Chapter V: Assault on Referees
In fact, after conceding two goals, the Ivory Coast team seems to have finally started to improve in attack, and they have begun to use the individual strength of individual stars to start a more effective counter-attack against Brazil.
These one-man assaults of theirs still gave the Brazilian team enough threat to the goal.
Obviously, they are not willing to collapse prematurely on the stage of this great World Cup, and clearly want to take advantage of the second half of the second half, when the Brazilian team consumes too much attacking energy, to launch a counterattack and continue to fight to save the fate of the Ivory Coast team.
The game then became more rapid and intense, so much so that Li Xuan, as the referee, once again had to follow the two sides to start a high-intensity switchback run, and it was much more frequent and laborious than at any previous moment.
Fortunately, Li Xuan has gradually moved and warmed up his body during the previous period of law enforcement, and he is also younger than the original referee Stephen Lannoy, and his physical fitness is much better, so he does not have worries such as cramps and strains.
Li Xuan still maintained an extremely calm attitude and pace in the field, always appearing in the most appropriate penalty position, and could always see the state of most of the players on both sides of the field, especially the location of the football, which was locked tightly in time by him for a long time.
His presence and actions have maximized the quality of the game, and it has made the majority of fans and spectators unconsciously find that the game process is going very fast and smooth, and it is only ten minutes before it ends!
Then, as the game went on to full-time, it was the seventy-ninth minute.
The Ivory Coast counter-attacked, and their captain Didier Drogba successfully defended offside with a brilliant close-range header that easily broke the door of Cesar's Brazil and finally managed to pull a goal back for Ivory Coast.
One point two and 0 to two, this is completely a score in two senses, such a real-time situation on the spot, so that the atmosphere of the whole game has changed, and it is more tense and exciting in an instant!
Especially the Ivory Coast team, which has gained momentum, the attack immediately became more and more hot and furious, and it seems that they are planning to chase back the score in one go, and they make the process of the game more crazy!
The Brazilian team, which was chased back a goal, was originally in a relatively calm atmosphere, but such a temporary stable atmosphere was suddenly broken by the opponent, causing the players to become nervous, but they didn't want the victory in hand to fly.
Their head coach Dunga, more like a jumping duck, rushed from the dugout to the sidelines again, and kept shouting at the Brazilian players on the scene, telling them to step up their defense and not easily fight against the Ivory Coast team, so as not to fall into the trap of the opponent's fast attacking rhythm.
Once again, the players on both sides chose to work hard to muster the remaining energy in their bodies and use it all together to fight for the last ten minutes of the game.
The majority of fans at the scene seemed to have a lot of suspense when they saw the game, and they also created an extremely hot cheering atmosphere at the scene to present gifts to the two teams.
The whole game became more sparkling for a while!
Not only in terms of momentum and attitude, but also in terms of physical contact between the players of both sides, it is also moving towards an extremely exciting and fiery situation!
Of course, when such a situation occurs, it seems that the content of the live game may deviate at any time. The players on both sides are not only getting more and more angry with the surge of adrenaline, but the actions they explain are also becoming more and more unclean.
Gradually, the game scene is not as harmonious as before, but has spread towards the battlefield state of people on their backs.
"Oops, the game is becoming more and more like a wrestling match, can Li Xuan still control it in time?" Liu, the commentator who was at the scene but still had to broadcast the game to the majority of Chinese fans, at this time, couldn't help but be a little worried about the referee Li Xuan.
And many people, in fact, also found such a situation, and they were a little sweaty for Li Xuan.
Since Li Xuan came on the field, this game has been well controlled, and it looks like it is about to end, but there are signs of uncontrollable control, which really makes everyone feel a little sorry and regretful.
However, Li Xuan, who was at the scene, was not worried that he would not be able to control the game.
In his opinion, the players on both sides have gone completely crazy and are making a last-ditch fight for victory. He can't afford to force such a spectacular game to pieces without obvious fouls or gains from either side. Moreover, he has always watched the big moves of both sides very accurately, there will be no obvious biased misjudgment, and he is confident that he can control the players on both sides and will never fight. If you really want to make dangerous moves, he will not skimp on the red and yellow cards in his hand.
