Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 217 Unstoppable Rome!Towards the championship of the Coppa Italia!
70 minutes, 3 to 0.

Stamina Recovery Card 3 → 2
Chen Xiaoliang, who began to breathe heavily, almost forgot about the physical recovery card.

It is because there are too many elements in this game.

And now came a watershed.

One more on one side can mean killing the game completely, while one on the other side can pull yourself back from the Naihe bridge.

The game was far from over, and the remaining 20 minutes seemed too long for the coaches of both sides.

Unlike the players on the field, the two of them could only watch the fire from the other side, both wanting to end the suffering as soon as possible, even though their pursuit of the result of the game was diametrically opposed.

And the head coach's uneasy and anxious mentality seems to have affected the players on the field, and both sides played more and more anxiously.

In the 73rd minute, when Fiorentina right winger Ikone and the striker Sotir who had just played double-teamed Zalewski who was holding the ball, he tackled the Pole from behind and was shown a yellow card by the referee.

Later, Ibanez took a free kick in the backcourt and directly looked for Zaniolo in front of him. The jersey was pulled by Venuti and the top fell, causing the ball to go out of bounds. His elbow touched Venuti's face.

Although Zaniolo argued that it was an "unintentional move", he still received the referee's golden Ares card.

He Wei: "This is already the 8th yellow card in this game. It has become the No. 1 in the Coppa Italia this season, and it can also be ranked in the top three in Serie A."

Zhu Xiaoyu: "At halftime just now, the analysis of Sky Sports was very interesting. The commentators they invited today are the legendary Italian legend Nesta and the famous Portuguese maniche. They both said that today's game reminded them of to the 2002 World Cup."

He Wei couldn't help laughing a few times.

Zhu Xiaoyu: "Mr. He Wei may be the same as many fans and audiences. The first thing that comes to mind is the quarter-finals of South Korea playing Italy, but Nesta said that the referee of this game just made mistakes in field control and lacked experience. They didn’t realize that Fiorentina’s intention was to target Chen Xiaoliang alone, but Maniche believed that this game was more like the knockout match between the Netherlands and Portugal in the 2006 World Cup.”

"That game was also in the quarter-finals. Portugal was coached by Brazilian coach Scolari, while the coach of the Dutch team was Van Basten, one of the Three Musketeers, and the referee was Russian Ivanov.

Ivanov was originally an experienced referee that FIFA was very optimistic about, so he was sent to take the penalty in this focus match, but he, like the referee today, did not control the field in time after the opening, waiting for him When the penalties began to be strengthened, the smell of gunpowder between the two sides was already very strong and it was difficult to end. In the end, a total of 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards were shown in the whole game. "

"What makes Maniche feel similar is that after the start of the game, the Dutch team, just like how Fiorentina targeted Chen Xiaoliang today, focused all their targets on Ronaldinho, who was still called Ronaldinho at the time."

"Van Bommel tackled Ronaldo behind his back in the first minute of the game. In the 1th minute, defender Blaluz, nicknamed "Piranha", stepped on the inside of Ronaldo's right thigh with a shoe spike when he was grabbing the ball. Ronaldo was almost off the field at that time. , received treatment on the sidelines for a while before returning to the court."

"Later, in order to deter the opponent, Maniche took the initiative to bring down Van Bommel behind his back during the midfield fight, and Costinha shoveled Cocu again."

"But in the end, Ronaldo couldn't hold on at 33 minutes and was forced to leave the field, sitting on the bench and crying bitterly. In addition to the two card fouls, he was also violated four times."

"And Ronaldo's end also completely ignited the emotions of both sides, and the game was out of control. Costinia, Deco, Van Bronckhorst and Braluz received red cards successively."

"Maniche also said that the most important turning point for Roma today is that Xiao Liang came back halfway, and the mask was like a totem, which caused a great psychological shock to the players on both sides, as if telling everyone , you will never try to defeat me."

"At the same time, the referee strengthened his control of the field in the second half and gave severe warnings to minor fouls, which also prevented the game from going to the point of complete chaos."

The commentary was introduced in the studio, and the game on the field was also going on.

Mourinho knew that Italiano had to make a last-ditch effort, and deliberately angering the Roma players and making them make mistakes was naturally one of the ways.

