Chapter 439: Home Whistle? (3rd Watch)
The game had reached the end of the first half, and Iroh watched the team's formation drag on more and more, and he knew that if the team continued like this, it was not impossible to concede a goal before the end of the first half, because Inter Milan was now playing at home.
You have to do something about it!
Iroh clenched his fists and said fiercely to himself.
After a moment's hesitation, Iroh ran back to the 30-metre area of his own defense, ready to help his teammates defend, and his target was Figo, who was attacking with the ball.
Iello actively participated in his own defense, and Flores did not stop it, but only hesitated slightly, because the team's seven-man defensive system is now a bit difficult to face Inter Milan's five-man attacking system, but it is relieved to think that Iroh can't get the ball in front of him.
There may be a windfall.
Also hesitant is Inter captain Zanetti, who has been serving as Aillo's full-time 'bodyguard', looking at Ailo who ran away, he didn't waste his body to keep up, after all, he went back to defend, not to help the team attack, there is no need.
Albelda, who was in front of Figo, saw that he was actively defending Aelo, and his body subconsciously moved half a step to the right, Figo was a little unclear, but Albelda in front of him did leak a little space, and it was a little uncomfortable not to break through, so he decisively moved the ball forward.
At this moment, with years of experience in the game, I felt that there was someone behind me!
Figo's right foot quickly pulled the ball forward to the left, and just as he was done, Ello's right foot stretched out, so Figo let out a sigh of relief and stuck the player behind him with his body.
But Elo's second reaction was quick, and his left foot reached between Figo's naturally open legs and poked the ball out.
Figo, who has turned 35 this year, is far less reflexive and explosive than when he was younger, so when Iello made his second reaction, he didn't have time to run the ball away, and the ball was stabbed at Albelda's feet by Iro.
Figo fell forward because of the unsteady center of gravity, but after he fell, he sat on the turf with his arms raised and complained to the referee that it was a foul on the back.
But the referee's vision is very good, and Iro's movements are clean, just making a gesture towards Figo, and there is no intention to blow the whistle.
Shhh
Suddenly, the home fans in the stands let out a tsunami-like boo.
***
After Iroh stabbed the football, he didn't even pay attention to the referee, but quickly supported the turf with his hands, got up, and started to participate in the attack.
And the whole action is done in the blink of an eye.
Ibrahimovic, Crespo and Stankovic all rushed to the referee, who all thought it was a clear foul, but the referee was so confident in his judgment that he didn't stop to explain to the Inter players around him, but pushed it away and ran towards the direction of Inter's half.
The more firm the referee was on his decision, the louder the boos from the fans in the stands, and in the end, the 60,000 home fans in the stadium let out a deafening boo.
But that didn't affect the referee's decision.
***
Rather than play the ball to David Silva's right, Albelda sent the ball straight to the path where Iello was running, as Zanetti was not near Iroh this time and he still had space to dribble the ball.
Instead of rushing to the referee like Stankovic did, Zanetti ran towards Iello in an attempt to clear the danger early.
The distance between the two grew closer and closer, until the two came into direct contact, and Zanetti saw the moment Iello threw the ball out as he turned, and decisively fell to the ground to tackle the ball from the side behind.
It's good to be able to tackle the ball, but it's acceptable to tackle someone without a tackle.
It's just a yellow card.
Either way, as long as Valencia's counterattack is stopped, it is not for him to think about the rest of the matter.
But what Iroh decides, can Zanetti change?
The answer is clearly no.
The moment Ellio touched the ball, he made a right-shoulder sinking motion, which made Zanetti mistakenly think that he was trying to break through the middle, and almost at the same time that Zanetti fell to the tackle, Alley flicked the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot, and he went in the opposite direction from Zanetti's tackle.
Worst!
Zanetti knew the result as soon as Iroh changed his intention to break through, but the inertia of his body prevented him from making changes, and he could only watch the football roll towards David Villa.
Zanetti failed to defend and Cordoba was attracted to David Villa, so Materazzi was the last centre-back, while right-back McCone naturally had to shrink to the gap between the original centre-back and him, leaking out the wings.
Defend the holes in the middle at the expense of the wings.
But Valencia's counterattack just gave up the side and chose the middle!
David Villa pushed directly with the arch of his foot against Elo's cross and the ball rolled towards the middle of Inter.
Materazzi saw the incoming ball, and then glanced at Iro's running position with his peripheral vision, and quickly turned around, trying to jam Iro's route to accelerate the breakthrough with the ball, but Iro's speed was beyond his imagination.
