Iniesta excitedly grabbed the ball and ran towards Ribery, celebrating the goal and thanking Ribery for his clever pass, as Hubnell and Villa quickly got up from goal and hugged Ribery.

Loew shook his fist on the sidelines, believing his side would emerge victorious, but could not contain his excitement when the goal came.

David seemed to be more excited than Loew, and if it weren't for the assistant coach stopping him, he would have rushed into the field to celebrate.

But at this moment, a discordant whistle sounded, and everyone's eyes looked at the referee suspiciously.

The referee has a whistle in his mouth and a gesture in his hand, but this action does not mean that the goal is valid, but signals Blackburn Rovers to send a free kick at the back.

This penalty confused the players on both sides, and the goal didn't count?

Villa was the most impulsive, rushing directly to the referee and asking loudly: "This is a good ball, why doesn't it count?" ”

Other Notts County players also gathered around and they simply couldn't accept the decision.

Alonso, as the captain, saw that the players were showing signs of losing control, and quickly blocked in front of the referee, fulfilled the responsibility of the captain, and communicated with the referee.

The referee looked a little unpleasant, as the most authoritative person on the field, he hated the player questioning his decision the most, and Notts County protested around him undoubtedly challenging his bottom line.

'It's clearly offside, when the number 16 passes the ball, the number eight is in an offside position, there's nothing to explain it!' The referee said to Alon's ropeway with a blank face, and after that, regardless of whether Alonso accepted it or not, he was already walking towards the center circle.

Notts County's No.16 was Franck Franck Ribery, while No.8 was Andres Iniesta, who scored.

At this time, the Notts County players realized that the linesman's flag was held high, and it was his action that made the referee make a penalty.

The Notts County players still want to go over and argue and protest, they can't accept this decision, this is obviously a good ball, but it was bizarrely blown off, it is strange to be calm!

But Loew shouted the names of the players on the sidelines to calm them down, although the goal was blown and it would affect the morale of the team, but after all, the team currently has the upper hand, and it may only be a matter of time before it wins, but once the referee is punished for besieging the referee, then this game may have to be explained here.

Although the players were extremely unwilling, they still listened to Loew's words and restarted the game, instead of stubbornly asking the referee for trouble.

"This-son raised it!" David burst out, and with red eyes, he wanted to rush into the field, but he was stopped by Loew.

"Don't be too impulsive, it's just a goal, I promise we can win this game, you don't make a mess, you have to make trouble, you might as well think about what kind of attitude the club will have to face the media and the FA after the game, I always feel that things are not so simple!" Loew whispered in David's ear, but his expression was a little incomprehensible.

David also calmed down, his mind was spinning, and he began to think.

The goal was definitely not offside, because when Ribery passed the Blackburn defender, the defender was less than 2 meters from the baseline, and with him in the end, any Notts County player was not offside.

Was this miscalculation really just a mistake, just a coincidence?

David also tasted it, maybe someone didn't want Notts County or any of the lower teams to go far.

It's impossible to say what kind of mentality the English football team always has, but David vaguely feels that the FA still hopes that in the League Cup, the strong team will eliminate the weak team, so that the more future games will be a strong dialogue, the game is good, and the event can be more concerned, which is in line with their interests.

If the FA really has such a hint, then David has nothing to say, and there really is nothing to communicate with short-sighted people.

Hopefully, this is just their guess, and maybe the next game will be able to see what it is!

After the game restarted, Blackburn, who had survived the catastrophe, came to the momentum, and took advantage of the frustration of the Notts County players to launch a fierce attack, which made Notts County a little embarrassed for a while.

However, after Notts County stubbornly held their ground, the game returned to its usual dullness, and until the end of regular time, neither side could score, and the game will go to extra time.

Because before the League Cup, excluding the semi-finals and the final, will take the form of a decisive victory, if there is no winner in extra time, then it can only go to a brutal penalty shootout.

Penalty shoot-outs are no stranger to Notts County, as they played a penalty shoot-out with Northampton in the first round of the Carabao Cup.

Even if there is more practice on penalty kicks, Loew is still willing to divide the winner in the game time, maybe that is more certain, and the penalty shootout sometimes tests the psychological quality of the players, as well as luck!

That's right, it's luck, and this kind of ethereal thing is not something that anyone can grasp.

Before the start of extra time, Loew pulled Ribery and Iniesta to start teaching face-to-face, at this time there was no longer a technical and tactical play, how to pour the ball into the opponent's door is the most important.

His strategy is also very simple, the two take the ball more to break through, take advantage of the opponent's declining fitness to disrupt the opponent's defense, take advantage of the chaos to create opportunities, even if they can't directly threaten the goal, they can also create set-pieces.

Franck Ribery and Andres Iniesta came on to carry out Loew's demands and began to make more individual breakthroughs, while the other Notts County players helped them pull up space, and after a psychological adjustment, Notts County were able to hold back their strength to win in game time.

As for penalty shootouts?

To hell with it!

Notts County began to bombard the Blackburn penalty area in a torrential manner, with the climax of the attack coming in waves, and the scene was so tense that it seemed to be suffocating at any moment.

In the third minute of the first half of extra time, Ribery broke through and cut inside and was punched out of the box by the goalkeeper, and Leiton Baines, who came on as a substitute in extra time, volleyed from the left side of the box arc, but the ball was slightly over the crossbar.

In the 8th minute of the first half of extra time, Lahm crossed, but Hubnell's header was bravely held by the opponent's goalkeeper, and the goalkeeper was also shocked into a cold sweat, because he had almost given up the defense just now, and his actions were subconscious, but he didn't expect to really make a meritorious service.

In the 13th minute of the first half of extra time, after Alonso's long-range shot from outside the penalty area was blocked by the opponent with his body, the ball bounced back to his feet, and Long Ge did not hesitate to kick again, but unfortunately he was still unable to pass through the dense crowd in the penalty area.