Chapter 180: Chapter 180
180: 0126 The Shawshank Redemption (Please Subscribe)_2 180: 0126 The Shawshank Redemption (Please Subscribe)_2 Pirlo was definitely planning a surprise attack.
When he realized the opponent was on guard, he executed a feint to cause a stir.
Turning a real sneak attack into a genuine threat.
It was just teasing you.
As Huang Kaiwen stood at the corner flag area and started to back away,
Inter Milan players were even tenser than before.
One doesn’t need to mention Huang Kaiwen’s performance today.
Not long ago, Huang Kaiwen scored directly from a corner kick against Juventus.
Sannetti specifically positioned himself near the left post to guard against a ground ball.
The other Inter Milan players were also cautious about their positioning, not to block Cesar’s line of sight.
After taking a couple of steps for his run-up,
Huang Kaiwen’s right foot brushed under the ball.
The ball flew toward the middle in an arc, upon closer inspection, with a strong spin.
Materazzi charged into the small box, with one arm on Stam as he jumped.
Both of them grazed the ball.
The ball landed at the edge of the large box.
Serginho lifted his foot to shoot, but it hit Shevchenko and bounced back out again.
Favalli grabbed the ball on the left side, faked out,
shaking off Gattuso who was behind him, and quickly passed it forward.
Veron swung his right foot and struck the back of the ball.
Veron’s long pass was of high quality, accurately finding Adriano.
Pirlo had just turned around when he got knocked aside by the ball-carrying Adriano.
Nesta adjusted his stance, ready for the support defense.
Adriano pushed the ball to his left, then swung his left foot to hit it hard.
The ball flew into the area in a blink of an eye, and Dida, whose view was blocked, was too late to save it.
All he could do was watch helplessly as the ball flew into the right side of the goal.
Adriano had reignited Inter Milan’s hopes for an equalizer once again.
Indeed, Adriano’s performance today was exceptionally good.
Such a talent truly deserved the astronomical price of 54 million euros.
Watching the sprinting Adriano with a bandage on his wrist, the Nerazzurri faithful seemed to see a bright future.
Who would have thought that such a talented genius would fall from grace in just a few years?
“Mancini is making a substitution, Julio Cruz is coming on for Martins, Inter Milan has quite a number of Argentinian players.”
“Yes, on the field there are Veron, Cambiasso, Sannetti, and Cruz, and there’s Burdizzo on the bench, it’s almost like half of the Argentinian national team.”
“It’s just being Argentinian doesn’t necessarily mean a starter.
Sannetti and Veron aren’t much favored by the coach, Cruz also has to play second to Saviola and Crespo, and if it’s a three-back formation, there’d be no place for Burdizzo, only Cambiasso would be playing as a starter.”
“Well, there’s nothing you can do about it.
Inter’s Argentinians are already strong, in any other country they would be starters, but there’s just too much talent in Argentina.”
Ancelotti is also preparing to make a substitution.
Simic is coming on for Nesta.
From the substitutions each team is making, one can tell the current state of the game.
Inter wants to strengthen the offense, while Milan is reinforcing their defense.
“…Nerazzurri, we’ve weathered the storm with you.
Nerazzurri, you’re my hope.
Fall in love with it, madly in love with it.”
Inter Milan sang their anthem excitedly.
Shevchenko restarted the game and passed the ball back.
Pirlo’s long pass was retained by Cambiasso.
Cambiasso passed to Veron right away.
Veron promptly sent a precise long ball to the right side.
Figo’s control was still easy and carefree.
As if the long pass had no power behind it at all, making it easy to trap with a lift of his foot.
But the 32-year-old Figo could no longer keep up physically.
His movements began to falter in the second half of the high-intensity game.
He made a mistake with his footwork while attempting to dribble past someone and directly handed the ball to Huang Kaiwen.
Huang Kaiwen, on getting the ball, looked back to see Figo holding his waist.
Ronaldo once joked that if he had a wife like Figo’s, he wouldn’t be out in nightclubs either.
Huang Kaiwen shook his head, thinking how difficult it was to both play well and keep the wife happy.
Only by playing a cautious game like him could one protect one’s body.
As Huang Kaiwen crossed the midfield with the ball,
Inter’s formation shifted towards him once more.
Huang Kaiwen quickly played the ball into the box with his left foot.
Materazzi beat Toni to head the ball out.
When Kaladze, having moved up to assist in midfield, received the ball,
all the players had crowded onto the left side.
Many Milan players had pushed up to the front.
Kaladze still passed it to Huang Kaiwen.
Huang Kaiwen, without trapping the ball, relied on his good feel for it and swung his left foot to transition the play to the less crowded right side.
Stam received the pass and sent a direct ball forward, with Pirlo facing off against Favalli outside the large box.
After adjusting himself, Pirlo kicked to cross, but Favalli blocked it with a jumping sideways motion.
The ball deflected back to Stam’s feet once again.
Stam chipped it directly towards the left side of the box.
Toni rushed to meet it with a header, but directed it straight, and the ball ended up comfortably in Cesar’s arms.
Mancini, unable to stand by, walked to the sideline and yelled, “Stop crowding on one side, damn it!”
The Inter players rolled their eyes.
If they didn’t cover the right side, maybe he should come on and defend one-on-one himself.
Earning a few hundred thousand euros in salary and expected to do the work of several hundred million.
Cesar threw out the ball.
Gattuso, not yet far away, immediately pressed Veron.
Veron’s quick pass, Cambiasso’s return pass, bounced off Toni.
Toni, controlling the ball with his back to the goal and finding no way to turn, played a long ball back to the halfway line.
Kaladze passed forward to Pirlo.
Pirlo, from the center circle, delivered a through pass straight to Kaka.
Huang Kaiwen had already moved to the middle.
With Cambiasso following behind him,
Kaka, seeing the situation, passed the ball sideways and made a run to the left flank.
After Huang Kaiwen received the ball, he carried it across to the right side while running laterally.
Stankovic charged towards Huang Kaiwen.