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

”I never expected we’d team up today.”

Stam cracked his knuckles loudly.

His appearance matched that.

He looked just like a villain from a movie.

Huang Kaiwen laughed and said, ”Yeah.”

Sometimes, life’s encounters are just that strange.

He and Stam joined AC Milan in the same year.

Stam was the first teammate he met, who took him to the training field to introduce him to the other teammates.

One was a winger.

The other, a central defender.

It was hard to expect any chemistry reaction.

Who would have thought they’d end up partnering on the front line today?

”Let’s coordinate well later, even if I play as a forward, I still want to do my best,” Stam said, giving a thumbs up.

Huang Kaiwen nodded.

He suddenly remembered he hadn’t drawn a card yet and quickly selected to draw.

[Ding, you have obtained the 2021-2022 Premier League, West Ham United vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jesse Lingard’s Single Match Experience Card]

Seeing this [Experience Card].

Huang Kaiwen almost wanted to laugh.

If Lingard were to be a [Template], he shouldn’t be too expensive.

But Lingard during the 2021-2022 season, wasn’t that the King of London?

This [Experience Card] is just perfect for today.

Having just won the Ballon d’Or, Emperor Kai really should be brazen.

Today, he, Huang Kaiwen, is the Emperor Kai of San Siro.

What’s more coincidental, [Lingard] is a purebred Manchester United youth.

He uses [Lingard] to partner with Stam, a former Manchester United player, on the front line.

Today is another day filled with DNA-maxing.

”I’ll also pass you the ball more, Kevin,” Kaka said from behind.

Huang Kaiwen nodded without saying a word.

He and Kaka really didn’t need to be polite with each other.

He tightened the captain’s armband on his left arm.

Huang Kaiwen followed the coaching staff onto the turf of San Siro.

The fans erupted in a delighted cheer upon seeing this.

”Kevin!”

”Kevin!”

”Kevin!”

People in forums cried out at the injustice of the world.

Why does Huang Kaiwen always encounter good things?

He had just won two awards, and now he was wearing the captain’s armband for AC Milan.

It seemed like Huang Kaiwen had completed his act.

The UEFA Champions League anthem finished.

Huang Kaiwen went over to exchange pennants with the opposing captain and to do the coin toss.

”Huang Kaiwen is wearing the captain’s armband today, I didn’t see it before, it must have been put on when he went back through the tunnel. This is the first time in history an Asian player has become the captain of a top five European league team at the age of 22 years and 180 days, AC Milan’s captain Huang Kaiwen,” Huang Jianxiang commented feelingly.

”If we limit it to top clubs only, Huang Kaiwen is likely the youngest captain in such clubs. Of course, he’s just a temporary stand-in today because of the Ballon d’Or, which is why he’s wearing the captain’s armband.”

”Hehe, yes, it’s not Huang Kaiwen’s turn inside AC Milan. He’ll have to wait many years if he wants to be the official captain—you have to wait until Maldini retires, then wait for Shevchenko and those who have worn the armband as well as youth players like Ambrosini to retire.”

”It’s going to take many years then, as Ambrosini could probably still play for another seven or eight years.”

”So you see, Huang Kaiwen will have to wait if he wants to be the captain.”

”But even just temporarily being today’s captain already fully demonstrates Huang Kaiwen’s status in AC Milan; otherwise, Maldini wouldn’t have agreed.”

”Of course, when Maldini gave interviews, he was all praises for Huang Kaiwen.”

”Alright, the match has started with Yaroslav Jala from Poland blowing the whistle. AC Milan, hosting the match, kicks off first. Seeing Stam take the kickoff feels a bit unusual.”

Huang Kaiwen received the ball and immediately passed it back.

Vogel received the ball and passed it horizontally.

Because Inzaghi had spread his flu to half the team, Vogel and Jankulovski got the opportunity to start.

Though both were decent in ability, AC Milan’s other substitutes were also quite strong, placing the newcomers further behind in the pecking order.

Without the flu, it wouldn’t be easy for them to start in a UEFA Champions League match.

Pirlo passed it to the left flank, Jankulovski mishandled the ball.

By the time he got to the sideline to retrieve it,

Georgi Kinkladze had already closed in and was pushing up right behind him, Jankulovski couldn’t turn around.

Serginho moved up to support.

Jankulovski attempted a pass, but it was blocked by the opponent’s leg.

In a moment of desperation, Jankulovski poked at the back of the ball.

Smack—

The ball hit the opponent and bounced off Jankulovski’s boot before going out of bounds.

”Jankulovski didn’t manage to keep the ball in play.”

”Jankulovski mainly plays as a full-back, tasked more with defense and long pass assists when playing as a winger, he doesn’t have the delicate skills like Huang Kaiwen.”

”Fullback Dobel quickly throws the ball back into play.”

”Jankulovski has lost control of the ball and is a bit frantic, he’s tripped Kossos from behind and has been warned by the referee.”

