Chapter 101: Follow-up

After the Club World Cup final, Ringer returned to Tokyo with the team to receive the cheers and adoration of the fans.

And Ringer's manual goal has not yet passed, and it will soon become popular in world football.

At the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, South American powerhouse Argentina and European powerhouse England met in the quarterfinals. Since the Falklands War had just ended, the relationship between Britain and Argentina was very tense, and this match was also considered a duel between rivals and attracted great attention.

The two sides fought to a 0:0 draw in the first half, and only 6 minutes into the second half, Argentine player Baldano was blocked, England defender Hodge hodge hobbed the ball back to the goalkeeper, and Maradona, the king of the ball, grabbed it in time, he was not tall enough after the jump, and when he couldn't reach the ball, he hit the ball with his left hand into the opponent's goal, and the handball was not found by the Tunisian referee at the time, but determined that the goal was valid.

In the end, Argentina won 2-1 against England, and after the game, Maradona declared: "Half of that goal is the hand of God, usually Maradona's head", and he used this way to avenge Argentina's defeat in the Falklands.

This is the famous story of the Hand of God.

That World Cup was also the battle of Maradona's gods, and he eventually led Argentina to the top of world football.

Maradona's hand of God made Argentina and England complete rivals on the pitch, and once they met, it would be a fire-blazing Anglo-Argentine battle.

In fact, it is not uncommon for handball to score goals in world football, and many stars have scored handball goals.

In the 06/07 La Liga season, Messi, who had just debuted, scored a handball in the Barcelona derby and Espanyol to help Barcelona draw 2:2;

In the Champions League of the 00/01 season, Real Madrid also relied on Raul's handball goal on the goal line to defeat the youth guard Leeds United 3:2 at home, but after the game, Raul refused to admit that it was handball, but the video replay clearly showed that he scored the ball with his hands, so UEFA punished him for five games, which was also an important reason why Real Madrid was eliminated from the Champions League that season;

During the World Cup qualifiers in South Africa, the French team, which was replaced by the old and the new, struggled in the European zone and could only recall the veteran Henry, who had announced his retirement from the national team. Thierry Henry did his best to help, but France were squeezed second in the group by Serbia in qualifying and had to go to the final play-offs. In the play-offs, it was Henry's handball in the last minute of extra time that assisted his teammates to defeat Ireland to enter the 2010 World Cup.

However, in that year's World Cup, France lost badly, and took one point with one draw and two losses and went home, leaving a bunch of scandals.

These previous hands of God have attracted a lot of discussion in the football world every time.

Now, there is another hand of God in football, or in a major competition such as the Club World Cup final, which naturally causes a lot of heated discussions.

"The Club World Cup Final Surprises the Hand of God", this is the report given by the German "Kicker".

"In the Club World Cup final that just ended in Japan, European giants Chelsea lost 0-1 to Asian team Tokyo FC. It is worth mentioning that in this game, Ringer, a player from China, scored the only goal of the game, and it can be seen in the broadcast replay that he had a handball violation in the Marseille maneuver before the goal, and the referee did not see it, so it created another hand of God in football. ”

"In fact, from the whole game, it is fair that Chelsea lost the game, most of their players seem to be lacking in fighting spirit, and among the only two high-spirited people, Torres is still in poor form and has wasted chances in a row, while the opponent's Tokyo FC has a solid defense and tight coordination, which is the main reason why they can win the title."

"Kicker" is a more reliable football magazine in Europe, and its statement is quite pertinent, which is also the general opinion of the European media on Ringer's Hand of God.

This was not the case with Fleet Street of the British, who were heavily criticised for Ringer's handball and for the stolen champions of Tokyo FC, who robbed the London team of their first Club World Cup title.

The British newspaper The Guardian made a special issue "Why is it always England?" is about the injustice that British teams have suffered over the years.

In the 1998 World Cup in France, England, as the favorite to win the championship, lost 1:2 to Romania led by midfield conspirator Haji in the group stage, and was squeezed to the second place in the group, so it had to meet its old rival Argentina in the round of 16, and another Anglo-Argentine war was about to break out.

That year's Anglo-Afghan battle created many classic images, with both teams winning a penalty in just ten minutes of the opening game; Michael Owen became famous in a fight, first creating a penalty and then soon scoring a long-distance run to help England temporarily reverse Argentina 2-1; Before the end of the first half, Argentina completed the most classic team free kick tactics in the World Cup, equalizing the score 2:2;

But there was another classic picture that year, and that was David Beckham's red card.

At the beginning of the second half, the spicy Diego Simeone entangled the 23-year-old England new tender Beckham, first stimulated the other party with words and small actions, and successfully provoked the anger of the other party and then fouled Beckham without the ball.

Although England was eliminated in the round of 16 that year, that England can indeed be said to be the strongest England in recent years, and the three generations of the old, middle and young are quite well connected, but unfortunately it was destroyed in the hands of Beckham.

In fact, Simeone's movements are just the routine movements of defenders on the pitch, and even Ringer will often encounter them. Ringer will not easily provoke you with words and small gestures, followed by some fouls that are allowed within the rules but are not necessary, and try to provoke you.

Beckham was so easily attacked, probably because he was too well protected within the Manchester United team. In Manchester United, when something happens on the pitch, a tough guy like Roy Keane will step up to help him out, and Ferguson, a hot old man, will also help him. It's a pity that Ferguson is not in charge of the England national team, and Roy Keane is also a Scotsman and is not in the England national team.

However, this incident was hyped by the British media as how shameless Simeone was, and England was defeated by the shameless trickery of the Argentines.

In the 06 World Cup in Germany, England met Portugal in the quarterfinals, Rooney deliberately stepped on the Portuguese defender in the 62nd minute, the referee did not seem to see too clearly, and hesitated to give the penalty, at this time Rooney's Manchester United teammate Ronaldo rushed up to the referee to complain, explaining how bad Rooney's actions were, and asked for Rooney's red card.

Rooney, who was on the sidelines, immediately became angry and rushed over to push Ronaldo, so the referee no longer hesitated, and a red card sent Rooney off, and England finally lost to Portugal in the penalty shootout.

This time, the English tabloids pointed the finger at Ronaldo again, hyping him as a sinner and conspirator who murdered Rooney, which once made the relationship between Rooney and Rooney tense. However, at the moment when Rooney was sent off, Ronaldo's hard wink at the camera really made people think about it.

In the 10 World Cup in South Africa, England faced a strong opponent Germany in the round of 16, Frank Lampard hit the crossbar with a long-range shot in the first half and bounced into the goal, which had crossed the goal line for nearly half a metre, but the referee thought the ball had not been scored, and England lost 1:4 to Germany in that game and was eliminated.

This time England really suffered an unjust case, whether that goal could affect the final result of the game is not said for the time being, but it was really an obvious goal, and it was so black by the referee.

In addition, there was also the Champions League semi-finals of the 08/09 season, when Chelsea suffered the famous Stamford Bridge tragedy at home and were finally eliminated by Barcelona, which was another injustice suffered by the English team.

This time, Ringer became the "big villain", he is another mastermind who created the "tragedy" of the English team, and he is famous in the UK.

In fact, seriously speaking, football needs someone to be the referee, so it is inevitable that there will be mistakes, and every ball will encounter some such things. It's just that the British media is really developed, and every time they themselves are wronged, they pick it out and publicize it, as if the whole world is uniting against them.

Except, of course, for intentional unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.