Chapter 13: The Other Side of Football

Benny Yundu is also a veteran team in Serie C, and their Chinese translation, also known as Binny Yuntu, sounds quite poetic.

Unlike Pavia, though, this team has had most of their ups and downs in Serie C Group A. Their home stadium is the Stadio Sant'Colombo in Benniyundo, with 19,000 home seats, so he earns a lot more than Pavia.

Because of this, Beniyundu is much better financially than Pavia, and their record is naturally much better than that of Pavia.

However, it is precisely because this team is the deep-pocketed type of Serie C that their management and fans are also very demanding of the team's results, and they have changed four managers in the past five seasons, and the team has been in turmoil.

At their best, they reached the Serie B play-offs in 02-03 and were beaten by Foggia, and at their worst, they almost fell to Serie B in 03-04, narrowly avoiding relegation by two points.

The current manager of this team is Walter. Novellino, a decorated coach who is not internationally famous, has almost as much credentials as Milan's strong-fisted coach Sacchi, and he is also a representative of the Italian academy coach, and later in the 2007-2008 season he joined Torino twice, helping the team to relegation, and in the 2009-2010 season he coached Reggina.

His style is also the same as that of Saki, leading the team with an iron fist and governing the army very strictly.

Under his leadership, Benniyundu have been on a thriving run this season, ceding top spot to Novara after 14 rounds of the league, and they are still second in the league table, with a strong chance of qualifying for Serie B next season.

When Novara was eliminated by Pavia in the Carabao Cup, Beniyundu and Pavia were the two favourites with the most vocal calls, and in the end they lived up to expectations and successfully met in the final, contributing the most exciting ending to one of the most important cup competitions in the third division.

Now the two teams stood in the middle of the pitch, being greeted by flashing lights from all directions and cheers from the fans, while Beniyundo's head coach, Mr. Novellino, sat in the dugout, looking thoughtfully at Pavia's bench.

Of course, there is only one person he pays attention to, and that is Pavia's number one star, super rookie, offensive core, mental pillar, and Descartes. Mondillo.

To tell the truth, Novellino is very envious of Mr. Donatony, and with such a good card, his shit life is simply too good. As an Italian, it is impossible for Novellino not to know Descartes, in fact, he has been paying attention to this little guy since Descartes was still in the junior team, and he knows very well what kind of height an excellent star can lead the team to, just like Baggio, when the 94 World Cup, Italy, which lacked major generals, was almost dragged into the final by Baggio by himself, so when Baggio shot that penalty, his back would be so bleak and so touching.

And Descartes is undoubtedly Pavia's "Baggio", it can be said that without Descartes's tandem and contribution in the front court, Pavia's offense would be a disaster.

Their former number one striker, Shakaluga, is a fast and sensitive player, but his skills are so bad that his one-on-one success rate is not even as good as most teams' defenders, and he is already the best striker in Pavia, which shows the quality of this team.

It can be said that Descartes equals the whole of Pavia's attack, he possesses the ball, passes, dribbles, and breaks in the front court, all he does is that other players such as Shakaruga need to cover for him, pull, respond, and be in the right place at the right time, waiting for his pass.

The club have scored a total of 56 goals this season, 47 of which have been involved in Descartes, and they have only scored a disgraceful six goals in the first half of all competitions!

Although this has something to do with their tactics of defending in the first half and attacking in the second half, it also shows Pavia's dependence on Descartes, and Mr. Novellino swears that if he had a player like Descartes, he would definitely lead the team a hundred times better than Donatoni.

But it doesn't matter, even if Descartes is in the opponent's camp, Novellino has prepared a special way to entertain him.

Mr. Novellino would love to see how this young but already famous genius would behave in the face of his special hospitality.

The first half of the first half for both teams was as dull and dreary as ever, and although it was at home in Pavia, the home fans were used to the lethargic performance of the first half. It's not that the players didn't work hard enough, but the defense is always boring, the passion of football is in attack, in shooting, and the home team is focused on defending and naturally can't cheer up the fans.

But when the second half started, all the fans were excited, because Descartes was about to play, and the team was going to play attacking football in the second half, and the game was going to be very good.

Descartes lived up to the hype, threatening with his first touch.

After Benny Yundu kicked off in the second half, Descartes decisively stepped forward, and the opposing defender could not concentrate in the opening seconds, and was almost successfully tackled by him. However, there was still a mistake in the passing of the opposing defender in the panic, and the ball rolled so that the goalkeeper had to take the initiative to run out to receive the ball, and at the same time, a white lightning bolt also rushed up, it was Pavia's striker Shakaruga!

