"Yeah, I totally forgot about this rule until Coach Zhang mentioned it because this kind of situation rarely happens with free-kicks."
"Right, Kroos's mentality is clearly affected by the disallowed goal, mumbling about getting a yellow card from Rizzoli, but honestly, it doesn't matter much, there's still plenty of time left in the game."
"AC Milan needs to stay steady now."
This incident hit Milan hard.
After all, players are human too.
Not scoring is one thing.
Scoring and thinking you've equalized, only for it to be disallowed — even knowing it's due to the rules — can still affect the players' mindset.
Huang Kaiwen clearly sensed his teammates were getting anxious.
The pace of passing increased, but the precision dropped.
In such a situation, he could only do his best to fall back and defend.
"Should we make a substitution?"
Torrent asked.
"It's not something that can be solved by substitutions."
Cesare Maldini shook his head and said.
