Chapter 428: Chapter 428

Escude had already closed in on Huang Kaiwen, and many Real Madrid fans thought the opportunity was lost.

Huang Kaiwen stepped forward with his left foot and followed with his right, rubbing the bottom of the ball, leaving Escude with no time to react.

Escude, who thought he had successfully defended, didn’t even have time to stretch his foot before he could only turn his head to watch the ball fly towards the penalty area.

Sevilla’s goalkeeper, Andres Palop, was positioned too far forward.

Huang Kaiwen’s sudden shot was so unexpected that Palop couldn’t even start to run back; he could only leap from where he was, stretching his arms fully. Palop, too, looked up and saw the ball above his hands, but his fingertips felt no contact.

Palop turned around just in time to see the ball drop in a parabola, crashing viciously behind the goal line and bouncing into the net.

Less than an hour after the Ballon d’Or trophy presentation, that name once again echoed through the Bernabéu Stadium.

"I’ve said it before, I’ve said it!"

Crudeli exclaimed excitedly, "As soon as I saw the vast space behind Sevilla’s defense, I knew they were going to concede. Kevin wouldn’t miss such a good opportunity, but I didn’t predict the way Kevin would score."

"This chip shot was a stroke of genius, the ball only bouncing behind the goal line, its distance and power control were perfect; it flew over the opposing goalkeeper’s head without going over the crossbar - that is the quality of Kevin’s right foot. Even without using his favored foot, Kevin’s shooting technique is still at the top level in the world!"

"A 25-meter chip shot, Kevin made it look effortless, and after scoring, he showed no sign of excitement. Such goals are simply not worth celebrating for him."

"Now, what I hope most is that Barcelona can be as tough as they claim to be from Cruyff’s own mouth."

"Barcelona is already one of the strongest teams in La Liga. If they can’t give Kevin a little trouble, I can’t imagine how long Kevin will keep playing. What I fear most is that Kevin might retire in search of other challenges, which would be the greatest loss for the world of football."

"Now we need someone to stand up and give Kevin and the team he plays for some trouble, even if they can’t win the match."

"In the future, La Liga teams, when facing Real Madrid, can simply field a B-team and focus their energy on the Copa del Rey or European competitions. Anyway, they can’t win against a Real Madrid with Kevin, so they might as well let the main players rest and prepare for other matches."

Guti rushed up to hug Huang Kaiwen, saying excitedly, "I thought you were going to play it again, waiting for your pass. I didn’t expect you to chip it directly, what a cool goal!"

"If you had passed to me, you wouldn’t have needed such a difficult way to shoot; I could easily take the ball in the box and push it in," said Huang Kaiwen, placing an arm around Guti’s shoulders.

He just saw that the opposing goalkeeper was off his line, so he wanted to try a chip.

And to his surprise, it actually went in.

Guti’s face was full of smiles.

Having his passing skills affirmed by a teammate who had won the Ballon d’Or two years in a row was indeed a joyful thing.

"You can’t be blamed for this one."

Escude turned around and said.

Goalkeeper Andres Palop looked baffled.

He wasn’t sure whether to blame himself or not.

The key was that he hadn’t expected Huang Kaiwen to chip it from that far out either.

The Sevilla keeper finally understood that it wasn’t that the other goalkeepers were too weak, but Real Madrid’s recent Ballon d’Or winner was just outrageously good.

That chip shot was clean and decisive, giving him no chance to perform.

After the game restarted, Sevilla still passed the ball to the right wing.

Very few teams could truly fly on both wings; Adriano couldn’t hold up Seville’s left-wing attack by himself.

Navas took the ball, accelerated, and made a forceful breakthrough past Raul, with Raul right behind starting to chase back.

Emerson and Carlos rushed to press Navas together.

Navarro didn’t force his way through; instead, he turned and passed back, while Alves received the ball and charged diagonally from the right wing into the center.

From the moment Alves got the ball, you could see the entire Sevilla front line in motion; they weren’t the type of team to just stand and wait for the ball.

Guti charged up to press, and Alves quickly flicked the ball with his left foot, rushing back towards the right.

When Emerson reached out his foot, Alves back-heeled the ball to Navas, who without stopping, sent a diagonal pass and Alves successfully received the ball at the edge of the large box.

"Nice one-two pass, Alves is in the box, Cannavaro is really under pressure today with Navas and Alves bombarding him. Carlos went up and can’t get back, it’s tough on Cannavaro."

"After Carlos got older, his defensive shortcomings became more obvious...beautiful, Cannavaro cleared the ball over the baseline."

"After Alves took a run-up, he sent the ball to the near post, Kanoute!!! Goal, Real Madrid kept giving Sevilla corner opportunities, Kanoute seized this one, jumping ahead of Ramos and knocking the ball in."

"Sevilla has equalized the score, Casillas seems to be complaining to the referee about Kanoute’s goal, hehe, the referee didn’t blow his whistle, pointed to the center circle, the goal stands."

"There are still some problems in Real Madrid’s defense; their strategy now is, ’you may score, but we will score one more.’ If one day the attacking players are off-form, this tactic will fail."

"Right, Real Madrid’s defense hasn’t been performing well this season; they’ve rarely kept a clean sheet, which isn’t the standard for a top club’s backline."