After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football! - Chapter 1857 - 494: Bale’s Hesitation
Modric took the ball without immediately passing forward, instead pulling it back a little.
His vision is equally outstanding, but if he’s positioned too far forward, he won’t be able to utilize this advantage.
So he is more suited to the position behind the attacking midfielder, rather than the number 10 spot.
The AC Milan players did not press up.
On one hand, they needed to recover some stamina.
On the other hand, they began to defend after taking the lead.
This stance, instead, made the entire Chelsea team feel frustrated.
They are not afraid of a do-or-die attacking style since the abilities of the elite players are stronger. Even if they fall behind, there’s still a chance to equalize or even come back. But once the other team starts defending after taking the lead, it’s really exasperating.
At this moment, they finally understood how other teams felt facing Mourinho’s Chelsea.
"AC Milan is playing quite steadily today."
"Yes, this is a mature performance. Many fans like to watch back-and-forth attacking battles, but in major tournament knockout stages, such situations rarely occur, because conceding one goal might mean elimination. After leading, they indeed don’t dare to press too far forward. Guardiola’s tactical style has become much more pragmatic now."
Stamford Bridge also returned to its previous style.
The fans didn’t show much emotional fluctuation regarding the situation on the field.
Guardiola folded his arms and looked at the field.
He felt this was a good start.
In the last match, unexpected events kept occurring to the team.
But today, there were no unexpected events. Could this indicate that Jose’s egg really worked?
Guardiola wasn’t sure if it would work without the egg.
If it still worked, he would be happy for Jose.
Even worrying about the other’s physical condition, Guardiola felt he truly was Jose’s good friend.
Guardiola turned to Clemente and said, "Did they deliver the towels we customized before?"
"Yes, we have them today."
Clemente nodded and said.
Actually, they were ready before.
During Guardiola’s injury, those towels were used for Huang Kaiwen.
Anyway, it’s Guardiola’s money being spent, there’s no loss.
Guardiola nodded.
There were still more than ten minutes left in the first half, but the situation determined that there wouldn’t be any changes in the first half.
He was already thinking about the tactics to use in the second half.
If the tactics were just that bland, would he still be the progressive coach known to everyone?
Milan today has played Italy’s tradition exceptionally well.
Chelsea has not found any good opportunities.
Just as the first half was about to end.
Suddenly there was a loud noise on the sidelines.
Bam—
Black smoke emerged near Chelsea’s bench. Guardiola realized that Ancelotti’s Lego was broken and couldn’t help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.
To not show it too obviously, he deliberately looked at the field.
Even the players on the field were watching the situation on the sideline.
But at this moment, he heard an urgent shout.
"Danger!"
When Guardiola turned around, he found something flying rapidly toward him. Before he could react, that blade-like thing was spinning and lodged itself into the fleshiest part behind him.
With Guardiola’s scream, AC Milan’s medical team quickly rushed over.
They directly laid Guardiola on a stretcher and trotted him into the tunnel.
Ancelotti and Tassotti both shrunk their necks, trying to lower their presence.
However, Tassotti thought of a question, successfully making the opponent lose their coach—did this special 2.0 version play a role? 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"Heh heh, there’s a sudden situation on the sidelines."
"Yes, with Guardiola injured and off the field, I think Clemente should continue directing this game."
"I wonder if today’s situation will affect Ancelotti’s coaching career, his machine is quite concerning."
"I think he might be banned from bringing machines into the field. Other coaches would also worry about safety issues—during a game, a dart suddenly flies over. This situation is a bit dangerous."
"Yes, but I think Guardiola shouldn’t have any major issues. The replay showed that the blade didn’t penetrate deeply. Just treat it, stitch the wound, and he’ll recover in a while."
Clemente at this moment couldn’t help but want to hug Ancelotti and kiss him hard.
He thought he wouldn’t get any coaching opportunity recently, but unexpectedly, Ancelotti directly sent Guardiola onto a stretcher.
The referee blew the whistle at this moment, allowing players whose minds were not on the game to leave the field.
Huang Kaiwen and his teammates ran to the side of the field. Buffon asked, "How’s the coach?"
"Pep’s condition is not that good."
Clemente instinctively said.
He didn’t know Guardiola’s condition, but that was the direction he hoped for.
"What exactly happened, we didn’t quite understand. We just saw someone putting out the fire on the sideline."
Nesta asked.
Clemente said, "Ancelotti’s machine exploded, and a part flew out and stabbed into Pep’s back."
Upon hearing this, the players instinctively clenched their legs.
Ancelotti had once coached them before; looking at it this way, they were lucky not to have gone through something like this.
The Milan team entered the dressing room with mutual concern.
The atmosphere wasn’t as lively as usual.
Kaka sat next to Huang Kaiwen and said, "Kevin, I’ve been learning Classical Chinese recently!"
"That’s really impressive!"
Huang Kaiwen exclaimed.
Even Chinese people feel troubled by Classical Chinese when studying.
"Because I find classical texts very beautiful."
Kaka said with a smile.
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