After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!

Chapter 1894 - 501: Guardiola’s Betrayal

After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!

Chapter 1894 - 501: Guardiola’s Betrayal

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Chapter 1894: Chapter 501: Guardiola’s Betrayal

"Yes, but let’s take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides."

Barcelona 433 single defensive midfielder:

Goalkeeper: Valdes,

Defenders: Puyol, Piqué, Mascherano, Alves,

Midfielders: Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta,

Forwards: Villa, Messi, Pedro.

AC Milan 433 double defensive midfielders:

Goalkeeper: Buffon,

Defenders: Zambrotta, Thiago Silva, Sven Bender, Lars Bender,

Midfielders: Van Bommel, Rakitic, Ramos,

Forwards: Huang Kaiwen, Kaka, Torres.

"Both coaches have some unusual aspects in their formations, but previously Mascherano has been experimenting with playing as a defender, so there’s not much to say about Barca’s starting line-up; they’ve fielded all their main players."

"Yes, but AC Milan’s starting line-up is truly surprising to us. I don’t know if the formation chart is accurate, but today Guardiola’s starters as right-back and right centre-back are definitely the Bender brothers. He might think that after Nesta’s injury, this pair of brothers would be more in sync, but for such an important match, isn’t it somewhat aggressive to have two young players start?"

"Ramos playing as a defensive midfielder has happened before at Chelsea. Kaka has also played as a forward under Ancelotti. As for how Torres performs on the right today, we still have to wait and see."

"Yes, even though the match hasn’t started yet, both head coaches have already given us quite a surprise."

The players on the field are already flipping the coin.

Dressed in a gray suit, Guardiola walks to the center, smiling and reaching out his hand, saying: "Louis, I hope today will be a beautiful game."

"Hope so."

Enrico replies perfunctorily, wearing a black suit over a white shirt.

Even though knowing that what Guardiola has done is correct, being fooled still makes him very unhappy.

Guardiola smiles indifferently.

No matter how much misunderstanding the world has about him, what does it matter?

After a few decades, Louis and Jose will discover who their true friend is.

Huang Kaiwen wins the coin toss.

Milan chooses the field first.

Camp Nou, filled with over 95,000 fans, has already started to become restless.

After everyone is seated, Barca fans realize that there are traitors among them, as many have sold their tickets to Milan supporters.

The reason for saying this is because the Asian faces are easily recognizable.

These can’t possibly be Milan’s local fans.

There are traitors everywhere; Guardiola played them, and even their own abandoned the team for money, leaving many Barca fans with a hint of sadness.

Even with 3 away goals, it feels as if they’ll lose the match.

At 7:45 PM, Belgian referee Frank De Brikkiri blows the whistle to start the match.

Messi kicks off, passing horizontally, Villa immediately takes the ball to the wing, starting to utilize the field’s width.

At this point, Xavi is already on the extension line between him and Messi. Barca’s style likes to maintain a triangle formation, giving the ball carrier two passing options.

Kaka rushes up quickly.

But this level of pressing doesn’t have much effect on a team like Barca, which is so adept at controlling the ball.

Kaka is about to start again when Huang Kaiwen gestures and shouts: "Hold back for now, we’ll see later."

Barcelona isn’t the type to play quick attacks, but if there’s a gap in the formation, they can easily pass a 30-40 meter ground ball directly to the front.

It’s best not to be too careless in the early stages.

Seeing Milan players aren’t pressing forward, Xavi lightly touches the ball with his right foot, shifting it to the left.

Unable to utilize the field’s depth, Barcelona opts to use the width.

For them, it’s just a matter of two passes.

Once Torres moves up, Huang Kaiwen and Kaka press together.

Milan’s formation also starts to move forward as a whole.

Interestingly, the tactics of the two teams are almost the same.

Guardiola’s theories are all derived from Cruyff and Barca.

The ball-holding Barca players quickly realize they are facing another version of themselves.

Villa patiently shifts the ball again, and as Iniesta comes up to receive, he immediately charges ahead with the ball.

Huang Kaiwen waits there, watching Iniesta work his way up with the ball.

He knows what the opponent is planning.

Iniesta nudges the ball with his right foot, Huang Kaiwen pretends to follow, then quickly hooks with his right foot, sure enough, Iniesta bumps into him with the ball!

The fried meatballs land at Huang Kaiwen’s feet.

As soon as Iniesta loses possession, he starts trying to win it back, tugging at Huang Kaiwen from behind to prevent him from speeding up.

But to keep up with Huang Kaiwen’s pace, his footing is quite awkward too.

Huang Kaiwen suddenly slows down, causing Iniesta to stumble, heading forward. Just as Huang Kaiwen is about to cut the ball with his left foot, Pedro suddenly stretches his leg from behind.

Huang Kaiwen quickly pushes the ball forward with a right-foot flick.

Following that, he leaps over Pedro’s foot and quickly turns around, using his left foot to stabilize and his right foot to pull the ball, gracefully spinning past Iniesta.

Without waiting to steady himself, Huang Kaiwen deftly flicks the ball with precision towards the front right.

As Torres starts running, a wave of booing erupts throughout Camp Nou. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Too fast!

Back at Atletico, Torres was already a significant threat.

The Torres of now is even more mature.

There’s still a Kaka positioning in the middle.

Even with many defenders at the back, Barca cannot afford to be careless.

Puyol runs back, keeping his side to Torres, whose speed is too quick for Puyol to find an opportunity to stretch his leg.

At the critical moment, Piqué seizes the chance when Torres doesn’t have the ball close, sliding in to tackle and clear the ball away.

"Brilliant!"

"This tackle was crucial."

"Yes, but how come AC Milan has possession again?"

Rakitic manages to secure the ball, while Iniesta lies on the ground gesturing hopelessly, but the referee ignores him.

Rakitic, intending to send the ball to the left, notices Busquets already standing next to Huang Kaiwen, and decisively passes it horizontally.

Zambrotta receives and immediately makes a direct pass with his right foot.

Huang Kaiwen lets the ball go past his side to his front.

Busquets lowers his center, cautiously defending.

Huang Kaiwen nudges the ball with the outside of his right foot, motioning to go central, causing Busquets to follow.

But in the next second, Huang Kaiwen uses the inside of his right foot to flick the ball forward, suddenly accelerating, startling Busquets into chasing back hurriedly, both running toward the goal line area.

Busquets knows he can’t keep up, so he decisively slides in.

Yet Huang Kaiwen deftly escapes his attempted tackle while dribbling.

Mascherano is still signaling, indicating Huang Kaiwen is out of bounds, but the whistle doesn’t blow.

He is forced to rush up to block, as Huang Kaiwen’s cross is deflected out by Mascherano’s stretched leg.

Even though the crisis is averted, Enrico is still yelling angrily on the sidelines, raising a finger and shouting: "One man, just one person and you can’t find a way, I don’t want to see this scene, watch yourselves out there!!!"

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