The battle between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica for the academy is raging.

But both have other problems.

Benfica's side is under first-team title pressure.

They bit Porto to the death, but the initiative was on Porto's side.

Sporting Lisbon U15 will face Torino U15 in the UEFA Youth League in the final group stage match.

Sporting Lisbon has six points, Torino has seven, and it is also Torino who has the initiative.

The Torino team used to be a well-deserved giant in Serie A.

But after the Supega air crash, he has not been able to recover his breath, and has opened the era of solitary travel.

Three years ago, Torino suffered relegation in the 95-96 season and sank to Serie B.

This year, they are quite aggressive.

Coupled with the rise of the youth team, Torino shows signs of recovery.

Previously, Sporting Lisbon was in front of the jade, lending the stadium of the first team to the youth team to play, and the youth team actually defeated Feyenoord, the strongest player in the group, and sold so many tickets, fame and fortune.

The Turin hierarchy was also moved by this.

They applied to UEFA before the game and changed the stadium to the Munar Stadium, home of their first team with a capacity of nearly 30,000 people.

UEFA applauds this over-spec behaviour.

This year's UEFA Youth League was an unprecedented success, with the teams participating in the tournament supporting the competition beyond imagination.

Although the group stage has not been played yet, UEFA has confirmed that it will continue to hold the Youth Champions League.

And many giants have also discussed with UEFA, hoping to qualify for the Youth Champions League.

……

Munar Stadium.

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the half.

In the first half, both sides played averagely.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Quagliarella each had one or two good performances, but neither could change the scoreline.

"If the game ends in this way, then Sporting Lisbon will say goodbye to the knockout rounds!"

"In terms of hard power, Sporting Lisbon is slightly weaker than Torino, but the gap is not huge."

"Both Chris and Quagliarella have the ability to decide the winner."

"But besides them, there is another person who can also do, which is why more people are optimistic about Sporting Lisbon in this game."

"Not just because they've been in hot form lately, but also because of their central midfielder Deng Kai!"

"This player is known to the Lisbon fans as the Caesar, and he has two European games, with three goals and two assists.

However, Deng Kai played quite average in this game. He was completely frozen by Torino's midfield. ”

That's right.

Deng Kai was frozen.

And here's why...... He is a typical right-footed player.

In the pre-match press conference, the coach of Torino said their analysis of Deng Kai in front of the media: "We admit that Deng Kai is an excellent midfielder. His passing is quick, aggressive, but effective enough to tear through any defence with ease. ”

'But we've counted all the dangerous passes he's made in the league and in Europe. More than 94 percent of them come from the right foot! ”

'We're going to limit his right-footed passing and that's going to be the key to winning the game!'

As it turned out, the analysis of the Torino coaching staff was correct.

Throughout the first half, Deng Kai only sent a threatening pass, or a through ball to the right winger Marcelino on the same side.

Push the pass with the right foot.

In the past, he was the best at the ball, and the most threatening, took the ball directly over the top and guided the ball to the middle or even the left, but there was not even one pass.

This is also the reason why Ronaldo's performance in the first half was slightly inferior to Quagliarella.

He could only receive a pass from left-back Araujo behind him and dribble to challenge the Torino defender.

And can't use Deng Kai's passing to maximize his off-ball running and off-ball speed.

Fifteen minutes later, the second half continued.

Deng Kai was in his position, trying to get closer to the middle.

But it didn't mean much, and the Torino team focused on defending Deng Kai's right-footed left pass.

As for Deng Kai's right foot to the right side, the Torino team is letting go.

Because Sporting Lisbon's Marcelino on the right is far less dangerous than Chris on the left.

He's good at getting down but not good at crossing.

The ability to cut inside and hit the goal is even worse.

Even if he could cross, Lorenço in the middle of Sporting Lisbon would not be a big centre-forward, but a poacher who won with speed and movement.

Cristiano Ronaldo has proved in his last game that he is not necessarily stronger as a centre-forward than he is on the left wing, but he is certainly stronger than Lourenzo.

In the 68th minute, Deng Kai raised his right foot after receiving the ball.

The defender stands on the left side of Deng Kai to prevent Deng Kai from making a long pass.

Bang!

Deng Kai directly knocked the football to the left.

Then chase the football yourself.

Fake Fax Surprise!

"Oh! Deng Kai moves laterally with the ball, and he aspires to go in the middle, so that he seems to have more choice in passing. ”

"But when the left pass is blocked, going this way makes the coverage of the pass smaller."

"Sure enough, Torino's supplementary defenders came over, and they still guarded Deng Kai's right-footed left pass."

'Chris was out of position, he was followed, and the passing path between him and Dunkai was cut off by the Torino players.

"Hey, Marcelino is in good position! He accelerated on the right and he was in a big gap. It would be great if Deng Kai could pass the football at this time. ”

"But it's hard. We can see Marcelino from God's point of view, and Deng Kai's position may not be seen. Even if he sees it, his current body posture can't give the football to the right side. That's the limitation of a right-footed player's pass, unless Dunkai can pass the ball with the outside of his instep. ”

"Like Quaresma, the star player of Sporting Lisbon's Under-17s, his outside instep can handle the situation."

Bang!

Deng Kai picked up a cross with the outside of his instep, and the ball flew around the defender to the right.

The narrator was dumbfounded.

This......

Deng Kai will be outside the instep!

The coach of the Torino team was also stunned.

This is not in the intelligence.

Deng Kai has never used the outside instep to deliver a key pass in so many games in the past so many games, and he has not even used the outside instep.

But now this pass, the strength, speed, arc, and accuracy are all good.

"Marcelino cuts inside without the ball...... Single Knife! This out-of-the-foot pass directly creates a one-on-one ball...... Shot...... Ah! Marcelino's kick was too right, almost at the goalkeeper's chest, how could he choose that? ”

"It's better to shoot a low shot than this."

"Marcelino's shots always go through the brain like this. Under Chris's involvement, he has actually had a lot of offensive opportunities this season, almost half of Chris. But in terms of goals, he doesn't even have a quarter of Chris's! ”

"What a waste of Deng Kai's exquisite outside instep pass!"