After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 532 - 0225 Applause at Meazza Stadium (Subscribe Please)_3
After the substitution, Inter Milan resumed play from their own half.
Dacourt conveyed Mancini’s intentions up the field.
The Inter Milan players defended with even more resolve than before.
Although they had the ball, the Inter players showed no intention of attacking forward. They passed the ball around in their own half, only moving forward after Huang Kaiwen and Raul pressed them.
Cambiasso passed to Sannetti, who quickly moved the ball to Grosso and then immediately marked Huang Kaiwen closely.
Even when they had possession, there was not a moment of relaxation.
As soon as Gross crossed the halfway line, he swung his left arm and shifted the ball towards the right flank.
De Jong charged forward, leaped sideways to contest the header, and knocked Maicon out of bounds.
Yellow card!
Dacourt took a free-kick from before the center line to Maicon, who quickly drove the ball towards the middle.
De Jong’s sliding tackle missed as Maicon dodged with a deft touch, and the following Guti poked the ball away from under Maicon’s feet.
Guti and Maicon, turning back, scrambled towards the ball.
This was far from a heavyweight contest.
Maicon was in excellent physical condition, while Guti’s strength in duels was always a disadvantage.
Just as Guti hit the ground, he poked the ball forward with the tip of his boot.
Huang Kaiwen and Sannetti turned at the same time, both squeezing together as they chased the ball.
Half a meter away from the ball, both players stretched out their feet almost simultaneously.
With longer legs, Huang Kaiwen touched the ball first, immediately hooked the ball back, and Sannetti struck the outside of Huang Kaiwen’s right foot.
Feeling a slight numbness in his right foot, Huang Kaiwen quickly adjusted his balance and, standing sideways, pushed the ball with his right foot towards the right flank.
Ramos passed the ball directly forward without stopping it.
As he turned, Huang Kaiwen shook off Sannetti by half a body length.
Sannetti was quick, but compared to the boosted Sheva, the gap was clear.
Cambiasso’s decision was resolute; he charged towards the ball and slid in with a tackle.
A step behind on reaching the ball, Huang Kaiwen had no choice but to jump over Cambiasso’s leg, and the ball hit the pursuing Sannetti’s leg and bounced out of bounds.
"Wow, Cambiasso didn’t even aim for a fifty-fifty ball this time; that was a decisive tackle."
"Now the Inter players’ mentality is like this, I don’t seek to take chances, but I absolutely cannot give Huang Kaiwen any opportunity. After the ball goes out of bounds, Inter players return to their half, and it will be difficult for Real Madrid to find openings again."
Ramos quickly threw the ball to Huang Kaiwen.
Huang Kaiwen chested the ball to Ramos and turned, taking Sannetti with him towards the penalty area.
After running a couple of steps, Huang Kaiwen hesitated with the ball, then turned back.
As Ramos made a diagonal pass down the wing, Huang Kaiwen received the ball, turned to evade Sannetti’s leg, and shifted the ball to his left with his right foot.
Cambiasso moved to cover.
Huang Kaiwen hooked the ball back impressively with the back of his right foot, propelling the ball quickly to the base line.
Grosso immediately positioned himself back in the penalty area, low and ready, while Materazzi charged at Huang Kaiwen.
Both men raced towards the base line.
With so little distance to sprint, even though Huang Kaiwen was quicker, he could only shake off Materazzi slightly.
With the ball rolling towards the base line, Huang Kaiwen quickly flicked the ball into the penalty area with his right foot. Materazzi, out of instinct, stretched out his foot but couldn’t touch the ball, and he lost his balance and fell.
Huang Kaiwen got around Materazzi from behind to retake the ball. Without waiting for Grosso to press, Huang Kaiwen twisted and passed the ball back with a backheel.
Smack—
Cordoba rushed to intercept Raul in the middle.
Half a second later, he realized his mistake; the ball ran along the right base line directly to the edge of the large penalty arc, where the suddenly inserting De Jong swung his right foot and drove it powerfully behind the ball.
Boom—
Cordoba quickly lifted his foot and touched the ball, which nearly grazed the crossbar as it flew out of bounds.
"That was so close, Huang Kaiwen’s pass was very smart; look, he clearly appeared to be watching Raul, yet the ball went to the top of the arc."
"Yes, it’s similar to Ronaldo’s NO-LOOK-PASS in its artistry. Huang Kaiwen doesn’t always have good form, but he plays smart on the field. Even when he’s off his game, he poses a massive threat to the opposition."
"Hehe, Huang Kaiwen heads towards the corner flag area and the Inter players are reacting too intensely,"
In the left corner flag area, after a run-up, Huang Kaiwen passed the ball back to Marcelo along the left touchline, who swiftly played it back to Huang Kaiwen.
Huang Kaiwen wound up his right foot and curled beneath the ball.
Smack— The ball quickly soared towards the top of the penalty area.
Waiting there, De Jong swung his right foot for a volleyed shot.
Boom—
Cambiasso leaped sideways and headed the ball out.
Cassano, receiving the ball outside the penalty area, was driven to the sideline by Dacourt. Pretending to spin, Cassano attempted a backheel pass that Dacourt read, clamping the ball between his feet.
Dacourt quickly tapped the ball to Grosso, who cleared it with a strong kick towards the frontfield.
El Guerra decisively charged and jumped, overpowering Crespo to head the ball to Marcelo.
Stationed on the left side of the center line, Marcelo kicked and spun the ball swiftly towards the right flank of the frontfield.
Inter’s counterattack turned into Real Madrid’s offensive play.
Cassano stretched his foot forward to push the ball ahead, preparing for Ramos, who was ready for the pass, to turn back and burst into the penalty area again.
With Grosso still out of position, Materazzi quickly chased down Ramos; the two players sprinted towards the base line, one after the other.
As they neared the base line, Ramos twisted his body and curled under the ball. The ball flew from Sassar, who had dived to tackle, towards the left side. Huang Kaiwen, starting from the center, charged to the left post to judge the fall point, braced with his left leg half-squatting, stretched his right leg sideways, and struck with the outside of his foot to knock the ball into the closely approaching goal.
"Huang Kaiwen!!!"
"Huang Kaiwen has scored the go-ahead goal. He has scored six goals over the two legs of the match. Cesar keeps gesturing with his hands, asking teammates for an explanation. On this conceded goal, he truly misjudged, thinking Ramos was shooting which led him to defend lying down but, look, Huang Kaiwen was unmarked in front of the left goal."