Passing to Himself Three Seconds Later

La Gazzetta dello Sport soon disclosed Barbara's itinerary: "Barbara has already set off to find a sorcerer to break the curse from Inter Milan, and there will be results soon."

The Avvenire, the most important member of the Italian Catholic Newspaper Association, published a stern statement: "Since the ancient Greek Olympics in 776 BC, sports have developed for 2,780 years, and football is the most popular sport in the world. Displaying passion and tenacity on the pitch is a human pursuit of beauty. In view of this, we emphasize that any artificial interference is inappropriate. It is barbaric, unacceptable, disgusting, and blasphemous for pagans to use dirty means to target a football player. If they do not remedy and correct this as soon as possible, everyone involved will be punished."

They didn't care whether it was true or false; showing a sense of presence at a time like this was a good thing anyway.

Following the two industrial revolutions, the Vatican's status in Europe had become increasingly awkward. They went from being able to interfere in the rise and fall of dynasties and the succession of kings to eventually being reduced to mascots—politicians brought them out when needed and ignored them completely when they weren't.

They had long wanted to find a sense of presence.

The incident of the player being cursed was the perfect entry point.

And by not having high-ranking, powerful figures come out to make a statement, there was still a way out if things went wrong.

Otherwise, if they dragged out a cardinal and he really couldn't break the "curse" on Huang Kaiwen, how would they end it?

This statement also made Italy and the entire European continent acknowledge the matter.

Huang Kaiwen hadn't expected things to develop this way.

These mystical things really did have a market in Europe. If one were to set up some kind of cult in Korea or find a few people in pyramid schemes to develop it, they might actually be able to scam quite a few people.

On October 3, AC Milan played against Reggina at home.

Huang Kaiwen was placed on the bench.

Ancelotti also had no idea whether Huang Kaiwen would get injured again.

Things had reached the realm of theology now, and a football coach like him couldn't manage that.

Ancelotti planned to wait until the match was mostly settled before arranging for Huang Kaiwen to come on and give it a try.

Not long after the match started, Kaka surged to the front of the opponent's area after a long-distance dribbling run, then sent a through ball. Shevchenko, who had successfully beaten the offside trap, easily pushed the ball into the opponent's goal.

The match looked intense, and Milan created quite a few opportunities, but they couldn't break through the opponent's goal again.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Shevchenko returned the favor. After a layoff, Kaka fired a long-range world-class goal, changing the score once again.

Ancelotti looked at Huang Kaiwen and hesitated for a long time before saying, "Kaiwen, Filippo, get up and warm up."

Huang Kaiwen looked at his 100 expectation value and chose to draw a card.

[Ding, obtained the 1989-1990 season, Atalanta vs. Juventus, Caniggia single-match experience card.]

Whoa.

Huang Kaiwen didn't expect his luck to be this good.

Wasn't Caniggia that "Son of the Wind," Maradona's good partner?

However, he didn't forget to get up and warm up.

Just as Huang Kaiwen took off his jacket and stood up, Ancelotti called him over.

The Milan manager mysteriously took a necklace with a cross hanging from it out of his pocket, handed it over, and said, "A small gift. It's said to be a holy relic. I hope you can be safe today."

"Thank you."

Huang Kaiwen took it speechlessly, hung it directly around his neck, and tucked it inside his jersey.

The fourth official pretended not to see it.

The man was already cursed; was it humane or not to stop him from wearing a cross?

Normal football matches didn't allow accessories, but Huang Kaiwen's situation was too special. The fourth official was also afraid that if he stopped Huang Kaiwen from wearing the necklace and he got injured, it would be exposed.

The consequences would be very serious then. It was better to avoid trouble, so pretending not to see it was fine.

Huang Kaiwen felt the two necklaces hanging around his neck and winced.

He was already wearing the Lucky White Tiger Tooth anyway, so one more didn't matter, and Ancelotti meant well.

"Oh, oh, Kaiwen and Inzaghi are ready to come on. It seems this talented player, Kaiwen, has not been knocked down by the curse. He is truly brave!"

The fans at San Siro stadium also gave warm applause and kept shouting Huang Kaiwen's name.

Rui Costa hugged Huang Kaiwen and patted him on the back without saying much.

Huang Kaiwen lowered his head and touched the turf in a very fitting manner. After standing up, he tapped his chest in a cross pattern.

Now there was another round of applause.

In Europe, having no religious faith was more terrifying than being a criminal. In their perception, such people had no awe. Conversely, pious people always received more love; just look at Kaka.

Many female Milan fans had already started to tear up.

Look at the hateful Inter Milan; what had they forced their poor Kaiwen into?

Although the current Kaiwen looked good too, they preferred the high-spirited boy who was juggling the ball at San Siro for the first time.

After high-fiving Kaka, Huang Kaiwen quickly ran to the right flank.

Gattuso was on the left today.

The match restarted, and Andrea Pirlo passed the ball from the backfield.

Cafu on the right took the ball and pushed forward. After encountering a press, Cafu immediately chipped the ball to Huang Kaiwen in front.

Huang Kaiwen felt great.

[Caniggia] was a winger by nature, and a winger who excelled in speed.

The moment he received the ball, he started to sprint along the right sideline. He only felt the advertising boards on the sidelines retreating rapidly. Even Kaka, who had been paying attention to the right side, was surprised by the speed Huang Kaiwen displayed.

"What amazing speed! Kaiwen is just too fast. I feel like he could run under 10.5 seconds—no, he might even run under 10 seconds. I finally understand why Ancelotti decided to sign Kaiwen just after seeing him rush onto the pitch to kick the ball a few times. No manager would refuse such a player," the Italian commentator exclaimed fussily.

Reggina defender Zamboni's head was buzzing.

The team was playing a 3-5-2 today, and there were only three of them in the back.

With Huang Kaiwen breaking through like this, he didn't dare ignore him.

But by the time he covered to the right and wanted to use his body to stop Huang Kaiwen, he didn't expect Huang Kaiwen to be so tough. He knocked the ball forward with his foot, sending it several meters away.

Huang Kaiwen himself accelerated and bypassed Zamboni's side along the sideline.

By the time he received the ball again, he had already left Zamboni behind. Having run a longer distance and still leaving his opponent behind, Huang Kaiwen's violent speed made the Milan fans cheer continuously.

"It's simply passing to himself three seconds later!"

The Italian commentator couldn't help but exclaim.

Too fast!

It didn't look intuitive just now, but this time, Huang Kaiwen's move of passing the ball around the opponent and running around the outside of the sideline was much more intuitive. He completely crushed his opponent with speed and explosive power.

Ah, I went out to eat today, so the update is a bit late. Please forgive me.