Two figures touched the ball one after the other, and the ball flew high into the sky after a chaotic rebound, and then two more figures chased the trajectory of the ball.

It was Descartes and Benny Yundu's defender, Shanis Cage.

Descartes' current height is 1.73 meters, and Shaniskaji's height is 1.82 meters, and the two of them rushed into the air at the same time, and then collided hard in mid-air.

Due to the interference of Shaniscarge, although Descartes took the lead in the ball, the arc drawn by the ball was a little crooked, and finally flew directly out of the bottom line.

The home crowd applauded and cheered for the fierce scramble, but Descartes slowly rubbed his ribs on the court, and he looked at Shaniscarge's gaze, revealing a hint of chill.

In fact, no one noticed just now that Shaniscarge quietly raised his elbow when he was fighting with Descartes, but because the two of them were so close, even the referee failed to catch his foul action, and his elbow was heavily pressed against Descartes' ribs, so that Descartes stretched out in the air and almost couldn't catch it in one breath, which finally caused this ridiculously crooked header.

It was a very hidden and nasty foul.

What made Descartes even more angry was that after the foul, Shaniscarge also glared at him fiercely when the referee was not paying attention, and his eyes were full of ferocity and threat.

This guy did it on purpose.

Descartes rubbed his dull sore ribs a few times, and slowly walked back to the midfield without saying anything, after so many years of playing and growing, he is no longer the young and vigorous little guy he was at the beginning, and Descartes, who was easily irritated by the stupid big man of Inter Milan in the regional junior league, has now understood a more simple truth: when he is provoked and violated on the field, the best way to fight back is to score.

So he secretly clenched his fists, and he must use the goal to make the fierce defender regret.

After this attack, Benny Yundu significantly strengthened his defense against Descartes, and at least two of their defenders roamed around Descartes, determined not to let him easily touch the ball.

In fact, this kind of treatment is encountered by Descartes in almost every game, so he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong, but the only thing that makes him unhappy is that these two defenders, or the entire Benny Yundu defenders, are very ruthless.

Soccer is a very physical sport, so there will be some bumps and bumps on that side of the confrontation, in fact, FIFA has cracked down on fouls on the pitch very harshly, but there are still a lot of small actions that make the players feel awkward.

For example, when both sides are competing for the ball at the same time, and one side gets the ball first, then it stands to reason that the other side should stop in time and then stand in a defensive position to defend. However, some players out of anger or other reasons, they will not close their feet, but will take advantage of the situation on the opponent's leg up, such an action can be said to be deliberate, or it can be said that due to habitual surname, the referee is difficult to define, whether it is a foul will be completely controlled by the referee.

Some referees with a strict scale will define this behavior as a foul, while some referees with a soft scale will turn a blind eye.

In fact, in a normal football game, players on both sides will do this at the beginning, their purpose is to find out the referee's penalty scale, if the referee blows, their subsequent actions will be slightly more restrained, because they know that the referee will not tolerate such small actions; But if the referee doesn't blow it, they have a clear understanding of the referee's bottom line, and their actions in the game will become bigger.

After the first half of the game, Banny Yundu already clearly knew that the referee of this game should be a relatively loose law enforcer, so their actions were naturally unscrupulous.

It is this endless stream of small actions that brings great trouble to Descartes.

Although this action did not affect Descartes' passing, it made him have to be more careful when touching the football, because the opponent's tackle would not close his foot at all, and sometimes it looked like it was directly shoveling at his ankle; And when the body is fighting, the opponent will also keep waving his arms, and if he is not careful, he will be hit in the face, which is unguardable.

Descartes had only been on the pitch for less than ten minutes, and he had already been kicked in the leg no less than five or six times, and his body under his jersey was even more green and red, all of which were the masterpieces of Benny Yundu's defenders.

This is clearly not the normal way of playing football.

When Descartes was once again forced to run away by Benny Yundu's players, he looked at the opposing players who were walking away as if nothing had happened, hesitated for a moment, walked up to the referee and said, "Mr. Referee, I hope you can control the situation on the field, the opposing players are obviously too big, you should give them some warnings." ”

Of course, the referee knew the famous Descartes, but the referee insisted that he was old and did not intend to buy Descartes's account at all, and replied with a cold face: "I know what to do, you just need to focus on returning to the court." ”

After eating a soft nail at the referee's place, Descartes felt a little depressed, and walked back to his position with his head down, but when he passed by the opposing player, he heard the other party's joke: "Hey, what's wrong with the little guy, do you go to your mother to cry when you lose the game?" Sure enough, it's a child who hasn't been weaned yet. ”

Descartes looked up and saw one of the opposing players walking past him without squinting, and the strange words that had just come out of his mouth were clearly coming out of his mouth.

