After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!

Chapter 2123: Chapter 548: I Thought He Was Here to Assist Me

This coach is quite pitiful.

Unlike Guardiola and other coaches, who rise directly from youth training to manage top clubs.

He had to steadily work his way up from promotion to relegation to finally manage a strong team like Naples.

His performance at Naples was quite impressive, even reaching the UEFA Champions League last season.

But when they faced Milan in the Coppa Italia final, losing made Mazzarri too emotional, causing him to say the wrong thing at the press conference.

After searching around, Huang Kaiwen was surprised not to find any disciplinary decision from the Italian Football Federation regarding Van Bommel.

Back to team training.

Milan players were joking about this matter.

Guess for a long time, Mazzarri would be the laughingstock of Italy.

Huang Kaiwen remembered there seemed to be more of this kind of news in basketball.

But he wasn’t much of a follower, so he couldn’t say for sure.

After taking a nap, Guardiola appeared by the training field with the tactics board, saying: "I know we won big against Arsenal in the first leg, but that’s no excuse for complacency. I’ll make some rotations in the lineup, so I hope you all seize the opportunity."

"Am I going to start?"

Inzaghi asked excitedly.

Guardiola’s expression clearly froze, then he nodded.

Already leading by so much, and all the goals were away goals.

So let Inzaghi start for a match.

Given the promise, Inzaghi was very excited, pulling teammates everywhere to ask them to pass the ball to him.

"Kevin, pass the ball to me during the game."

Inzaghi said, putting his arm around Huang Kaiwen’s neck.

"Do you think the coach will let me start?"

Huang Kaiwen asked in exasperation.

"Then you can go and fight for it with the coach."

Inzaghi encouraged him: "Your personal stats are also very important."

Huang Kaiwen:...

Why does everyone have a problem with the professor?

Huang Kaiwen naturally wouldn’t agree to Inzaghi’s request.

April 3rd, San Siro Stadium.

Guardiola indeed made a large-scale rotation in the lineup.

The pairing of Inzaghi and Ibrahimovic as double forwards puzzled Huang Kaiwen.

Whether it’s van Persie or Torres, pairing with Inzaghi can have good results.

Neither Ibrahimovic nor Inzaghi is fast enough, making it difficult for one of them to sprint and draw the defense before passing to the other.

Milan’s 4312 versus Arsenal’s 4141, the formations reflect the coaches’ mindsets.

Even a coach like Guardiola, who loves to make bold moves, is focused on stability, clearly not wanting excessive loss while playing Arsenal.

The situation on the field also mirrored the circumstances of both sides.

Van Bommel, Gattuso, and Ambrosini forming the trio in midfield could be described as balanced in attack and defense, though all of them lacked inspiration, relying entirely on De Bruyne up front to supply ammo to the forwards.

Van Persie pointed at the pitch and said: "Walcott really likes you. He dreams of swapping jerseys with you; probably forgot last time because he lost so terribly."

"His playing style is far different from mine."

Huang Kaiwen said, half amused and half annoyed.

Perhaps it’s just his impression.

In Huang Kaiwen’s mind, Arsenal’s players always seemed to think they were the top of the world.

Didn’t expect the former heir to be a fan of the Yellow Ball King.

"Playing style doesn’t affect liking an idol; many fans of Ronaldo play as defenders." Nesta said.

His injury is almost healed.

But because of his fragile physique, Guardiola wouldn’t let him play in ordinary matches.

After a short chat, Arsenal scored first.

Chamberlain took a corner from the left, and Koscielny headed it to open the scoring.

This goal didn’t cause much of a reaction.

The first leg score of 6:1 is not easily overturned.

But in the 25th minute, Walcott penetrated the right side of the penalty area with a cross, and Thiago Silva’s clearance went straight to Rosicky, who shot to the bottom right corner for another goal.

Arsenal’s offense was already intensifying by this time.

The total score of 6:3 gave them hopes of advancing, Milan’s defensive performance today also provided them the foundation for comeback.

Just before the first half ended, Rosicky fired another long-range shot to change the scoreboard.

The originally joyous San Siro plunged into silence.

The last time trailing by three at halftime was against La Coruna.

Distant memories invaded again, leaving the Rossoneri subdued.

Guardiola didn’t expect the defensive lineup he set up to disappoint him so much.

This time, Guardiola didn’t wait outside.

He directly pushed the door into the locker room and threw a bottle onto the ground in front of the team.

Guardiola didn’t hold back at all, straightforwardly saying: "The whole world says Milan has two lineups capable of reaching the UEFA Champions League final. I used to believe this too, but what are you doing today? If we keep playing like this, we might become the first in UEFA Champions League history to lead the first leg 6:1 but be eliminated due to the total score."

"It’s our problem."

Gattuso said in a muffled voice.

Arsenal’s rapid consecutive passing caused them to panic in defense, giving Arsenal many opportunities.

"Of course it’s your problem, play well in the second half. I don’t want to let the captain play at this time."

After saying this, Guardiola left the locker room.

Ambrosini stood up and walked to the center of the locker room, saying: "Everyone needs to buckle up for the second half; the coach is right, we can’t always wait for Kevin, and the finals are getting closer. Putting Kevin on at this time also increases risk, so damn it, show some fighting spirit, Forza Milan!"

"Forza Milan!"

Trailing by three goals, Milan players felt aggrieved.

Inzaghi, sitting beside Huang Kaiwen, nudged Huang Kaiwen with his elbow to say: "Talk to the coach, let you play."

"Everyone doesn’t want me to play, I can’t be stubborn."

Huang Kaiwen shook his head and said.

Even though things weren’t looking good, Milan still had a two-goal lead.

Inzaghi continued to coax: "If you don’t play, I won’t even be able to score a goal. I don’t want to see your friend’s UEFA Champions League goal record surpassing Sheva and those others."

"I absolutely don’t want that!"

Huang Kaiwen said.

"3 goals short, if you can let me score three goals, I’ll give you 10 million!"

Inzaghi held up one finger and said.

Huang Kaiwen jumped up from his seat.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Inzaghi shouted urgently.

Huang Kaiwen turned back and said: "I’m going to talk to the coach about my playing."