So when Serafim came off the field, Triguera patted him on the shoulder in a friendly manner—encouraging him instead of criticizing him harshly.
Seventy-ninth minute.
Kai's through ball found Flávio.
There was little defensive pressure around Flávio, and he took a shot.
But the goalkeeper was in good form and saved it.
Anderson jumped to head the rebound. Because the ball bounced high, shooting directly would likely send it over the bar or make it too weak.
"This way!"
A voice came from behind Anderson.
Anderson simply headed the ball backward, laying it off.
Then he turned to look.
Kai had already drawn his bow at the top of the penalty area—and volleyed!
Whoosh!
The Flying Immortal didn't trigger.
But it didn't matter.
Anderson blocked the goalkeeper's line of sight.
As long as the ball was on target, it was going in.
"Four to zero! Moreirense have gone completely crazy today!"
"Kai has scored in three consecutive matches! And he's a midfielder! One goal and two assists in this game already!"
"This has a lot to do with him carrying the team alone in the first half of the season. Without Ronaldo around back then, Kai fully developed his attacking ability!"
"This volley was technically outstanding!"
Cristiano Ronaldo: Interference? So I, the amazing striker, am the one holding this mediocre midfielder back? If you've got the guts, let him leave me!
Kai: If I leave, I'll top both goals and assists!
But it wasn't over yet.
As the saying goes, beat the drowning dog while you still have strength.
Moreirense's attacking desire was fully unleashed today.
Eighty-third minute.
Kai and Alex combined continuously on the right, pulling defenders toward them.
Boom!
Kai switched the ball with a long pass to the left.
After receiving it, Ronaldo feinted, cut inside, and began to eat his defender alive.
Then, facing the center-back, he went into full bicycle mode—stepovers flying everywhere.
When he finally broke through, the center-back slipped and fell.
Boom!
Ronaldo seized the moment and shot.
The ball hit the net for the fifth time.
"GOAL! Five to zero! Hat-trick! Cristiano Ronaldo sets a new record!"
"He previously set the record for the youngest goalscorer in the Portuguese Liga—but it was quickly broken by his teammate Kai!"
"But this time, Ronaldo's record for the youngest hat-trick in the Portuguese Liga won't be so easy to break!"
"Let's congratulate Ronaldo—his performance today has been perfect!"
"And thanks to that goal, Kai also sets a remarkable record—the youngest assist hat-trick in the Portuguese Liga! One goal and three assists today—arguably even more brilliant than Ronaldo!"
Everyone thought this was the climax.
But in stoppage time—
The real headline was born.
Perhaps inspired by Cristiano Ronaldo's flashy stepovers, Kai finally attempted the electric bicycle in front of Freimud's penalty area.
Because of the ridiculous failure rate of that move, Kai had never dared to use it in tense situations.
But today?
Big lead. No pressure. Just for fun.
And then—
Kai stepped on the ball…
…and slipped.
Right in front of the opponent's penalty area.
The entire stadium fell silent.
Even the Freimud center-back forgot to clear the ball as it rolled past him.
Because this kind of mistake was absurdly rare.
Especially for a "midfield maestro."
Can you imagine Kevin De Bruyne slipping off a step-over?
Can you picture Luka Modrić falling on his ass while doing tricks?
If the scoreboard didn't show Kai's one goal and three assists, fans watching him live for the first time would've thought the club signed some random fraud.
"Hahahaha!" Ronaldo burst out laughing.
The rest of the teammates couldn't hold it in either.
Some even stopped defending—
Because their stomachs hurt from laughing too much.
Even Freimud's frustration disappeared after witnessing Kai's "legendary slip of the century."
…
"Moreirense celebrate three consecutive victories! One more win and they escape the relegation zone!"
"Amazing coach Triguera, amazing striker Cristiano Ronaldo, and 'divine' midfielder Kai!"
Wait—why are there quotation marks around divine?
Disrespect?
"In a single match, both the youngest hat-trick and the youngest assist hat-trick in the Portuguese Liga were set!"
"Sporting Lisbon's youth explosion is unbelievable! Simão just left, Quaresma has already risen, Viana is back from injury, and even younger academy players are shining on loan!"
"Top ten goals of the round—Ronaldo features twice, Kai appears four times!"
"Heart disease was the last chain holding Cristiano Ronaldo back. Now he's returned—and become the golden left winger of the Portuguese Liga!"
"Why did a player with three games, eight goal contributions, and insane stats make the entire stadium burst into laughter?"
"Fraud or genius? Kai's bicycle fail shocks everyone! Is he just a stat-padder?"
"Shocking! Anne Hathaway's rumored boyfriend slips—will she still chase Kai?"
The news exploded across Portugal—
And even reached North America.
Normally, the Portuguese Liga doesn't attract this level of attention.
But Kai?
He's worth it.
And Kai slipping like that?
Even more worth it.
Portuguese legend Eusébio said:
"It's rare to make a mistake performing stepovers without pressure. Kai's issue isn't lack of skill—it's that he modified his movement to increase speed. That's why he slipped. He should solidify his fundamentals first. He's smart—I doubt he'll make the same mistake twice."
Barcelona legend Luís Figo also commented after watching the clip:
"Maybe after ninety minutes, sweat made the pitch slippery… or maybe the grass wasn't even… or maybe—forget it, I can't make excuses anymore. Kai, your vision and passing are excellent, but your basic technique still needs work."
Pep Guardiola, who rarely criticizes, said:
"Kai's passing is angelic—he has the brain to control it. But when he dribbles like that, he becomes a devil. Thankfully, he only tries those lightning-style stepovers when his team is comfortably ahead."
Rivaldo, the reigning Ballon d'Or and World Player of the Year winner, added:
"Kai's talent is obvious, but his technical level is lacking. That will limit his future. At the very least, at Barcelona, a player who can't even control the ball properly would never be allowed—they'd be kicked out immediately."
That comment made a nine-year-old academy kid named Braithwaite, a three-year-old kid named Dembélé, and a "spy" named Dest all sneeze at the same time.
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