Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Pepe met Perotti.
It was a one-on-one in the truest sense.
Pepe ran toward Perotti like a wild beast, and Perotti's kick was a little big as he changed direction to cut inside. When the two men met, Perotti and Pepe had a confrontation.
The football rolled in the direction of the end line outside the penalty area.
Perotti stumbled and ran in the direction of the rolling football, trying to regain control of the football, while Pepe maintained his balance and rushed toward the football faster.
During the run, Pepe and Perotti had physical contact. Perotti, who was originally unsteady, directly fell and slid toward the football. Then, a shocking scene happened.
Perotti could not avoid it and directly knocked the ball out of the end line with his head. Real Madrid's defense was successful this time!
But Pepe did not seem to see the football out of bounds. He bowed his head and kicked at Perotti's back!
The soles of his shoes brushed past Perotti's back. Perotti felt a stinging pain and tried to dodge. But that was not the end. Pepe followed up with another kick while running, almost hitting Perotti's head!
The audience at Pizjuán Stadium was stunned.
What was Pepe going to do?
Was he going to kill Perotti?
At that moment, Pepe seemed to be possessed by the devil. It did not look like he was playing football at all, but like he was in a life-and-death brawl with Perotti on the street.
Even the Real Madrid players were stunned.
Pepe's behavior was definitely beyond the scope of football.
"Does Pepe want to kill Perotti? He kicked Perotti's body twice in a row. This is simply a crime! "
The referee blew the whistle to stop the game. Before he could rush to Pepe, Kanort and Renato rushed to Pepe and roared at him to question him.
"You thug, what the f * ck do you want to do?"
Pepe showed a neurotic smile at this time, as if he was pretending to be relaxed. After he pushed Kanort away, he spread his hands to show that he was just trying to get out of trouble, and his big kick just missed!
The Sevilla players did not accept Pepe's explanation at all.
It was excusable if the first kick missed. After all, in a tense and intense game, everyone's brain could not keep up.
But two kicks in a row?
Was this still considered helping them out?
The Real Madrid players could not defend Pepe either. They could only avoid conflicts and let the players from both sides control their emotions.
The referee ran in front of Pepe and showed him a red card without giving him any chance to explain!
He deserved it!
Bosque shook his head slightly.
Pepe's improvement in the past two years was obvious.
On a good day, he could indeed become the stabilizing force of the rear defensive line.
But when he went crazy, it made people speechless.
Especially this season, perhaps due to the huge pressure, it was natural for Pepe to lose control more and more.
Pepe did not accept the red card shown by the referee. He chased after the referee to defend himself. After the referee could not change the decision, Pepe actually spoke rudely to the referee!
The referee immediately recorded his words and actions. This would definitely be written into the referee's report for the match. What awaited Pepe would be his revenge!
The Real Madrid players and fans were a little unprepared in the face of this scene.
In addition to the fact that there would be one less player in this game, Pepe's red card almost determined that in the next El Clásico against Barcelona, Real Madrid's rear defensive line would be short of a general!
If it was just an ordinary red card foul, then Real Madrid could still use the rules to choose to appeal for Pepe. Then, before the appeal results were out, Pepe could still play in the next league game.
But now?
Pepe's "violent act" in front of everyone was impossible for the Real Madrid Club to appeal for him anyway. It would simply damage the club's image!
Bosque used the first substitution of the game.
Heinz up, Marcelo down!
Real Madrid changed to a three-back formation!
Ramos - Cannavaro - Heinze.
After Heinz came on, he whispered to Las Diarra and conveyed Bosque's instructions.
Real Madrid's rear defensive line needed to be adjusted.
Giving up the sideline defense, the defensive midfielder and the three backs would ensure that the defense in the penalty area did not have any problems.
Qin Xiong did not participate in all the activities that happened after Pepe's foul from beginning to end. He stood not far away and watched.
Although he was a Real Madrid player, he also had his own position.
He did not agree with Pepe's behavior.
Even if an opponent treated him like this, Qin Xiong would definitely fight back in anger!
Just like his conflict with Keane in the past.
After Real Madrid's adjustment, Sevilla already had a two-goal lead and played one more player, which made them dream of defending to ensure victory.
The core of Bosque's adjustment was to not obviously weaken Real Madrid's offensive ability.
Therefore, when Sevilla's formation contracted to defend, they did not gain an obvious advantage on the field.
In the 37th minute of the game, Qin Xiong received Ramos' direct pass from the backfield and he pushed forward from the right flank to attack.
Perotti was careful when he defended head-on. Qin Xiong almost did not look at him and passed the ball to Van Der Vaart. Then he accelerated and plugged forward. After breaking through Perotti's defense, Van Der Vaart's diagonal pass came as scheduled. It was a two-over-one combination.
When they came to the dangerous area of the flank, Renato and the full-back Navarro defended the route of Qin Xiong's cut inside.
Diagonally facing the two, Qin Xiong began to step on the bicycle during the dribbling process. After two moves, he was less than a meter away from Renato. At this time, he suddenly used his right foot to spike the ball to the middle and at the same time, he stopped and cut!
When Renato reacted and stretched out his foot to block, it was too late!
Qin Xiong's pass was unreasonable. It was completely a competition of reaction speed with the opponent!
He changed first and the opponent followed. In terms of rhythm, Qin Xiong was in the lead. Coupled with the advantage of speed and explosive power, the opponent had only one choice at this time: foul!
However, Renato did not foul, so he missed the only chance to contain Qin Xiong!
After Qin Xiong cut to the front of the penalty area, the rhythm suddenly paused. Romario and Duscher rushed to Qin Xiong. At this time, Qin Xiong passed the ball diagonally to the middle of the front of the penalty area.
Raúl was there to receive. After the pass, Qin Xiong immediately ran!
The adjustment of the Sevilla defensive players made a predictive error at this moment!
They may have all thought that Qin Xiong would cut straight ahead. That way, the distance into the penalty area would be the shortest and most effective.
Therefore, the adjustment of the defensive line was to move to the right.
However, Qin Xiong ran to the front left after the ball!
He gave up what was close at hand and went for what was far away!
Raúl actually thought that Qin Xiong would go straight into the penalty area. However, after seeing that Qin Xiong did not run in such a way, he played it safe and passed the ball diagonally back to Snede, who was close to the middle.
On the other hand, Sneijder keenly sensed Qin Xiong's movement.
After stopping the ball, he kicked out on the spot!
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