He kept making gestures of pressing his hands down on the sidelines, telling the players to keep calm and rational, especially Zaniolo, reminding him not to get carried away after scoring.

In the 76th minute, Zaniolo moved to the left, broke through Venuti's defense one-on-one and passed the ball at the edge of the penalty area and the bottom line. Cesco headed hard, and the ball bounced off the ground and was thrown by Terracciano. under the body.

In the 78th minute, Roma once again formed a siege. Volpato and Pellegrini made two consecutive crosses at a 45-degree angle from left to right and were ejected by the opponent's defender. Zalewski shot a long shot over the crossbar and went straight to the stands. .

The time has entered 80 minutes, when the Roma fans have already started cheering for the promotion to the final, the indomitable Fiorentina is still looking for opportunities to counterattack.

In the 83rd minute, Fiorentina got the ball. Except for the two central defenders and the midfielder Torreira, everyone else stepped up to participate in the attack. Callejon controlled the ball on the left. After his teammates basically entered the penalty area, he kicked directly A long pass is thrown into the penalty area.

Cabral and Volpato competed for the top, knocked the young Roman teenager away, turned around and pumped the ball into the goal.

The penalty area was densely packed with people. Cabral's shot was refracted on his teammate Duncan, and it happened to fall at the feet of Sotir, who had just played in an ambush. The swing range pushed the ball into the goal, Ibañez stretched out his legs to intercept, the ball bounced off his legs again, and was hugged by Fuzato who rushed over!

But at this moment, all the Fiorentina players in the penalty area wearing purple arrow strip jerseys on a white background raised their hands!
"Handball!"

"Referee! This is handball!"

Immediately there was booing at the scene. The performance of the players of the away team in this game really disgusted the fans of the home team.

The referee didn't respond immediately to the Fiorentina players who had surrounded him. There were so many people in the penalty area, and they were refracting and rebounding. He himself didn't see clearly the subtle movements in the blink of an eye.

Just like the two head coaches, the head referee also felt that playing such a game is really a torment, as if the game cannot be maintained smoothly for more than 5 minutes. Every once in a while someone will come to test his professional level and response ability.

Colleagues in the earphones were chattering. They were constantly selecting appropriate camera shots in the video room, and repeatedly looking back at what happened at that time.

Finally, under their suggestion, the referee ran to the VAR on the sidelines to watch.

He Wei: "This ball really hit my hand."

Zhu Xiaoyu: "When Ibanez stretched out his left leg to intercept like a tackle, his left arm was protected in front of him. Seeing how he turned his head away, it should be a subconscious protective action, but there was a movement on his right arm. Natural upward swing, which should be to maintain body balance."

He Wei: "The video replayed this section repeatedly. After hitting Ibanez's leg, the ball was refracted upwards, and then touched his arm."

Zhu Xiaoyu: "According to the new rules announced by the National Football Council in July 2021, one of the changes to the judgment of handball is currently the most controversial, that is, whether the position of the arm during handball makes the body unnaturally enlarged. The judging criteria are written that the player’s current arm position is not the legitimate result or reasonable position of his body movements under the circumstances, and it will be judged as handball.”

"But in many cases, it is difficult to have a unified standard for how to judge whether my current hand is reasonable. For example, some players run with a big arm swing, some players are small, and some players are used to taking off with the upward swing of their arms. , and some players have a very small upward swing, so it is really difficult to have a unified standard."

"Fortunately, there is VAR now, which can give the referee enough time to look back and think about it. Unlike before, when you can't see it, you can only ask the line referee. After all, the line referee is far away. If you don't see clearly , and cannot even be judged objectively.”

He Wei: "There is no doubt that the ball hit the arm. It depends on how the referee defines whether he is a natural action. Since VAR came out, the controversy over him has never stopped, especially this year is the World Cup year. The topic of scale and fairness keeps popping up, just now I heard Xiao Yu's words, I feel that you support VAR?"

Zhu Xiaoyu: "Of course I personally support it. In fact, the current mainstream opinions of players and clubs also support it. After all, it should be an inevitable trend to introduce high-tech auxiliary methods into such an important project as football. Some people have objections. Li believes that misjudgment is also a kind of charm of football, which I personally cannot accept."

