Although Miguel was one of the fastest defenders in Valencia's backline, he was half a beat slow to react in the crucial transition from attack to defence, and he also lagged behind the notoriously fast full-back Zenden in terms of start-up, and it was difficult to make amends for his previous mistakes.

Cenden was very fast, and two touches on the run took the ball into the box.

Looking at the speed of Cenden, who has been fully up, the fans of Anfield Stadium subconsciously shouted, especially the fans in the main stand, their vision is broader, they can clearly see that Cenden is the closest player to the bottom line of Valencia, that is to say, he has completely single-handedly stabbed in this attack from defense to offense!

That's a very good sign!

If this goal is scored, then Liverpool can basically enter the final, and no matter how bad it is, it can be invincible!

In the shouting of the stands, Cendon lay the ball into the penalty area, but when he looked up and was about to observe, he just saw Valencia's goalkeeper Canizares come up, and his excellent left-footed technique allowed him to subconsciously poke the ball forward with his toes, avoiding Canizares's tackle, but he himself was not so lucky, and was tackled directly to the ground by Canizares.

Beep――

The referee's whistle sounded.

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Canizares guessed a rough spot when he made a tackle, but he didn't expect that this body would age so much that it would be stabbed away by Cendon in advance.

At this moment, what he thought was - he still failed to win the Champions League trophy with his own hands!

Due to the sensitivity of the physical contact position, the footage of Anfield Stadium was not even given to Cendon's body, but directly switched to the camera camera on the side of the referee, and his approach was also completely in line with the curiosity of the fans on the scene and the fans sitting in front of the TV**, what is it ...... Penalty kick? Or is it...... Fake falls?

The referee's whistle sounded, but he did not run directly to the place of the foul, but ran to the second assistant referee, because the place where the two had physical contact was very sensitive, and his vision was not good, as an experienced top referee, he had to turn to the second assistant referee for safety.

So there was such a scene in the camera, and the players of both teams chased after the referee, wanting to know the specific penalty.

However, the referee was quite calm, just stretched out his left hand to block the players from both sides who were constantly rushing to the left sideline of Valencia's defense, and he was communicating with the second assistant referee.

Canizares slowly walked towards the referee, and at the same time, the referee just finished communicating with the second assistant referee, and hurriedly squeezed the players on both sides of the game, and then took out a red card from the pocket of his trouser pocket, walked in front of Canizares, and showed it.

Suddenly, Canizares stood still.

Oh my God, red card!

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As the referee and the second assistant referee were talking, the Anfield Stadium director quickly cut back to the footage of Canizares and Zenden making physical contact.

"Cen Deng slid the ball into the penalty area, but the people ......" The BBC commentator looked at the camera, but this was the camera shot behind Cen Deng, and the position was not good, so the live director quickly switched another angle, "Oh? Location...... It's really hard to say, but the chances of a penalty are a little bit better. ”

After several consecutive camera switches, the referee happened to walk towards Canizares, and the camera on the scene hurriedly followed.

"Oh my God, red card!" Andy Gray said in surprise, and then his voice changed, an octave higher, "Penalty and red card??" ”

The referee then pointed his finger at the penalty spot before the Valencia players could react.

Suddenly, Valencia's players quit, because in their cognition, Canizares's foul was certain, but a penalty was given and a red card was given. It's different.

As the captain on the field, Baraja naturally had to stand up and reason with the referee, "Mr. referee, since a penalty has been awarded, why do you still give us a red card?" Doesn't this completely take the suspense out of the game? It's not in line with your coaching style......"

The referee awarded a penalty to the home team Liverpool and sent the goalkeeper of the away team down, which seemed a little uneasy, so he patiently explained to Baraja: "According to our rules, the last defender must give a red card for a foul on the attacking player, so there is no problem with this, I hope you can understand." ”

Hearing the referee's explanation, Baraja was speechless.

At the age of 32 this year, he is very experienced, and naturally knows that it is impossible to change the referee's decision, plus this is the top league in Europe, and UEFA has always emphasized the need to maintain the authority of the referee.

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According to Canizares's previous temper, he must have reasoned with the referee, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered the words he had talked to Ailo after the fifth round of this season's Champions League group stage.

"Captain, I will definitely help you win the real UEFA Champions League!"

The conversation in the locker room, even though half a year has passed, still feels like yesterday and is vivid.

