Because the current Portugal is in the golden generation under the leadership of Figo and Luyin Costa.
They won the World Youth Championship twice in 1991 and 1991, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in 2000.
This year is a good opportunity for them to achieve their best result in the World Cup.
The team has a complete lineup, mature tactics, and a tacit understanding between the players. It is only the last step away from making history... If it were you, would you be willing to let an inexplicable newcomer come in to pick peaches?
Even if they are not afraid of being picked off, the addition of any new person at this moment may destroy the chemical reaction between them and bring unpredictable consequences.
and……
To put it bluntly, Ronaldo may actually be selected, but Deng Kai has no chance.
Ronaldo: Isn’t that hard to hear?
wy?
Because Deng Kai is the core of the team.
And even if he is better than Luyin Costa and Figo, the Portuguese team cannot let him become the core of the team at this stage.
Sometimes the running-in problem cannot be solved by your strength. It is a grinding effort and requires a certain amount of time.
What's more, Deng Kai at this stage is no better than Luyin Costa.
Not to mention Figo.
Perhaps Deng Kai won far more honors than Luyin Costa last year, but if you look at the teammates around Luyin Costa, then look at the teammates around Deng Kai.
Although outsiders don’t know the value of Cristiano Ronaldo, Drogba, Yin Bu, Pepe, Terry, Barzagli and others, can Deng Kai himself not know?
Of these three major reasons, the first two are just the two straws that broke the camel's back.
The last one is the real reason.
You can't say that Figo and Deng Kai don't have a good relationship. It's really a case of Kai that even if you play as a full-back, Figo can bear the pain and get you in. Look at Cristiano Ronaldo... but you are playing for the core.
Still that kind of super core.
Ronaldo:???
Cristiano Ronaldo: You are a full-back! I am Yi Yangqian, ah... I am a forward!
After hearing Beckham's analysis, Victoria clapped her hands and praised: "Great, then our summer overseas plan will be fine."
Beckham was confused: "But I want to play in the World Cup. How will you get there then?"
Victoria: "You play your World Cup and we go out to sea with Deng Kai. Is there any problem?"
Um...Beckham always feels like there's something weird about it, but he can't find anything wrong with it.
…
February 22nd, the 24th round of the Portuguese Super League.
Sporting Lisbon beat Arsenal 4-0 with a stunning draw against Guimarães.
February 27th, the fourth round of the second stage of the Champions League.
Barcelona defeated Juventus 2-0, winning one and drawing one in the two rounds with Juventus, taking the advantage.
And with seven points, he became the first in this group.
On the other side, Arsenal beat Sporting Lisbon 4-1 at their home court.
For Sporting Lisbon fans, this may seem difficult to accept.
But to outsiders, this is what they consider normal.
Sporting Lisbon can draw Arsenal once, but you can't draw Arsenal all the time.
That's number one in the Premier League standings.
The Portuguese Super League and the Premier League are not on the same level, okay?
Arsenal also ranked second in the group with seven points. Barcelona had a head-to-head advantage and beat Arsenal by half.
However, Sporting Lisbon internally does not agree with the outside world's views.
Logically speaking, they can compete with Arsenal again in this game.
As a result, Schmeichel retired from injury early.
After Renner came on as a substitute, he gave a catastrophic performance. He showed off his butter hand skills in front of Sea-Man, which made Sea-Man know what it means to push the waves ahead.
Because of this, Sporting Lisbon's fourteen-game unbeaten run in all competitions was finally ended by Arsenal.
The English media felt proud for a moment and reported the result of this game as if Arsenal had won the Champions League after defeating Sporting Lisbon.
They really wanted to see Deng Kai's disappointed look after the game.
But in the end, the only photos they took were of Deng Kai sending Hathaway to the set of "Pirates of the Caribbean."
In desperation, they put the incorrect photo of Deng Kai sending Hathaway to the news of the game against Arsenal.
"Deng Kai looked helpless! He was speechless in front of the powerful Arsenal!
In this news, Deng Kai is wearing casual clothes.
"It's no use holding hands! Deng Kai held hands with Wenger to show his goodwill, but Wenger refused to let go and tortured Sporting Lisbon!"
This picture is of Deng Kai and Hathaway holding hands. It happens to be combined with the hand of Professor Wenger who continues to search for his pocket. The visual effect is excellent.
"Hug goodbye! Before Deng Kai left London, he hugged a red-haired man. Among all the players on both sides of the game, only Ljungberg had red hair! This...
This is outrageous.
Because Deng Kai blocked Hathaway when he hugged Hathaway, only a little of Hathaway's red hair was exposed. As a result, the English media will make up stories.
Ljungberg lies down.
Hathaway: Wait, you are taller than me? Can you block me?
Deng Kai: I don’t know if you have heard of the height-increasing insole product! You’d better not have one, otherwise you will be taller than me again.
Hathaway: Don't worry, we women don't need heightening insoles. I'll wear high heels next time.
Deng Kai: High heels hurt your feet!
Hathaway: Oh, I thought high heels hurt my self-esteem.
Kaizu.
"kgdb! Hathaway bid farewell to Deng Kai in tears and started filming "Pirates of the Caribbean"!
This piece of news finally stopped causing trouble.
…
Affected by the Champions League, Sporting Lisbon's status dropped in the 25th round of the Portuguese Super League on March 2.
The two draws with Braga failed to widen the gap between them and Porto.
On March 7, the Portuguese Cup quarter-finals began.
Sporting Lisbon v Benfica.
The process of this game is not thrilling.
Sporting Lisbon took the lead right from the start.
But not long after the second half started, Kaka left the field due to injury.
This makes the future of Sporting Lisbon a little more ominous.
They've obviously suffered a wave of injuries.
The side effects of the third-line battle began to show, and the players' physical crisis worsened into injuries.
Once such a situation occurs, it is often not just one or two cases, but occurs in groups.
In the end, Sporting Lisbon defeated Benfica 2-1 and entered the Portuguese Cup semi-finals.
This also makes their third-line tasks even heavier.
Reasonable fans say it's time for the team to give up on the Champions League.
Although that is the highest place that every club aspires to.
But for Sporting Lisbon fans, the Champions League round of 16 is enough and everyone is very satisfied.
Even if you have reached the quarter-finals, you cannot reach the semi-finals. Why bother to fight so hard for the Champions League?
Moreover, the cost of every game in the Champions League is higher than that of other games.
On the contrary, Sporting Lisbon should work hard in the league and Portuguese Cup to successfully defend these two awards.