"Especially Mr. He Wei mentioned the World Cup just now. How many players have put in countless efforts for the World Cup held every four years, and even missed promotion and honor for several consecutive World Cups. If the skills are not as good as others, they can only go home and practice again. , But if it is due to a misjudgment, especially a serious misjudgment, it may even cause lifelong regrets for this player, this team, and even the people of this country and their fans.”

"Like the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Lampard's goal-line tragedy was a complete misjudgment without any suspense. It is such a painful lesson that has accelerated the widespread use of goal-line technology and eagle-eye technology. Now it is in the five major leagues. In China, especially in the Premier League, this technology has long been accepted by players and fans and has indeed ensured fairness."

He Wei: "But there are also many voices who believe that adding high-tech elements will only allow the referee to better control the game."

Zhu Xiaoyu: "When I met this kind of voice, I just want to ask a question. Wouldn't it be more beneficial to control the game without high-tech elements, and even without replay footage? Just like Maradona's hand of God, at that time The technical conditions and the level of photographic equipment, and after watching the slow motion repeatedly, it was impossible to confirm whether it was handball."

"Take the Lampard goal line tragedy as an example again. Audiences all over the world outside the stadium are rebroadcasting the camera playback to confirm whether the ball has crossed the goal line. The goal line technology and Hawkeye technology are enhanced versions of this camera playback. , because apart from the obvious crossing of the goal line like that of Rampart, there are many situations where it is difficult to see whether the overall crossing or not."

"If someone really wants to manipulate the game, he doesn't have to spend a lot of time to do it. Under the banner of preserving football traditions and not being spoiled by high technology, he refuses all high-tech means to enter the field. In a situation where no one can see clearly Let the referee make a penalty in a direction that favors a certain side, and there will be no match after the game. Even if it is photographed, wouldn't it be better to say 'misjudgment is also part of the charm of football'?"

He Wei: "I personally agree with Xiao Yu's point of view. FIFA has various problems, and football itself has various problems, but fairness is always the most important basis for the survival of this sport."

The two were chatting, and the referee turned around and showed Italiano a red card and sent him to the stands!
The replay shows that just now the Fiorentina coach yelled continuously at the referee who was watching VAR. After being expelled by the referee and warned by the fourth official, after a while he saw that the referee was still hesitating, so he came over and shouted again. The referee came to him. A return hand draws, a red card, and hurry up.

After showing the red card, the referee turned around, ran back to the field, drew a TV shape with both hands, and then blew the whistle to award a penalty!

After the penalty was made, Sky Sports' broadcast shared a small picture on the live screen, which was one of the five classic cases cited by the 2021 International Football Council when changing the penalty kick standard. 5 In the game against South Korea, No. 2018 Guardado of Mexico made a cross with his left foot in the penalty area and hit the arm of No. 2 Jang Hyun-soo, who was blocked by the South Korean team's sliding shovel, and was awarded a penalty kick.

Mourinho did not argue, because he also felt the pressure of the referee in this game.

The VAR time of more than two minutes made the clock jump to the 86th minute. Giving the opponent a penalty kick at this moment may undoubtedly ruin the efforts of the audience.

Since there is no overtime in the Coppa Italia semi-finals this season, once it is dragged into a penalty shootout, it has nothing to do with the overall strength of the team. This is the ending that Florence is very happy to see.

Fuzzato's heart sank, and he couldn't help becoming nervous.

Everyone in this stadium knows the impact of this penalty kick, but the pressure on Roma's side is focused on him alone.

The 24-year-old Brazilian forward Cabral picked up the ball and walked towards the penalty spot after communicating with captain Biraghi.

When Fozzato saw him approaching, he realized that he still didn't know which side to throw.

He quickly ran to Chen Xiaoliang and asked in a low voice.

The Fiorentina players were all stunned.

Whoever takes a penalty kick needs to communicate with the captain, why does the goalkeeper have to communicate with the captain?Is it possible that whoever saves the penalty still needs to discuss it?You are the goalkeeper, if you don’t pounce, who will pounce?

"Boss...boss, where am I going?" Fozzato asked sincerely.

