Chapter 192: Chapter 192
192: 0129 The True and False Monkey King (Subscribe Please) 192: 0129 The True and False Monkey King (Subscribe Please) “Seedorf passes back from the right flank.”
“Pirlo quickly orchestrates a forward play, Rui Costa receives the ball, and Huang Kaiwen comes up to take the pass and break away.”
“Cassetti charges at Huang Kaiwen.
This fullback is the first player from Lecce to be selected for the Italy national team and possesses some skill.”
“Huang Kaiwen accelerates and breaks through from the front, swinging in a cross.”
“Inzaghi, oh Inzaghi is a step too slow, and the ball is headed out of play by Lecce’s captain, Lorenzo Stovini.”
“AC Milan’s corner kick.
When they can’t find an opportunity in open play, set pieces also offer a good chance.”
Huang Kaiwen, nearby, places the ball at the corner flag area.
The atmosphere inside the box changes instantly.
Especially when they see Pirlo heading to the corner flag area.”
The Lecce players grow even more tense.”
AC Milan’s corner kick strategies are notoriously tricky.”
They definitely don’t want to be fooled.”
Huang Kaiwen sees no clear opportunity.”
He decides to play a short corner kick directly.”
Pirlo takes the ball, turns, and with a flick of his right foot, he sends it hovering towards the goalmouth.”
The tall and strong Lecce defender Diamoutene shows explosive power, being the first to get to the ball in the middle and heads it away.
Despite this excellent chance for a counter-attack.
Only Konan and Vucinic rush forward.
Clearly set on playing for a draw.
A win would be a pleasant surprise.”
Dealing with such a resolute defensive team is truly troublesome.”
Tao, the jersey seller, once said in a game voiceover: Breaking through tight defenses is a global challenge.”
In terms of coordination,
Huang Kaiwen, Rui Costa, and Seedorf, seldom playing together, also lack a bit of understanding.
Top players can certainly play well together.”
But recreating the almost telepathic movement when Kaka is on the field is hard.”
Lecce’s counter-attack is thwarted by Nesta.”
The two attacking players retreat to their half again.”
Boos begin to emerge from the San Siro Stadium.
They cannot stand such a shameless opponent.
Because the other team doesn’t press.
Pirlo brings the ball over half-field himself, is forced to make a side pass under pressure.”
Once Huang Kaiwen takes the ball,
Valdes immediately marks him up close.
Christian Ledesma and Zanardi also run towards Huang Kaiwen.
Huang Kaiwen passes diagonally to the center of the field.”
He continues to run forward, taking Valdes with him.”
Rui Costa glances over and decides to pass to the right flank.”
Seedorf faces a clearly weaker defense.”
After receiving the ball, he directly confronts the Lecce backline.
Erminio Rullo is a short fullback.
His agility is quite remarkable.”
Seedorf on the right wing shakes continuously but can’t break free, and he passes back to Pirlo.
Pirlo doesn’t stop the ball, instead curling his right foot beneath it.”
Smack—The ball isn’t fast, but it heads directly toward the space behind the Lecce defensive line.”
Shevchenko quickly starts up and gets the ball.
At the top corner of the small box, he adjusts his right foot and fires a shot, successfully sending the ball into the net.
Shevchenko excitedly runs towards Pirlo.
Thunderous cheers rise from the San Siro.”
“Ah, AC Milan has finally scored.”
“Shevchenko successfully beats the offside trap and nets a goal.”
“Lecce has been caught off-guard, focusing their defensive efforts on Huang Kaiwen, and in turn loosening their right flank defense.”
“Yes, at the moment Pirlo passed the ball, there were three defenders, Ledesma, Zanardi, and Cassetti, near Huang Kaiwen, and then Huang Kaiwen chose to dart into the box, drawing Stovini’s attention.
With four players on one man without the ball, could AC Milan not find opportunities?”
“They had no choice, if you leave Huang Kaiwen, he powerfully breaks with the ball.
Both Inter Milan and Juventus have proven that even two top Serie A players may not be enough to stop Huang Kaiwen, restricting him requires multiple defenders to collaborate and give him no chance.”
“Now Lecce has no chance either.”
“Indeed, Lecce is ranked 19th.
They were almost able to secure a point, but now with stoppage time included, there are roughly 8 minutes left.
Let’s see what they decide to do.”
Lecce chooses to attack.
Vucinic makes a sideways pass, Valdes passes back.”
All three prongs of the 433 formation push past midfield.”
Zanardi carries the ball up the right side, but even seeing Huang Kaiwen, he doesn’t attempt to go past him and chooses to knock the ball back to Christian Ledesma instead.”
Ledesma, the Argentinian midfielder, has a fine touch with the ball.
He sends a pass to the left flank, and Konan again takes the ball and dashes forward.”
After getting used to it in the first half,
Stam has figured out this guy’s pattern.
Typical dribbling to nowhere.
Just lock down the middle, don’t let him into the box, and he’s out of options.”
Konan keeps dribbling but can’t find an opportunity to penetrate the area, forcefully sending a cross which is intercepted by a lifting Stam foot.
Stam swiftly moves the ball to the left wing.
Serginho doesn’t hold onto it.
He sends a lofted pass toward Huang Kaiwen.
Kaka has great ball sense as well, and while on the move, Huang Kaiwen lifts his foot to control the ball.
He continues to accelerate forward.
You could say Huang Kaiwen is now stronger than Kaka.
At his peak, using the “Kaka” experience card, plus skill boosts.
This time, he surges forward.
Huang Kaiwen speeds up and changes direction, effortlessly breaking past Zanardi.