Ancelotti shook his head slightly.

His mismatched eyes became even more apparent in his hurry.

The mismatched eyes of Fat Ancelotti were due to a car accident when he was young, which caused his left eyebrow to never lower.

Though it looked amusing, it was actually quite dangerous.

Because of that eyebrow, Ancelotti faced quite a bit of ridicule during his playing days.

In the end, having a successful career fully demonstrated Ancelotti’s resilience.

But now, Ancelotti couldn’t muster that resilience.

It wasn’t because he was worried about Jankulovski.

Today, as Kevin was showing off the Ballon d’Or, he realized he hadn’t given Kevin anything.

What if Kevin got hurt because of that?

”It’s all my fault, I forgot, what should I do now?”

Ancelotti muttered to himself as he paced along the sideline.

Assistant coach Tassotti stared intently at his stopwatch.

In Vienna, a quick play in the front court kept combining, and Hofmann collided with Pirlo in their own front court.

The referee blew the whistle for a foul again.

Huang Kaiwen was somewhat displeased.

Every referee seems to favor the home team.

AC Milan never got treated unfairly in Serie A, so why always run into this sort of thing in a European match?

If the referee doesn’t whistle properly,

He might complain about UEFA discriminating during the post-match interview.

The UEFA Champions League anthem was sung in German, French, and English.

Not a single word in Italian.

Let alone the more widely spoken Spanish or Portuguese.

Even if it wasn’t linguistic discrimination, it was political football.

Why not have some fairy language, cough, Italian?

Wasn’t the song written by UEFA?

It doesn’t matter; it’s their choice to use it.

Platini likes to please the smaller European countries.

Then they might as well create a European language potpourri version of the Champions League anthem.

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After Vienna quickly resumed play, Ivancic took the ball on the right wing.

Serginho charged up quickly.

This caused Ivancic to make a mistake with his pass, and Pirlo grabbed the ball before Hofmann.

Seeing Huang Kaiwen in the backfield, Pirlo quickly made a through pass.

”AC Milan’s counterattack!”

”Vienna’s backfield is wide open!”

Huang Kaiwen received the ball and sprinted toward Vienna’s half.

Stefan Hofmann was chasing behind him.

They had just crossed midfield,

when Hofmann fell more than a meter behind.

Lingard himself wasn’t slow, even with the ball his speed was commendable,

plus he had the [”Long Run”] boost.

Huang Kaiwen felt very comfortable dribbling through the middle.

Due to the continuous front court kickoff.

In Vienna’s fast half, there was only Herlinka left in midfield.

Herlinka didn’t dare to stretch out his foot recklessly.

He could only run side by side, keeping an eye on Huang Kaiwen.

But as a center-back moonlighting as a defensive midfielder, Herlinka, standing over 1.9 meters and weighing over 180 kg,

simply couldn’t match Huang Kaiwen speedwise.

Huang Kaiwen dribbled faster and faster.

And in no time, Herlinka couldn’t keep up.

Suddenly, Vienna’s entire defensive line was desperately rushing back to the box.

The situation now was extremely dangerous.

Up the middle alone were Stam, Kaka, and Huang Kaiwen.

Milan’s two full-backs, turning themselves into wingers, also charged forward.

Even for a top team, four defenders against five was quite risky,

let alone against a team as fast as Vienna.

Noticing the opposition’s focus was centered,

Huang Kaiwen made a pass to the side while running.

Serginho, unmarked, received the ball and accelerated towards the baseline.

With Kaka and Stam rushing into the box taking the entire defensive line with them,

Serginho, instead of passing to the nearest Kaka,

turned around and made a back pass to the top of the large penalty area where Huang Kaiwen was positioned.

Huang Kaiwen didn’t stop the ball, but met it with a shot.

Martin Hiden jumped up to block.

His whole body soared through the air, trying to block Huang Kaiwen’s shot.

But as Huang Kaiwen’s left foot struck underneath the ball,

crack—

The ball unexpectedly flew towards the right side of the small box.

”Stam!”

”Beautiful, it’s a goal!!!”

”5 minutes and 18 seconds into the game, Huang Kaiwen assists Stam with a header to break through.”

”Serginho’s back pass, Huang Kaiwen approached as if he was about to shoot, all of Vienna’s players were deceived, gathering on the left side of the box to block the shot, only to find it was a clever chip.”

”Huang Kaiwen really plays with spirit; you say he’s prone to injuries, sometimes unstable, that’s true, but whether he’s in form or not, he plays smart, always making clever choices, so you just can’t guard against a player like that.”

”Haha, Stam, starting as forward, really scored the first goal of the match. Look at that replay, wow, he really went in like a tiger pouncing down the mountain, if it were the goalkeeper facing him, he probably wouldn’t dare to dive, that would definitely hurt if Stam collided into him.”