The celebration of the Bayern players soon came to an abrupt end with the assistant referee raising the flag.

Offside?

The players from both sides looked at the referee of the game, Jair Maroufo, with very different eyes.

He walked slowly, and after communicating with the assistant referee through a headset, it was ruled that Rossi was offside.

Ooh!

This penalty instantly drew a low cheer from the fans in the stadium.

The Bayern players instantly surrounded and explained to the referee that Müller had also suggested VAR intervention.

At this time, in Jair Marufo's headphones, there was also a suggestion from the video referee.

This summer, it was the first time VAR has appeared at the World Cup.

And the match between France and Australia gave birth to the first change of judgment in the history of the World Cup by watching VAR.

Subsequently, the referee ran to the front of the stadium passage and judged whether it was offside through the on-site screen to defend the goal screen of Rossi.

At the same time, the video playback room will also transmit the video to the on-site screen and the on-site media commentary booth.

[From this point of view, Rossi was on the same level as central defender Lucas Martinez before he started. 】

[Martinez's hand, spread it back a little bit, expand his defensive range.] 】

【Hiss~】

[It depends on how the referee blows!] 】

After much confirmation by the referee, he walked back to the pitch, blew the whistle, drew a box with both hands, and then raised his right hand and pointed his left to River Plate's half-court area.

Offside, goal nullified!

After the Bayern players waited anxiously, they got such a result, and everyone shook their heads helplessly.

[It's a pity, it's a pity! 】

[In the defense video just now, in fact, in my opinion, the two are on the same level. 】

[But the referee has his own scale and standard of punishment.] 】

[It can only be said that Rosie's running position is really amazing! ] 】

[The VAR introduced by FIFA is essentially to assist the referee to make a correction to the possible misjudgment during the game to make the game more fair and just. 】

[But the dominance is still in the hands of the referee!] 】

[So, that's it!] 】

The last sentence of the on-site narrator seems to mean something.

River Plate, who escaped the catastrophe, quickly made adjustments and strengthened the counter-attack after conceding the goal.

Bayern were very fast-paced when switching from defense to attack, and the slightest carelessness was found by Rossi, who was lurking on the offside line, to find a lethal opportunity.

Just now I was lucky and survived.

But the defensive problems at the back have been exposed.

Although Heynckes was dissatisfied with the referee's decision just now, he protested to the fourth official and made adjustments.

Midfielders should not deliberately leave the area to mark.

As long as they maintain a sufficient number of people in midfield, River Plate can only attack with long passes from the back.

But this kind of attack is difficult to pass over the heads of Bayern's two central defenders.

River Plate's striker Alvarez could only drop back to receive the pass.

He's fast, he's good at technique, and he can connect the team's attack.

Bayern immediately stepped up their pressing, making the defence more compact, making it difficult for him to turn freely and dribble the ball in tight spaces.

Under the continuous high-intensity pressing, River Plate's offensive rhythm began to be chaotic, and they were forced to retreat to the backfield to pass the ball at one point.

In the 20th minute, River Plate's Palacios forced a break down the middle and was denied by Vidal and Thiago.

Subsequently, Sucullini's counter-robbery was also easily defused by Thiago.

Once again, Bayern had a great chance to counter-attack.

Thiago lobbles the ball directly behind the opposition defence from midfield.

Rossi stepped forward quickly, unloaded the ball with his right foot, and pulled lightly to his left side, shaking off the top of central defender Pinola and creating space to shoot.

Just as the Bayern fans clenched their fists and got up to cheer, the referee's whistle sounded again, and the camera immediately showed the linesman who was raising the flag.

[Offside again!] 】

[This time, Maroufo is very decisive! 】

[And he doesn't need VAR to intervene!] 】

[But judging from the live footage I received, this ball Rossi is almost on the same level as the opponent.] 】

[Since the referee did not check the VAR, we do not know the specific details.] 】

[It can only be said that Bayern lacks a little luck! ] 】

[I'm afraid this is also Rossi's 'lifelong enemy'! ] 】

Rosie helplessly raised his hands and shook his head and walked back silently.

But his eyes have always been very determined.

After two offside decisions, the Bayern players were very unhappy.

This kind of dissatisfaction and anger is also brought into the game.

In just three minutes, Vidal and Retona were drawn for their succession of tackles.

It is precisely because of this period that the scene is a little out of control, which causes the game to become fragmented and the rhythm is extremely unsmooth.

Heynckes' rare anger off the field, who was in his 70s, blushed and angrily scolded the players, which stabilized the situation.

With the clock in the 42nd minute, there was not much left until the end of the first half, and the two sides were fighting to make the last chance to attack.

River Plate is still using their skill. Passing the ball at the back, killing time.

The fourth official held up the stoppage time card.

3 minutes.

Bayern players are also unwilling to continue to press high in this final moment, but slowly retreat and stabilize the defense.

River Plate forward De La Cruz advanced with the ball, looked up and could almost see his team-mates near the penalty area.

It's the last minute of stoppage time, and they have to attack no matter whether the opportunity is good or not.

Retona saw that his opponent was hesitant and immediately stepped in.

De La Cruz smashed the ball, shook off his opponent's leg and ran wildly along the wing.

Retona also clung to it for the first time, constantly using his body to interfere with the rhythm of the opponent's dribbling.

The South American player had excellent technique at his feet, but in the physical confrontation, De La Cruz staggered and struggled to keep the ball steady.

This is also one of the characteristics of Retona.

You can use your body to interfere with the center of gravity of the ball and force him to cross.

Sure enough, de la Cruz, who was already about to be forced back to the bottom line, forced a cross without a teammate to answer and unable to control the ball.

The ball was held firmly in front of the goal by the onrushing Manuel Neuer.

And that's not all.

After holding the ball, Neuer kept his eyes on the front, and when he saw his teammates near the center circle, he immediately rushed forward with the ball and kicked the ball hard into the front court in the big penalty area.

Lewandowski squeezed Pinola behind him near the top of the center circle, jumped high and headed back.

Rossi, who smelled the opportunity to cut forward, started from the midline of his own half at the moment of Lewandowski's header.

At the same time, his eyes glanced at the linesman.

The two looked at each other, and in less than a second, the linesman felt the oppression emanating from Rossi.

You offside again!

[What a ball! 】

[There is no offside this time!] 】

[Rossi started from his own half! 】

[Even I can see it clearly! 】

The fans at the scene suddenly boiled and cheered for Rossi.

Lucas Martinez fought back and clinged to Rossi.

Just as he was near the line of the penalty area, Rossi knocked the ball to his right with his left heel, first shook the defense horizontally, then adjusted his body two steps, pulled away from the stance, and shot angrily.

Goalkeeper Lux quickly lowered his center of gravity and prepared to save the ball.

I saw that the ball had an irregular trajectory, up and down, so that he couldn't judge for a while and stayed in place.

Brush!

The ball made waves in the net and landed in the goal.

Everyone stood up in amazement, their hands above their heads.

Yes!!!!!!!!

(End of chapter)