Chapter 1261: Chapter 1261
Chapter 1261: Chapter 379: The Duke’s Ambition
Iniesta immediately sent a pass to the left flank, and Pedro, without stopping the ball, directly crossed into the penalty area, but the shot was too high and flew over the crossbar.
“Haha, Barca’s attack is so precise. Look at Chelsea’s full defense; Barca can still break through in front of Chelsea’s penalty area, attracting their defense and then creating opportunities.”
“Zhang is right. Barca’s front players are agile and nimble. When they can’t find a chance, they immediately pass to Messi. When Messi isn’t in the middle, they pass to Iniesta and let them break through. Xavi and Busquets are responsible for supplying them with passes; that’s how Barca operates.”
Messi walked back with his head down.
In his current career, Chelsea is one of the opponents he finds more challenging.
Back in the 2005-06 season, when the big brother Ronaldo was still in Barca, facing Chelsea, he was targeted and had little room to perform.
Cech launched a long kick directly, Ballack pointed ahead, signaling Huang Kaiwen to move forward for the aerial duel.
Busquets noticed and rushed to the drop zone, leaving Huang Kaiwen to Xavi and Puyol.
Ballack and Busquets jumped almost simultaneously, but their strength levels are not on the same scale.
In terms of physical confrontation, Ballack had the absolute advantage, while Busquets was taller. Both touched the ball.
Seeing the ball flying in the wrong direction, Ballack exerted his strength in mid-air and fell down.
He fell faster than Busquets.
He clutched his ribs and moaned lightly, curling almost into a ball after falling and lying on the ground.
Chelsea’s team doctor rushed to the sidelines.
Busquets sat on the ground, grimacing and rubbing his shoulder.
The players from both sides had no choice but to wait for the outcome.
Busacca glanced, pointed at Busquets, and said, “Be careful, you might get sent off directly if you foul again.” Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn NoveI~Fire.net
During the halftime break, Busacca already knew he had been tricked by Busquets.
Naturally, he had a bad impression of this guy.
Being easily fooled by Barca players would make him appear foolish.
Busquets wanted to speak, but his shoulder and ribs were aching, and his facial expression twitched along with the pain.
Busacca immediately showed a disdainful expression.
This guy has acting skills ingrained in his bones.
“Ballack is receiving treatment at the sideline, he’ll be up soon, is this intentional?”
“Haha, hard to say, hard to say. But if he doesn’t return to the field quickly, Chelsea will be a man down temporarily, so it’s really hard to say.”
[Andy Carroll] speaks.
“There’s nothing hard to say, Zhang has almost said it all.”
“It’s quite fitting with my impression of Huang Kaiwen forcing his teammates.”
“Even if it’s intentional, you can’t blame Chelsea. Previously, AC Milan delayed time as well, and you didn’t criticize them. Does being handsome make it right?”
“Actually, it’s not surprising if Chelsea decides to act today. Busquets got Joe Cole off, why shouldn’t Chelsea learn a bit? But this time, I feel Busquets is genuinely in pain.”
“Nonsense, try facing Ballack’s physique; he’s built like a bull.”
“In fact, I feel Barca is quite strong. Every time I watch their La Liga matches, I start feeling sleepy, and somehow they score while I’m dozing off.”
“That’s Barca’s style; their matches aren’t as visually pleasing as Arsenal’s.”
“It seems like Messi could play well at Arsenal too.”
“Hahaha, Wenger said once that he almost signed Messi. Before that, he almost signed Ronaldo, almost got Huang Kaiwen, Ibrahimovic. The professor nearly signed the best attacking line in the world.”
Barca’s attack surged once more.
However, with Chelsea’s full team in front of the penalty area, they couldn’t find a very good solution, and Toure’s long-range shot went high.
Mourinho had the substitutes warm up on the sidelines again.
Guardiola was truly anxious.
He directly had Bojan and Gudjohnsen warm up on the sidelines, ready to further bolster the attack.
Cech launched another long kick sending the ball forward, Huntelaar headed it to the flank.
Huang Kaiwen took the ball and quickly rushed to the left flank of the front field.
Toure, facing Huang Kaiwen, didn’t dare to be careless and bent down cautiously in defense.
Huang Kaiwen boldly started showing off, moving the ball from left foot to right, then from right to left, executing sharp stops and tricks right in front of Toure.
The stands erupted with thunderous cheers.
Puyol chased back, and Huang Kaiwen quickly pushed the ball towards the goal line.
He took the ball to the corner flag area, dragging out time, only to be pushed out of the goal line by Puyol from behind.
“The referee didn’t blow the whistle on this one.”
“The physical confrontation wasn’t strong this time; Huang Kaiwen carried the ball out of the goal line, not much problem with the goal kick.”
“Chelsea’s intentions are quite clear now; they just want to hold onto the score… Chelsea made another substitution, Belletti came on for Huntelaar!!!”
Ramos was once again pushed back to the defensive midfield position.
Chelsea’s forward line only left Huang Kaiwen by himself!
Guardiola, without much hesitation, pushed Bojan and Gudjohnsen to the sideline.
Xavi and Eto’o were substituted off the field.
As Xavi came off, he reluctantly smiled at Guardiola.
Eto’o straightforwardly ignored Guardiola’s outstretched hand and walked directly towards the bench.
Their conflict wasn’t just a matter of a day or two.
This time, it was fully exposed to the world.
After Barca restarted play, Huang Kaiwen was relentless in pressing up front.
Gudjohnsen received the ball and immediately sent it forward, and Huang Kaiwen turned and chased after it again.