Originally, the distance between the two was not very far, and the explosiveness and speed were Materazzi's disadvantages, so this advantage and disadvantage, the gap became more obvious, and Elo's long legs were on par with Materazzi in two or three steps.
Seeing that Iroh was about to grab the football in front of him, Materazzi's heart was so unhappy, and then a little thought of the goal that Ailo opened the scoring, and the nameless fire in his heart came out.
Iroh's eyes only focused on the ball getting closer and closer, and he didn't notice the inappropriateness of Materazzi on the left.
At this moment, Materazzi, who was neck and neck, bumped into Ello while running, but because Materazzi's arm did not leave his body and the referee behind him did not blow for a foul, it was a reasonable collision.
Iello was suddenly hit by Materazzi, and did not lose his center of gravity all of a sudden, but stumbled slightly and continued to chase the ball, the distance between the two was less than two meters.
Materazzi is completely anxious at this time, although he is still nearly forty meters away from the goal, but Iro's speed can throw him off a few streets, if I let Iroh take the ball and go forward, it will definitely be a single knife!
He must not be allowed to pass!
That's Materazzi's only thought, if the away team Valencia gets two away goals, it will be absolutely doomsday!
Taking advantage of Iro's stumbling feet, Materazzi stuck to Iroh again, only this time instead of colliding directly, he put his right elbow on Iroh's shoulder.
Naturally, Iroh refused to suffer this kind of loss, and the height disadvantage allowed him to use his left elbow against Materazzi's ribs, although the strength was not large, but it was enough to make Materazzi very uncomfortable.
So Materazzi had only anger left in his mind.
His right elbow rested on Ello's shoulder in a small backward motion.
So, there was a pain in the corner of Iroh's eyebrow and he collapsed on the turf......
After Materazzi did the action just now, he hurriedly raised his arms to show that he had not committed a foul.
At the same time, the referee did not blow the whistle, but made a gesture to Iroh who was lying on the turf.
So Materazzi just glanced at Iro, who was lying on the ground and covering his forehead, without the slightest mercy, and took two steps forward and passed the ball directly to Cambiaso, who was standing on the halfway.
David Villa, who followed up from behind, could clearly see that Materazzi had an obvious elbow swing back when defending Iroh just now, which was an elbow strike!
Dangerous action on the football field!!
David Villa's excited side ran to the referee and roared loudly, and pointed his finger at Iroh who fell to the ground, "Elbow hit!" Don't see that? Elbow strike!! ”
Valencia's defenders were so excited to see David Villa, coupled with Iro's usual professionalism, they knew that he would definitely not do things like fake falls, and then saw Iroh who fell to the ground covering his face, and immediately judged that Materazzi's defensive action before must have been a foul!
However, the referee did not blow the whistle, but continued to run forward, and raised his arms flat forward, signaling that the game would continue.
***
Cambiaso did not give up the opportunity to attack because of the excitement of the Valencia players, and he sent the ball straight to the rib space on the right side of Valencia's defence, where his national team team-mate Crespo was waiting.
Crespo stepped back and squeezed Ayala behind him with his strong body to prevent him from coming forward to destroy the ball, then looked for the incoming ball in the air, and with a flick of the header, the ball flew into the space between Ayala and Albiol.
Ibrahimovic suddenly appeared there and squeezed Albiol behind him, picked up his right foot from 16 yards out, and the ball flew like a cannonball into the bottom left corner of the goal, Canizares quickly fell to the ground, but Ibrahimovic's shot was too tricky to be whipped.
“gooooooooooooooooooal――”
At the same time, the radio at the Meazza Stadium resounded with excitement.
But for the players of the away team Valencia, it is simply the end of the world!
Hearing the sound of the announcement, Ielo covered the eyebrow bone of his left eye with his left hand, slammed the turf with his right hand, stood up, and then ran excitedly to the referee standing 35 meters away from the goal.
"Why don't you blow a foul? Keep your eyes open and see!! ”
There was red blood spilling from Eloh's fingertips, almost staining half of his handsome little face red.
Immediately afterwards, captain Albelda, vice-team Baraja, Ballack and others surrounded the referee, hoping to put pressure on the referee to change the decision and erase the goal.
Only David Villa calmly made a gesture to the team doctor on the sidelines.
To be honest, the referee was also frightened by Iroh's bloodstained face, but the referee's authority is inviolable, so the result cannot be changed, and a goal is a goal!
No matter how Valencia's players roared at him, the referee had no intention of changing the decision.
In the end, the referee couldn't help it, so he showed a yellow card to Ailo, who took the lead, and Baraha, who was more excited, as a warning.
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