Chen Xiaoliang almost fainted, you ask me, who should I ask? !

But at this time, he must cheer up this crucial teammate at the moment:

"It's okay, just pick the direction that suits you and go all out, don't have any pressure."

Forzato asked noncommittally: "Then I jump to the left?"

Chen Xiaoliang nodded, and then remembered something: "If you decide to jump to the left, remember to make more fake moves to confuse him." Then he patted Fuzato on the shoulder and shouted "venha", this is Portuguese The meaning of refueling in Chinese.

Fuzzato redoubled his confidence and walked back to the goal line.

All other players on both sides exited the penalty area. After confirming that there was no error, the referee blew his whistle to indicate that free throws were allowed!
The players on both sides outside the penalty area bent slightly, ready to rush into the field at any time for a second attack or defense.

Many coaches and players on the bench on the sidelines pointed their index fingers to the sky and prayed silently.

Forzato swings his left and right hands up and down, and twists his body back and forth from left to right.

He Wei: "This is the noodle dance that Dudek once used!"

"Cabral run-up!"

"Hit the door with your right foot!"

"The direction is wrong!"

"oops!"

"Forzato completely misjudged the direction! He jumped to the left of the goal!"

"But Cabral's shot from the top right corner of the goal went over the bar! It flew straight into the stands!"

"Oh my God!"

"The Roma players rushed into the penalty area, hugged Fozzato and shouted excitedly!"

"Mourinho is pacing back and forth aimlessly on the sidelines with his head down! It can be seen that he has just been relieved of a great burden!"

"After a tough and difficult game, it looks like Lady Luck is on Roma's side!"

"The whole audience cheered, jumped, and kept calling Fozzato's name!"

"In this moment he became the hero of the team!"

"Although he missed the ball, his weird dance seemed to confuse Cabral's judgment!"

Live comment area:
【Penalty kick】

[Florence, the evil will be rewarded! 】

[Heaven has reincarnation, who will the heavens spare!It is the biggest insult to football that such rough football can advance! 】

[Upstairs, beware of sticks coming to smash your glass windows]

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Zhu Xiaoyu: "Generally, hitting the upper corner of one side with a penalty kick requires a very strong mentality and penalty kick technique, otherwise it is easy to kick away, so it is usually seen that players will choose the lower corner of one side to shoot, pursuing a tricky angle. On top of that, add a certain speed, and then try not to let the goalkeeper see your foot shape before shooting, and you are basically sure."

"Cabral can only say that his skills are not high, but he is still bold, and he has completely played off."

The time has come to the 88th minute, and the fourth official gave 7 minutes of stoppage time. Although Biraghi was still yelling hard to encourage his teammates, everyone knew that their morale was hard to restore.

Some players, like local Fiorentina fans, couldn't help asking questions:
Is the head coach's arrangement too outrageous?
This kind of doubt is not only for this game, but also for a series of transfers in the winter window.

Sold Vlahovic, who was killing the Quartet, introduced two bargains, and also rented a Piatek. As a result, it did not play a role at all in the league in the second half of the season. The scoring efficiency was very low, and the team's record was poor. Not the slightest improvement.

Originally thought that a penalty kick could inspire the new aid's goal, but unexpectedly, an anti-aircraft gun came directly.

Losing the ball, losing people, and losing morale and confidence, Fiorentina booed at the scene and began to cheer for the Roma fans. On the club's social media, many fans from other places came to leave messages, gloating There are loud reprimands and moral attacks.

Seeing that the game is coming to an end, the Roma players, who escaped from death and do not want any more accidents, controlled the ball with great concentration. Facing the press of Fiorentina's dying struggle, they patiently reversed, shifted, and pressed forward at the right time to force the opponent's formation Retracement, with the full support of the fans, firmly controlled the trend of the game.

In the 96th minute, Cesco knocked down Milenkovic while grabbing a header in the middle circle, and the referee gave Fiorentina a free kick.

Except for the captain Biraghi who wanted a free throw, all the other Fiorentina players, including the goalkeeper Terracciano, rushed into the Roman penalty area.

On the Roma side, everyone including center Sesco also returned to the penalty area to defend.

