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Chapter 411 The Boring Dressing Room

Chapter 411 The Boring Dressing Room

This time, the Oita Sports Park General Arena has truly become half heaven and half hell. Watching the Mexican players celebrating excitedly, many Italian fans fell into silence.

The goal was scored at the last moment of the first half, which was definitely a huge blow to them. If Italy, which is full of superstars, is described as a giant bear, then the Mexican players are countless bees. While the bear is extremely eager for honey, it can also easily bypass the giant's defense line and give a fierce counterattack.This situation is the best portrayal of the first half, and it is also a point that makes Italian fans feel extremely helpless.

After a brief suffocating silence, the Italian fans once again booed the referee Carlos Simon. If there was no such incredible penalty, how could Italy fall behind again! ?

"While the Mexican players were cheering and celebrating, the referee Carlos Simon blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and Mexico temporarily entered the intermission with a 1-0 lead."

"This high-profile first half was really full of twists and turns. The Italians had many chances to score goals and even almost got a penalty kick, but they failed to send the ball into the goal of the Mexicans. On the contrary, at the last moment, the Mexicans relied on a fierce counterattack to score! Such a situation is very bad for the Italians!!"

"However, the only good news is that in another match in Group G at the same time, Ecuador played against Croatia at Yokohama Kokusai Stadium in Japan. The score on the field was Ecuador leading 1-0. , No. 19 Mendes opened the scoring for the Ecuadorian team. The Croatian, who is in direct competition with the Italian, is behind the Ecuadorian team, which is definitely out. This is even more unexpected. The result of the dispute is still confusing and has not yet surfaced!"

"It was previously reported that Ecuador, which had lost hope of promotion after two games and two losses, obviously slowed down during training on Wednesday, and the players also seemed absent-minded. Media reporters had speculated that the Ecuadorians might already be planning to return home.

Even the strict Colombian coach said frankly when facing reporters: I don't want to put any pressure on my players, and I don't want them to participate in high-intensity training.I want to lighten the burden on them, because I think they have been too tense and burdened in the past few days, and I think anxiety and tension will not bring us any results. The players who have the chance to play, I will let them have no regrets, and at the same time, I also hope to end our World Cup trip with a victory.

But it was this team that broke people's usual cognition and influenced the final qualifying situation of Group G! ! ! "

Amid the exclamations of the commentators, the Italian players walked towards the locker room in frustration. The conceded goal at the last moment made everyone's emotions drop to freezing point, and the atmosphere in the locker room was a little frozen.Goalkeeper Buffon kept his head down and didn't say a word after returning to the locker room. He never thought that his trip to Korea and Japan World Cup would be so bad. He came to South Korea with great ambitions. Conceding goals several times pales in comparison to Toldo's performance in the European Cup. How can this be accepted by him?

On the contrary, Toldo kept comforting him in a low voice.

"It's all the fault of that damned Brazilian, it's him again!!! If he wasn't blind, he should have seen the Mexican's foul!" In the dull atmosphere, Zambrotta suddenly threw the towel He said angrily on the ground, and his words immediately aroused the echo of Gattuso and others.

"I thought he should have healed his eyes two years later!!"

"Maybe he wants to get rid of an opponent for the Brazilian? Or maybe he never liked us!!!"

During the angry denunciation of Zambrotta and others, Kenny was also extremely upset. He just wanted to respond, but he couldn't help asking, "It's him again?"

Three days before the start of this battle of focus, the referee team for the enforcement of this game was announced. The Brazilian Simon served as the referee, and the two line referees were from Brazil and Malaysia.It has to be said that the decision of the FIFA Referee Committee can be said to be quite thoughtful. In view of the strong strength of the Italian team and the status of the European champions, in the case of frequent upsets, in order to maintain the intensity and enjoyment of the World Cup, the international Of course the Football Federation does not want anything to go wrong.

Therefore, the match against the Mexican team that will determine the fate of the Italian team is bound to not be enforced by referees under the name of Central America and the Caribbean, where Mexico is located, or UEFA, where Italy is located. Referees in North America and Europe.