Perhaps in order to prove and comfort the fans, Li Xuan then suddenly gave several yellow cards to the players on both sides who were a little too much in a short period of time. Even the top stars of the two sides, Drogba and Kaka, who are famous and the biggest names in the game, accidentally received their respective yellow cards and did not receive preferential treatment at all.
Especially for a guy like Kaka, who is known for his elegant style of play, Li Xuan is not relentless, and he is very resolute and decisive when giving cards, which quickly dispelled the superfluous worries of the vast majority of fans that the game may collapse.
It's just that sometimes, even with preparation, things still have some strange changes and extensions, which often catch people off guard!
Just when the majority of fans were convinced that the game would not become a meat grinding battlefield, carefully watching the final battle, and looking forward to the surprises that the two sides of the game might appear in the last few minutes, a bigger change suddenly occurred on the field!
The Ivory Coast's throw-in was sent out at the back, and their player Cader Keita, who was running towards Kaka, who was about to grab the ball, suddenly collided directly with Kaka's running body. Immediately after, I saw Kader Keita immediately cover his face and lie down on the ground!
For a while, the fans at the scene suddenly let out all kinds of exclamations!
And the players of the Ivory Coast team decisively rushed forward and surrounded Kaka, who was still a little incredulous and innocent.
As for Kader Keita, he was still lying on the ground covering his face, and seemed to be in great pain!
The focus of the scene was unconsciously focused on the place of the incident.
Naturally, the players of the Brazilian team did not want Kaka to suffer, and stepped forward to protect their leader and confronted the players of the Ivory Coast team.
And a few smart players of the Ivory Coast team gathered around the referee Li Xuan on duty in an instant and put decisive pressure on Li Xuan!
In fact, after the incident happened suddenly, Li Xuan immediately walked towards the place where the incident occurred, and at the same time mobilized his ability to see the replay of the scene that happened in the field just now.
Then, it can be said that his current state of mind is actually quite speechless. The Ivorian player Kader Keita, who was lying on the ground, was really a super acting school, and his fake fall performance was so realistic that he was very ashamed.
So, in front of countless fans and spectators, he took the initiative to quickly pull out the yellow card!
But Li Xuan's card made the entire scene and even more fans in front of the screen go crazy in an instant, everyone doesn't know, which player he will penalize, Kaka or Kader Keita?
This punishment has a very serious impact on the game between the two sides, and everyone is a little shocked and curious!
Some players of the Brazilian team, who were worried about the deterioration of the situation, saw that the situation was not clear, and even immediately surrounded them and quickly launched various active appeals against Li Xuan.
"Kaka didn't foul!"
"No yellow card!"
"Kaka is fine!"
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The players of Côte d'Ivoire, seeing this, naturally continued to blame Kaka's actions just now, trying to sit on Kaka's yellow card action, making his two yellows turn into one red and he was sent off!
It's just that in the next moment, the attitudes of the players on both sides immediately changed dramatically. Because Li Xuan was holding a yellow card in one hand, he directly signaled Cader Keita to hurry up with the other!
Obviously, with this yellow card, Li Xuan is going to punish Cader Keita for excessive fake falls!
With another burst of eager discussions and even various boos from countless fans, Li Xuan still gave the card firmly, and then decisively signaled to the players of the Ivorian team who were still chattering with him, his punishment was unquestionable, let them not go too far.
Although Li Xuan is young and doesn't look very strong, and even because he is too handsome, he looks a little bookish against the backdrop of many strong bodies in the field, but at this moment, he is extremely domineering, and his temperament is extremely tough, and the players of the entire Ivorian team who were shocked for a while did not dare to continue to have objections!
At the same time, after seeing Li Xuan's very accurate judgment, the players of the Brazilian team over there also gave Li Xuan a thumbs up, and immediately separated the players from Ivory Coast, not wanting them to continue to put pressure on Li Xuan.
In such a situation, Cader Keita had to turn away in a gloomy manner, intending to accept his fake fall failure and continue the game, after all, their team was still behind.
An immoral incident that occurred on the court was successfully resolved under Li Xuan's decisive judgment.
The situation was brought under control in time, and everyone seemed to accept it, and while they were ready to wait for the replay of the video to be broadcast, they all watched the continuation of the game.
However, just as Li Xuan was about to blow the whistle to continue the game, he suddenly received a call from Stephen Lannoy in the headphones he was wearing, saying that the head coach of the Brazilian team, Dunga, was extremely dissatisfied with Cader Keita's fake fall just now, and actually overreacted, directly threw the tactical board on the court, and spoke disrespectfully about his stop as a member of the referee team!
