Chapter 440: Attack with all your might
As the camera cuts, all the fans watching the live TV will be able to see the shocking scene, because the gap between the fingers of Iro, who is roaring loudly at the referee, covering his left cheek with his left hand, has spilled blood.
Valencia's players originally thought that Materazzi had fouled when he defended Ello before, but except for a few players who complained to the referee, the rest of the players were in a defensive position and did not notice that Materazzi's foul would be so bad.
However, this inevitably made the defenders less attentive in defense, so Ibrahimovic scored the ball and overtook the score to 2:1 in one fell swoop
Most of the players were ready to think they were unlucky.
It's just that what I didn't expect was that Iroh would cover the left side of his face, and the spilled blood could be seen from his fingertips, so the situation became different, because there was blood...
This is enough to show that Inter's previous defensive move must have been an extremely dangerous one.
"Are you blind, sir?"
"Keep your eyes open and look at the player we just countered with the ball!!"
"Look at what our team's red liquid is??"
……
Valencia's players swarmed around the referee, looking like they wouldn't stop looking at it without giving an explanation.
Even the head coach Flores who was standing on the sidelines was indignant, and he kept roaring at the fourth official excitedly, "See? Our player was stopped by a nasty foul and now let that damn Inter score, what is that? ”
The Inter Milan players, who are the beneficiaries, naturally can't watch the away Valencia players put pressure on the referee, and if the referee really can't withstand the pressure, it would be bad if there was a mixed whistle and the goal was invalidated.
Therefore, physical contact between the two sides is inevitable.
Suddenly, the roles have become reversed.
As the referee on duty, he naturally can't watch the players on both sides of the game continue to make physical contact, and he has already led Valencia's conceded goal because of his misjudgment, and if he lets the game lose control again, then his Champions League referee position will come to an end.
Therefore, he pushed Burdisso and Baraha, who had the most intense physical contact, and then made up a yellow card for each of them, and then turned around and walked towards Iro, who was being treated by the team doctor Hernandez, and gave a yellow card, believing that this qiē conflict was caused by Iro's sudden addition.
The scene that had already been brought under control became chaotic again because of the referee's decision.
Fortunately, goalkeepers Canizares and Ayala reacted quickly, hugging Baraja and David Silva respectively, and it is estimated that the referee will take out the warning card again later.
On the contrary, Iroh, who was being treated, became quiet, and just glanced at the black-clothed judge, as if to express: Just sit and watch you quietly pretend.
……
The price of a conceded goal, plus two yellow cards.
Valencia's players, appeased by the likes of Canizares and Albelda, did not continue to make trouble.
Otherwise, when the referee's anger value is full, he may be given two red cards in a minute.
When the score is behind, not to mention, and one or two are sent off, then there is really no way to play this game.
***
During the period when Iroh was being treated, the director of the Meazza Stadium also recalled the whole process in slow motion, and also used different angles to analyze Materazzi's actions in defending Iro.
As a result, a slow-motion replay from any angle showed Materazzi elbowing to Iello's eyebrow bone, and in the final slow-motion replay, the stadium director also used technical means to switch to the referee's visual angle, and the referee's vision in the camera was just obscured by Cambiaso, who was chasing back at high speed.
It can also be regarded as redressing the grievances of the referee on duty, after all, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't always blow the whistle when you see someone fall to the ground, right?
But this shot did not affect the commentator who had an opinion to give comments to the referee on duty, Huang Jianxiang was still very angry after watching all the slow-motion replays, and he could analyze it lightly from his voice, "No matter what the position of the referee on duty is, this is his own problem, and Materazzi does have an elbow action, he doesn't show the foul Materazzi a card, but also shows a yellow card to the victim Iro, what is the reason?" Please forgive me for not understanding the rules of football......"
Sky TV commentator Andy Gray was also confused and said, "The referee's decisions are really debatable, Valencia's quick counterattack was blocked by Materazzi with a bad foul and turned a blind eye, is this really a Champions League-level referee?" ”
They were also outraged by the commentators of the French national sports station, because this scene is still fresh in their minds, last year's World Cup in Germany, the Italian in the camera used despicable means to guide Zidane to the red card was sent off, this time using a bad foul to help the team complete the defense, and indirectly plan the attack.
