Chapter 12 Becoming Famous with One Shot 2.0 (Added)
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Never would've thought, never would've thought!
From the data panel, Deng Kai actually turned out to be a "Physical Monster"!
Because for normal players, technical scores are higher than physical scores, only players with exceptional physical attributes can have it the other way around.
But with Deng Kai, it's the other way around, too.
This...
Does it mean he's physically strong?
Upon closer inspection, except for pace and agility, the other stats seem pretty average.
After studying for a while, Deng Kai realized.
It's not that his physique is strong, it's that his technical attributes are too low.
But this low is not entirely low.
People with less strength, for sure, will not have accurate passes, but perhaps it's not because they can't aim, but because they lack the strength, forcing their technique to change shape, resulting in inaccuracy.
This is especially evident in shooting.
So these dismal stats are actually good news.
It means as long as Deng Kai works on his physique, a part of his technical attributes will naturally increase, leading to his first period of explosive growth in ability.
This is also a situation that many players encounter during a surge in their physical development.
The most famous example is the "first person in regressive defense"—Van Dijk.
Before his height surged, he wasn't considered particularly outstanding.
The growth of young players' abilities is not linear, but rather in stages, wave-like.
If your growth peaks happen to be after the age of sixteen or eighteen, then I'm sorry, you'll be cut from the team before that and never have the chance to experience true growth.
The so-called missed talents are mostly a result of this.
As for Deng Kai's current stats, there's not much to say about them.
Overall, his positioning, ball control, short passing, pace, and agility are quite good, leading among his peers.
Positioning and a somewhat high interception reflect his game intelligence.
Ball control and short passing reflect his sense of the game and technique.
Pace and agility show his physical control ability.
From these stats, as long as he can keep growing, there's absolutely no problem following a technical path in the future.
Long passing, shooting, strength on the ball, jumping, toughness, and explosiveness are attributes that, although weak now, are clearly affected by his lean body.
They might also see a dramatic increase in the future.
The future looks bright.
At this moment, Deng Kai is like those retail investors who've been trapped with their stocks at the bottom; from now on, every fluctuation will be a bull market!
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"The Diamond Generation Invitation Tournament Concludes Successfully, Eusebio Gains Another Championship Trophy in His Coaching Career!"
"Three to four, Figo's team suffers stoppage time killer goal! Thirteen-year-old big heart player targets the middle with a penalty kick, sealing fate with one shot!"
"Chris gives away a penalty in stoppage time! Figo's team rises with Chris, falls with Chris!"
"Hat-trick fails to save the day! Star of tomorrow Chris loses out on experience!"
"A goal, an assist, and even causing an own goal! Wins over the crowd in twenty minutes, he is Deng Kai!"
"Astonishing skills! Powerhouse youth scores with a grenade-like serve!"
"Diamond Generation Invitation Tournament's Best Player Deng Kai Turns Out to Be a Free Agent?"
"Genius scholar, gives up literature for football, not yet thirteen and accepted into the University of Lisbon, but wants to play football?"
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"University of Lisbon President: Letting Deng Kai play football is simply a crime, his future goal should be the Nobel Prize!"
"Prodigy or Swindler? Step into the Golden Generation Invitational and unveil the two faces of Deng Kai!"
"Football Caesar's great conquest, Chinese teenager outperforms Chris, books Portugal's number ten jersey fifteen years in advance?"
News related to the Golden Generation quickly spread out.
The match had a significant impact and was being discussed throughout the industry.
Especially for youth academies of big clubs, almost all started sending out invitations to young players based on this competition.
In a mature youth training system, young players are not short of matches.
But such a large-scale competition differs from regular matches.
The scale and grandeur of the Golden Generation Invitational even exceeded most ordinary events, reaching the level of league derbies and cup finals.
A player who performs well in such an environment is destined for greatness in the future.
This is something that cannot be measured by regular training sessions and youth league matches that are almost like training.
Therefore, Ronaldo, who shined in the final and completed a hat-trick, became the hot commodity sought after by major clubs.
Unfortunately, Sporting Lisbon had taken the initiative and had already settled everything in advance.
They won the battle three years before.
As a result, when Cristiano Ronaldo transferred to Sporting Lisbon for the incredibly low price of fifteen hundred US dollars, Benfica and Porto immediately lashed out through their media proxies, accusing Sporting Lisbon of violating relevant laws and having issues with the transfer of interests to Ronaldo's parents.
After all, this amount of money might not even be enough for two months of supplements for a talented young player like Ronaldo.
The transaction behind the scenes was indeed too blatant.
Of course, the youth departments of these clubs wouldn't only be in contact with one person; they all cast a wide net.
Although Porto did not get Ronaldo, they acted swiftly and secured Almeida, the player with the second-most talent in the group after Ronaldo.
Benfica, with its selective vision in youth training for the past two years, had Sporting Lisbon and Porto digging for gold among the players they had eliminated, so Benfica did not bother with the remaining unwanted players.
This indirectly showed that the quality of Portuguese players around the same time and in the following years as Ronaldo was quite poor, lacking luster.
The lineup of the Portugal national team later confirmed this.
As the congregation site for Portugal's outstanding football stars, after the golden generation led by Figo and Rui Costa, the national team continued to decline in stars save for Ronaldo.
It was not until the new golden generation of players like Bernado Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Dias, Cancelo, Felix, Neves, Jota, and others grew up that Ronaldo had already reached the later stages of his career—a case of bad timing.
Although Deco rose to prominence and was accompanied by Pepe during this period, both Deco and Pepe were planned players coming from Brazilian youth training.
Lastly, on the Sporting Lisbon side, they secured the services of the youngest midfielder in the game, Joao Moutinho.
Despite his average performance, he still showed some decent potential, with better technical skills in his position than Deng Kai.
As for centre-back Jose Fonte, who was initially with Benfica, right-back Joao Pereira, initially with Benfica, and goalkeeper Bruno Vale, initially with Porto, they all performed well for most of the match.
This competition gave them bonus points, allowing them to progress further in their respective academies.
On the contrary, Benfica's midfielder Amorim, who delivered an assist but performed very poorly, along with Benfica's center-back Veloso, paid a heavy price. Not only did they fail to earn any distinction, but they also solidified the team's resolve to clear them out.
The former lacked the talent needed in offense, not the kind of master midfielder Benfica was looking for.
The latter had serious height issues, confirming that he wouldn't make it as a centre-back.
Eventually, neither of them received a youth contract renewal from their team and were discarded.
However, a few months flew by.
And yet, Deng Kai had not received the visits he thought would come in an endless stream.
As the best player of the Golden Generation Invitational, the clutch player, the game-changing talent, could it be that no club sent him a contract?
That's ridiculous!
It wasn't until Deng Kai had sold off the autographed footballs in his possession and spent a few days watching TV that he realized where the problem lay.