Huang Kaiwen Starts in the Champions League

Barbara, Pato, Kaka, and Inzaghi.

The group had provided Huang Kaiwen with a total of 113.5 destiny points.

Huang Kaiwen checked his system.

Player Strength: Unranked

Physical Condition: Excellent

Expectation Value: 100

Destiny Value: 113.5

Skill: Best Actor—Peak acting skills of Tom Hanks. How can a great player not know how to act?—Sergio Busquets.

Skill: Take It—A small chance to replicate certain traits when intercepting the opportunities of other players.

Abnormal Status: Fragile—Starting from the moment he steps onto the pitch, the chance of injury increases by 200%, with an additional 5% increase every second. After being substituted due to injury, the injury rate resets to the initial level. He will not suffer fatal injuries, and injuries will not affect his physical functions. This cycle repeats until he successfully defends the Champions League title, at which point the abnormal status will be removed.

Item: 24-Hour Injury Immunity Card

Just in time for the start of September, the shop and tasks refreshed, and Huang Kaiwen took a look.

There were only a few items in the shop.

[Fishing Mastery] 100 destiny points, [Long-distance Dribbling] 1000 points, [Makoto Kyogoku Peak Template] 1,000,000 points, [24-Hour Injury Immunity Card] 20 points.

Huang Kaiwen bought the injury immunity card without a second thought. It was a pity that it was limited to one purchase, otherwise he would have gone all in.

Even if he wanted to be a salary thief, he couldn't afford to get injured every single match.

Otherwise, everyone would realize something was wrong with him.

As for that template card, Huang Kaiwen felt it was absurd.

If he bought that, he would probably be able to catch a nuclear missile with his bare hands; no wonder it was so expensive.

It was clearly just there for him to look at.

As for the tasks, he didn't even bother checking them. After all, the task to change Kaka's destiny hadn't been completed yet, and he didn't want to replace it with a new one.

On September 7, Huang Kaiwen returned to training and received a warm welcome from his teammates.

Two matches into the season, and he had already returned twice.

"I think the team should set up a special department to plan the welcome activities for your every return," Inzaghi said with a smile on the sidelines during training.

Huang Kaiwen shrugged and went back to running laps on the track.

Carlos Kaiser hadn't published his autobiography yet, and his legendary stories hadn't been exposed. So, Huang's restorative training laps were perfectly fine.

In the evening, as usual, Huang Kaiwen invited his teammates out for dinner.

Captain Maldini felt bad about it and insisted on picking up the tab.

Since he was returning from injury, it should have been the teammates treating him to a celebration; it didn't feel right to keep letting Huang Kaiwen pay.

The next day, Huang Kaiwen estimated the rate at which he was gaining expectation value and even used an experience card to participate in ball training.

He only got the [01-02 Season Round 11 Zanetti Experience Card], but even so, it was enough to handle the training.

On September 13, Huang Kaiwen and the entire team flew to Ukraine.

Their first opponent in the Champions League was Shakhtar Donetsk.

After arriving in Ukraine, Ancelotti told the players to relax, then snuck out of the hotel himself.

Carrying a small "Comprehensive Ukrainian" booklet, he said to a taxi driver, "Church, go to a church."

"I only accept US dollars."

The driver said solemnly.

"I'll give you Euros. As long as you take me there, I'll give you 50 Euros."

"Deal."

Donetsk belonged to an Eastern Catholic diocese, which was Catholic with Eastern rites, distinct from the Russian Orthodox Church.

Once he arrived, Ancelotti walked in and found a place to sit.

He clasped his hands together and whispered, "Merciful God, I am your follower Carlo Ancelotti. Please, I beg you to ensure that Kaiwen does not get injured in tomorrow's Champions League match. To express my resolve, I will quit smoking for a day—no, I won't smoke before the match, maybe... Thank you, God."

He had announced the Champions League starting lineup in advance, and Huang Kaiwen was prominently featured.

