Chapter 571 - Penalty and red card
In the 58th minute, Ricardo took a free kick and found Thiago accurately. Silva headed overhead, but the latter's header was too angle-seeking and the ball grazed the post and flew off the line.
Thiago. Silva hugged her head and sighed. He missed his chance to be a hero.
Two minutes later, Spain found a hole in Brazil's defence in possession, Xavi sent a soul-sucking through ball, but Thiago. Silva was very attentive when Villa ran out of Lucio to receive the ball. Silva was in good shape and he was very bold in tackling the ball in the box and breaking the ball off the line.
Spain took a corner kick and the returning Fabiano headed the ball over, and Brazil counter-attacked. After a two-foot pass, the ball came to Kaka's feet.
Kaka ran 30 meters with the ball, and after connecting two people, he sent a straight kick.
Ricardo cut in diagonally from the left and used his speed to overtake Puyol to catch the ball. But in the moment of receiving the ball, Puyol stealthily kicked on his supporting leg.
Puyol left to raise his hand to signal he had not committed a foul and Ricardo staggered a few steps, but while still barely able to control the ball, Capdevilla and Sergio Busquets were both in good shape and he missed the chance to shoot.
The first thing Ricardo did after regaining his balance was to pick up the ball to the back post.
Both Capdevilla and Sergio Busquets took Ricardo too seriously, and both focused on him, leaving a gap behind him.
Rico plugs in at high speed and gets a single chance.
But perhaps he was too nervous, and he hesitated for nearly a second, until Casillas came out and he woke up from a dream, got up and shot, and the ball hit Casillas's leg and bounced off the bottom line.
After finishing the shot, Rico fell to his knees, unable to believe that he had missed such a godsend.
Gilberto. Silva whipped in a corner, Fabiano grabbed a nod in front of him, Lucio and Ricardo jumped up at the same time, and finally Licardo got on the ball and completed the header relay, but his shot went over the crossbar.
Spain again tried to organize an attack, and Xavi. Alonso was beaten by veteran Gilberto when he tried to stuff the ball into the box. Silva spotted early and managed to break the ball.
Gilberto. Silva immediately counter-attacked with a long pass, and Kaka once again showed his high-speed dribbling skills, shaking off Sergio Busquets and handing the ball down the right flank.
Rico plugged in at high speed to catch the ball and saw a 3-on-3 situation, Capdevilla brought him down and received a yellow card.
So far, the four players in the Spanish team's backline plus Busquez have all been yellowed.
Bosque faces an awkward situation.
If he wants to maintain the deterrent effect on Ricardo and Kaka, he will have to replace a defender.
Otherwise, there will be a player who has the determination to dye red.
It was a difficult decision and the defenders on the Spanish bench were not so reassuring.
In particular, the trio of Pique, Puyol and Ramos are almost irreplaceable.
The gap between the substitutes and them is huge.
While Bosque was hesitating, Spain played a very good attack, and after tilting the Brazilian defence with an inverted foot, Xavi shifted the ball to the right, and Navas broke through into the box with the ball to face Thiago. Silva, he passes the ball to the back post and Villa only needs to catch the ball to hit the empty net.
But Lucio made a difference, he made a vicious tackle, and although he didn't get it, the whole man was in front of Villa.
Villa hastily fired a shot that bounced off Lucio and McConn cleared the ball with a big foot.
Villa raised his hand to signal Lucio for handball, but referee Webber ignored it, and by this time Kaka had already headed the ball back to Ricardo, and Brazil launched a quick counter-attack.
Ricardo's physical strength has dropped sharply at this time, and his speed is not as fast as in the opening game, but it is reasonable that the opponent's physical consumption is also very large.
A flick of the tail past Ramos, and Ricardo continued to run to the baseline with the ball.
Ramos chased after him, Ricardo suddenly smashed the ball, then dunked the ball back with his right foot, and shook Ramos twice in a row so that Ramos almost fell, and then burst into the penalty area.
At this time, Spain's defensive formation has not yet been arranged, Fabiano is almost unattended in the middle, Rico is outflanked at the back point, and Kaka is at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and the front view runs into the penalty area to respond.
Ricardo has three points of play and can also choose to shoot himself.
Casillas struck immediately, but he was embarrassed, Ricardo had too many options, and he didn't have a good solution.
Ricardo began to pedal.
Two cycles later, Casillas fell to the ground in desperation to save, but he couldn't hold the ball, and Ricardo turned the ball in the opposite direction and looked like he was about to shoot. This empty door, there is no reason not to enter.
Ramos had no choice. He tackles the ball from behind.
Ricardo fell to the ground. The football flew out. As the referee's whistle blew, Webb ran over and pointed to the penalty spot, then reached into the back pocket of his ass with his right hand and called Ramos with his left hand.
Ramos was surprisingly calm. When he made his choice, he already knew the consequences.
Sure enough, Webb took out the stack of red and yellow cards, and first selected a yellow card and shook it at him.
Ramos turned around and began to walk off the field.
Facing his back, Webb completed the final ritual and shook the red card at him.
"Penalty and red card! Sergio Ramos was sent off with two yellows and one red, while Brazil still had a penalty to play. The game is very friendly against the Brazilian team! "This may be the turning point of the whole game." But there was nothing wrong with Ramos' foul, and if he hadn't fouled and Ricardo had hit the empty net, it would have been a sure goal. And Ramos's foul, although it gave Brazil a penalty, but the penalty may not be scored. Now the pressure is all on Casillas. ”
The Brazilian players gathered around, touched Ricardo's head and patted him on the shoulder to express their joy.
This bitter battle can finally see the light of day.
Ricardo moved his ankle and stood up, ready to take the ball himself.
He carefully placed the ball at the penalty spot, placed it several times, and finally aimed the valve core at himself.
Then he took a deep breath and began to retreat. At this time, the Spanish players were still protesting around referee Webb, who felt that the penalty was too heavy and that Ramos should not be sent off if a penalty was awarded.
Casillas, on the other hand, kept trying to tell Webb that Ramos had kicked the ball first before tripping Ricardo.
But Webber ignored them and ran backwards out of the box, signaling the Spanish players to disperse, warning that if they didn't disperse, they would be given cards.
The Spanish players then retreated.
Ricardo supported himself with his left leg and twisted his ankle on the tip of his right foot on the ground. There was some tingling in his ankle.
But should be able to hold out for the game. It won't happen again at the last World Cup. Even if he breaks his leg, he will insist on finishing this game.
Webb blew the whistle and Ricardo started running.