Chapter 54: Promotion and a War of Words
To be honest, the referee's whistle in this game was a little soft, the two teams fought fiercely, and there were several serious fouls before, and most of them were just verbally warned, which contributed to the anger of the players to a certain extent.
Linhardt's foul was not subjective and intentional in terms of original intention, and it was indeed seriously injured from the result, so whether it should only be shown as a yellow card warning or directly sent off with a red card, Li Mudi is not a professional referee and can't give the right opinion. But when Ferrol's players stepped forward to ask for a red card, forming a situation of provoking and insulting the opponent and even besieging the referee, he failed to use his authority in time to stop this kind of behavior that is not in line with the spirit and morality of the sports game, only a verbal warning, and not even a yellow card, which is too much. Fortunately, the fourth official on the sidelines was quite experienced, and the visiting coach Tyner was very calm in the face of the blushing face and roaring, and refused the opponent's unreasonable protests, but promised to write everything on and off the field into the post-match report.
Taking advantage of the opponent's substitution, Li Mudi on the sidelines hurriedly summoned the captain on the field, Fabas, and instructed him to calm down the players as soon as possible and not fall into the fighting spirit with the opponent. When the game resumes, be more cautious, beware of retaliation, and be smart if necessary. Fabas understood and returned to the pitch to gather everyone together to convey the manager's arrangement.
The match resumed after a five-minute timeout for the foul, and as expected, Ferrol's players became more brutal in their movements, making every physical contact as if they wanted to bring their opponents to the ground. For a while, the players of the home team on the field seemed to have become the sparring partners of the wrestling team, constantly in close contact with Mother Earth, and the white jerseys on their bodies turned light green.
The fourth official, who had just dissuaded the visiting manager's frantic rants just a few minutes earlier, had welcomed the home manager's high-powered hair dryer. With the boos of the audience, Li Mudi pointed to Cedres, who was lying on the ground in the stadium and kept rolling, and shouted at the fourth official: "Open your eyes and see, is this TM still a football game?" My players are here to play football, not to compete with a bunch of BZ-raised fighters. Do you know me? I'm from the Celestial Empire, and if you provoke me, I'll let you see what Celestial Kung Fu is! ”
The fourth official's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he seemed to be frightened by the vicious and hooligan-like behavior of Li Mudi, who had always been gentle and modest, and after a pause, he said solemnly: "Mr. Moody, please pay attention to your wording. You have now seriously interfered with the enforcement process of our referee team, and if you do any more excessively, I will immediately recommend that the referee punish you for playing. Also, I will record what you just said in the post-match report, and I hope you will have good luck and not be punished. ”
"Oops, I'm so grumpy, I still don't believe it......" Just when the Castilla coach tried to step forward and take down the referee in front of him like a crazy bull, assistant coach Solari grabbed him and then pulled him hard behind him. When the two of them were wrong, Li Mudi still had the violent expression on his face just now, but whispered: "You are too slow, if you don't stop me in time, I will be done playing." When Solari heard this, he glanced at the guy who was standing behind him and continued to pretend to be angry, and ignored him, but immediately comforted the fourth official who was also angry: "Don't take it to heart, he just cares too much about the players, and he is out of control for a while, and all he says is angry and nonsense, don't care!" ”
After seeing that the opponent's tone eased a little, Solari mentioned the brutality of the visiting team on the field and the referee's penalty scale: "But you should really give the referee a reminder, you see, can this game go on?" Dangerous fouls can occur all the time, and now our players are quite restrained, but if they are kicked in anger, it is likely to cause incalculable consequences. Listen to the boos from the fans, it's time to make a change as soon as possible. ”
By this time, the home team's team doctor had returned to the sidelines, and Cedras, who had just played a wonderful roll, had already come to the foul site and was ready to take a free kick. Li Mudi, who was standing aside alone and pretending to be angry, was also deflated when he saw this scene, this is also too fake, you should go to the sidelines to pretend to receive treatment. This acting skill is not a little worse than Professor Bu, so you have to learn from your predecessors.
The pressure from the home coach worked, and the referee finally hardened up when faced with the visitors' oversized movements, showing four yellow cards in succession in the space of 15 minutes, one for the home team and three for the away team. Although this overkill and formal punishment method greatly displeased Ferrol's coaches and players, it also controlled the situation on the field to a certain extent, and the smell of gunpowder diminished.
At half-time, the 0-0 score and 4-3 shots on goal were not enough to illustrate the intensity of the game, and the 11 fouls by the home team and as many as 20 fouls by the visitors were a true reflection of the hand-to-hand battle between the two sides in the past 45 minutes.
The fifteen-minute break was enough to calm Ferrol's players, so in the early stages of the second half, they were more regular and defensive, and then used the midfield press to try to find mistakes and wait for an opportunity to play a quick counter-attack. Argentine teenager Juanpa, who can replace Pellez, is a striker in his own right, and he is only barely able to play as a midfielder, and he is not delicate enough in his passing skills. So around the 70th minute of the game, Ferrol, who was disadvantaged by an away goal on aggregate, had to adjust again and put Juampa on the front line to partner Joselu as a double striker. In order to avoid the distance between the two lines of the midfield and the front line, the midfield line and the back line as a whole were prerequisites, so that the team put on the final offensive of the fight.
