng Kai can make it into U15, then all U14 players should be promoted to U15!"
"Andoya has always been Alcochete's genius midfielder. For Sporting Lisbon to fire him for Deng Kai is a huge loss!"
"Andoya has now joined the Qatar sports U15 team and he showed brilliant performance in the first two rounds, even delivering a beautiful assist!"
"We need an explanation! The glorious tradition of Sporting Lisbon's youth training must not be interrupted by this fraud!"
Public opinion began to ferment.
The situation was very unfavorable to Deng Kai.
Even Deng Kai's parents saw the overwhelming negative public opinion.
Deng's mother could not accept the accusations against Deng Kai, crying every time she saw them.
Even the strong-willed Deng's father was distracted at work, causing a factory accident. His toe was injured by a heavy object and required several months of home recuperation.
Everything was developing in a bad direction.
...
Knock knock knock!
Trigella knocked on Deng Kai's family's door.
"Please come in," Deng's mother invited him in.
Trigella then discussed Deng Kai's future with his family and Cristiano Ronaldo, who was staying at Deng Kai's house.
"Andoya comes from a well-off family, his brother has connections with local gang members, and the media will give such people face," Trigella explained the origin of the situation, "It'll blow over in a while."
"But that's just the media side; on the club side, higher-ups have already started paying attention to this issue."
"Sporting Lisbon's youth training has a good reputation. Put bluntly, we're a powerhouse black shop. Whether it's Figo, Simon, or future talents like Quaresma and Liedson... even you, Cristiano, will be sold."
"But if the reputation of the youth training is affected, then the sale prices of those stars will also be affected."
"With fluctuations of several million US dollars at stake, Deng Kai cannot be held responsible."
"Simon's sale is either this winter window or next summer... Some higher-ups want to fire Deng Kai to avoid potential fluctuations in Simon's transfer value,"
Trigella stated his purpose.
The atmosphere on site dropped to freezing point.
"No! That's not possible! Deng Kai has no problems, he is the most talented young midfielder I've ever seen!" Cristiano stood up, but was quickly pulled back to his seat by Deng Kai.
Deng Kai looked at Trigella, knowing that he hadn't finished speaking.
Indeed.
Trigella said, "I can block all this pressure from the higher-ups, but it's only temporary."
"It could be six months or it could be three months, I don't know how long I can hold out for you."
"You have to perform satisfactorily during this period."
"Deng Kai, this is the first crisis of your professional career, it might be difficult, but I hope you can make it through."
"You are the confidence I have to face those aggressive higher-ups!"
Trigella spoke sincerely, with open-heartedness.
Deng's parents didn't know what to say.
They were truly at a loss for words.
But Deng Kai shook his head and said, "I won't need that long, sir."
"Two months!"
"Give me two months, and I will make those higher-ups applaud your vision!"
"I promise!"
Trigella was delighted, "Good!"
After Trigella left, Deng's parents and Cristiano were worried because what Deng Kai had said was too absolute.
Could two months change public opinion?
Cristiano wouldn't dare to make such a statement, and even if he did, he couldn't be responsible for it.
Had Deng Kai spoken without thinking?
Deng Kai didn't offer them an explanation.
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He couldn't always tell everyone that with the "peerless genius" talent rank, along with the bonuses of "training cones" and "functional drinks," his key attributes could greatly increase after two months, could he?
Therefore, the next day, the Sporting Lisbon youth academy announced that youth player Deng Kai had entered a special training period, and he would not participate in team matches for the next two months.
The fans' clamor finally stopped.
But there were still some fans with ulterior motives who continued to stir up trouble, aiming to get Deng Kai expelled from the team.
...
Time flew by.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, the situation of Sporting Lisbon U15 was extremely difficult.
The original defensive core, Jose Fonte, due to his excellent performance in the Diamond Generation Tournament, was promoted to U16.
The rest of the players had mediocre talent.
Despite the addition of the superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, after all, he was still young. Scoring eight goals in six matches against players two years his elder was already an extraordinary performance.
But this was not enough to earn Sporting Lisbon enough points.
In the third round of the league, they were defeated by Eiretek.
In the fourth round of the league, they faced their city rivals Benfica at home in the Lisbon Derby, only to be brutally thrashed 5-1 by Benfica!
This led to the first three consecutive losses of the season.
Next was the U15 Youth Champions League, where they traveled all the way to Rotterdam, Netherlands, only to suffer defeat at the Feyenoord Stadium.
The Feyenoord striker's shooting was stunning, scoring two world-class goals that left Sporting with no reply.
That player named Robin van Persie sparked Ronaldo's great interest in non-stop volley shots.
But in training, he was urgently stopped by Deng Kai.
According to Deng Kai, "Van Persie's non-stop volley shot may potentially become the world's top-tier. But if he weren't so fixated on the word 'volley,' his strength and threat could rise half a tier!"
On September 14, the team ended their losing streak with a draw against Cádiz, a result that was hardly satisfactory to the fans.
On September 21, fans started to accept the previous round's draw.
Because in their third home match since the season's start, the team completed a triple home defeat, losing to the visiting Avoca. With four points from six rounds, they were second from last in the region.
This essentially meant that they had no chance to compete in the North-South division this year.
It was unheard of for a team with such a poor start to be able to break into the top four of the region by season's end.
On September 27, the team welcomed guests from Turin, playing in the second round of the U15 Youth Champions League.
The Turin team led with a goal from center-forward Quagliarella in the 22nd minute.
But Sporting Lisbon managed to equalize with a goal from Cristiano in the 76th minute.
In the end, both teams settled for a draw, each earning a precious European Competition Point.
After returning, Cristiano bluntly stated that Quagliarella's talent was limited and nowhere near as strong as Van Persie's.
Deng Kai just smiled and said nothing.
Cristiano's evaluation was not wrong.
But Deng Kai couldn't possibly tell Cristiano that this talent-limited player would surpass him to win the Serie A Golden Boot in more than a decade, could he?
On October 11, Sporting Lisbon faced the youth academy team of Viktoria Plzeň from the Czech First League in the third round of the Youth Champions League on away ground.
In this match, Sporting Lisbon had a chance to win.
Cristiano's dribbling and speed helped him create two one-on-one opportunities, as well as three on-target shots.
But all five of these chances were ruthlessly denied by the Viktoria goalkeeper.
In the end, thanks to an outstanding performance by their goalkeeper, Viktoria managed a narrow 1-0 victory over Sporting Lisbon.
Sporting suffered two losses and one draw in three rounds of European competition, making their elimination nearly certain.
After the match, the goalkeeper generously praised the young Cristiano's shooting skills: "He (Cristiano) is really incredible; he's almost three years younger than me, but he was the best midfielder in the game."
This critique was deeply shameful for Cristiano.
In training upon his return, he wrote the goalkeeper's name—Petr Cech—on the goal to help him aim.
Thus, Sporting Lisbon U15 faced the worst start to a season in ten years.
Maxa's coaching tenure was on shaky ground.
But in Alcochete Base's training ground, Cristiano looked at the self-assured smiling youth standing behind the football.
The two-month period had come!
All hail the return of the Dragon King!