This made Descartes feel a chill in his heart, he was provoked by the stupid big man of Inter Milan to lose his mind, but he didn't expect to see such a trick on the court again today.

However, the same tricks are useless against Saint Seiya.

At the World Junior Championships, Descartes was defeated by Doss. Santos's verbal stimulation caused his opponent to flee into anger, which eventually led to teammate Mandolini being killed by a deprived Doss. Santos tackles a broken leg. At that time, Descartes already understood that these unsightly tricks on the court were a double-edged sword, hurting others as well as hurting themselves.

So he can now be very calm and calm in the face of such a provocation.

Again, the biggest counterattack on the court against the opponent is to break through their city.

Say a thousand things and ten thousand, the whole purpose of two teams standing on the pitch is to win, as long as you can't win, it doesn't make sense to do what you do or say anything.

But what Descartes didn't expect was that the referee's connivance made the Benny Yundu players on the field even more intense, and they had more physical collisions when defending Descartes.

He can't remember how many times he's been knocked off, but every time he touches the ball, the opposing players will try their best to make physical contact with him. However, the referee's penalty scale is very lenient, unless it is a clear foul, he generally does not blow the whistle, which makes Descartes's performance on the court very inconsistent, most of the time he is engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the opposing player, and he is unable to complete the work of organizing the attack.

Even the spectators in the stands could not stand such a scene, they let out earth-shattering boos, expressing great dissatisfaction with the referee's decision, and at the same time, some spectators cursed Benny Yundu's players and manager loudly, and the "butcher" and "executioner" were constantly insulting.

But Benniyundu's head coach, Mr. Novelino, is still firmly seated in the Diaoyutai, and all he cares about is the outcome of the game, and as for what the opponent's fans shout, that is not his responsibility.

And when Descartes was knocked sideways again, but the referee only gave the opponent a warning, even Mr. Donatoni on the sidelines couldn't help it, he rushed to the sideline quickly, and roared to the fourth official: "What are you doing here, are you all blind, can't you see that the opposing player is murdering my man on the field?" Do you want my players to die on the court before you blow fouls? ”

"Please calm down, Mr. Donatony." The fourth official looked at Donatoni with a coffin face and said coldly: "Our referee will know the situation on the field, please go back to the coach's box first, otherwise I will write your behavior in the post-match report." ”

Donatoni waved his arms twice in anger, then walked back to the dugout swearing.

A minute later, however, Mr. Donatoni jumped up again, as Descartes flew out again. This time was different from the last time, this time it was tackled by the opposing player with the ball in the high-speed dribble, and it was obvious that the opponent had one foot raised high during the tackle.

This is a very dangerous foul move.

Mr. Donatony was so anxious that he immediately rushed along the sideline to the nearest place to Descartes, shouting as he ran: "Descartes, Descartes, how are you, is there any problem?" ”

Descartes was rolling on the ground with his legs folded, and it seemed that he had not heard Mr. Donatony's question.

Donatoni completely broke out, he rushed into the field and pointed at the referee and scolded: "Are you sick in the brain, you don't give a red card for such a foul, did you collect the money?" You bastard, I'm going to sue you before the Football Association Disciplinary Committee, I'm going to put you in jail, jail! ”

Hearing his almost irrational roar, the referee finally pulled out the card, and it was a red card!

However, the target of the card was Mr. Donatony, who scolded him.

This red card is a must, and insulting the referee will definitely be driven to the audience, but Mr. Donatoni can't care so much now, he only cares about Descartes, and if Descartes does fall, it doesn't matter if he is in the dugout or not.

Mr. Donatony was escorted to the stands by two police officers, and there were even louder boos from the stands, which was the home crowd venting their dissatisfaction, such a bad foul, but in exchange for his own head coach being driven into the stand, and the fans of any club could not help but curse their mother.

Perhaps he felt that his penalty was indeed a little lenient, or that the fans in the audience were putting too much pressure on him, and after showing the red card to Mr. Donatoni, the referee called the Benny Yundu player who had just tackled Descartes, and then showed him a yellow card.

Strictly speaking, although he raised his foot too high when he tackled, he was a head-on interception, and a yellow card should have been reasonable, but at this time the spectators on the sidelines obviously would not buy the referee's account, and they continued to boo the referee until Descartes stood up from the court.

Descartes moved his aching legs and said nothing, just glanced at the fouling player, but for some reason, when the player's eyes met him, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

Because he saw a strong murderous aura in Descartes' eyes.