After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 263 - 0153 I’m not Torres (seeking subscription)_2

"Bro, that’s true, but today in front of Huang Kaiwen, Henry can only be a bootleg version, as it’s clear that AC Milan’s Henry was a bit more impressive in the first half."

"So Huang Kaiwen changes his name to Henry Huang?"

Back in the locker room.

Curious, Kaka asked, "Kevin, what did Henry say to you?"

"He said my way of playing is very impressive."

Huang Kaiwen said with a shrug.

Previously Pele had said something similar.

These top players are really more confident than the next.

...

"...Come on Arsenal...Come on Arsenal...Arsenal! The Gunners sang in chorus: you won’t get a point from Arsenal, April has become our victorious month, the champions of England shall become heroes, goals are hard to come by but swift, the Gunners make Arsenal the hot favorite to win the league, the red and white jerseys show how good they are, come on Arsenal."

The Arsenal anthem, adapted from the pop song "Hot Stuff," is genuine in emotion, accessible in content, coupled with its strong rhythm, it easily resonates with people.

In the midst of tens of thousands singing.

The Arsenal players miraculously revived and returned to the pitch.

But just a few minutes in, Arsenal faced a blow.

In the 48th minute, Reyes fell to the ground without contact, having pulled his thigh muscle on his own.

Van Persie geared up for battle.

"Youngster van Persie replaces Reyes. Wenger has declared more than once that van Persie is to succeed Bergkamp, letting him play second striker, but with Pires still recovering and Reyes injured, van Persie can only play as a winger."

Huang Kaiwen took notice.

On the Arsenal bench, there was also Alex Song.

It was only a matter of time before Nasri, who hadn’t transferred from France to the Premier League, joined.

Once he does, the team would be complete.

The "Four Gentlemen of North London" are all strong players.

Otherwise, they couldn’t each transfer to other major clubs one after another.

Both van Persie and Fabregas are at their peak among the top players in the football world.

If Arsenal could keep them.

Maybe they really could have won the UEFA Champions League.

Too bad there are no such ifs.

Milan returned the ball possession to Arsenal, who began organizing the midfield after kick-off.

Van Persie took possession on the left wing.

Gattuso rushed to press, squeezing van Persie at the sideline.

Van Persie dribbled and turned, protecting the ball facing the sideline, he waited for an opportunity and with a backheel, sent the ball to the center.

Flamini, who had dashed forward, passed it to the center at the first opportunity and ran back for defense.

Hleb received the ball and with a swift move, changed direction.

Pirlo followed his move.

Hleb once again dodged and nudged the ball, accelerating past Pirlo, he carried the ball diagonally towards the right wing. On the run, he made a concealed pass to the center.

Henry, just in front of the penalty area, stopped the ball with the inside of his foot and turned, aiming for the top right corner of the goal with a lob shot.

Dida had already thrown himself into the air.

Fortunately, the ball brushed by the crossbar and out of bounds.

"Henry had a great idea with that shot."

"Heh, Henry said I’m an original, can’t let Huang Kaiwen outdo me."

"Coach Zhang, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but every time you watch Arsenal play, you can tell their players have real skill; bringing together so many talents is no easy task."

"Yes, but van Persie still tends to hold on to the ball too much. The youngster is 22 this year, a year younger than Huang Kaiwen. His technical ability is decent, but compared to Bergkamp and Henry, he sometimes makes too many flashy moves with the ball and misses opportunities."

A few minutes later.

Pirlo launched a long pass to the left flank, Huang Kaiwen leaped to head the ball to the center.

Kaka took over and made a fast break, bypassing Gilberto Silva with a direct lobbed pass into the box.

Shevchenko sprang forward, leaving Senderos behind, and reached the ball before the end line, striking from a tight angle on his right foot, hitting the side netting.

Lehmann took the ball thrown by the ball kid, placed it on the ground, and launched a long kick forward.

Arsenal pushed forward en masse. Hleb in the midfield took the ball for a fast break and passed it wide to Ljungberg.

Ljungberg, at the edge of the penalty box, delivered a high-quality curved ball.

Henry, sandwiched between Nesta and Kaladze, stretched out his left foot and drove the ball into the net.

"Henry!"

"Henry has equalized the score!"

"2:2, Arsenal’s counter-attack was fast enough, from Lehmann’s long pass to Hleb passing to Ljungberg, then Ljungberg crossing and Henry scoring, the whole process took exactly 9 seconds."

"AC Milan’s formation was pushed too far forward this time."

"Kaladze made a defensive error; he’s really more suited to playing as a full-back."

"Hehe, I said at the beginning, it’s tough for AC Milan to play with three missing from their starting defense line."

"The real test is coming up. Costacurta has played a lot of games recently. Just now, I saw that he couldn’t keep up while tracking back, making a 39-year-old defender play full games back to back, it’s really a bit tough on him."

"AC Milan is making a substitution, Seedorf is replacing Shevchenko."

Wenger, celebrating on the side of the pitch.

As he saw AC Milan making a substitution, he folded his arms and began to ponder.

Shevchenko’s impact is strong, and replacing him will definitely decrease the attacking threat.

But today AC Milan’s attacks are launched entirely from the left, and the second focal point in the middle is Kaka. Having two strikers up front seems like a bit of a waste.

Bringing on an extra midfielder would just strengthen the midfield.

This substitution might pose some trouble for Arsenal.

But Wenger didn’t really have a way to deal with it.

It’s not like he could stop the opponent from making substitutions, after all.

After pondering for a moment, Wenger decided to wait a bit longer.

...

Milan restarted the game.

Toni passed it back to Kaka, who immediately played the ball to Huang Kaiwen.

As soon as Huang Kaiwen took possession, he noticed Gilberto Silva had moved to his side.

He had thought Wenger would keep Fabregas close to his side the entire time, but it seemed he couldn’t resist switching them after all.

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