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

Chapter 2073: Chapter 538: Flying Daggers, Yet Again Flying Daggers

Sanchez noticed Zambrotta’s movement.

Not only did he not slow down, he actually sped up. As he neared the drop point, Sanchez suddenly powered up with his left foot and jumped, tapping the side of the ball first with his right foot.

The ball flew off Zambrotta towards the penalty area.

Fabregas started quickly, but someone started even faster than him.

Nesta had already firmly taken position, not allowing Fabregas to pass.

Seeing that the ball was too slow rolling towards the goal line, Nesta directly extended his foot and poked the ball out for a goal kick.

”Hehe, Barcelona is playing long passes and high balls, isn’t it unusual? The main reason is because of Keita’s position. If it were Fabregas and the forward were Pedro, Barça would have more passing options.”

”Yes, today Keita is sticking to Huang Kaiwen, leaving Barça a man short in midfield. Their connections in passing aren’t smooth, making it easy for AC Milan to find their passing routes, forcing them to excessively push forward.”

”In this defensive round, AC Milan’s two defenders acted decisively. When Zambrotta saw he couldn’t get the ball, he went for the tackle. Nesta wasn’t greedy either, seeing the ball go out too slowly, he quickly cleared it.”

”Yes, that’s very important. Just now, Iniesta and Alves both surged up, and if the ball kept rolling slowly, the opponent might have grabbed it.”

”It’s Barça’s corner next, but judging by AC Milan’s situation, I feel corner defense isn’t a problem.”

Even though Barça lacks a height advantage, Milan players are still seriously handling it.

This time with a corner kick opportunity, Barça advanced more players forward.

Messi instinctively moved back, only to be waved back to the front by Huang Kaiwen.

Huang Kaiwen himself stood at the left side of the arc.

Because he saw Alves’ position was somewhat problematic.

Sure enough.

After Xavi’s run-up, he made a short pass, directly giving the ball to Alves.

Alves habitually tapped it with his right foot, only to see Xavi’s terrified look.

He instinctively pulled the ball back, only to be floored by Huang Kaiwen.

”Hey, what do you want?”

Xavi quickly ran up from the corner flag area, shouting.

Before he could reach Huang Kaiwen, Ramos blocked his path.

Players from both sides confronted each other in the backfield.

The referee was very decisive, immediately extending his arms to separate the players, warning, ”That was aiming for the ball. He himself delivered the ball there, so Kevin won’t get carded, but if anyone dares to get physical or say something I don’t want to hear, I’m giving out cards.”

”But ref, he didn’t even try to pull back his foot.”

Xavi shrugged, chasing after the referee.

Ramos glared fiercely at Xavi, deciding to deal with him during the National Team match.

Jonas Eriksson, the main referee, shouted, ”Shut up, I’m the referee here.”

He anticipated conflicts for this match.

Huang Kaiwen fouling Barça, Ramos retaliating with fouls against Barça players, it’s all material for several minutes of highlight clips.

So he had made up his mind before the match.

Today, he’d tackle obvious fouls directly, stating immediately if it wasn’t a foul, not letting Barça players keep arguing.

Eriksson didn’t want to risk his refereeing career over a single match.

Xavi reluctantly walked back.

He hadn’t expected the referee to show no leniency.

Buffon looked at Xavi’s back, disdainfully saying, ”They just love to surround the referee.”

”Forget it, let’s just play.”

Huang Kaiwen said.

Even if the King Messi were a Milan player, he’d feel awkward hearing Buffon say that.

Unless absolutely necessary today, it’s best to avoid conflicts with Barça.

Alves kicked the ball out, Barça continued to pass back and reorganize.

Milan players all returned near the penalty area and wouldn’t launch recklessly.

Xavi gave a pass to Mascherano.

Huang Kaiwen seized the opportunity to press forward directly.

Torres cleverly ran to the left, cutting off Alves’ possible pass immediately.

Mascherano was forced to pass backward.

Piqué hurriedly chased back.

But then Piqué felt someone behind him.

Even though he couldn’t see, with his years of playing, he knew it wasn’t a teammate.

Damn it!

Piqué cursed internally.

Based on his estimate, the person behind was most likely Huang Kaiwen.

He had no confidence in catching up to the ball in this scenario.

The next second.

Piqué saw Huang Kaiwen’s figure.

No need to guess, it was the last person he wanted to see.

He didn’t even need to think hard to know he couldn’t outrun Huang Kaiwen.

Piqué reacted instantly, pressing his whole body against Huang Kaiwen.

With no ball to contest, Piqué and Huang Kaiwen tangled together.

Valdes had a chance to come out, but he didn’t dare rush out directly.

The ball was so far from the goal, if Huang Kaiwen got it first, that would be bad.

In the broadcast shot, Barça’s keeper standing hesitantly on the six-yard line amused many.

Piqué, tussling with Huang Kaiwen, kept cursing internally.

He hadn’t expected Huang Kaiwen to be so strong in confrontations.

Piqué’s center of gravity almost bore down on Huang Kaiwen, but Huang Kaiwen seemed unaffected.

Then Piqué felt he was about to topple over.

Shit!

Piqué suddenly realized Huang Kaiwen had sped up.

Huang Kaiwen hadn’t been sprinting full throttle earlier, just toying with him.

Then with Huang Kaiwen’s outburst of speed, he was losing balance.

Piqué reacted decisively, wrapping his arms around Huang Kaiwen’s waist and executing a side throw.

Whistle——

”This foul is a tactical foul, but it’s definitely going to warrant a card.”