After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 599 - 0243 Inzaghi: Kevin plays football like me (Subscribe)_3

"Carlos passed the ball back to De Jong on the left, and he didn’t even bother to dribble. De Jong launched a long pass—man, he just booted it from the backfield. Guti chested the ball on the left and delivered a pass, and Huang Kaiwen on the right received the ball and charged into the box to shoot, goal!!!"

"The linesman raised his flag for offside, and the referee blew the whistle, goal disallowed."

"Damn, that was a wrong call. Huang Kaiwen’s acceleration was so fast, both the assistant referee and the main referee were focusing on Guti. By the time Guti passed the ball and they looked at Huang Kaiwen, he was already past Paredes."

"Exactly, which is why sometimes being too fast isn’t good. In the past, Huang Kaiwen would always start his runs in front of the defensive line and avoid wrong calls, but today he stayed near the defensive line with such speedy starts, it’s a real test for the referees."

"Huang Kaiwen’s playing style today reminds me of Inzaghi, haha. Inzaghi, when Milan won the UEFA Champions League, said Huang Kaiwen learned to shoot from him, and now it really seems possible."

In the stands, Inzaghi pointing at the field shouted, "See? Kevin’s play today is just like mine. The kid liked to sneakily pick up my playing style during practice."

"Kevin hasn’t attended practice much, plus he’s often just running laps around the field or working out in the gym."

Pirlo said coldly.

"How do you know he’s not running laps to sneakily learn my football skills? Got any proof?"

Inzaghi retorted.

Unable to stand it anymore, Gattuso said, "If Kevin was learning from you, that’d be a huge step backward. There’s a long gulf between you two, the size of several Shevchenkos."

"Damn, you bunch of assholes don’t understand football at all!"

Agitated, Inzaghi said, "I’m sure Kevin is imitating my playing style. No wonder he improved so fast!"

Holding Kevin Maldini, Paol Maldini didn’t know what to make of Inzaghi.

In his view, due to the curse causing frequent injuries, Huang Kaiwen had never made progress, but always regressed! Even if Huang Kaiwen scored goals like crazy, he still couldn’t reach the level of skill he had the first time Paol saw him.

However, today Huang Kaiwen’s playing style did indeed resemble Inzaghi’s, a conclusion he drew from his perspective as a top defender.

Previously, Huang Kaiwen seldom moved along the offside line, but today his position was always overlapping with the opposing defenders’ line.

Quick movement, quick starts could still be a coincidence, but even the first touch of the ball was Inzaghi-like.

Maldini thought that Huang Kaiwen might be teasing Inzaghi.

Imitating all aspects of Inzaghi wasn’t hard, the difficulty was in the timing and awareness of the start. But such things were a piece of cake for Kevin.

Paol Maldini, looking down at his younger son in his arms, said, "If you had half, no, a third of Uncle Kevin’s ability, our family could welcome another top star. You’re my only hope."

The elder son often dodged training and probably couldn’t become a professional player, while the second insisted on playing upfront.

Just thinking about his two rebellious sons sent Maldini’s blood pressure soaring.

Now Kevin was the only hope for the Ma Family.

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Getafe restarted the game from their half.

Raul and Cassano charged forward to press.

Ruben Pulido quickly passed across, Javier Paredes took a heavy touch, and the ball rolled towards Raul. Paredes rushed forward and swung his right foot.

Raul stretched out his left foot sideways.

Boom—

The ball rebounded high off Raul’s foot.

Huang Kaiwen, who was hanging back, eyed the ball’s trajectory and suddenly took off.

[Inzaghi] wasn’t slow, and with the [Long Run] boost in the middle, his explosive burst of speed allowed him to easily shake off Mario Cotelo.

Just as the ball came down, Huang Kaiwen chested it toward the box and followed up by charging inside.

An anxious Paredes reached out with both hands, executing a bear hug that brought Huang Kaiwen down.

Boos filled the Bernabéu Stadium.

"Shit, if Kevin gets injured we’ll make you die in Bernabéu!"

"You traitor, don’t you think of coming back to Real Madrid!"

"Damn, bring him back next season and throw him in the youth team till his contract runs out!"

The nearby Meringue fans cursed loudly in dissatisfaction.

Guti walked up and helped Huang Kaiwen to his feet, and seeing that he was unharmed, he pointed at Paredes and said, "You better watch it, man."

Paredes couldn’t hear anything anymore.

Players from Real Madrid’s youth team basically all dream of returning to play for Real Madrid.

For Spanish players, playing for Real Madrid is the ultimate goal, which is why so many are bought back and then sold again.

Paredes was no exception.

In a match against Real Madrid, he wanted to perform well to draw Real Madrid’s attention, hoping they would keep him in the first team next season.

But now it seemed his path back to Real Madrid was blocked!

"Hey, come form a wall!"

Ruben Pulido shouted.

"Ah."

Paredes walked back in a daze and stood next to his teammates.

Guti covered his mouth and asked, "You going to take the free kick?"

"You do it." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Huang Kaiwen whispered, "I’ll go in the wall, try aiming for where I am."

[Inzaghi] always had a way of scoring off deflections during free kicks.

Huang Kaiwen wanted to try for such a passive goal, too.

"Got it."

Guti nodded and said.

He didn’t understand Huang Kaiwen’s intention, but decided to play as Huang Kaiwen directed.

"Paredes didn’t get a card, the referee’s being pretty lenient today."

"With such a short distance, it’s surprising Huang Kaiwen chose not to take the free kick and instead went to form the wall himself. Could there be a trick up his sleeve, heh heh?"

"It is very possible, Huang Kaiwen’s proficiency in set piece strategy has been widely acknowledged in the football world. Buffon once famously said that despite having the ability to score directly from the corner flag, Huang Kaiwen prefers to use his intelligence to outwit everyone else. It’s a good description of the situation whenever Huang Kaiwen’s team gets a set piece, he might not score himself or deliver the final pass, but the goal is definitely orchestrated by him."