Inter Milan 433 dual defensive midfielders:

Goalkeeper: Cesar,

Defenders: Sannetti, Zivo, Ranocchia, Maicon,

Midfielders: Motta, Sneijder, Cambiasso,

Forwards: Eto’o, Pazzini, Pandev.

"Today Inter Milan’s formation isn’t a big surprise, but Guardiola certainly gave us quite the surprise."

"Yes, Huang Kaiwen suddenly appearing in the defensive midfield position was unexpected."

"Hehe, yes, I don’t doubt Huang Kaiwen’s defensive ability, but Huang Kaiwen prefers to operate on the left flank, and Inter Milan’s right side with Maicon is stronger offensively. Does Guardiola have his own considerations for placing Huang Kaiwen on the right?"

"We’ll have to see during the match. Right now, we see that the famous Italian referee Rizzoli is officiating this match, which shows the Italian Football Federation’s emphasis on the Milan Derby."

At exactly five o’clock in the afternoon, Rizzoli blew the whistle to start the match.

This schedule is already a result of compromise by the Italian Football Federation.

After all, fans have been voicing strong opinions about every match being scheduled in the afternoon.

Even so, they didn’t schedule the match for the evening.

Because the time difference with Asia’s two major markets is indeed problematic.

Milan kicked off first.

Ibrahimovic immediately passed the ball to Torres and ran towards the right wing.

As a right-footed player, he is also accustomed to shooting from the left side.

However, Torres has stronger impact down the left flank, so Ibrahimovic can only yield the left side to Torres since he isn’t as fast.

Torres took the ball and charged forward, with Pazzini making a token attempt to reach out but being easily bypassed.

Sneijder wanted to wrestle closely with Torres, but Torres was just too fast.

He pushed the ball forward and easily used his speed to outpace Sneijder.

Huang Kaiwen noticed Sneijder’s physique had subtly gained weight; this guy might have started to drink excessively.

He had mentioned it to Sneijder twice before, but couldn’t bring it up again.

This made Huang Kaiwen feel a bit regretful for Sneijder.

Cambiasso charged forward very quickly, and his pressing was particularly clever.

He rushed towards Torres immediately, pretending to be unable to stop, but actually held back some strength.

When Torres tried to cut the ball forward past him, Cambiasso turned quickly as he fell, extending his leg to poke the ball away from Torres.

Ranocchia stepped in immediately to take the ball and quickly transferred it to the left.

Sannetti waved his arm and ran forward with the ball.

After losing possession, Milan Players rushed up to engage fiercely, with the entire formation pressing forward.

Sannetti made a sudden long pass and found Pandev directly.

Kroos wasn’t in the backfield, and Gattuso looked at Huang Kaiwen.

Huang Kaiwen said: "You go press, I’ll cover from behind."

Gattuso didn’t respond, nodded, and charged forward.

Pandev knew Gattuso was difficult to handle and immediately passed the ball across to the advancing Maicon.

Maicon was positioned further forward than Sneijder and often participated in organizing attacks.

Facing two strong offensive players, Gattuso felt tremendous pressure.

"Gianluca, you go!"

Huang Kaiwen waved and shouted.

Zambrotta didn’t wait any longer and immediately rushed up to provide support.

Since Huang Kaiwen dared to order him to press, it showed Huang Kaiwen would take responsibility behind.

In terms of trust, Huang Kaiwen and Buffon are the most confident.

Huang Kaiwen kept a close watch on Sneijder’s position.

Don’t underestimate Sneijder’s decline in form.

But as a player skilled with both feet, Sneijder’s passes are still hard to defend against.

So Huang Kaiwen just doesn’t want him to receive the ball.

Ball-holder Pandev also noticed this, adjusting his grip and failing to find a chance to pass to Sneijder.

At this moment his eyes lit up, noticing Pazzini’s position.

Pandev feigned a breakthrough and suddenly passed the ball across.

After Maicon received the ball, he immediately sent a through pass to the flanking Pazzini.

But they noticed, a quick figure darting over.

Receiving Pazzini barely adjusted his footing when Huang Kaiwen came in from the side with a precise slide tackle, sending the ball out-of-bounds.

"Kevin!"

"Kevin!"

"Kevin!"

Applause echoed through San Siro Stadium.

Though not thrilled about Huang Kaiwen playing defensively.

Watching Huang Kaiwen’s tackles was a pleasure.

Buffon asked jokingly: "People say Kevin learned how to tackle from you, is that true?"

Nesta shook his head: "I’m not capable of teaching Kevin how to play, maybe he learned from God."

Maicon prepared for the throw-in.

Soon he noticed Huang Kaiwen’s positioning.

Huang Kaiwen was not sticking close to any Inter Milan player.

Yet his position remained close to both Pandev and Sneijder, clearly ready to cover his teammates.

Considering Huang Kaiwen’s explosive performance earlier, Maicon hesitated to try; he stepped back before fiercely throwing the ball to another side, where Eto’o rushed promptly to settle the ball on the flank.

But he fumbled and passed it straight to Ramos’ feet.

"Oh no, this doesn’t look good."

"Indeed, Eto’o looks like he’s not as fit as before."

"Mostly due to age, Eto’o’s style depends on physique. Once his physicality declines, so does his play."

"Ramos is fast, passing to Huang Kaiwen. He dribbles down the right, evading Motta’s tackle, sprints towards Inter Milan’s penalty area, crosses! Torres, oh, this header hits the post, with a chasing Motta kicking it out for a corner in the nick of time."

"Yes, that attack was a bit unfortunate, but next it’s an AC Milan corner."

Rushing up, Ramos glanced at Huang Kaiwen.

Huang Kaiwen slightly shook his head, and headed towards the corner flag.

On the field, they barely needed words. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Inter Milan is very cautious about defending corners.

Sassar instructed teammates in Italian, occasionally interspersed with Portuguese.

Torres and Ibrahimovic encountered tight marking at goal front.

Huang Kaiwen casually stood outside the small box, but Cambiasso didn’t cease bothering him.

Beep—

With the whistle, Ramos took the corner.

Huang Kaiwen looked up and immediately judged the ball’s height.

None in mid-air managed a header, then Huang Kaiwen, already on the ground, smashed the ball with a tackle into the net.