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After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 812 - 0292 Xavi exits the game, King Bojan (please subscribe)_2
If Huang Kaiwen gets injured, today’s match surely won’t end well.
Thinking of the referees who were demoted previously.
Bascara didn’t want to let the match he officiated get out of control.
Xavi nodded, holding back his anger.
The referee blew the whistle to signal the start of the second half.
Raul passed the ball horizontally to Huang Kaiwen, who sent it back with one touch.
De Jong’s role changed a bit compared to the first half.
When he partnered with Guti, he focused on defense, but now partnering with Diarra, he became the playmaker in midfield.
Messi and Xavi pressed up.
De Jong quickly made a back pass.
Ivanovic received the ball and made a direct pass to Diarra.
Diarra received the ball with his back facing the goal, but Xavi quickly closed in and tackled the ball toward Real Madrid’s penalty area.
Messi, positioned ahead, received the ball and had a one-on-one chance, but Pepe quickly closed in on Messi.
The two entered the penalty area, and even inside the box, Pepe opted for a sliding tackle. Unable to switch feet in time, Messi used his left foot for a push shot. Casillas dived and reached out with his hand, but still failed to stop the shot.
The ball drilled into the far corner of the goal.
As the second half began, Messi broke through Real Madrid’s defense.
"Leo!"
"Leo!"
"Leo!"
Camp Nou Stadium finally showed a joyful smile.
The Argentine boy, Lionel, was affectionately called Leo by them.
This goal from the young Messi gave them hope for a comeback.
If Real Madrid could score four goals in the first half, Barca could do the same.
This was a fact, albeit temporarily ignoring the possibility of Real Madrid’s number ten scoring again.
"Messi!!!"
"The young Messi rewrites the score to 1:4. Although the gap is still large, playing like this definitely brings opportunities."
"Hehe, yes, Messi performed exceptionally well today. Several times he broke through on his own, missing just by a bit. In the second half, he finally opened Real Madrid’s goal."
"The main reason, though, was the mistakes of Real Madrid players. When Ivanovic passed the ball, Xavi had already started, he shouldn’t have passed. Diarra’s handling was a bit slow after receiving the ball, maybe because he just came on and wasn’t in the match state yet."
"It seems so. But Capello doesn’t seem to think so. He’s shouting to the players on the sideline, and from his expression, you can see he’s very dissatisfied. Top-level coaches are this strict, even with a large lead, they can’t afford to concede a casual goal."
Diarra turned around and shrugged. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
The pass was awful.
"Sorry, it was unintentional."
Ivanovic gestured and explained.
Learning Spanish as a Serbian still had some barriers, his progress had not been very fast.
"Forget it, it’s nothing."
Pepe patted Ivanovic’s shoulder and comforted him.
He was usually gentle with teammates, though he might accidentally hurt someone in the heat of the moment.
"Be careful, we need to win beautifully!"
Ramos clapped and said, "If we win today, let’s see if they’ll turn on the sprinklers again."
"I bet they will!"
Pepe said.
"They probably won’t."
Casillas hesitated.
Last time Barca used the sprinkler system malfunction as an excuse, but doing it again would be too disgraceful, completely lacking in dignity.
"I don’t think they will either!"
Heinze said with a smile.
"Alright, I bet they will, one meal!"
Ramos said.
"Fine!"
"OK!"
"OK, it’s settled then."
Conceding one goal didn’t significantly demoralize Real Madrid’s defense.
They quickly regained their spirits.
After Real Madrid restarted, Guti took the ball on the left and immediately made a diagonal pass forward.
Huang Kaiwen received the ball in the center and faced Xavi.
Xavi’s eyes turned red.
Because of his foul on Huang Kaiwen, his home got vandalized by fans.
Even though he was the one who committed the foul first, didn’t Huang Kaiwen and those fans bear any fault?
Xavi charged at Huang Kaiwen with full force, lowering his center of gravity before going in with a sliding tackle, his cleats shining under Camp Nou’s lights.
Suspensions and other consequences were no longer in Xavi’s mind.
He only wanted to send Huang Kaiwen off the field with one tackle.
Pow—
Huang Kaiwen pulled the ball with his right foot, took a step forward, avoiding Xavi’s foot.
He then cut diagonally and continued forward.
Dribbling in a circular motion to get away!
Using Xavi’s favorite dribbling technique under Xavi’s nose.
Xavi’s eyes turned even redder, feeling this was a provocation!
Pow—
Huang Kaiwen made a horizontal pass to Guti and quickly moved forward.
Thuram tried to stick to Huang Kaiwen, but Huang Kaiwen immediately turned and charged diagonally towards the center.
The entire Barca defense was focused on Huang Kaiwen.
Abidal and Gabriel Milito both lowered their centers of gravity, one leg exerting force, ready to turn and chase back at any moment.
Heinze on the flank and Cassano on the right, both had no defenders around them.
But Guti still felt that passing to the center was the best choice.
Deco rushed up to press, Guti dodged Deco’s foot with his right foot, then used his left foot to flick the ball underneath.
Pow—
The ball quickly flew up, skimming over Barca’s entire defense.
In the instant Huang Kaiwen started, he left Abidal and Milito behind.
The nearest Milito was left two meters behind.
On the sidelines, Guardiola couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
What the hell.
With such explosive power, why play football!
As the ball fell, Huang Kaiwen lifted his left foot and used his instep to cushion it.
Then his left leg nudged the ball into the penalty area.
Valdes timed his charge off the line, aiming to neutralize the threat before Huang Kaiwen could regain possession, but he underestimated Huang Kaiwen’s explosive power.