"In high-intensity physical contact and rapid pressing situations, their ability to handle the ball becomes weak, and the quality of the match drops significantly, falling from the level of a core star player to even less than that of a substitute,"
"Deng Kai believed this was because they had never encountered opponents with intensity and pace far superior to their own,"
"In youth leagues, you can always overpower your opponents as long as your physical development is sufficient,"
"But there is an endpoint to human growth. A person's body cannot keep on strengthening endlessly,"
"And this is all the more true for professional players,"
"The gap in the ultimate strength, speed, and ability to contest of most professional players isn't very large,"
"When you realize that the physical advantages you relied on are being caught up to by your opponents, what can you play football with then?"
