Chapter 2243 - 574: Enemy at the Gates
The Milan players couldn’t help but want to pick up the pace of their attack.
Kroos launched a straight pass to Van Persie, who immediately tapped with his left foot and burst forward.
The professor’s claim that Robin can play as an attacking midfielder, winger, and forward was a bit exaggerated, but Van Persie’s skill is indeed quite good.
Müller was almost caught off guard and let Van Persie pass by.
But he couldn’t shake off Müller.
Müller kept following Van Persie as he ran back.
Then Schweinsteiger rushed in.
At this point, Van Persie became clear-headed and quickly turned around to back-pass.
But Robben had anticipated this.
He sprinted directly towards Kroos.
Kroos was only starting to run to meet the ball.
However, the difference in their speed was quite evident.
With no other choice, Kroos decided to slide and knock the ball away, landing it right at Schweinsteiger’s feet.
Little Pig quickly forwarded it, and Robben received the ball, turning it directly forward.
Ribery immediately passed the ball horizontally and ran behind Ramos.
Gomes sent out a pretty good pass this time, directly finding Ribery.
Ramos chased back and instantly slid in to tackle the ball.
Unexpectedly, Ribery suddenly stopped, turned around, and handed the ball behind, which Müller followed up with a direct shot.
The ball shot through the crowd straight towards the goal below.
Huang Kaiwen went down very timely, successfully using his hands to deflect the ball.
Robben followed up with another shot.
The ball headed straight towards the crossbar below the center.
Many Milan fans thought they were about to concede a goal.
At that moment, Huang Kaiwen jumped up again, leaning back with his hands to fiercely slap at the back of the ball.
Bong——
The ball hit the underside of the crossbar again, landing back in the penalty area, and Robben still wanted to shoot again, but Nesta extended his leg and blocked the ball away.
Huang Kaiwen stood up and roared with his fists raised.
Nesta excitedly patted Huang Kaiwen.
That double save, damn it was handsome!
The last moment was almost as if he fished the ball out.
An inevitable goal was destroyed by his double save just like that.
The stands erupted in boiling excitement.
Just now, crimson flames were dancing.
This time, it turned into a blood-like deep red with life.
"Kevin, Kevin, only willing to support you. Kevin, Kevin, forever for you..."
The Rossoneri once again sang their adapted team song.
It’s no longer a question of whether Huang Kaiwen deserved such treatment.
It’s about Milan striving to become a team worthy of their captain!
"Huang Kaiwen’s save was impressive, but it’s still Bayern’s corner kick."
"Right, Bayern’s corner kick ability is quite outstanding, Alonso hasn’t been affected by the failed goals, back again at the set-piece position, let’s see... Gomes!!! The header was saved, Huang Kaiwen made a great contribution!"
"Huang Kaiwen scarcely had any reaction time, instinctively blocking that powerful header, the reaction was incredibly fast."
"Once again, Nesta cleared the ball away, at critical moments, Nesta remains reliable."
Gattuso charged forward with the ball.
But Huang Kaiwen frowned.
Their organizational ability was lacking.
Plus, missing a player up front.
Now Milan solely rely on Messi and Van Persie’s personal abilities.
Yet, no matter how strong they are, they need teammates’ cooperation.
Previously, they had Hazard up front, and Milan’s offense just couldn’t unfold.
Now, it’s even tougher.
A bold decision floated in Huang Kaiwen’s mind.
Gattuso charged past the midline and immediately faced pressure.
He passed the ball to the retreating Messi, as Schweinsteiger and Boateng instantly appeared by Messi’s side, Messi stepped on the ball and immediately tapped with his left foot, darting forward.
Boateng hurriedly moved to follow.
But Messi suddenly pulled the ball back to his right foot, a fried meatball maneuver directly bypassing Boateng.
Boateng turned around, reaching out to grab Messi’s arm.
Messi ran over a meter but couldn’t shake free, eventually had to give up possession.
"That’s a foul."
"Free kick, indeed letting Huang Kaiwen go up to take it. But this is different from usual, if the free kick doesn’t go in, Bayern’s counterattack has an open goal opportunity."
Huang Kaiwen naturally knew this, and also this ball was very close to the sideline, the angle being quite unfavorable.
But he had to go and kick it.
This was the best chance.
Seeing Neuer’s positioning, Huang Kaiwen felt a jolt in his heart.
He could only use his left foot in this position, too close to the right foot sideline.
With the left foot, aiming towards the right would be more comfortable, but apparently Neuer had judged the same.
Huang Kaiwen stepped back and took a deep breath.
Regardless if it went in or not, he had to run back immediately after the kick.
Beep,
With the whistle sounded, Huang Kaiwen took small steps for a two-step run-up, swung his arms and flicked under the bottom right of the ball.
Outside foot!
Over such a long distance, Huang Kaiwen used considerable power.
He was even lifted off by the force.
But before he regained his balance, Huang Kaiwen had already turned and started running back.
The trajectory of the ball was completely different from Neuer’s prediction, he thought the ball would arc from the center towards the goal, but Huang Kaiwen’s strike spun from outside the post towards the goal.
Neuer even wanted to curse.
Left footed from the right side aiming for the left side!!!
Once he judged the position, he flew to save, the ball hit his hand, buzzing slightly numb.
But Neuer couldn’t spare any attention to that.
Van Persie had already charged in.
He urgently pushed forward, pressing the ball under himself.
Then, he immediately stood up, hand throwing towards the charging Robben.
Like a cannonball, the ball flew out of the penalty area towards midfield.
Robben and Huang Kaiwen both charged towards the ball.