If Huang Kaiwen were to get injured early in the match, it would be a huge blow to Milan, and more importantly, he would be under immense pressure.

After Barbara took her position at Milan, she had asked him why Huang Kaiwen was always injured.

Ancelotti felt life was too hard.

Isn't Kaiwen's injury your problem! If you were just a bit gentler at night, Kaiwen wouldn't be like this, would he?

For the sake of his dreams and his career, the highly stressed Ancelotti chose to sneak off to find a place to pray.

On the way back, he regretted not bringing Kaka along. A devout believer like Kaka might be more favored, right?

At dinner, Ancelotti returned to his room early, but he couldn't fall asleep until very late.

The next day, as match time approached, the entire Milan team boarded the bus.

Maldini teased Huang Kaiwen, saying, "Kaiwen, you're starting today, don't get injured again."

Ancelotti's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he clasped his hands together again, praying silently, "Dear Lord, please do not listen to Paolo's words..."

Unlike the cheerful atmosphere on the bus, Ancelotti was under immense pressure.

As soon as he got off the bus, he reached into his pocket and brought a Marlboro to his lips, but suddenly remembered his promise and tucked it back away.

After changing into his kit, Huang Kaiwen chose to draw his expectation reward.

[Ding, obtained 2000 European Championship Final France vs. Italy, David Trezeguet, single-match experience card]

[24-Hour Injury Immunity Card used successfully. You will not be affected by injuries in the next 24 hours]

Huang Kaiwen smacked his lips. Trezeguet was alright, but the main thing was that he was a standard striker.

After warming up, the players from both sides returned to the tunnel.

Coach Zhang said with some excitement, "Huang Kaiwen is finally going to be the first Chinese player to start in the Champions League. This is his first Champions League appearance and a big step for Chinese football. Moving forward step by step—the first Champions League goal, the first Champions League trophy—only then can Chinese football rise."

The players lined up, listening to the stirring Champions League anthem, and for the first time, Huang Kaiwen felt the passion of football.

To be precise, the passion of playing football as a player.

He felt an urge to win the match, to win the Champions League.

At 7:45 PM, the German referee Herbert Fandel blew the whistle to start the match on time.

The home team, Shakhtar, kicked off first.

They had many excellent domestic players and national team members from other Eastern European countries in their squad, and their technical ability was quite good.

The opening ground play was very fluid. After the attacking midfielder Zvonimir Vukic got the ball, he immediately played a through ball to Vorobey, but unfortunately, he couldn't get it through, as Nesta cleared the ball early.

Pirlo received the ball and immediately launched a long pass to find Huang Kaiwen on the right flank.

Huang Kaiwen felt pretty good with the ball. He dribbled along the right wing, and after encountering pressure, he immediately played a cross to Kaka in the middle while continuing his run forward.

Ancelotti was constantly wiping sweat with a small handkerchief.

Huang Kaiwen had appeared twice—once in a friendly and once in the league—and the total time didn't even exceed 10 minutes.

As long as he could break the 5-minute mark and not get injured within those 5 minutes, it would be progress.

Kaka's pass was also quite obvious and was cleared by the opposition. Just as the Shakhtar defender Baghni was preparing to launch a counterattack with a long ball, Huang Kaiwen slid in and tackled him.

The referee came over and warned Huang Kaiwen.

"Well done."

Inzaghi gave him a thumbs up.

He hadn't expected this genius teammate to be able to put aside his ego and make a tackle, directly cutting off the opponent's counterattack.

After Shakhtar restarted play from the back, they organized slowly, passing the ball between their defenders and midfielders.

Ancelotti wiped his sweat and turned to ask the assistant coach, "How many minutes?"

"5 minutes and 33 seconds!"

"Oh, thank God!"

Ancelotti lost his footing for a second and sat down on the turf.

His face was covered in both sweat and a smile.

He, Carlo Ancelotti, was indeed the one most favored by God.