After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 1683 - 460: Regretful Lampard

Buffon did a handstand in the penalty area excitedly, just like Schmeichel did in the UEFA Champions League final in those days.

The pressure from Real Madrid during this period was too great, putting him to the test frequently.

Now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did it go in?"

Guardiola asked softly.

Clemente nodded and said, "Yes, it was a goal, Pep."

"That’s great."

Guardiola said with a smile.

Yet his smile was not that sincere.

Guardiola understands that football is round and anything can happen.

But he always hopes that he can eliminate all unexpectedness with his tactical arrangements, whether it’s the opponent or his own side.

Just as he felt there was an issue with his tactics, the team immediately scored a goal.

Guardiola even doubted his tactical level for a moment.

Now he finally understood one thing, that there is always an unknown X factor in his various formulas, and that is the number ten wearing the captain’s armband!

Guardiola was contemplating.

Should he be developing a "ten plus one" tactic to not restrain Huang Kaiwen within his tactics.

Faria was bouncing up and down on the sidelines.

After leaving Mourinho, he finally understood that he is not a tactical genius.

Watching Huang Kaiwen on the field, shouting to remind his teammates not to lose the ball, Faria finally confirmed one thing.

At Chelsea, everyone could stand in the technical area, not because everyone had sufficient coaching ability, but because of the confidence instilled by Chelsea’s number ten.

Faria even suspected, even if you had a dog coaching AC Milan, it wouldn’t be a problem.

Thinking of it this way, he felt much more relaxed.

At least when he was the interim coach, Chelsea would not be trailing Real Madrid by 2 goals.

Everyone has Kevin.

AC Milan’s lineup was better than Chelsea’s.

Yet, with Guardiola coaching AC Milan, the situation wasn’t as good as when he was coaching Chelsea.

Doesn’t this suggest that that so-called new age offensive coach is nowhere near as good as him, Rui Faria?

The confidence lost just now instantly returned.

Faria felt he could certainly become a head coach in the future, and with a promising future at that.

Turns out, they all came out of Barcelona, and he, the senior, was indeed better than Guardiola.

When he was coaching, Guardiola hadn’t even retired!

Faria was standing on the sidelines shouting frantically, drawing glances from both teams’ players.

Neither side managed to score any more goals in the final stages of the first half.

This made Faria feel very satisfied.

After the main referee blew the whistle for halftime, Faria immediately turned to look for the administrator.

Guardiola stood on the sideline with his gear, waiting for Huang Kaiwen and his teammates to exit the field.

Suddenly someone squeezed in front of him, handing Huang Kaiwen a towel and water bottle.

Faria realized his mistake before even opening his mouth.

Huang Kaiwen also froze for a moment and quickly said, "Is this for Cristiano, coach? Long time no see."

"Yes, yes, I’m just here to say hello."

Faria nodded vigorously, then turned to walk towards Ronaldo.

"You really shouldn’t have let him off the hook."

Guardiola said, handing over the towel and water bottle.

He was looking forward to watching Faria’s awkward moment.

"He used to be my coach, and we had no personal conflicts."

Huang Kaiwen said with a smile after rinsing his mouth.

"My bad."

Guardiola said apologetically.

He quickly realized the key point.

Sooner or later, he’ll become Huang Kaiwen’s former coach too, encouraging Huang Kaiwen to watch Faria’s embarrassment is the same as encouraging him to watch his own embarrassment.

Guardiola couldn’t guarantee he’d never have embarrassing moments in the future.

Huang Kaiwen smiled and shook his head, walking into the player tunnel.

"We didn’t play well today."

Guardiola said directly once inside the locker room: "I made a mistake with the starting lineup arrangement, leading to inadequate defensive capability, forcing Kevin to keep retreating."

He pulled over the whiteboard, wrote down the names of both teams, using arrows to indicate the players’ responsibilities and said, "In the second half, Gattuso will continue defending Ronaldo, Rakitic will replace Pirlo, Ibrahimović for Ambrosini, we need to strengthen our defense, any questions... good, seems like there are no objections."

Ibrahimović just snorted discontentedly, but said nothing.

After all, he had seen all that happened in the first half.

"So, take a good rest now, believe there will be new progress in the second half."

Guardiola tossed away the pen and left the locker room.

At this time, one needs to give the players some space, as someone from a playing background himself, he understood this well.

"The coach actually didn’t switch me out, I’m the top scorer in the Champions League!"

Inzaghi said, pouting.

He still aimed to become the top scorer in the Champions League this season.

"Filippo, next time I won’t let you write an IOU."

Huang Kaiwen said with a smile.

That rascal, still daring to indulge in high spending while owing Huang money.

The Yellow Ball King should start collecting debts right away.

The money for his 356AS vintage car could buy ten or eight new entry-level sports cars.

The Yellow Ball King only has a car worth a few tens of thousands of Euros!

"Kevin, we’re good brothers!"

Inzaghi shouted.

"Even so, it’s not okay."

Huang Kaiwen said.

If this keeps up, won’t the Yellow Ball King be working for free?

Inzaghi pouted and sat down.

He was well aware that without teammates providing him support, it would be difficult to reproduce those miraculous feats.

Seeing the somewhat oppressive atmosphere in the locker room, Huang Kaiwen stood up and walked to the center, saying: "The coach has already admitted his mistake, we should also reflect on our own. We have not restricted Real Madrid’s forwards sufficiently, allowing them to score two goals. This match is not just a group stage, but also of UEFA Champions League final caliber, and more crucially, the whole world is watching the performance of the two teams, so let’s show some fighting spirit, when we get back on the field, defeat Real Madrid, Forza Milan!"