Seeing Huang Kaiwen running toward the middle.
Rui Costa hurried forward.
Christian Ledesma stretched out his leg to challenge.
Huang Kaiwen suddenly put power into his calf, tipped the ball with his toes, and it went through Ledesma’s legs.
He accelerated past the opponent from the side.
Rui Costa received the ball on the left side of the penalty area and passed it back to Huang Kaiwen.
Huang Kaiwen met the ball and without adjusting, he passed it straight through.
The ball zipped past Stovini’s right side into the penalty area.
Inzaghi, who had been waiting for the opportunity, sprinted and got a clear shot on goal, with the Lecce defense raising their hands in vain as the referee’s whistle didn’t blow.
Inzaghi, on the left side of the six-yard box, faked a shot causing Lecce’s goalkeeper Cicinho to dive to the left.
Inzaghi easily shot toward the far corner.
Inzaghi, who scored, turned and ran out of the penalty area, jumped onto Huang Kaiwen’s back, and yelled, “See that?
Wasn’t that a beautiful goal!”
Indeed, Inzaghi had fooled the opposing goalkeeper.
Thinking he would shoot, that’s why Cicinho dived to save it.
Feigning a shot is basic for a striker.
“You must be jealous of me!” Inzaghi roared into Huang Kaiwen’s ear in annoyance.
Huang Kaiwen shrugged his shoulders and shook Inzaghi off his back.
Turning his head and pointing at Inzaghi, he said, “I should have taken a long shot just now, don’t expect me to pass to you next time.”
“No, don’t say that, I was just kidding,” Inzaghi hastily hugged Huang Kaiwen and flattered him, “We’re brothers after all, and even the protagonist of your book is named Filippo.”
Walking towards the stands, Huang Kaiwen only then remembered this matter.
He turned to Inzaghi and said, “My book is about to be published, and if you don’t sponsor it, I’ll change the protagonist’s name to Andre!”
“You can’t do that!” wailed Inzaghi.
Walking towards the center circle, Huang Kaiwen shrugged and said, “It depends on your performance.
The book might even be made into a TV series in the future, and maybe after you retire, you could play Filippo yourself.
He’s a great character!”
Inzaghi’s eyes lit up.
“Idiot, the game’s restarted!”
Inzaghi dashed up to press the opponent and shouted back, “Tell me about the book after the match is over.”
Huang Kaiwen walked to the left flank, unable to hold back his laughter.
Inzaghi, that guy, would be under his control, Huang somebody, even after he retires.
Maybe there would be one less coach Inzaghi and one more actor Inzaghi.
It must be said, Inzaghi is quite handsome.
He also possesses that carefree demeanor.
To play a playboy, he wouldn’t even need to act; he could just be himself.
Hearing he might get to act in a TV series, he managed to steal the ball successfully.
He kept it from the right flank along the centerline, all the way to the left and delivered it to Huang Kaiwen’s feet.
Ancelotti watched, covering his face with his hand.
He was starting to regret letting Inzaghi play.
What a foolish player, carrying the ball from the right to the left before passing it to a teammate.
Inzaghi wasn’t bad at playing, but did he only have intelligence inside the penalty area?
Luckily, Huang Kaiwen didn’t disappoint him.
Huang Kaiwen quickly passed the ball back on the left flank and left the area.
Pirlo directly passed to Seedorf.
Seedorf immediately passed the ball to Huang Kaiwen.
Huang Kaiwen carried the ball at high speed in the middle.
The ball seemed to stick to his feet; each time he knocked the ball with his foot, it traveled almost the same distance.
It was like that, repeatedly.
As if it were a replay of the same clip.
Many Milan fans recognized this way of carrying the ball.
“Kevin is imitating Kaka’s dribbling!!!” exclaimed Crudeli.
“I don’t even know how to describe Kevin anymore; his talent allows him to play as he pleases.
Every player has their style of dribbling, but Kevin can easily imitate Kaka’s dribbling style,” he said.
“Zanardi with a flying tackle, beautiful!!!”
“Kevin knocks the ball, splitting with the ball and forces his way through.”
“Ledesma wants to foul to stop Kevin, but he doesn’t even touch Kevin’s jersey.”
“Inzaghi rushes into the penalty area asking for the ball.”
He shoots!” “Kevin!!!”
“Kevin has surprised us again.
Lecce’s defenders had no intention of guarding against a long shot, they thought Kevin wouldn’t shoot from far, but to Kevin there’s no question of ability, only will.”
“Kevin can even lob from behind the midfield line, how could they be so foolish as to think he wouldn’t shoot from the top of the arc?”
“Lecce’s players paid the price for their stupidity.” “Of course, even if they were a little smarter, they couldn’t have stopped Kevin.”
The extra injury time was almost over.
Ancelotti used the last substitution slot, clearly stalling for time.
Shortly after the restart, the main referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
As they walked to the changing room.
Completely soaked in sweat, Inzaghi clung to Huang Kaiwen.
“Alright, alright, Filippo, I won’t change the name, okay?” Huang Kaiwen begged.
“Then will you let me act in the TV series?”
“Whether it gets adapted or when, it’s all uncertain, and even if the book doesn’t sell well, adapting it might not mean people will watch the show,” said Huang Kaiwen.
“I have faith in you, you little rascal, you always succeed!”
Huang Kaiwen felt a bit touched.
But he quickly turned away.
Inzaghi had stripped down, not wearing a thing.
Having a naked guy giving you a thumbs-up is not exactly a pleasant experience.
Huang Kaiwen felt like he was going to get an eye infection.