Now it seems that Lin Liangming's away goal two weeks ago can be called a thousand gold. It was a valuable goal that forced Ferrol to strike at home to Castilla. And once again, it turns out that playing attacking football at the Stadio Alfredo Di Stefano comes with a price to pay.
In the 74th minute, a corner kick from the visitors failed to threaten and was directly confiscated by goalkeeper Abad, who immediately kicked forward. Narvaez fought for the first spot in the opposition half, and although he did not control the ball due to the interference of the defenders, he still managed to get the ball into the gap on the right. In the ensuing sprint competition, Narvaez's tenacious scramble caught the opponent off guard, and the power of the return pass to the goalkeeper was too small when he lost his balance, and was caught by Muñoz, who was inserted at high speed. Facing the goalkeeper who was halfway through the attack, Muñoz naturally didn't take it lightly, and a beautiful volley sent the ball into the empty net. 1-0, Castilla took the lead to break the deadlock on the field.
Ferrol, who conceded the goal, did not despair, because if they could have scored a goal in the next 20 minutes, they could have dragged the game into extra-time, so after kick-off, the visiting players rushed into the home team's defense like crazy, and for a time suppressed Castilla in their own half. The attack looked fierce, but due to the departure of key player Pelez and fitness problems, Ferrol was unable to create any good chances on goal, and several shots were barely on target. In this way, the more impatient you are, the more you want to score as soon as possible, and the worse the attacking options are.
In the 82nd minute, it was Castilla who seized a counter-attacking opportunity, and substitute Kuchi sent a clever pass, Cedeles' cross from the right was cushioned into the goal by Narvaez in front of the goal. The score of 2-0 made Li Mudi breathe a sigh of relief, feeling that the victory was already in his pocket.
But a minute later, Abad's goal was breached, Joselu received a cross from the left of the player, beat the teenager Manu, and a powerful header narrowed the gap between the two teams to one goal, and as long as one more goal was scored, Ferrol could successfully advance with the advantage of more away goals.
The visitors then launched a more ferocious attack, but unfortunately the physical consumption was too great, and almost all the players' movements were severely deformed, and some technical movements could not be completed at all. After substitute Grau scored the home team's third goal in the 87th minute, the breath that Ferrol players were holding in was finally released, and the game was completely out of suspense.
3-1, 4-2 on aggregate, Castilla eliminated Ferrol and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2015-16 Spanish Copa Federa.
The focus after the game naturally converged on Ringhardt's foul on Pellez, and Ferrol coach Tyner took out his anger on the referee and Ringhardt. He first questioned the ability of the referee to officiate the game, believing that his level of business was comparable to that of a kindergarten child who was new to the game of football. Then he began a five-minute verbal attack on "Butcher" Linhardt, saying that such players should not come to play football, should go to taekwondo, maybe win the Olympic gold medal, and that his foul action against Pelez should be sentenced to ten years in prison.
The next day, Li Mudi, who heard the reporter's relay, was very angry, and defended his disciple in front of the microphone: "Linhardt's action was not intentional, and the fourth official's post-match report proved it, so some fans' accusations against him are immoral." And verbal violence should not be allowed, so I call on everyone to calm down and stop doing such unnecessary things. ”
"But today came the news that Pelez is very injured and could be out for three months, which is almost the end of the season." The reporters all look like they don't think it's a big deal.
"No, it has nothing to do with how badly it hurts. I'm very sorry for Pelez's injury and the entire Castile players and staff, but it doesn't mean that Linhardt is guilty. He just made the wrong choice at the wrong time, but it's not that he's a dirty person, and he doesn't have anything to do with crime. Li Mudi's face was solemn, not angry and arrogant.
"So how do you feel about Ferrol boss Tyner's words?" In the final analysis, it is the duel between the two managers that is the most interesting.
'I have a lot of respect for him, but I'm sorry for what he said about Ringhardt, it's not what a gentleman should be. Of course, Mr. Tyner may also have been too angry and agitated because the player had been seriously injured, and I don't think he meant it. ”
"So what do you think of the referee who officiated yesterday's game? Almost all fans on the Internet think that his level is simply too poor. "It's red. Bare. Dig a hole in the bare ground.
Li Mudi is so smart, of course he won't fall for these unscrupulous reporters, "I have nothing to say about the referee's performance." ”
"But the fourth official wrote in the post-match report that you had spoken disrespectfully to him during the game......"
"What's so insulting? I'm from the Celestial Empire, and my Spanish isn't very good, so maybe we have a misunderstanding with each other. With that, the Castilla coach turned around and left, leaving behind a group of reporters who had cursed in his heart. You don't speak Spanish well? The report said that you scolded more than the Spaniards, and you were embarrassed to say that you were not good at Spanish? Your grandmother. Brow's.