At the same time, in view of the fact that the qualifying team in Group G of the Italian team will face the top two in Group D in the next round, referees from Mexico, Italy, Ecuador, Croatia, as well as South Korea, the United States, Portugal and Poland were also automatically sent to the court. Disqualified to officiate this game.In fact, FIFA even considered using Egyptian referee Gondor or Australian Hilde for this purpose, but due to geography (Italy and Egypt are both Mediterranean countries) and politics (UEFA and CAF have close cooperation) ties), the Egyptian was not selected in the end, and the Australian Hilde was also excluded because of his young age (29 years old).

So the final selection is the current law enforcement referee Simon, a Brazilian. He is 37 years old and graduated from the journalism department of a Catholic university. Since he became an international referee in 1998, his most important law enforcement experience is the 2000 Olympic Games. In this cup, England's 1-1 draw with Sweden, which he was in charge of before, received unanimous praise.

It can be said that although the Brazilian referee is not experienced, but from various reasons, he is undoubtedly the most important person to enforce the game.But what FIFA never expected was that something went wrong in the first half.

The reason why Gianluca Zambrotta, Gattuso and others were so angry and claimed that it was him again was because of the most important experience in law enforcement in the past when refereeing in Brazil. In the 2000 Olympic Games, he had an unpleasant experience with Italy. experience.

In the 2000 Olympic football quarter-final match between the Italian team and the Spanish team, Jose Mari, who played for AC Milan, broke the nose of the Italian Olympic defender Cirillo in the fight, but Simon, who was in charge of the law, turned a blind eye , This also caused the Italian team to lose 1 to 4. At that time, Gazzetta dello Sport only gave Simon 0 points after the game.

The defeat of this game undoubtedly left a shadow on the Italian youth team led by Tal Daili. Gattuso and Zambrotta in the Italian team in this World Cup are the witnesses of that game, although they are not enemies. They met each other, but the grudge in their hearts was hard to get rid of for a while.And because it was the reason for the Olympic Games, this has not attracted much attention. After all, in the eyes of many football celebrities, the Olympic football games are children's play games.

But what people didn't expect was that this time the Brazilian referee gank the Italian again.

Hearing this past incident, and looking at Zambrotta and the others who were even angrier than himself, Kenny was speechless for a while.Although it is a pity to lose the penalty opportunity this time, Kenny saw more things after the short-term anger. Under such circumstances and situations, it is very good for him to play the winger effect when he was in the club. Guaranteed to score goals for Italy, but there is nothing wrong with opening the situation.

Especially when neither Inzaghi nor Vieri got any good opportunities, but Totti has been trying to attack from outside the penalty area.

But Kenny couldn't say such words, he could only look around with a little misty eyes.

"Gentlemen, if you blame the referee for everything, then yours is too disappointing! As the best player in Italy, can you only rely on the mercy of the referee to win when facing a powerful opponent? At this time, coach Zoff pushed the door and walked into the locker room. He looked at the disciples who were depressed, and could even be called mourning, and said with a stern expression.

"What crushed the pride of the Italians? Is it the great achievements you have made in the club? If you think you can lie on the credits of the club and wait to die, then you can refuse the national team. call!

take a look!When you are facing desperation, you are so blaming!Did the French and Argentinian exits make you anxious?You must be thinking in your heart that even they will be out, so how can you be an exception! ?Lift up, soldiers of Italy! "

Zoff slapped the table angrily, and focused everyone's attention on himself: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Two powerful opponents have withdrawn from the competition for the Hercules Cup. As long as we can get past this Dao Kaner, then we will be able to climb to the final peak! Look, those fans who followed you all the way from Italy to Japan in the stands, and shuttled in various cities in Japan, are you worthy of them!?"

In Zoff's words, the players gradually recovered their emotions. Indeed, Zoff's words reached their hearts. The successive elimination of France, Argentina, Uruguay and other teams put them under a lot of pressure, but after thinking about it, why not? Isn't it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

(End of this chapter)