"I really don't know why this kind of player is still on the pitch? It's just a butcher! The referee is the same, according to the slow-motion replay, his position is not bad, even if he can't directly see Materazzi's movements, but he can judge from his own experience that Materazzi should have a forward-to-back power movement, otherwise how could Ai fall backwards at this angle? ”
Although the commentators on the commentary bench all avenged Valencia, the authority of the referee was also inviolable, and the goal was still ruled valid.
……
"Ai, how much is this?" After cleaning up the blood and bandaging it for Iroh, Hernandez, the team doctor, stretched out two fingers and did a simple eye reaction test.
"Uncle Hernandez, don't tease me......" Iroh rolled his eyes and pouted, "It's 2!" ”
Hernandez smiled and held out three more fingers.
"Three!"
"What is 1+1+2?" Hernandez then gave Iroh another simple brain test.
"Uncle, you're insulting my IQ!" Iroh spread his hands and complained, "4! ”
Hernandez laughed again, nodded at head coach Flores, and then said to Iro, "The wound has been bandaged, but you have to pay attention to the wound just now, otherwise it will be easy to tear it twice, you know?" ”
"Well, okay!" Iroh nodded as he said that he had taken off his bloodstained jersey and replaced it with the clean jersey handed over by the assistant coach.
***
By the time the game was restarted, it was already 43 minutes into the first half, and by the time Iello got the referee's permission to re-enter the pitch, it had reached 44 minutes.
But then the fourth official on the sidelines raised the electronic card for four minutes of injury time, which was more appropriate.
However, in the four minutes of stoppage time, Valencia, who were eager to attack, did not get a decent chance, because Inter Milan had retreated to their own half to defend, leaving only one Ibrahimovic to roam around the centre circle, apparently ready to hold on to the score until the end of the first half.
Although Iroh did quite well after restarting the game, he was unable to get a chance in the 30-metre area of Inter Milan, which was full of people, and their defenders were very careful about where the foul was committed and did not give Eelo a chance to take a free-kick.
In this way, as soon as the four-minute stoppage time arrived, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
……
At half-time, Mancini first praised Ibrahimovic's ability to take chances, and then pulled Materazzi and instructed, "Marco, your actions in the first half should be remembered by the referee, so you should pay attention to your actions in the second half, you know?" ”
Although Materazzi will have a short circuit in his head at some times, it is very clear at the moment, so he is very attentive to Mancini's advice and nods.
***
The fifteen-minute break passed quickly, and the game changed sides again, and Inter Milan's style of play had changed a lot, dragging the formation to a comparison.
Therefore, Valencia's backline pressed past half time and began to press Inter Milan to play.
In the early days, Valencia could only use passes to move Inter's defenders frequently, but could not actually threaten their goal.
And in defending Iroh and David Silva, both on the flanks, they used the same strategy - they allowed you to break through to the bottom line and cross, but you couldn't cut inside!
Therefore, in the first ten minutes of the second half, although Valencia, who was away from home, looked very aggressive, it did not have any practical gains, and it was a thunderous rain.
In the 56th minute, the 11th minute after the start of the second half, Iello suddenly switched positions with David Villa, and he played in the forward position, a change that made Zanetti hesitate a little.
The switch between Ayello and David Villa gave David Villa, who was pulled to the left, a chance to fight directly with McConn, and Valencia's chances to become more and more.
This, combined with the header advantage of Iello and Ballack, has made Inter Milan's backline a lot of noise.
However, at this time, Materazzi stepped up and cleared the ball on the heads of Ielo and Ballack in succession.
And Materazzi's wonderful performance also won a cheer from the home jersey in the stands.
Over time, Inter's defenders have become familiar with Valencia's new attacking routines and have become more comfortable defending.
At the same time, because Inter Milan has too many personnel invested in the defense, it also makes Ibrahimovic with the ball isolated when he carries out quick counterattacks, because he is not the kind of player who can break through dozens of meters with the ball.
As a result, the two sides of the game returned to a state of relative equilibrium.
At the end of the 70th minute, Flores began to make substitutions, replacing the undersized David Silva with Vicente to continue to strengthen the attack.
However, this substitution did not actually help Valencia, and there was no difference from the situation before the substitution.
The clock was fast enough to get to the last ten minutes of the game.
This also made Mancini more determined to defend to the end, after all, the team is still one goal ahead, and a draw at the Mestalla Stadium in the next leg can still qualify, there is no need to risk extending the score.
So Valencia can only choose to attack with all their might...
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