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"You did your best, the goal was your teammate's fault,"
Huang Kaiwen said, draping his arm around Messi's shoulder.
Seeing Huang Kaiwen's teammate coming up to celebrate, Messi looked up, managed a forced smile and stepped aside.
Huang Kaiwen looked resentfully at the approaching Robinho.
The kid just didn't get it.
What was there to celebrate when cultivating a relationship with the King of the Ball was so much more important?
For every comforting word he now said to Messi, he might save tens or even hundreds of thousands of Euros a year.
Having run several laps in front of the TV, Kaka saw Robinho embracing Huang Kaiwen and felt he should make another trip to Madrid during the holidays.
Rijkaard turned his head and nodded twice, saying, "Get up and warm up."
The Barca substitutes were surprised that the coach asked the Chinese kid to warm up, but no one wanted to jinx it at a time like this, especially when Rijkaard was clearly not pleased.
