Chapter 1262: Chapter 1262

Chapter 1262: Chapter 379: The Duke’s Ambition

Iniesta was surrounded on all three sides, and he realized there was no chance to pass to Messi, so he quickly passed the ball back again.

Piqué once more kicked it long from the backfield.

The ball had considerable force, landing directly at the top of the Big Penalty Area arc. Bojan, who had just subbed in, leaped to graze the ball and rushed to the right to stop it at the goal line.

As Bojan sprinted over, he bent down to pick up the ball and pressed it under him.

Such an obvious action did not escape the referee’s eyes, and Busacca stepped up to show the yellow card.

Immediately, Chelsea made another substitution.

Alex replaced Carvalho.

Upon seeing the substitution numbers, Carvalho, who had been fiercely backtracking just moments ago, seemed as if his spine had been broken, and he walked shakily to the edge of the field, unable to move. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel·fire.net

Busacca took a hard stance by showing a yellow card, not affecting his determination to delay the time.

Pedro reached out as soon as he came up, trying to pull Carvalho off the field.

Ballack went up and directly pushed Pedro away.

The teams were on the brink of another eruption.

Guardiola ran to the sideline, yelling to the referee: “Tell them to hurry up and come off the field. This time-wasting won’t do. We still have a chance to equalize, Mr. Referee, you must punish them severely to solve this… ”

José Mourinho, standing on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, showed a disdainful smile.

He thought his former friend had some ability, but unexpectedly in critical moments, he relied on the referee.

Turns out being good at playing does not equate to being great at coaching.

Guardiola still has a long way to go to catch up with José Mourinho.

Carvalho, under the referee’s warning, reluctantly exited the field, but a few minutes later, Chelsea used up their last substitution slot to delay time.

Originally, Mourinho wanted to substitute Huang Kaiwen off to let him rest a bit.

But thinking that today’s match wasn’t guaranteed, he subconsciously didn’t want to substitute Huang Kaiwen.

Kalou replaced Ballack, aiming to put some pressure on Barca.

Barca continued their frenzy of attacks seeking opportunities.

Time had already reached 80 minutes, and they truly didn’t have many chances left.

Gudjohnsen took possession again in the backfield.

With Ballack off and Huang Kaiwen severely fatigued, Chelsea’s first line of defense weakened notably.

Kalou charged up to press but was feigned out by Gudjohnsen with a mock breakthrough, succeeding in shedding him with a sudden stop.

Gudjohnsen maneuvered the ball down the center, with Mikel rushing directly at him.

Ramos, shifted to a midfield position, kept a close eye on Messi’s position, stepping up to defend as soon as he noticed Messi running centrally for support.

Gudjohnsen took a step to the right, then made a straight pass to Pedro.

Pedro received the ball and quickly made a horizontal pass. Messi dashed past Ramos to receive the ball, rapidly forwarding it to Bojan positioned upfront. Bojan flicked it with his heel, directing the ball into the penalty area. Messi charged in and stabbed a shot, but Cech, reacting swiftly, blocked it by diving to the ground.

The ball bounced towards the right side, and Iniesta came up with a long shot, but Belletti nearby stretched his leg and deflected it out.

Terry swiftly stepped up to clear the ball to midfield, sending it over the sideline.

The anxious Messi kept his head down, walking back without blaming his teammates.

That’s just his personality.

Silvinho stepped up to throw in the ball, but Huang Kaiwen suddenly emerged to intercept it.

Messi charged towards Huang Kaiwen, and Iniesta also pursued back from the front, but Huang Kaiwen had no intention to dribble forward.

Having run too much during defensive play today.

His physical stamina was severely drained now, and he was a bit out of steam.

Ramos and Kalou surged forward together.

Huang Kaiwen dribbled back with small steps, with Messi closely trailing behind him.

Once Iniesta comes over, there would be a chance to steal.

But Huang Kaiwen wasn’t stupid, taking just two steps, he swiftly pivoted with a Cruyff turn.

Before Messi could react, Huang Kaiwen launched a big kick to send the ball forward.

“Ramos with a long pass finding Huang Kaiwen, then Huang Kaiwen with a long pass finding Ramos, hehe, their interplay is really impressive… Whoa, did Ramos become possessed by Huang Kaiwen?”

In the right front, Ramos received the ball, facing Barca’s defensive players, he began pedalada after pedalada.

Silvinho rushed to challenge, even getting nutmegged.

Piqué hurried over to cover, Ramos did a sudden stop, then dribbled along the sideline.

Nothing significant, just to waste time.

Silvinho and Piqué both chased him to the corner flag area, seeing Ramos lose control of the ball, booting it against their opponent’s feet, securing a corner kick.

“Referee, sir, hurry up with the corner kick.”

Before the corner was taken, Puyol directly ran to Busacca and said.

Otherwise, the match would end soon.

Busacca nodded, not directly warning the Chelsea players either.

In football, you don’t caution before the offense occurs; it’s not like anticipating hidden camera fantasies.

Ramos stepped up ready to take the corner, then a sudden inspiration came to him.

He set the ball at the corner flag area, gesturing to Mikel.

The two of them ambled along as if on a leisurely stroll, prompting Busacca to gesture them to hurry.

Ramos turned back to the corner flag area and booted the ball out.

Both teams’ players reacted strongly.

Chelsea players made a strong push forward, and Barca players quickly leaped up.

Yet the ball simply rolled alongside the baseline and out.

“Ramos is heavily influenced by Huang Kaiwen; previously Huang Kaiwen successfully executed a surprise kick to aid his teammates in scoring. This time Ramos just booted it out the baseline.”

“Indeed, the pedaladas just now were quite reminiscent of Huang Kaiwen’s on the left earlier. But today Huang Kaiwen’s pedaladas did not maintain a consistent center of gravity.”