After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 535 - 0226 Jujutsu Kaisen: The Pinnacle of Battle (Please Subscribe)_2
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Huang Kaiwen didn’t return to Madrid with everyone else.
He chose to stay in Milan temporarily.
Ramos’s words at the post-match press conference were more topical than the match itself.
"Marca" launched a vote on whether Huang should be substituted on when Real Madrid was significantly trailing the score.
To Huang Kaiwen’s surprise, over sixty-five percent of Real Madrid fans believed that in such a situation, he shouldn’t take the field.
The fans’ reasoning was simple: since the league isn’t played over two legs, a big score deficit wouldn’t be much helped by subbing in the Yellow Ball King, as even if Huang Kaiwen scored, there wouldn’t be enough time to win the game, and it might even affect his record.
Some fans commented that if Huang Kaiwen didn’t play and Real Madrid was far behind, then the starting players of Real Madrid might as well retire, as they shouldn’t be four goals down against Inter Milan, even without Huang Kaiwen in a national derby.
In the evening’s UEFA Champions League matches, Manchester United thrashed Rome 7:1.
Milan eliminated Chelsea with a 2:0 away win, with Kaka almost unstoppable, providing assists for both Inzaghi and Ibrahimovic, though he didn’t score himself.
With that, the UEFA Champions League final four had been decided: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester United, Liverpool.
At the press conference after defeating Chelsea, Ancelotti said with a raised eyebrow and a smile, "Milan is the only team in the semi-finals that hasn’t lost to Kevin, and I hope to keep it that way. Of course, if possible, I’d rather see Real Madrid eliminated by another team in the semi-finals, and then we storm into the UEFA Champions League final."
"He’s been really annoying lately, should we get a new coach for Milan?"
The young lady sitting next to Huang Kaiwen asked. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"Forget it, Carlo is doing a great job,"
Huang Kaiwen said, shaking his head as he wrapped his arm around the young lady’s shoulder.
"But he wants you to be knocked out, such ungratefulness. Without you, he never could have won so many championships,"
The young lady huffed angrily.
"Don’t listen to the nonsense in the newspapers. Stars are important, but so are the coach and other players. It’s not tennis; no matter how good I am, I can’t win everything,"
Huang Kaiwen said with a smile, trying to console her.
"I think you can!"
The young lady said unhappily.
"There’s one thing I really can do!"
Huang Kaiwen turned off the TV and with the young lady’s exclamation, carried her to the bedroom.
The next day Huang Kaiwen flew back to Madrid.
In the afternoon he went to the team, and after training, he took his teammates home with him.
It was a good opportunity for a small gathering to celebrate the previous advancement and, by the way, watch the UEFA Champions League semi-final draw together.
There was no country protection rule for the semi-final draw, with the team drawn first playing at home first.
After dinner, everyone gathered in the living room to watch the television.
Cassano said, "I feel like Manchester United will draw Pool, and we’ll draw Milan, those people love to create viewership."
"For once you’ve got that right,"
Ramos said, nodding.
Cassano and Ramos started arguing again.
Huang Kaiwen moved a bit to the side to avoid getting bumped.
He had a hunch, too.
There have always been rumors about UEFA and FIFA manipulating the draws.
Stories about choosing by the hot or cold feel of the balls or balls bouncing towards the guests’ hands, similar news stories are always abounding.
The fairness of other competitions can’t be guaranteed,
But Huang Kaiwen felt there was a very high chance of draw manipulation in the Champions League.
It’s hard to avoid coincidences.
But when the Champions League consistently draws the most topical match-ups each year, it raises suspicions.
Considering UEFA’s greed for money, it would be quite possible for them to fiddle with the draws to ensure viewership ratings.
Spain and Switzerland are in the same time zone, so there’s no time difference.
The draw started at 11:30 PM,
This time is just after dinner for Spaniards, so the Real Madrid players were quite alert; family members who’d been studying went home with their children to sleep, allowing the Real Madrid players to speak more freely.
They had a brief chat about the hottest nightclubs of the moment.
Guti looked at the drawing guest and asked, "Kevin, who do you hope we play against?"
"I don’t have any particular preference, but I’d rather not encounter Milan so early,"
Huang Kaiwen replied.
Even Cassano, that guy, saw it coming; Huang Kaiwen thought it was a bit dubious.
UEFA probably wouldn’t give up on the topic of Huang facing his former team again.
Just as Huang Kaiwen finished speaking, the guest cracked open a ball to reveal the Milan card.
This meant that Milan would play home first, away second, in the upcoming semi-final.
The next team drawn would face Milan in the semi-final.
Brazilian legend Zico reached inside the box, twisted open a ball, and displayed it, with Real Madrid written boldly on it!
That meant the remaining two teams, Liverpool and Manchester United, would face each other.
"What the heck?"
Cassano exclaimed discontentedly, "Kevin playing against Milan, that side having a Northwest Derby, if there was no manipulation, I’d be willing to eat shit."
"Alright then, I don’t think anyone is rigging the draw,"
Ramos said with a smirk.
He’d say anything to watch Cassano eat shit.
"Asshole, it’s not about what you think, it needs to be what I think. With a draw like this, it’s definitely UEFA’s trickery,"
Cassano complained loudly.
This season, Milan was doing well on all fronts without the slightest sign of slowing down, the small deduction from the points post-final judgment in the telephone scandal was nothing compared to their lead in the league; Milan had virtually secured the league title.
Compared to Milan, the Real Madrid players would have preferred to choose their opponents from Manchester United and Liverpool.
"Forget it, it’s useless to say anything now, we can only try our best to play,"