Looking at the referee's firm gesture, Canizares suddenly came to his senses, his hands tugging at his hair, his whole face full of pain, even if Valencia could qualify for this season's Champions League final, he would definitely miss the final.

You know, after the end of this season, you are ready to retire......

Thinking of his wife and children who have neglected his wife and children because of the pursuit of his dreams over the years......

"Captain, it's okay, what I said, I will do what I say!"

Just as Canizares was about to have a nervous breakdown, Iroh tapped him on the shoulder.

Canizares subconsciously turned his head to look at Iro, who was a little taller than himself, and his eyes seemed to be ...... As determined as ever, he turned around and hugged Iroh and whispered in his ear, "I believe in you!" ”

The conversation was still the same as the original words, but at this moment, Canizares thought that it was Iroh who was comforting him, so Canizares felt that it was too embarrassing, and then let go of Iroh and walked to the player's tunnel without looking back.

"Captain, I'll do it! Believe me!! ”

Canizares didn't look back, just took off the glove in his right hand and gave a high thumbs up to Iro.

At this moment, many Valencia fans were left in tears.

It's not because of the penalty kick + red card, but unconsciously, Canizares is 38 years old, and maybe this game will be his swan song in the Champions League.

A generation of legendary goalkeepers is about to come to an end.

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"King! Hurry up and warm up!! ”

Flores was busy complaining to the fourth official, but assistant coach Paul reacted quickly and shouted at Wang Xiaolei, who was still sitting on the bench.

"Huh?"

Wang Xiaolei is only 18 years old this year, and he knows that he can become the team's main substitute goalkeeper because the team's No. 2 and No. 3 goalkeepers are out due to injury, so he is not mentally prepared to come on the bench at all, so he was stunned at this moment until Paul's second reminder.

"Wang, we only have you as a backup goalkeeper, so you have to be ordered in danger!"

It was only then that Wang Xiaolei reacted.

Oh my God, I'm going to play!

It is also a key match in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

The penalty on the field has been settled, so the stadium director switched the camera to the bench of the away team Valencia, as if looking for something, and soon, he found Wang Xiaolei who was doing simple warm-up actions on the sidelines, and then fixed a camera position.

This shot surprised Huang Jianxiang very much, but was soon replaced by surprise, rich professional knowledge made him witty at the first time, "What appeared in the camera is a very talented goalkeeper of our young generation in China, his name is Wang Xiaolei, who participated in the 2005 U17 Peru World Youth Championships, and was the best goalkeeper of that World Youth Championship, and now Valencia's main goalkeeper Canizares was sent off, and the second and third goalkeepers are recuperating from injuries, leaving only Wang Xiaolei who was promoted from the B team, So he'll be on the debut in the next half hour! ”

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Since it was the goalkeeper who was sent off, the game on the pitch came to a normal halt.

The particularity of the goalkeeper's position, even the referee has to consider the mood of the away team's players, after all, a penalty + red card has been given, as long as it is not deliberately delaying time, there is no need to make a fuss about the time when the away team's substitute goalkeeper is on the field.

However, during the pause, both the home and away players felt inexplicable pressure.

The reason why the home team feels the pressure is that they only need to score the ball to ensure that the team can be invincible, and the reason why the away team feels the pressure is very simple, as long as the home team scores the penalty, then the game can basically be considered over for them, because two goals behind, and there is one less person on the field, and it is still an away game, which is a difficult journey, as you can imagine.

Of course, this aspect is also mutual.

None of the players on the field noticed that Canizares walked to Wang Xiaolei, who was warming up, before walking back to the players' tunnel, and squatted in front of the latter, and no one knew what he said.

Three minutes later, Wang Xiaolei stood next to the fourth official, waiting to play.

Flores fully considered that the team must attack in the next game time, so he did not use this substitution on the attacking players, and he replaced Edu, who was not in great shape.

Although Edu was very reluctant to leave the game, he had to follow the manager's arrangement, slowly walked to the sidelines, and high-fived Wang Xiaolei, who was wearing the No. 23 jersey.

"Valencia's substitution is still thoughtful, because they have no choice but to attack!!" Huang Jianxiang then changed his voice, and his voice was an octave higher, "This is Wang Xiaolei, the second Chinese player to appear in the Champions League semi-finals, and he is also Valencia's non-EU player quota user this season!" Only 18 years and 112 days old!! Created the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in the semi-finals of the Champions League!! ”

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