Faced with the initiative of the former referee and the current fourth official, Li Xuan was a little helpless, and first felt that what Deng Jia did was really irrational. However, since the fourth official took the initiative to catch the discordant behavior in the game, it is necessary to express it to him again.
Li Xuan quickly ran to the sidelines of the game, first picked up the tactical board left in the field, threw it out of bounds, and then waved at Dunga, who was still arguing with Stephen Lannoy, and the yellow card was given again.
Immediately after, counting the previous yellow card, Li Xuan changed the red card to Dunga for the first time, and waved his arm in a dashing manner, pointing to the stands!
There is no way, Dunga's irrational behavior should be paid for, and the punishment of the stands is a necessary result, who let him once again provoke the authority of the referee team!
Dunga, who originally intended to appeal for dissatisfaction, didn't expect Stephen Lannoy and Li Xuan to communicate so quickly, let alone that the young Li Xuan was unrelenting, and for a while he seemed to be a little unable to accept the fact that he was punished for the stands, and yelled at Li Xuan and Stephen Lannoy even more dissatisfied!
"I remember you, this is not over, you have me off!"
Seeing that Dunga's state was extraordinarily arrogant, Li Xuan was thinking about whether to continue to give him more colors, but fortunately, the assistant coach of the Brazilian team was smarter and pulled Dunga to the direction of the stands in time. At the same time, the organising staff of the match also came over to take Dunga to the stands.
Ignoring the various angry yells that Dunga still kept incessantly after being dragged away, Li Xuan shook his head, turned around and ran towards the middle of the field, ready to continue the game with only a few minutes left.
And at this moment, among the fans at the scene, there was a sudden burst of exclamations. Everyone once again saw from the video playback on the big screen in time that Cader Keita's fake fall just now was really so shameless, and Li Xuan's punishment was correct!
For Li Xuan's accurate judgment, everyone was a little stunned for a while, and they talked about it with emotion. As for Dunga, who happened to be sent to the stands, everyone thought that it was purely because he had a bad temper and died by himself, obviously the team was ahead, but he was as unhappy and violent as if the team was falling behind, and it was purely self-inflicted to provoke and question the referee team to be sent to the stands.
So, the fans at the scene took the initiative to give some applause and cheered for Li Xuan.
Next, the game was able to resume the game.
After being properly handled by Li Xuan, the two sides of the game re-entered the normal scope of the game, and for a while, the technical and tactical levels of the two teams were released, and they returned to the origin of the game together, without making more moths.
It's just a little regrettable that even if Li Xuan deliberately gave the game seven minutes of stoppage time, the score between the two sides was still maintained at a score of 1-2 and no new goals were scored.
When the game was over, Li Xuan blew the final whistle and stretched out his arm. The fans at the scene once again gave him quite warm applause and encouragement, and fully affirmed his extremely accurate and appropriate penalty in the second half, although it was a little special.
The players in the game on both sides have also become more friendly to the young referee Li Xuan, and they are still very convinced to shake hands with Li Xuan and say goodbye.
Everyone thinks that in this game, Li Xuan did a good job after coming off the bench as the referee.
After Li Xuan shook hands with almost all the players and referees, he picked up the football that he intended to keep as a souvenir and walked to the locker room with the members of the referee team.
His World Cup debut, which he considered to be a success, was also a success, so he had a lot of confidence and a smile on his face, not in the least surprised by the camera that was taking a close-up at him at the moment.
However, perhaps a little too relaxed, he didn't notice that just as he was smiling at the camera, suddenly an object flew out from above the fan's seat and smashed into his head!
Syllable!
Very accurate, Li Xuan suddenly felt a pain in his head, and his body involuntarily crooked!
Hiss, it hurts!
When Li Xuan reacted, he found that he had been attacked, and the assistant referee and the fourth official beside him hurriedly supported him, but they were all a little flustered and shocked.
And the big screen at the scene, with the broadcast of the camera footage that had just been filming Li Xuan, broadcast such a terrible emergency in time, which immediately made countless fans suddenly riot again, and immediately became a little chaotic!
It seems that among the fans at the scene, someone actually attacked the referee Li Xuan just now!