Biraghi took a big kick, and as expected by Roma, the ball flew to the right side of the team's number one air fighter Milenkovic's penalty spot.

In the first round of the league match, Milenkovic scored a goal, and Chen Xiaoliang will not let the same thing happen again.

He didn't look for a landing point, he just stuck to Milenkovic's side and harassed him constantly with his skill [good at personal defense].

Near the landing point, Cesco, Smalling, and Mancini had already stood around like guards. When the ball was about to fall, the three of them jumped together. Although Milenkovic, who was leaning on Chen Xiaoliang's body, also jumped up , but the height is obviously shorter by half a head.

Mancini pushed the ball outwards, to the left outside the penalty area, several figures including Chen Xiaoliang immediately flew out like arrows!
Chen Xiaoliang!Volpato!Zaniolo!
Terracciano is also trying to run towards his own goal, but a goalkeeper who is so far away from the goal is equivalent to an invisible man.

Chen Xiaoliang chased Qiuqiu on the left, and with a step of his left foot, the ball immediately rolled out about 10 meters. He sprinted with all his strength and continued to run forward.

Venuti, Ikone, and Torreira are also chasing desperately, but at this time they have to sprint for a long distance. Which of these people can compare with Chen Xiaoliang who has been "refueled" again?
Seeing that the counterattackers were about to pass the midfield line, Chen Xiaoliang rubbed the ball with the instep of his right foot, the ball was slightly higher than the ground, and flew towards the center through an arc!

There's Volpato and Zaniolo in there!
Behind the left of Zaniolo in the middle is Terracciano running with long legs, and he also found that the ball from Chen Xiaoliang was not passed to him, but he did not stop, but went to the front left After running for a while, without touching Terracciano, he deliberately interfered with Terracciano's return speed like a driver of another car on the highway.

Volpato received the ball a little to the right of the center. In order not to make a mistake, he slightly increased his speed, restarted and moved forward a few meters.

With this slowness, Ikone behind him was almost catching up, and from the corner of his eye, he saw that Terracciano had already run ahead on the left front.

"Shoot!"

The players sitting on the bench on the sidelines shouted together!
Volpato pumped his left foot back to the lower part of the ball with all his strength, and the ball flew out in an instant!
Slowly rise, then slowly fall.

Terracciano slowed down helplessly, and the other Fiorentina players who were chasing after him also slowly stopped.

The ball was hoisted into the goal in the most helpless way before their eyes.

"Beep!" The referee glanced at the timing bracelet, unwilling to wait for a moment, and directly blew the tormenting match!

4 is better than 0!

Roma completely killed the game, and Fiorentina had no chance of scoring 2 goals in a row in the remaining few seconds.

"yeah!!!!!!"

The players on the court and the players on the bench roared and rushed towards Volpato excitedly, throwing him to the ground to celebrate enthusiastically!
After the 18-year-old player achieved his first goal for Roma in the league, he came off the bench in tonight's cup match and sent the team his first goal in the cup match!
He Wei: "The 18-year-old Volpato won the trust of Mourinho in such a crucial game, and he also repaid the trust of the head coach with his outstanding performance!"

"Another new star seems to be rising in the city of Rome, and Mourinho's youthful storm seems to be gaining momentum!"

"The spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day!"

After the celebration, the players began to celebrate and thank the fans.

On the first floor of the stands in the Northwest District, Chen Xiaoliang saw a group of students from the Red Country holding high the national flag and posters, and he ran over to take a group photo with them.

Before posing, he asked the group of foreign students if they needed to take off their masks. The foreign students told him no, because it was not only very cool, but also the best footnote of the magnificent and unyielding fighting spirit of this game.

The freeze-frame photos were also posted on the Internet after the game, and they were quickly spread. Chen Xiaoliang even liked it when he went home at night and surfed the Internet.

However, sharp-eyed netizens saw a sentence printed on the T-shirt of an international student.

The people of the Red Country are invincible!

　Thanks to the senior director of the club for the monthly ticket of [Koi eaten by cats]!

　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Mu Chuan] for the monthly pass!

　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [still the original you] for the monthly pass!

　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Jinglin sjhdl] for the monthly pass!

　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [book friend 20170409222004682] for the monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)